Blender – Twinmotion – 3D Environment Modelling & Texturing

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Course and and A Look at FreeCAD

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Where to get the Software

Lecture 3: Getting setup in FreeCAD

Lecture 4: Introduction to the FreeCAD interface Part 01

Lecture 5: Introduction to the FreeCAD interface Part 02

Lecture 6: The ODA Converter available for FreeCAD

Lecture 7: Drafting in FreeCAD Part 01 Construction lines

Lecture 8: Drafting in FreeCAD Part 02 Adding Steps

Lecture 9: Drafting in FreeCAD Part 03 Adding Walls

Lecture 10: Drafting in FreeCAD Part 04 Adding Walls

Lecture 11: Drafting in FreeCAD Part 05 Adding Floors

Lecture 12: Exporting DXF, OBJ & IFC files

Chapter 2: An Introduction to Blender and setting up the interface

Lecture 1: Where to Get the Free and Open Source Software Blender & the Installation Proces

Lecture 2: Saving Incrementally, Increasing Undo Steps & Navigation Settings

Lecture 3: How to Enable Add-ons

Lecture 4: How to Recover Blend Files after Crashes & Auto Saving Files

Lecture 5: Get Your Free Blender Shortcut Key Guide

Lecture 6: How to Navigate the Blender interface

Lecture 7: The Tool Shelf, Sidebar, Modes, & Changing Editor Types

Lecture 8: Selection Types, Quick Favourites Menu & Transform Orientations

Lecture 9: Pivots, Snapping, Zoom Range and Object Visibility

Lecture 10: Activating Selection Types & the 3D Cursor Tool

Lecture 11: The Annotate Tool, Dimensioning Add-on and the Interactive Cube Tool

Lecture 12: Extrude, Bevel & Edge Loop Tool

Lecture 13: The Knife, Bisect & Poly Build Tool

Lecture 14: Using the Spin Tool to Form Profiles

Lecture 15: How to Create, Split & Join Editor to Form Custom Workspaces

Lecture 16: Introduction to Collections

Lecture 17: The Versatile Multi-Purpose 3D Cursor Tool

Lecture 18: Snapping using Relative or Absolute and During Rotation

Lecture 19: Face Normals and the Face Orientation Overlay

Lecture 20: The Coordinates System and Vertices, Edges & Faces

Lecture 21: How to Start Building your Asset Browser and Linking Blend Files

Lecture 22: Common Issues

Chapter 3: 3D Refining & Modelling of the building and Environment

Lecture 1: Importing the Model into Blender

Lecture 2: Simplify the Steps

Lecture 3: Refining the Front Door

Lecture 4: Detailing the Door Frame

Lecture 5: Adding Lights to the Door Area

Lecture 6: Naming and Organizing Objects in Collections

Lecture 7: Adding Stairs and Add Subtractions

Lecture 8: Appending in External Assets

Lecture 9: Cleaning Geometry and Pillar Modifications

Lecture 10: Modelling the External Environment

Chapter 4: UV Mapping in Blender

Lecture 1: Preparation of the Model for UV Mapping

Lecture 2: Create a Test material and Begin UV Mapping

Lecture 3: UV Mapping the Floor Slabs

Lecture 4: UV Mapping the Remaining Objects

Lecture 5: Adding Material and Additional Material Slots

Chapter 5: Exporting The Finished Model

Lecture 1: Finalizing the Model and Exporting the FBX

Chapter 6: Importing and Working within Twinmotion

Lecture 1: An Introduction to the Twinmotion Interface

Lecture 2: Importing the Model and Testing Material from the Material Library

Lecture 3: We Use the Urban Tool Inside Twinmotion and Add in 3D Models from Open Street Ma

Lecture 4: Adding Texture Maps and Modifying Materials

Lecture 5: Adding Paths for Vehicles and Characters

Lecture 6: Using the Animator Tools to Animate the Doors Open and Close

Lecture 7: We Use the Phasing Tool to Animate the Construction of the Building

Lecture 8: We Add Lights and Examine the Lighting Settings In Twinmotion

Lecture 9: We Look at the Camera settings & Create an Image

Lecture 10: Create and Render an Animation

Lecture 11: Exporting the Videos From Twinmotion

Lecture 12: Editing in the Blender Video Editor

Chapter 7: Creating An Interactive VR Viewable Application

Lecture 1: We Create and Export an VR Interactive Application from Twinmotion for VR

Chapter 8: Bonus section

Lecture 1: Bonus lecture