03 Laboratory Activity 2
03 Laboratory Activity 2
Laboratory Activity
Glass Model Rendering
Objectives:
Materials:
Desktop computer
Blender software
Basic Principles:
This activity requires the student to create a 3D scene that utilizes various 3D rendering settings to produce
a photorealistic output.
Instructions:
1. Open the Blender scene file named “Glass Model Scene.blend” included in this module. Use this
scene file for this activity.
2. This Blender scene has improper render settings. For this activity, you will be using Blender
Cycles (CPU/GPU-Based Rendering) to be able to render the glass model scene appropriately.
Procedures:
Material
1. Navigate to Shading Workspace, then click on your WineGlass model in the Outliner.
2. Add a new material; A Principled BSDF material should appear; apply the following values to your
material:
Base Color: Hex: FFFFFF
Roughness: 0.000
IOR: 1.500
Transmission: 1.000
Lighting
1. While in the Shading Workspace, navigate to World Properties in the Properties Panel.
2. In the Surface tab, apply an Environment Texture in the Color value by clicking the yellow dot.
Open the HDRI Map named “studio_setup.exr”.
Rendering
1. Switch to Rendering Workspace, then navigate to Render Properties in the Properties Panel.
2. Change your Render Engine to Cycles, then change the Feature Set to Experimental and the
Device to GPU Compute.
3. In the Sampling Dropdown, apply the following values to your Render Tab:
Noise Threshold: 0.0200
Max Samples: 1024
4. In the Light Paths Dropdown, apply the following values in the Max Bounces Tab:
Total: 8
Diffuse: 1
Glossy: 4
Transmission: 8
Volume: 2
Transparent: 8
5. After applying the appropriate settings, you should now be able to render a photorealistic glass
model. Wait and allow Blender to render your scene; this may take up to 3 minutes—depending on
your computer specifications.
6. Once the render is finished, navigate to Image > Save As… and export your file as .JPG with the
file name “LastName_GlassModel.jpg” (ex. DelaCruz_GlassModel.jpg).\
7. Upload your files in the corresponding drop box in eLMS.
Sample Output:
Grading Rubrics:
TOTAL 50