Practice exercise

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This is a practice exercise video solution.

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To get started in Fusion,

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we want to open the supply data set,

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car model.

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We're gonna be creating a rendered image of this Pagani Zonda.

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To get started,

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we want to navigate to the render workspace.

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The first thing that we're gonna do is set up our scene.

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So from our scene settings,

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we want to set the background to be our environment.

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Then we'll go to our environment library and pick a background environment.

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In this case,

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we're gonna be using the dry lake bed.

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Then from our settings,

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we want to make sure that we use flat ground.

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We're gonna rotate the scene around.

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Make sure that we get a nice front 3 quarter view.

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We're also gonna make some minor adjustments.

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To things like the perspective of the camera,

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and stretch it out a little bit,

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and we're gonna turn on depth of field.

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For depth of field,

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we want to pick the center of focus as a portion of the vehicle.

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So we want to select somewhere in this corner area,

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and you can use the depth of field and center focus option.

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Once we select our center of focus,

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we can also modify the blur value,

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but we're gonna leave this as 1.0 for now.

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We're gonna close this out,

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and next we want to work on our appearances.

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From the appearances dialogue,

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when we take a look at the appearances applied,

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we've got a plastic translucent white glossy material,

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the default steel satin,

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we've got a rubber material for the tires,

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blue paint,

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which is on the exterior of the vehicle,

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and a black paint,

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which is used in other trim areas.

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We're going to change the blue by using a carbon fiber material.

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From our search,

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start to type in carbon.

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And you should find a carbon fiber plane.

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If this isn't downloaded inside of your fusion appearance library,

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select the download icon before dragging it over the

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blue material inside of our in this design.

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Select closed,

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and then move on to our texture map control.

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We want to select the car body

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and change the display mode to be UV diagnostic texture.

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The UV diagnostic texture will indicate the way in which

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our carbon fiber weave will be applied to the vehicle.

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In most cases,

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the default automatic application will be just fine.

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But on certain objects,

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you may find that you want to use one of the other options.

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In this case,

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let's leave it at automatic and say,

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OK.

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If you want to do a final check,

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you can use the in canvas render.

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Allow this to begin rendering and make sure that the

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appearances are going to be OK for our specific instance.

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We're gonna select stop the in canvas render and move on to our render options.

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You can render either in the cloud or locally.

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Using the local render,

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we'll use your computer's resources.

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We also have to predetermine whether or not we want to use a transparent background.

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If we do a cloud render,

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we'll be able to pick transparent background at the time we download our image.

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We'll also have some minor post processing tools

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that we can use on cloud rendered images.

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For the most part,

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cloud rendered images will not require the use of Flex tokens.

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However,

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there are instances where you change the image size to

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be much larger or change some of the quality settings,

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you'll find that you may be required to use Flex tokens for your render.

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In this instance,

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let's go ahead and just produce either a local or a cloud render,

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and we'll take a look at the results.

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Now that the render's complete,

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we can select it from our rendering gallery.

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We can take a look at the render,

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we can decide to create a turntable animation if we wish,

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or we can do some post-processing.

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When we select the post-processing options,

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we can modify things like the exposure value if

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we want to have a brighter or darker scene.

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We can also modify some of the presets.

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For example,

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we can use a neutral preset,

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and we can use some of the options such as the bloom amount.

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And bloom with multiplier.

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Playing around with these values can give you a

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very different look of your final rendered image.

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When we select apply,

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a second version of the image will be created.

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So the original will remain unchanged and will simply

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have a secondary image that will be customized.

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So,

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for example,

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in this instance,

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we can go back and forth between the original and the modified version

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and see which one we like the best.

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Once you've decided on one,

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we can download it,

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and once again,

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with a cloud render,

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we can decide to use a transparent background at the time of download.

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In this case,

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I'm gonna close and not say that.

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Once again,

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you can produce your own turntable renders and

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make as many rendered images as you want.

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Keeping in mind that we can make some minor changes,

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and every time you rotate the view,

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you'll see a new image in the render gallery once you start your new render.

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Let's go ahead and fire off one more render,

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using all the same settings.

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Once the second render is complete,

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we can take a look and once again

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make any adjustments needed before downloading the image.

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Everything here looks pretty good,

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so I think we're ready to stop the rendering process.

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Keep in mind that no saves will be required,

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and if any changes have been made to the model,

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when you start a new render,

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it'll automatically save that new version.

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So at this point,

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just double check that everything is saved before moving on.