3ds Max Learning Channel

In this movie, you merge a traffic light assembly that includes a traffic light, a light post and a trash can. You then duplicate and place this assembly around the major intersections using simple Transform tools.

In this movie, you learn how to add urban design components to make the city block look more believable. Some of the components you add include traffic lights, fire hydrants and mailboxes, among others.

In this movie, you use the Daylight System to light the scene. The Daylight System has been shown in many a tutorial on this channel, so the explanation will be brief. You will however replace the background gradient with a custom bitmap to simulate clouds

In this movie, you use the sidewalks you created in the last movie to extract surfaces for building lots. You will also treat the building lots so that they have different textures to introduce more variety.

In this movie, you extract spline paths using the existing infrastructure to add sidewalks to the road works. To do so, you use the Sweep modifier to block out the sidewalks. You then work at an editable poly level to fine-tune the results.

In this movie, you create variations for the inner roads. In order to tile the city blocks, you need the perimeter and the center cross roads to remain constant, but you can have variations with the smaller inner roads.

In this movie, you finalize the road works by connecting the inner intersections. In so, you will use the same techniques you learned about earlier, using the sweep modifier to create the two-lane roads.

In this movie, you use the geometry you have already created to extract the intersections for the inner roads. You also add materials to the existing material definition and clean up the connections between existing and new roads.

In this movie, you create the roads that connect the intersections together. You will explore a couple of different approaches and settle on one that yields an easier mapping workflow.

In this movie, you use the cross intersections you created in the last movie to extract T and L junctions. Doing that, you also learn to edit the new intersections and add to the material created earlier to accommodate more street markings.

In this movie, you work on road intersections.You start with the cross intersection at the center of the city block, and then you use that intersection as a template to create others.

In this movie, you work on the roads that make up your first city block. You learn how to subdivide the roads to ensure you are using different road markings that include lane dividers and pedestrian crossings.

In this movie, you lay the foundation for the first city block. This includes working with reference images, deciding on the project scale and setting up 3ds Max accordingly.

This tutorial series shows you how to build tileable city blocks that include road works, street elements and low-poly buildings to create cityscapes. The tutorial is divided in three sections: Roads, Urban Design Components and Low-Poly Buildings.

This tutorial shows what every-day AutoCAD users need to do to prepare their 2D AutoCAD drawings to work as blueprint references inside 3ds Max.