I have started to make some simple objects, and I remember that my first model it was a cactus. I have found a video on youtube and I was very happy when I have made it. If you are a beginner you should start with simple objects but its your choice. I was practicing a lot and after 6 months I was ready to make a 3D car without tutorials. It was a VW Golf 5.

One day, when I was following some tutorials, I was stuck on some steps and nobody helped me. In that day, I was thinking to make an website where I will post anything that I will learn in the future. After 3 days I've bought a hosting service and the domain "Tutorial-z.com". The objective of the site was to help people to understand the 3D world, not only making some tutorials where the author says click here and here without explaining what the function does and why he is doing that. On this website you can find the best tutorials on the web, and the tutorials are in a text/image format because in my opinion is easier to understand. The reader is reading and watching the image, but in a video, he need to pay more attention and if he didn't understood something he need to rewind and play the video again. This is why we have a text/image tutorials.

Today I'm living in Dijon, France, and I have a small design company. I am at the beggining of my career and I really love what I'm doing. I'm also studying architecture and economy.

Download the blueprint setup

1. First step that you need to do is to open the downloaded file and take a look of the car lines, the blueprint setup, etc. Just study a little bit the car and watch the provided renders

2. Like I said, I will tune this car, so I will not follow all the lines of the blueprint. When I was starting to model this car , I started from the front bumper then I moved to the rear. Here you have some images to show you how I created the front bumper. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask :

3. Now lets start to add some details. I will start with the "nose". Grab the border tool, select that hole, hold the shift button and scale down the border. You will see that some new polygons will appear :

4. At this step we will put the vertices at their place. Do this by moving vertex by vertex. Don't move them with a single move because you will not have the same mesh as me :

5. Now do the same thing but this time but at this step just drag the edges backwards (to the interior of the care) and it's done :

6. We will move a little bit lower and we will modify the lower part of the bumper. Select the same edges as me, hold the shift button and drag it a little bit to the interior :

7. Select the same edges as me, then use the connect tool to ad an extra edge

8. Use the same procedure to create 2 more edges here :

9. Select the same polygons as me, and, to create some polygons between them, after selecting the polygons you need to use the "Bridge" tool. So, after you have selected the polygons, click on that small square near the "Bridge" tool. Use 3 segments :

10. Turn the viewport to see the rear polygons and delete these ones :

11. Now just move the vertices a little bit to make that shape like this one :

12. At this step we will create that rounded shape from the "nose"/intake holes. Select the same polygons as me, then hold the shift button and drag them out. A small window will appear. You need to check "Clone to object". This will make that shape a new object

13. Now we will work on this object. Select it, and the select all polygons from the object and press the Flip button. This will turn the polygons on the other side.

14. Select the entire border, then pick the scale tool, hold shift and scale down the border until you will have something like below :

15. Now put the vertices in the same position as me (the vertices from the new edge ):

16. Select the entire edge, hold the shift button and drag it to the interior fo the car :

17. As you know, the front of this part from the intake hole, it is a little bit rounded. First of all we need to create a new edge in the middle and then move it just a little bit to the exterior. To make that edge in the middle you need to do the following steps : select the same edges then use the connect tool to create a new edges in the middle. When you are done, keep the edges selected then move it a little bit forward :

18. When we will apply a smooth modifier, the edges will be rounded BUT, not all edges should be. Those ones which are selected below should be sharper :

19. To make them look sharper we need to chamfer them with a small amount. Just select the edges and chamfer them with a small amount (you can use the same amount as me if you want) :

20. Now just drag that part back to his place :

21. From this part we will move a little bit forward with the modeling. Make the next rows of polygons :

22. At this step we will make a little bit the box of the headlight. Just something quick made because we will come back later to make the headlight. Select the same edges and drag them back. Don't forget to hold the shift button. When you are done, select the polygons from this box and detach them. When the small window appears check "Clone to Object"

23. Now we will make that seam between the front bumper and the rest of the car. Select the same edges and them chamfer them with the same amount as me. BUT, don't forget that now you need to check the "Open chamfer" box.

