See you next year

Thanks to all the speakers and attendees this year, see you all next February!

3dslondon October at Hays Davidson pics http://bit.ly/fdtGIm

It was a great night at Hayes Davidson... check out the pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hayes_davidson/5217938787/

"There were over 70 artists there on the night and we hope you all enjoyed it, we are chuffed with all the great feedback we received, we look forward to welcoming you back to our studio soon either to one of our own events or at another 3ds London event."

3ds Max London User Group next Wednesday 1st December

Autodesk’s Soho Office
Ingeni Building
15-17 Broadwick Street
London
W1F 0DE

Arrive from 6:30pm for 7pm sharp please

Hello everyone,

Next Wednesday 1st December I’m happy to say we once again enjoy the hospitality of Autodesk at their Soho offices for the last 3ds Max London User Group meeting of 2010. We also have a great speaker with a really cool project to present; Mike Merron recently worked as Technical Director at 1stAveMachine on the new Ford C-Max commercial. Mike is going to come along to show us how it was done, using 3ds Max, Vray, and Fusion amongst others. Of course, we’re always looking for other projects to watch and talk about, so bring something along!

With no meeting last month and nothing planned for January it will be great for everyone to catch-up on Wednesday (the first week of the year is hectic enough, but rest assured we have another great talk pencilled in for February 2011).

Everyone welcome, I look forward to seeing you all, regards, Simon

November

Hello Everyone,

Please note there’s no User Group meeting this Wednesday 3^rd November. I’m afraid the double whammy of no confirmed speaker or venue would make it tricky! Sorry for the late notice, I was hoping to get something together at the last minute but it didn’t happen in the end. We’ve been lucky to enjoy some great venues and speakers recently, good to see the evenings have been well attended too. I’ve struggled to find a suitable venue to replace the Black Horse Pub though, whilst they have let us down a few times it does have the advantage of being central, and free. I’ve been to almost every Pub in the West End now, but if you know somewhere else suitable let me know.

Many hundreds of people know about the evening now, so some of you must be able to make a presentation at an upcoming event! It shouldn’t take too long to prepare and you’ll enjoy it, promise.

Again, sorry for the late notice, regards, Simon

New 3dslondon Twiter and facebook page

We have just created facebook and twitter pages to complement our blog.

facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/3dslondon/

twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/3dslondon

3ds Max London at Hayes Davidson this Wednesday 6th October

3DS Max London User Group Meeting
This Wednesday 6th October

Hayes Davidson
Studio A
21 Conduit Place
London W2 1HS

Map and Directions

From 7:00pm, starting 7:30pm sharp

Hello everybody,

As mentioned at the last meeting, this month Hayes Davidson have graciously offered to host the October event at their studio in Paddington. It’s a little further west than usual, but easy to get to, and the evening will start a little later to compensate. Please check the map linked above and look out for the big wooden door! Hayes Davidson need no introduction to anyone in our group really, I know their presentation will be excellent. Please do bring along any of your recent projects to show the group as well!

Everyone welcome, see you there, Simon

3ds Max London User Group Wednesday 1st September

Autodesk’s Soho Office

Ingeni Building
15-17 Broadwick Street
London
W1F 0DE

Arrive from 6:30pm for 7pm sharp please

Hello everyone,

I hope you enjoyed the change of scenery and the hospitality of Autodesk last month, we will be holding September's meeting there too. Please do bring along some work to show everyone and talk about, the evening's success always depends on everyone doing so. We have a very cool project, Royal Reformation, being presented this month by Paul Nicholls, http://pauldnicholls.com/. Paul is a freelance visualiser currently completing a Masters at the Bartlett. Definitely check out his great website and blog before coming along next week!

Any questions drop me an email, kind regards, Simon

3ds Max London User Group this Wednesday 4th August

3ds Max London User Group this Wednesday 4th August



Autodesk’s Soho Office
Ingeni Building
15-17 Broadwick Street
London
W1F 0DE

Arrive from 6:30pm for 7pm sharp please


This Wednesday 4th August I’m happy to say Ryan Lintott and James Shaw from Squint/Opera and the team will be talking about their recent work. After the mix up in June and the World Cup break in July it's good to get things back on track, especially with such great presenters!
Jamie Gwilliam, Max specialist at Autodesk has kindly arranged to host the 3ds Max User Group at Autodesk’s Soho office this month. We've got a couple of great pub options for future evenings, but Jamie mentioned their new 3D projector (and beer) so I couldn't refuse! It will be nice to see everyone after two months, hope you can make it.


Any questions drop me an email, kind regards, Simon

CrystalCG, Squint/Opera & BlueGFX on Wednesday 9th June

Location

The Black Horse pub in Central London,
6 Rathbone Place, London W1T 1HL
Telephone: 0207 580 7829
Click here for map

Max users group meeting agenda

Please note the next User Group will be on the second Wednesday of June, the 9th (I'm sorry for this unavoidable change). It will be a busy one though! Ximo Peris, Creative Director, and his team from the London office of Crystal CG will be presenting some of their work on 3D Stereoscopy. Ryan Lintott, Associate Director & Head of 3D at Squint/Opera will be presenting some of their impressive recent work. Finally Gareth Corbett from the BlueGFX team has also kindly
agreed to share a tech update with the group, looking at 3D app and GPU news.

In addition to the change of date in June, please note there will be no meeting in July because of the World Cup!

We look forward to seeing you on the 9 June.

Crysis 2 Trailer @3ds London this Wednesday 5th May

Crysis 2 Trailer @3ds London this Wednesday
3ds Max London User Group Meeting
Next Wednesday 5th May
From 6:30pm
Upstairs at The Black Horse Pub in Central London
6 Rathbone Place, London W1T 1HL

The team from Headstrong Games are coming along to show us there work, including the trailer for Crysis 2, using CryEngine2, Sandbox3 and 3ds Max 2010. A great opportunity for everyone to find out a little more about Max in games. Come along with some of your work to share with the group! Everyone welcome, kind regards, Simon

Wednesday 7th April

3ds Max London User Group Meeting
This Wednesday 7th April From 6.30pm
Upstairs at The Black Horse Pub in Central London
6 Rathbone Place, London W1T 1HL


After a quiet one last month, we have a great evening planned for this Wednesday. 3ds London regular Joe Robson kicks things off with a talk, ‘The Painted, The Unpainted and the Unpaintable; In Pursuit of Architectural Realism’. Joe is an elected council member of the Society of Architectural Illustration, he also lectures at the London School of Economics and Bath University at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as internationally. Currently he runs his own practice, AVR London, specialising in architectural illustration, verification and research. Joe's talk in November 2008 was fantastic so I'm pleased he's agreed to talk again.

Autodesk App Specialist Jamie Gwilliam is coming along too, this will be one of your first chances to check out all the new 3ds Max 2011 goodness. Enough said!

Hope you can make it, regards, Simon.

Wednesday 3rd March

Hello everybody, this Wednesday we don't have a confirmed presentation. I do try hard to find someone every month but sometimes... it just doesn't happen! The last evening this happened was last year, and in the end everything turned out fine. BUT! That was only because people brought along something to show the group. So, and I say it every month, please do bring something along, whether you are a seasoned presenter or a nervous first timer (have a drink first). Last month was a great success, close to seventy attendees squeezed in to watch the Vyonyx presentation, standing room only! I look forward to seeing you again on Wednesday.

Hope you can make it, regards, Simon.

New Site

This will be the new page to find out what's happening every month. It should be much easier to keep up to date now! The old address should redirect here. If you have any suggestions for this page let me know.