3D stands for 3rd Dimension; it comes after the 2D work has been completed and it is common that 2D images are used as reference. This is the basic application of 3D in regard to Games Development; however 3D is used by many other industries and people. One of the industries that use 3D the most as well as being relatively similar to the games industry in terms of the production process is the film industry.
Similar to the games industry, films have different genres, along with the script the genre of a game makes it easy to guess how much 3D is going to be used. For example, when comparing a romantic-comedy to an action film such as the new “Resident Evil: Afterlife” which is full of special effects.
Along with text being produced using 3D software, effects, models and objects will also be made. In the same trailer multiple knives are kicked off a table and fly through the air, hitting the chair a character is sitting in.
These knives would have ultimately been designed using 3D, it would be hard to come across a film which has been released within the last few years that doesn’t implement the use of 3D.
Architecture is another industry which uses 3D to visualise the projects they are working on, to show their clients what they hope to achieve at the end of the project. It is usually rendered out and a fly through the building will be recorded showing all the important parts of the design. There are specific 3D packages designed just for architects however they will also us 3DS Max and Maya as games designers do. The aim of using a 3D package to create a 3D representative of what they wish to achieve is very similar to the reasons why games developers create a 3D image of their designs.
Architecture is another industry which frequently uses 3D. 3D has massively benefit the architecture industry, using 3D has allowed architects to show designs, building, structures etc. to clients in amazing quality and detail and acts as a tool to sell, this is done rendering out a fly through of the designs showing all the important parts. Depending on how detailed the 3D design is along with the size and amount of polygons used will determine how long it takes to render, however low quality renders are used if it is just to check for any problems or glitches, this applies to everywhere 3D is used.
There are specific 3D programs that have been designed for architecture one of the most popular is AutoCAD Architecture, which is made by Autodesk, the same people who made Maya.
Second part will come soon.
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