All About 3D!

BEWISE@SDSC 2009

It's All About 3D!!

Presented by Jeff Sale

http://education.sdsc.edu/bewise2009/

"BE WISE girls will learn all about what it means to be able to see in three dimensions, and how easy it is to create interactive 2D and 3D animations without doing any programming. Girls will learn the same 3D modeling and animation tools used to make big budget Hollywood films and video games. They will build their own 3D virtual worlds, then export and share them with each other and the rest of the world through the Google Earth 3D interface. They will also learn how these easy-to-use tools can be used for scientific research at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. Girls will leave with their own pair of stereo lenses to view 3D stereo images they create."

Morning Schedule

9-9:10am; Welcome

9:10-9:30am: Introduction to 3D Stereograms

9:30-9:40am; Introduction to Google SketchUp

9:40-10:00am; Build you own world, share it in Google Earth

10:00-10:10am; Break

10:10-10:20am; Introduction to Maya

10:20-10:45am; Build a 3D model of San Diego

 

Afternoon Schedule

11-11:10am; Welcome

11:10-11:30am: Introduction to 3D Stereograms

11:30-11:40am; Introduction to Google SketchUp

11:40-12:00pm; Build you own world, share it in Google Earth

12:00-12:10pm; Break

12:10-12:20pm; Introduction to Maya

12:20-12:45pm; Build a 3D model of San Diego

Session 1, for a group of 20 girls, will be from 9am to 10:45am with one 15 minute break. Session 2, also for a group of 20 girls, will be from 11am to 12:45pm with one 15 minute break. Drop-off and pick will be on the top (7th) floor of the Hopkins Parking Structure next to the San Diego Supercomputer Center on the UCSD campus. See the map below for details.

Click the link below for the online map:

http://www.sdsc.edu/assets/images/MAP_directions.jpg

 

Activities

It's All About 3D! Slide Presentation (Powerpoint, HTML)

All About Viewing 3D Stereograms

Cross-eye Viewing

How to Free-view 3D Stereograms

Sequoia National Park Example

BEWISE@SDSC 2009 Logo

Animated BEWISE@SDSC 2009 Logo

BEWISE@SDSC 2009 Logo Stereo Pairs for download (right-click and choose "Save Target As..."):

Stereo 1 Stereo2

 

Parallel-eye Viewing

Sequoia National Park Example

How to build a 3D Stereoscope

Animated BEWISE@SDSC 2009 Logo

 

Anaglyph (Red-Blue) Stereograms

Sequoia National Park Example

Tutorial: How to Build an Anaglyph (Red-Blue) Stereogram With Photoshop (PDF, DOC)

 

Build a World With Google SketchUp

Google SketchUp is an amazing 3D modeling tool created by the folks at Google to make it easier to get models into Google Earth. Plus, it's free!! It is very easy to learn and alot of fun to use.

We will be learning some of the basic features of Google SketchUp, and then you will build your own world and then print it so that you may then view it using 3D stereo glasses just like at Disneyland!!

Sketchup Quick Reference Guide (pdf)

To download Google SketchUp, go to:

http://sketchup.google.com/

Sketchup

 

Build a 3D Model of San Diego With Maya 2008

Tutorial (PDF, DOC)

Files You Will Need

San Diego Bay Aerial Image (TIF, JPG)

San Diego Bay Digital Elevation Model Image (TIF, JPG)

 

FREE! Maya Personal Learning Edition

Maya Personal Learning Edition is a free version of Maya that contains most of the amazing features available in the professional version. The only limitation is that the files you create may only be opened in Maya, and any images you render will have a 'Maya' watermark on them.

Click to download the FREE Maya Personal Learning Edition.

Maya