Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Go To Part 2: youtu.be/_Nq5wuyPz1I
Go To Part 3: youtube.com/watch?v=7OEmRIazHVM
Download the files: learnarchviz.com/learn-3dsmax-arch-viz
Watch the complete series (free): learnarchviz.com/learn-3dsmax-arch-viz

This is the first part of an exterior arch viz project tutorial series. In this one we start basically from the beginning with importing and placing CAD so that it can help you to generate an architectural model in 3ds Max.

To go to the next part of the video, which discusses setting up your composition and using the 3ds Max physical camera settings, just follow the link above. In addition, you can watch this complete series, including many lectures not on youTube, by following the link above. Lastly, you can download the model file that I am using by following the links. This gets you access to the free model, and you can then use it for practice.

Things covered in this video:
setting CAD in orthographic views
2.5d snap in 3ds Max
freezing and snapping to CAD layers
tracing CAD
adding modifiers to turn CAD splines into 3d geometry
professional CAD to 3ds Max workflow
basic modeling techniques for arch viz
sweep modifier
extrude modifier
lathe modifier
spline modeling