User Documentation

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K-3D > User Documentation

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Overview

If you haven't installed K-3D yet, please consult Getting Started for build / install instructions on many platforms.

Note: Not all features are available on all platforms, and some features may be disabled depending on the libraries available on the local host.

FAQ

• FAQ - User's FAQ!
• Version Numbers - What do those numbers mean?
• BasicUsage - Overview of K-3D's functionalities.
• Online Tutorials - Step-by-step instructions for common operations.

User Interface

• Running K-3D
• The K-3D Window
• Opening_And_Saving_Scenes
• Working_With_Panels
  • Viewport
  • Node List
  • Node History
  • Node Properties
  • Toolbar
  • Undo Tree
  • Directed Graph
• Toolbox
  • Move Tool
  • Select Tool
  • Rotate Tool
  • Scale Tool
  • Parent Tool
  • Plug Tool
  • Render Region Tool
• Hotkeys
• Tutorial Dialog
• Command Node Inspector
• Script Editor
• SimpleWorkFlowExample

Plugins

• See Category:Plugins for a list of all K-3D plugins and links to reference documentation.
• Plugin Status - What does (Experimental) or (Deprecated) next to a plugin's name mean?

Rendering

• Materials - Working with surface materials in K-3D.
• Render Engine - An overview of render engines for K-3D.
• RenderMan
  • RenderMan Controls - Tips on how to control the quality of your RenderMan output.
  • List of Shaders
  • RenderMan Light Shaders
  • RenderMan Displacement Shaders
  • RenderMan Shading Language
  • Writing Surface Shaders
  • Writing Displacement Shaders
  • Writing Light Shaders
  • Writing Volume Shaders
  • Writing Imager Shaders
  • Franken Render - Tips for using Aqsis with BMRT as a rayserver.
  • Shadow Map Tutorial
• Hardware Rendering - Why can't I preview lighting and shading in the viewport?
• Network Rendering - About network rendering.
• Texture Tutorial - How to texture a scene.
• Yafray - Using the Yafray render engine

Modeling

• Symmetric Modeling - modeling just one side of a symmetric object, with automatic updates to the mirror side.
• Mug Tutorial - creating a mug with a handle.

Animation

• Animating Properties - (Very) basic explanation of animation in K-3D.
• Creating Videos - Tools to generate videos from K-3D images.

Scripting

• ScriptEngine - Introduction to K-3D scripting.
• Python Engine - Python documentation.
• RenderManScript - Injects arbitrary RenderMan API calls into the rendered scene.

Subdivision Surfaces

• Subdivision Surfaces - Description of subdivision surfaces.
• SDS Tutorial - Basic subdivision surface modeling tutorial.
• SDS Creases - Variable sharpness creases on subdivision surface models.