3ds Max | Tutorials

In this tutorial, we will learn about a very useful tool called Clone And Align.
This tool will let you distribute one or more objects called the Source Objects on to one or more objects called Destination objects. This tool offers many features that allow you to customize the way the distribution should take place.

In this tutorial, we will see how we can bind sub-object elements to an external object using a modifier called Linked XForm, so that when modifying the transforms of this object the sub-object elements will be affected. We will three different scenarios where this modifier can be useful. Of course, you can think of different scenarios of your own. Also, we will see how we can animate the external objects and have the sub-object elements animated without really creating any keyframes for them.

In this video, we will see how, when cloning a Group, we can instance the transforms of objects inside the groups. Also, starting from minute 2:08, we will see how we can make the transforms unique again, to avoid issues when, for example, trying to detach an object from a group while its transforms are instanced.

In this tutorial, we will learn about TurboSmooth modifier, what's for, how it works, how to use support edges to constraint the smoothing to specific parts of the model, and finally a quick explanation of why professionals recommend keeping your polygons as quads(= 4-sided polygons).