24. We will add some details that I consider very important. I saw that some beginners will let the seams between the parts like this but we will make a small detail which will make the difference between a beginner and an intermediate. The small detail is this one : we will make some extruded eges to the interior between the seams. This will give to the viewer the impression of thickness and not the impression that the body of the care is made with some paper sheets. Select the same edges, hold the shift button and drag them to the interior of the car :

25. On the side, there is a small part that we need to modify because it is visibile and it shouldn't. Select these 4 vertices, then in the top viewport drag them to the interior and put them in the same place as me :

26. If you will apply a smooth modifier like "Meshsmooth" or "Turbosmooth" you will have this :

27. You will notice that the edges which should be sharp, are rounded. To fix this, we need to chamfer those edges with a small amount. So, select the same edges as me , then chamfer them using the same value like in the image :

28. Now if you will apply a smooth modifier and hide the edges, you will see that the chamfered edges are now sharper, but, you still need to check the intersection between the edges. In some places, after the chamfering step, some triangles were made and as you probably now, we should avoid triangles on high poly models. Here I will show you how to fix them :

29. When you are done, apply a smooth modifier (if you didn't applied one) and then disable the edges and the front bumper should look like this :

30. At this step you need to select all polygons from the front bumper then click on detach. Because for the moment we will leave the front bumper and we will continue with the rest of the body. After you have detached the part, hide it :

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Step 1:
We're going to start by creating the chessboard first.
So, create a box with the settings shown in the image.
The number and size of the subdivisions will help us determine the position and size for our pieces.

When done, convert it down to an editable poly.

Step 2:
Let's now give our board a better look.
under the polygon sub object level, select a polygon from the ones on the side, then hold shift and click one next to it (see image)

Step 3:
Extrude the selected polygons (make sure the type is set to local normal like bellow)

Step 4:
Select the four edges in the corners and chamfer them with an amount of 10.

do the same to the ones in the images bellow.

Now we're done with the board, so freeze it (right click --> object properties, check "Freeze" and uncheck "Show Frozen in Grey" and click OK).
Now let us move on and make our pieces.

Step 4:
OK, we will make the Pawn first.
Start by creating a cylinder in the position and with the parameters in the images.

Step 5:
Now follow the images.

Step 6:
Now create a sphere and put it on the top of the pawn like this.

Step 7:
Then select the pawn and click on "Attach" and select the sphere

Step 8:
Now we need to chamfer some edges. Select the ones shown in the image bellow.

Step 9:
Apply a mesh smooth modifier to the pawn, with a number of iterations of 2. And we're done with the pawn.

Step 10:
Great, now we have to do the whole operation to create all the 15 other pawns (what the...!! is this guy crazy) OK! OK! just kidding.
hold shift and drag the pawn to the next position and change the number to 7 instances, and again to create the other row of pawns(see images)

OK now just hide all of the pawns, and let's make the rook.
It's pretty much the same manipulation as the pawn, so I'm going to repeat just this once, because there's no point of repeating over and over.
so less talk more rock...

Step 12:
Make a cylinder again with the radius this time a little bit bigger than the pawn.

Step 13:
This time we won't delete that polygon, and we will work with extrude.

I did an insert here, then I'll extrude just a little bit, then scale.

insert and up just a little bit.

Step 14:
Now select three polygons, leave one, then select three and leave one...

Step 15:
Now let's chamfer some edges.

Step 16:
Now carefully select these edges.

When you're done chamfer them too.

Step 17:
And finally, let's add a Mesh Smooth modifier to see the result.

