LA 590 2007
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This is the web presence for LA 590 Design Technology at North Dakota State University.
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Syllabus
Calendar
Software
Required
- Adobe CS 1, 2 or 3
- can be purchased at the Varsity Mart
- AutoCAD Map 3d 2008
- can be downloaded for free from the Autodesk Student Community
- Autodesk VIZ
- can be downloaded for free from the Autodesk Student Community
- Google Sketchup
- licenses will be distributed for free when they are available
Recommended
- Lifehacker's top 10 back to school tools
- a list of hacks and tools oriented to school/studying.
- FastStone Photo Resizer
- Great tool for quickly batch editing and converting various image formats
- ImageSorter v2
- An alternative to Picasa for finding images, can group by color and other advanced features.
- 45 Best Freeware Design Programs
- a list of acceptable free alternatives to more expensive software
- Open Source Living
- An extensive site cataloging open source software organized by various categories.
- Launchy keystroke launcher
- Launchy is a free windows utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager.
- Whatsitscolor
- Whats its color is an image-color processing utility that will evaluate an image and give you the image's primary and complementary dominant colors of an image, how many visually unique colors are in an image, and the top ten visually unique colors in an image.
Assignments
- Assignment 1-3 Adobe CS LA 590 2007
- Assignment 4 Autodesk Civil LA 590 2007
- Assignment 5 & 6 Autodesk VIZ LA 590 2007
- Assignment 7 class presentation LA 590 2007
InDesign
Tutorial
Photoshop
Tips
Removing backgrounds quickly in photoshop
Illustrator
Tutorial
Sketchup
Tutorial
- Self paced tutorials (introductory)
- Video tutorials (advanced)
- GSD Site modeling tutorial
- mapping texture to terrain tutorial
- alpha channel tutorial for transparent trees
Other resources
AutoCAD
Tutorials
- Drawing objects in AutoCAD
- Modifying objects in AutoCAD
- Using images in AutoCAD
- AutoCAD plotting
- step by step instructions on plotting in AutoCAD
- AutoCAD scales
- Chart of different scale settings and text sized for plotting in AutoCAD
- University of Sheffield landscape digital tutorials
- Very good sequence of tutorials that are landscape oriented from the University of Sheffield
Autodesk VIZ
Tutorials
Assigned tutorials 1
These are available under the Help menu of VIZ 2008
- Introducing the Autodesk VIZ interface
- Getting started with VIZ 2008
- Using Autocad files
Assigned tutorials 2
- Viewing and Navigating 3d space
- Animation Concepts and Methods
- Animation Working with Controllers
- Lights and Cameras - Cameras
- Rendering
FYI tutorials
- Creating a walk through in Autodesk VIZ
- Detailed info on creating a walk through. Dated info (for VIZ R2!) but the principles are the same as the current version.
- Creating terrain objects
- Detailed information on creating terrian, applying materials and texture maps. Dated info but as above the principles are the same.
- Autodesk tutorials
- List of in depth tutorials from Autodesk
- Autodesk tutorial installer
- normally available under Help > Tutorials in Autodesk VIZ)
- Autodesk 'Area' site
- Create a user account and access many advanced tutorials
ND Information Systems
Free information for all. This date source provides access to individual layers that are represented in the hub explorer. This info is more processible and often higher resolution than hub explore images.
A great source for general information such as USGS topographic maps, existing road layouts, geologic features, and soil conditions.
For all the hunters and birders out there, this link provides access to hunting zones, wildlife refuges, and advisory agencies.
For any one interested in ND political boundaries, this explorer provides legislative districts and counties.
Here you can search for sex offenders in your neighborhood. This may be useful to show potential crime in a nieghborhood you may be studying.
SimCity, Eh?
Facebook & Community
Internet Effects on Design and Communication
Digital vs. Reality
Do virtual 3d landscapes resemble the actual or is it distorted or corrupt?
Collaboration
External links
Landscape Technology Wiki Feel free to contribute http://latech.wetpaint.com/
