AECbytes Tips and Tricks
Issue #28
March 20, 2008

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This month's issue of "Tips and Tricks" features the following tutorials:

Rounding Edges at Render Time in 3ds Max
by Scott Onstott, Book & Video Author
http://www.aecbytes.com/tipsandtricks/2008/issue28-3dsMax.html

This tutorial is about an extremely useful and easy to use 3D shading effect that appears at render time in 3ds Max called Rounded Corners, which gives the illusion of smooth fillet curves on all corners and edges without actually modeling them.

Using Images with Alpha Transparency as Components in SketchUp
by Bonnie Roskes, Independent Writer and Consultant
http://www.aecbytes.com/tipsandtricks/2008/issue28-sketchup.html

This tutorial shows how to conveniently use alpha-transparent images, which have their background colors defined as transparent, as 2D “face-me” components in SketchUp, as well as fix any problems with their shadows that might come up.

ArchiCAD Virtual Trace: A Versatile Catalyst for BIM
by Eric Bobrow, Principal, Bobrow Consulting Group
http://www.aecbytes.com/tipsandtricks/2008/issue28-archicad.html

This tutorial shows how to use the new Virtual Trace feature in ArchiCAD 11, which allows any drawing or view to be overlaid on top of or beside any other view. It also illustrates extensively the many versatile ways in which Virtual Trace can be applied.

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