I will leave the Knight until the end, and now I'll make the bishop.
Step 18:
OK, as i said before, there's no need to repeat everything, so I'll jump to here
(I just copied a pawn, and made some adjustments to it)

Step 19:
Now Scale out

Step 20:
more edges to be chamfered.
these are the old ones(from the pawn)

and here are the new ones

Step 21:
Now let's make the head.
First create a new sphere an put it like this

Step 22:
From the modifier list, choose FFD 3x3x3, then choose Control Points

Step 23:
Now by moving, scaling them, try to get this shape (it's a very easy manipulation)

Step 24:
Create a box and try to place it like this

Step 25:
Select the sphere again then go to (create-> Compound Objects -> boolean)

Step 26:
Click on "Pick Operand B" then select The box.

Step 27:
Create a little sphere on top of his head.

Step 28:
We're almost done.
Now you have to select the head of the bishop (it's important to select the head)
then click on the little square near "Attach".

Step 29:
then choose both the little sphere and the body of the bishop, then click attach.
And we're done with the bishop.

Step 30:
The queen has the exact same body as the bishop, except for the head, and she's also bigger and fatter XD.

Follow the images

Step 31:
Select these vertices then click Weld.(there are 24 before welding and 12 after)

then weld these ones

then these ones too

and repeat that to get this

Step 32:
lift the inside vertices, just a bit to get a cool shape.

Step 33:
Select and chamfer these edges.

Step 34:
Now we have to weld some vertices.

Here's the result.

Step 35:
Create two new spheres like this.

Step 36:
Select the queen and attach the two spheres to it.
and we're done

Step 37:
The king is very easy, just copied the queen and cut off her head :p

Step 38:
Select these edges but as a border then click on cap

Step 39:
make some insertions like this

Step 40:
then make any symbol you want on his head.

Step 41:
We now arrive to the hardest piece, the night.
If you search through the web you'll find that the only piece of chess that's got a lot of variants is the knight,
so to ensure that we're doing the same thing, i think it's better if we use a reference image, and here's the one that i suggest.

start in the side view by creating a plan with the same dimensions as our reference image(1697x1131).

Step 42:
Open your material editor, and click on the little square near diffuse

from the pop-up menu, choose bitmap, then choose the image and click open.

Step 43:
Assign the material to the plan, then click on "Show shaded material in viewport"

freeze the plan, and we're done setting up our reference image.

Step 44:
Create a cylinder as shown in the image.

Step 45:
it has to be placed very well, so right click with your mouse, then click the little square in front of move, then put 0 on x and y.

Step 46:
Convert the cylinder to an editable poly.
Start following the shape of the piece by extruding the top polygon (you can hit "alt+x" to make the cylinder transparent).

Things are not going to stay round and easy(check your top and front views)

Step 47:
Delete this polygon (we're going to proceed by extruding edges.

Step 48:
Oh! i forgot something. Don't worry if the other side of the piece doesn't match, we will fix that by applying
a symmetry modifier, let's do it right now.
From the modifier list, choose symmetry

Here are the parameters that worked for me.

Step 49:
Try to use you're imagination to follow the topologies of the piece.

Select these edges, then connect them

Cap this border.

Sorry, I'll do some modifications.
I'll remove some edges.

And, continue.

Step 50:
Let's add some details.
The ear.

(And there's still one vertex behind the ear, don't forget it)

The eye and nose.

The Hair.

Other details.

At last, were done.

I just made a silly table to put our chess set on.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
and next time you will be texturing and rendering these babies with C. Andrei .
Any questions, you're welcome.

I didn't found a blueprint which doesn't match, I took a blueprint for one of my readers. He asked for this tutorial and I will use his blueprints .

1. Open this blueprint, using Photoshop :

2. We will start the top the car. Select the top of the car, then right click on it and choose > Layer via copy

3. Now lower the oppacity of this layer at 35% and place it over the side of the car. You need to place it like below. To fit the spoiler lines. If this will fit, you don't need to modify it.

