This course is designed to teach you how to use the 3DVIA Composer software to create 2D and 3D output from CAD design data utilizing advanced functions of the 3DVIA Composer software and its associated products to create, share and distribute content.

Course Outline

• What is the 3DVIA Composer Application?


• Starting 3DVIA Composer


• 3DVIA Composer Terminology


• 3DVIA Composer User Interface


• Settings


• Creating 2D Output


• Exercise 1: User Interface


• Exercise 2: Terminology

• Views


• Camera Views


• Selections


• Navigation Tools


• Digger


• Create 2D Output


• Exercise 3: Navigation Tools


• Exercise 4: Digger


• Exercise 5: Updating Views

• Section Views


• Keyboard Shortcuts


• Markup and Annotation


• Styles


• Visibility Tools


• Rendering Styles


• High Resolution Images


• More Markup Tools


• Exercise 6: Section Views, Markups and Annotations


• Exercise 7: Visibility and Rendering Tools


• Exercise 8: Styles

• Importing Files


• Exploded Views


• Bill of Materials


• Vector Graphics


• Another Exploded View


• Exercise 9: Exploded View


• Exercise 10: Exploded Views, BOMs, and Callouts

• Timeline Pane


• Position and Property Keys


• Selections in the Key Track


• Camera Keys


• Visual Effects


• Create 3D Output


• More Notes About Animations


• Exercise 11: Managing the Timeline Pane


• Exercise 12: Animating Changes to Actors


• Exercise 13: Animating Changes to Camera View

• Views for Animations


• Adding Views to the Timeline


• Improving the Animation


• Events


• Importing into PowerPoint


• Exercise 14: Selection Sets and Views


• Exercise 15: Views into Animations


• Exercise 16: Events

• Animating Collaborative Actors


• Assembly Selection


• Digger Keys


• 3DVIA Composer Player


• Exercise 17: Service Animation

• Updating from CAD Files
  
• Exercise 18: Updating from CAD