Course Handouts & Learning Resources

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I. General view controls, tool boxes and common commands
  1. Getting started in MicroStation - Some Basic Commands
  2. Location, View Control and Instantiation
  3. A Summary of menus, tool boxes, and other commands in MicroStation
  4. Microstation Shortcuts
II. Working units and Accudraw system
  1. Working Units and Scale Systems in MicroStation
  2. Accudraw and the Floating Construction Plane
III. Surfacing and Solid Modeling
  1. Solid Modeling Concepts and Examples
  2. Surface Modeling Concepts
  3. Digital Terrain Modeling (same as 2006 Workshop 7 notes below)
IV. Materials, rendering, lighting and light energy modeling
  1. Define Material Settings
  2. Pattern Map Settings
  3. Material Sample Web Sites
  4. Raytrace Settings
  5. General Rendering Settings
  6. View Specific Rendering Settings
  7. Particle Tracing Rendering and Settings
  8. Sample IES Lighting Fixture Renderings and Files
  9. Radiosity Modeling and Rendering
V. Time-line of computer graphics history and significant discoveries
  1. History of Computer Graphics Rendering (compiled by Wayne Carlson, Ohio State University)
VI. Interesting work
  1. scripted by purpose
VII. Bentley educational institute learning materials << NOTE: THIS SITE IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCESSIBLE>>
Bentley ETS Resource Center - online tutorials  
  1. “Bentley Architecture 2004 - Controlling Your Working Plane”
  2. “Bentley Architecture 2004 - Simple Solids”
  3. “Bentley Architecture 2004 - Conceptual Design Using Solid Modeling”
  4. “Bentley Architecture 2004 - Solid Modeling with Topology Tools”
  5. “Surface Modeling for MicroStation V8 2004 Edition”
  6. “Bentley Architecture 2004 - Viewing a Design”
  7. “Bentley Architecture 2004 - Visualization”
  8. “Design Visualization for the MicroStation V8 2004 Edition” - [Materials · Solar Study · Particle Trace]
VIII. Workshop Notes from 2007
  1. Notes from Workshop 1
  2. Notes from Workshop 2
  3. Notes from Workshop 3
  4. Notes from Workshop 4 forthcoming (see notes from workshop 6 2006 in the interim) 
  5. Notes from Workshop 5 forthcoming (see notes from workshop 7 2006 in the interim) 
  6. Notes from Workshop 6
  7. Notes from Workshop 7
  8. Notes from Workshop 8
  9. Notes from Workshop 9
  10. Notes from Workshop 10
  11. Notes from Workshop 11
  12. Notes from Workshop 12
IX. Workshop Notes from 2006
  1. Notes from Workshop 1
  2. Notes from Workshop 2
  3. Notes from Workshop 3
  4. Notes from Workshop 4
  5. Notes from Workshop 5
  6. Notes from Workshop 6
  7. Notes from Workshop 7  <<same as DTM handout above
  8. Notes from Workshop 8
  9. Notes from Workshop 9
  10. Notes from Workshop 10
  11. Notes from Workshop 11
  12. Notes from Workshop 12
IX. Workshop Notes from 2005
  1. Notes from Workshop 1
  2. Notes from Workshop 2
  3. Notes from Workshop 3
  4. Notes from Workshop 4
  5. Notes from Workshop 5  <<previous digital terrain modeling handout from 2005
  6. Notes from Workshop 6
  7. Notes from Workshop 7
  8. Notes from Workshop 8
  9. Notes from Workshop 9
  10. Notes from Workshop 10
  11. Notes from Workshop 11
  12. Notes from Workshop 12
X. Workshop Notes 2003 - 2004
  1. Notes from 2004 Workshops
  2. Notes from 2003 Workshops