INTD 2040 - Interior Design Presentation Skills III

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 2 Lab 2
Course Description: This course equips interior design students with skills necessary to produce drawings using 3D modeling software. Students are required to have a laptop powerful enough to support the demanding video and computational requirements necessary for coursework, as well as adequate storage to accommodate new and future software releases.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): INTD 1055  and INTD 2001  with grades of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: Concurrently enrolled in INTD 2002  

Major Content

1. Software management
2. Computer skills
3. Introduction to 3D modeling software
4. 3D modeling terms and definitions
5. Using the tools
6. Materials
7. Camera views
8. Generating image files
9. Image editing

1. At the end of this course students will be able to:

2. install software and updates.
3. use standard digital file management tools.
4. analyze the role of 3D modeling software in the building industry.
5. define course-related terms.
6. draw objects with accuracy using 3D modeling software.
7. modify the visual properties (color, texture, light reflectivity) of materials.
8. adjust the height, angle, and focus of camera views.
9. export high-quality images from the 3D modeling software.
10. edit image files.

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