Wiley Mastering Autodesk VIZ 2008 978-0-470-14482-4 Manuale Utente

 

Welcome to 

 

. Once again, Autodesk VIZ 2008 benefits from the develop-

ment of its sister product, 3ds Max, to give architects and other design professionals an indispensable 
design tool. VIZ 2008 gives designers cutting-edge rendering technology, easier-to-use architectural 
materials, improved communication with other software, enhancements to modeling and animation 
tools, and better viewport interactivity than ever before.

This chapter introduces some of VIZ 2008’s special features and then gets you started working 

with the VIZ 2008 interface. In this chapter, you will learn to:

 

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Dock and float toolbars

 

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Copy objects and use the transform tools

 

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Create a named selection set

 

Each new version of Autodesk VIZ incorporates new and exciting tools to enhance your capabilities 
and workflow and increase the performance of the program on your computer system. Utilizing 
these new features is key to improving your skills and decreasing the time it takes to complete your 
projects. The VIZ 2008 Welcome Screen dialog box (see Figure 1.1) now includes links to essential 
skills movies, which teach many of the basic skills for using VIZ, as well as links to movies that 
explain the new features and additional VIZ related tutorials.

 

The new Welcome 
Screen dialog box

 

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