Clarke Steinback Ph.D. 3D Computer Modeling APCG 330 Spring 2007 Initech

2007 Spring ->3D Computer Modeling ->Galleries ->Group Gallery ->Initech Danny Murray   Group Scene Brad Sanders     Alex Prator     Rylan Utegaard       Peter Hates His Job   Inspiration The inspiration for our scene comes from the movie “Office Space” which all the members of the group enjoyed. The particular scene we chose takes place after the main character, Peter, decides he wants a better view of the window and knocks down the two cubicle walls blocking the sunlight. There is a mess left from the books, papers, and binders strewn across the floor. Peter’s calm, not caring attitude somehow gets him out of trouble with his boss. We all liked this idea for our scene because it appealed to our sense of humor and looked reasonably challenging. *The second render is much bigger, but less quality and is meant just to show detail.             Objects Binders Rylan Utegaard   Books Rylan Utegaard   Folders Rylan Utegaard   Coffee Mug Rylan Utegaard   Stapler Rylan Utegaard   Colored Books and Binders Rylan Utegaard modified by Danny Murray   Calculator Lightwave object   CD & Case Lightwave object   Chair Lightwave object modified by Brad Sanders   Cords Brad Sanders   Keyboard Lightwave object modified by Brad Sanders   Cubicles Brad Sanders   Desks Danny Murray   File Cabinet Alex Prator   Big File Cabinet Lightwave   Floppy Disk Lightwave   Ground Brad Sanders   Pencil Holder Brad Sanders   Memo Rylan Utegaard   Monitor Lightwave object modified by Brad Sanders   Mouse Pad Brad Sanders   Paper Tray Alex Prator   Paper (large stack) Brad Sanders   Paper Box Brad Sanders   Paperclip Box Alex Prator   Black Pen Lightwave object   Pop Can Lightwave object modified by Brad Sanders   Rear Wall Brad Sanders   Shelf Brad Sanders   Small and Large File Boxes Alex Prator   Paper (small stack) Alex Prator   Stand Rylan Utegaard   Computer Case Alex Prator   TPS Report Rylan Utegaard   Wall Brad Sanders   Wall Picture Rylan Utegaard   All Papers Rylan Utegaard and Alex Prator Textures Binder Covers Rylan Utegaard   Binder Spines Rylan Utegaard   Binder Pages Rylan Utegaard   Pages Rylan Utegaard   Initech Logos Rylan Utegaard   TPS Report Rylan Utegaard   Memo Rylan Utegaard   Wall Poster Rylan Utegaard   Lumbergh Picture Danny Murray   Monitor Image Brad Sanders Problems and Solutions Danny - I found that placing the cubicle walls was quite tedious so to solve the problem I made a complete cubicle out of all the different size walls so I could copy and paste that rather than individual walls.   Brad - I had a lot of trouble getting the lighting to look realistic without having it so complex the rendering would take forever.  This proved to be very difficult when using radiosity because ambient lighting doesn't make as big of a difference.  So, I had to rely on 2 above area lights, one to light the foreground and one for the background.  This increased render time considerably, but was the only way to get a decent look. I didn't have too much problem modeling the objects, other than getting the transparency map just right on the pencil holder.  Making everything look similar to the screen shot we were going for, but not necessarily exact was pretty difficult and it didn't give much room for creativity, though I think we were able to add our own touch.   Rylan - I created my stapler in Lightwave 9.0 and it didn't convert to an older version. So I exported it to a Lightwave 5.0 and tried to fix it, but it wasn't perfect so eventually I just used my original and did the final render in Lightwave 9.0.   Alex - One of the problems I had was that the stacks of paper would occasionally explode into nothing more than a cloud of points when they were moved into layout.  This only happened when they were moved from one computer to another beforehand.  It was impossible to predict and we never found out why they exploded, so the only solution was to create another stack and hope it worked. Time Frame Binders 3.3 hours   Books 1.5 hours   Coffee Mug 3 hours   Folders 2 hours   Memo 30 minutes   All Papers 30 minutes   Stand 30 minutes   Stapler 5 hours   TPS Report 40 minutes   Wall Picture 5 minutes   Wall Poster 20 minutes   Binder Textures 1.5 hours   Page Textures 20 minutes   Initech Logos 1 hour   Chair 1 hour   Chords 1 hour   Keyboard 30 minutes   Cubicles 2.5 hours   Ground 1 hour   Pencil Holder 2.5 hours   Monitor 1 hour   Mouse Pad 30 minutes   Paper (large stack) 1 hour   Paper Box 30 minutes   Pop Can 30 minutes   Rear Wall 30 minutes   Shelf 1.5 hours   Wall 1.5 hours   Desks 5 hours   Computer Case 30 minutes   File Cabinet 1.5 hours   Paper (small stack) 2 hours   Small and Large File Boxes 1 hour   Paperclip Box 30 minutes   Paper Tray 20 minutes   Planning 5 hours   Lighting 10 hours   Rendering 15 hours References For all aspects of our project:            Office Space. Dir. Mike Judge. Perf. Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston. Video. Twentieth Century Fox, 1999.   Tetris image            http://www.pcgaming.ws/screenshots/tetris.gif   Transparency Mapping http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~ranger/samples/CSCI140/tutorialsS05/ GarretSmithTutorial/index.html   Coffee Mug http://www.newtek.com/products/lightwave/tutorials/modeling/ modeling/cup.html     Images http://homepage.mac.com/payote/TPSMemo.pdf, http://www.chrisglass.com/journal/downloads/TPSreport.pdf, http://diy.despair.com/motivator.php, http://sohnch.natoo.net/wp/pk/pages/nature19.htm, http://projects.sd3.k12.nf.ca/multiage/flight/data.html, http://www.hort.purdue.edu/hort/landarch/virtoff/graph.htm, http://www.uvm.edu/~jmorris/2003/graph.html 2007 Spring Concept Design and Storyboarding 3D Computer Modeling Assignments Calendar Gradebook Syllabus Tutorials Galleries Desk Gallery Group Gallery Video Game Development Portfolio Video Game Project

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