4. BUT, you can be more precice. You can see if the details will fit. Having the layer in the same place. Check if the middle of the car lines (fron the top view) are the same with the lines from the side view . Always check the middle lines from the top, front and rear view. Select the MOVE tool and press the UP arrow key and check if these detailes matches . Use only the UP & DOWN keys.
The bottom of the windshield is good :

The top of the windshield is good :

The bottom of the rear window is good :

The top of the rear window is good :

5. And here are some other details that you can check : trunk lines, hood, lines, door lines. Some edges are overlapped and is a little bit to see them, but if you will use only the UP and DOWN key you will know about what I am talking :

6. Now let's check the front view. If it will fit on the side view, it will also fitting with the top view. So, do the same thing. Select the front view using select tool > and choose "Layer via copy". Then put the new layer over the side view and we will take as starting point the highest point possible. Pick the middle of the front view, and put in over the highest point of the side view. Like below :

7. Use ONLY the LEFT & RIGHT arrow keys to check if it fits :

Here is the corner of the headlights :

8. My reader said that the trunk isn't fitting, so , lets check. Do the same thing like on the front view. Pick the highest point and so on ... :

9. Well, everything is fitting. Now we need to import them in 3DS Max. I know that I saw a tutorial where the author showed a method. But that method works only if you have cutted the blueprints correctly. Well, I didn't cutted them cirreclty and it will be better if you will download the same blueprints from HERE. Like this we will use the same blueprints.

10. Open 3DS Max and make a plane with the same dimensions like the Top View Image. ( 1638 x 750 ). Do this in the top viewport

11. Now make the side plane in the left viewport. Make it with the same dimension as for the side view (1638 x 572)

12. Make those other 2 views and place them like below, don't forget to check the image size before :

13. Well, in that tutorial that I have saw, the author placed the blueprints and started to model. Its not so simple if you didn't cutted the blueprint correctly. Pick 4 materials and at each material click on the little square from "Diffuse" > Bitmap > and pick your desired blueprint (top,side,front, rear)

14. Click this button to see the texture in the viewport.

15. Maybe you will get something like this (first image). The entire blueprint is messed up. Let's fix it . Click on the top view plane for example and choose from the modifier menu UVW Xform, and you will see a rotation option in the menu. Put -90.0 like me, to have the front of the car pointed to the front viewport.

16. Do the same thing for the other planes. Use only "90.0" or "-90.0" as rotation degree.

17. I am sure that you say that the blueprint have a bad quality in the viewport. Lets fix that too : go to Views > Show Materials in Viewport As > Hardware Display with Maps

18. Be sure that you are in Orthographic view and not Perspective .Now we will do the same thing that we made in Photoshop. Lets start with the side view. Be sure that the side view is in the middle of the top view (the car logo place is not exactly in the middle, so don't pick that point as a guid. Pick the middle of the windshield)and the side view plane pass through the middle of the front and rear view :

19. Use the Y & Z (green and blue) axis to move the highest point of the front view to the highest point of the side view

20. Now drag the front view forward to see if the lines ar fitting , like below. Use only the Y axis (the green one):

21. Do the same thing with the rear view. Move the highest point of the rear view to the highest point of the sideview using only the Y an Z axis. Then drag the rear view to the end of the car to see if it fits. Mine it fits, you can check below

22. The last plane, the top view. In the viewport, you have a part of the cube which need to be clicked. The part between top part of the cube and the right part. Its a small block. You can see it below . But just click it, don't move it. Put the cursor over until that part will be highlighted and just click

23. Now you need to use 2 viewports . Again, use only the Y and Z axis. Don't use the red one. In the left viewport, use the Z axis to lift up the top view and in the right viewport I am watching my blueprint. Lift up until you can see if the front bumper fits.

24. As you can see, its not . Just use the green axis to drag it a little bit to the rear of the car , to fit the front spoiler lines. If the front will fit, the rear will fit too. We already checked that in Photoshop

25. Now use the blue axis to drag down the top view , to bring it back to the same level as before. But use inly the blue axis.

