{"id":4554,"date":"2021-03-04T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=4554"},"modified":"2021-03-04T18:38:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T23:38:56","slug":"3dve-5-project-2-scripting-constellations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=4554","title":{"rendered":"3DVE #5 ? Project 2\ufe0f\u20e3 Coding ? Constellations ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Announcements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Please be prepared to discuss issues you&#8217;ve encountered this week regarding 3DVE.<\/li><li>NEW Items in the 3DVE Menu:&nbsp;<ul><li>Data Sources<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Some of you still need to submit Project 1. You&#8217;ll receive a DM today.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Agenda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>3:10<ul><li>Project 2 screening. Did you run into any issues?<\/li><li>Project 2 troubleshooting<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Scripting\u00a0<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/MAYAUL\/2020\/ENU\/?guid=GUID-60178D44-9990-45B4-8B43-9429D54DF70E\" target=\"_blank\">MEL Overview<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/MAYAUL\/2020\/ENU\/?guid=GUID-984E3CBF-9784-4AF7-863F-984FA7D7AD93\" target=\"_blank\">Looking at built-in MEL scripts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnh.org\/research\/hayden-planetarium\/digital-universe\">Digital Universe<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1K4yk3hUV9g4D51v0YXX2Ectc0Bk-RlNi\" target=\"_blank\">Constellation Vis<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1rHxV38aUWaB-ZYtZcVK55TiLD-A_tqx3-5xIJ1K7VR8\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Constellation Jams<\/a>: Steps to get to Ursa Minor and Orion constellation.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>4:50 Break<\/li><li>5:00 Discussion<ul><li>Follow-up on tech topics<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Follow-ups:\u00a0<ul><li>Reference image in mindrider.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Deformers (if there\u2019s time)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assignments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Technical Stuff<\/strong>.\u00a0<ul><li>With Ursa Minor, try <ul><li>Setting up the camera to show the constellation as we see it on Earth.<\/li><li>Rendering it as a short (5-second) animation in which the camera moves smoothly. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Now that you&#8217;ve submitted Project 2, you can continue to fine-tune your rendering and animation skills through either<ul><li>the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/MAYAUL\/2020\/ENU\/?guid=GUID-106313CA-CCA9-4B26-81F9-B76E2F845B53\">Rendering tutorial<\/a> or<\/li><li>the final <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=abBHJWSlYgM&amp;list=PLD8E5717592CF5C26&amp;index=11\" target=\"_blank\">Rocketship tutorial<\/a> (Arnold required) in Maya 101.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Optional<\/strong>: <ul><li>Watch and follow a more advanced\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLC046B3E3DEA809D4\" target=\"_blank\">scripting tutorial<\/a>\u00a0on YouTube.<\/li><li>Play around with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/earthexplorer.usgs.gov\" target=\"_blank\">USGS EarthExplorer<\/a> (account creation may be required), then try downloading New York <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/core-science-systems\/eros\/coastal-changes-and-impacts\/gmted2010?qt-science_support_page_related_con=0#qt-science_support_page_related_con\" target=\"_blank\">GMTED2010 data<\/a> and following this video about <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/69458633\" target=\"_blank\">importing a digital elevation model<\/a> into Maya. I&#8217;ll run through this in a tutorial next week.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Conceptual Stuff:<\/strong>\u00a0None for next week! We will return to this on March 18.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Announcements: Extra Credit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Submit your Ursa Minor image or animation for extra credit.<\/li><li>Try running\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1efs_poCX69fPHXKx5m-5ttAywPA5Ycgu\" target=\"_blank\">a different Constellation MEL file<\/a> in Maya and render a quick animation like with the Ursa Minor animation.<\/li><li>Don&#8217;t see the constellation you want? Try generating it using <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1B204AUGiRRLOF3kD07rTb7DIBfTdHcti\" target=\"_blank\">one of these Perl scripts<\/a> and send me the file for EC. If you don&#8217;t like Perl, try converting the script to Python and send me the script for EC.<\/li><li>You can now check the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=4526\">Projects +Extra Credit<\/a>\u00a0page for a running list of EC options.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announcements Please be prepared to discuss issues you&#8217;ve encountered this week regarding 3DVE. NEW Items in the 3DVE Menu:&nbsp; Data Sources Some of you still need to submit Project 1. You&#8217;ll receive a DM today. Agenda 3:10 Project 2 screening. Did you run into any issues? 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