3DVIA Composer Essentials Training

An Instructor Led Classroom Based Basic Course

Course details and prerequisites:


Duration: 3 Days

Level: Basic

Prerequisites:

  • Familiarity with the terminology associated with 2D screen capture software.
  • Experience with the Windows Operating System

After the training you will be able to:


  • Create 2D and 3D images for product documentation applications such as Adobe Illustrator or CorelDRAW
  • Create animations to use for documentation or marketing of your product designs.
  • Update your product documentation views when changes are applied to your CAD files.

 

Course Outline


 

Lesson 1: Introduction

  • About the Book

Lesson 2: Getting Started

  • What is the 3DVIA Composer Application?
  • Starting 3DVIA Composer
  • 3DVIA Composer Terminology
  • 3DVIA Composer User Interface
  • Settings
  • Creating 2D output

Lesson 3: Navigating 3D Data

  • Views
  • Camera Views
  • Selections
  • Navigation Tools
  • Digger
  • Create 2D output

Lesson 4: Visibility and Appearance

  • Section Views
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Markup and Annotation
  • Visibility Tools
  • Rendering Styles
  • More Markup Tools

Lesson 5: Exploded Views and Vector Output

  • Importing Files
  • Exploded Views
  • Bill of Materials
  • Vector Graphics
  • Custom Rendering
  • Another Exploded View

Lesson 6: Lights, Textures, and High Resolution Output

  • Textures
  • Lighting
  • High Resolution Image

Lesson 7: Animation Basics

  • Timeline Pane
  • Position and Property Keys
  • Selections in the Key Track
  • Camera Keys
  • Visual Effects
  • Create 3D Output
  • More Notes about Animations

Lesson 8: Assembly Animations

  • Views for Animations
  • Adding Views to the Timeline
  • Improving the Animation
  • Events
  • Importing into PowerPoint

Lesson 9: Service Animations

  • Animating Collaborative Actors
  • Styles
  • Assembly Selection
  • Digger Keys
  • 3DVIA Player

Lesson 10: Updating from CAD Files

  • Updating from CAD Files