26. The last thing before modeling is this. Select all the planes > right click > object properties > check the "Freeze" box and uncheck the "Show fronzen in gray" box. And then press ok. By doing this, you cannot move the blueprint, so you don't need to worry that you will move the accidentaly. You can try , just try to select on of the planes and you will see that you can't .

If you like this tutorial don't forget to press the like button and if you still need help with this or something else, you can find us all on the forum and we will help you asap . Have a nice day

 I will start with the first one. First step is to opne your scene and go to “Customize” then choose “Preferences”. A window like below should appear :

Now, in the viewport tab, press on the “Choose Driver” button and be sure that you have these settings. If you have dx10 I would recommend to use dx9. For 3DS Max its better. If you will use dx10 you will see some strange triangles on the mesh.

Then click on the “ok” button. You will receive a message that you need to restart 3ds max. Now press on the “configure driver” button and put these values :

If you will have some higher values , put them but don’t forget to check the little boxes. Then save your scene and restart 3DS Max and voila, the blueprint have a better quality.
The second way is faster . You need to place your blueprints in your scene then go to Views > Show Materials in Viewport As > Hardware Display with Maps

And the blueprints should change instantly without restarting 3DS Max. I hope that this tutorial helped you and if you have any questions or problems please ask on the forum. Don’t forget to press the like button and leave a comment.

Like in the the other tutorial, I've made the starting file which can be downloaded from HERE (its for 3ds max 2009 - or newer version). But if you want, you can download the blueprints from HERE and you can put them how do you want.

Let's start :

1. Open the "Start" file which you have downloaded. You should have something like this :

2. Now i will post only images and i will show you how to model it. I don't think that is necesary to write at each step "hold shift and drag". Because its the same thing until to the next step. Just follow the images, be sure that the vertex or vertices are in the same spot in every viewport and try to not make triangles on the project. If you to make your plane transparent, just press Alt+X. And one of the most important thing if you are a beginner, don't forget to weld the vertices.

3. I have created the middle eges using Connect. Select all the vertical edges then connect them.

4. Continue with the basic modeling. First we will do the shape, then the details.

5. Use Connect to connect the same edges as me. Be careful to not move the edges.

6. Let's continue

7. Sorry about this but you need to delete the selected polygons, sorry i didn't realized something. Its more easy to delete some poligons instead to make again the images for the tutorial. Sorry again.

8. I've made before this model and i will change the front bumper a little bit ... i like more like this. Let's go back to modeling and you will see , i think that its more nice than the stock model. It's nothing fancy. If you want you can make it how do you want but after i will finish this tutorial i will make another one and i will explain how to texture the car and its more easy if we have the same model.

9. Like i said earlier, i will not make the stock front bumper, because i will make a racing layout for our bmw, and will be more nicely if we will change some small details . Hope this will not make the tutorial harder. Move the vertices just like me and will be fine.

10. Select the same edges as me

11. Hold shift and drag them inside.

12. Now just put the vertices from the back in their places

13. Select those 2 edges which are in the picture and a "bridge" between them.

14. Back to basic modeling. We will do altmost the same thing for the central hole, so I will not explain again. Its useless to do it.

15. Connect those edges

16. Drag those vertices a little bit to the interior

17. I've moved those vertices a little bit to make more space between them. You can also do it but be very carefuly to not mess up the shape.

18. Select the same edges as me and give them a 0.3 chamfer

19. Connect the same edges as me

20. Chamfer de same edges as me with a 1.5 chamfer

21. IMPORTANT STEP. AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, DON'T USE TRIANGLES. SORRY IF I USED IN THE AUDI TT TUTORIAL, I WAS AND I AM A BEGINNER. SO, AFTER EACH CHAMFER WHICH YOU MAKE, VERIFY IF YOU HAVE TRIANGLES ON THE CHAMFERED EDGE. LOOK IN THE BELOW PICTURE.

IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, USE WELD TO WELD THE VERTICES.

22. Instead, if its a square like below, its ok

23. Do the same thing for the central hole and don't forget what i said about the triangles.

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