Blender 4x Complete Architectural Design & Animation Course

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: 1. Introduction

Chapter 2: Introduction to Blender

Lecture 1: 2. Where to Get the Free and Open Source Software Blender & Installation

Lecture 2: 3. Saving Incrementally, Increasing Undo Steps & Navigation Settings

Lecture 3: 4. How to Start the Challenges

Lecture 4: Challenge 1 – Interface Settings

Lecture 5: 5. Enabling Add-ons

Lecture 6: Challenge 2 – Add-ons

Lecture 7: 6. How to Recover Blend Files after Crashes & Auto Saving Files

Lecture 8: Challenge 3 – Recovery

Lecture 9: 7. Get Your Free Blender Shortcut Key Guide

Lecture 10: 8. How to Navigate the Blender Interface

Lecture 11: Challenge 4 – Navigation

Lecture 12: 9. The Tool Shelf, Sidebar, Modes, & Changing Editor Types

Lecture 13: Challenge 5 – Tool Settings

Lecture 14: 10. Selection Types, Quick Favourites Menu & Transform Orientations

Lecture 15: Challenge 6 – Object Properties

Lecture 16: 11. Pivots, Snapping, Zoom Range and Object Visibility

Lecture 17: Challenge 7 – Visual Aids

Lecture 18: 12. Activating Selection Types & the 3D Cursor Tool

Lecture 19: Challenge 8 – Tool Shelf

Lecture 20: 13. The Annotate Tool, Dimensioning Add-on and the Interactive Cube Tool

Lecture 21: Challenge 9 – Activating Tools

Lecture 22: 14. Extrude, Bevel & Edge Loop Tool

Lecture 23: Challenge 10 – Loop Cut

Lecture 24: 15. The Knife, Bisect & Poly Build Tool

Lecture 25: Challenge 11 – Knife Tool

Lecture 26: 16. Using the Spin Tool to Form Profiles

Lecture 27: Challenge 12 – Spin Tool

Lecture 28: 17. How to Create, Split & Join Editor to Form Custom Workspaces

Lecture 29: Challenge 13 – Workspaces

Lecture 30: 18. How to use Collections

Lecture 31: Challenge 14 – Collections

Lecture 32: 19. The Versatile Multi-Purpose 3D Cursor Tool

Lecture 33: Challenge 15 – 3D Cursor

Lecture 34: 20. Snapping using Relative or Absolute and During Rotation

Lecture 35: Challenge 16 – Snapping

Lecture 36: 21. Face Normals and the Face Orientation Overlay

Lecture 37: Challenge 17 – Face Normals

Lecture 38: 22. The Coordinates System and Vertices, Edges & Faces

Lecture 39: Challenge 18 – Coordinates

Lecture 40: 23. How to Start Building your Asset Browser and Linking Blend Files

Lecture 41: 24. Common Issues

Lecture 42: Section End Master Challenge

Chapter 3: House Construction

Lecture 1: What is Unit Scale in Blender and Working with Metric or Imperial

Lecture 2: Challenge 34 – Unit Scale

Lecture 3: Importing DXF Files & Converting to Mesh Objects

Lecture 4: Challenge 35 – DXF

Lecture 5: DXF Origins and Rotation

Lecture 6: Extruding Base

Lecture 7: Extruding the Ground Floor External Walls

Lecture 8: Removing Door and Window Openings

Lecture 9: Extruding the Internal Walls

Lecture 10: Removing Interior Door Openings

Lecture 11: Introduction to Archimesh

Lecture 12: How to add External Doors with Archimesh

Lecture 13: Adding Windows Using Archimesh

Lecture 14: Adding Large Windows Group using Archimesh

Lecture 15: Adding Windows using Archimesh

Lecture 16: Using Archimesh to Create a Stairs

Lecture 17: Creating a ceiling for the ground floor

Lecture 18: Creating Floors to the Model

Lecture 19: Modelling the roof and Base

Lecture 20: Adding Railings to the Balcony

Lecture 21: 3D Modelling the Front Step

Lecture 22: 3D Modelling the External Walls

Lecture 23: 3D Modelling the patio and Grass Area

Chapter 4: Lighting & Materials

Lecture 1: Downloading the Assets

Lecture 2: Setting Up the Materials in the Library

Lecture 3: Setting Up the Models in the Library

Lecture 4: Adding Lighting Elements to the Scene

Lecture 5: UV Unwrapping and Texturing Floor

Lecture 6: Updating the Asset Library

Lecture 7: Creating Sill Material

Lecture 8: Creating Door Material

Lecture 9: Creating External Wall Material

Lecture 10: Ground Plane Material

Lecture 11: Creating Stone Particles

Lecture 12: Adding Grass Particles

Lecture 13: Adding Tree Assets into the Scene

Lecture 14: Texturing the Roadway

Chapter 5: Creating the House Construction Animation

Lecture 1: Testing Boolean Subtraction

Lecture 2: Combining Objects

Lecture 3: Combining Objects

Lecture 4: Adding the Table and Plan Textures

Lecture 5: Roll the plan open

Lecture 6: Setting up the Boolean Modifier

Lecture 7: Setting up the Camera

Lecture 8: Adding the Remaining Booleans

Lecture 9: Key frame Animation

Lecture 10: Camera Setup

Lecture 11: Boolean Animation

Lecture 12: Keyframing

Lecture 13: Animation Sequencing

Lecture 14: Camera Dynamics

Lecture 15: Tree Animation Setup