10-Syllabus & Course Outcomes
School: SSMFE Batch : 2022-26
Program: Current Academic Year: 2023-24
[Link] Animation, VFX & Gaming Design
Branch: NA Semester: 5
1 Course Code AVG302
2 Course Title Dynamics & Simulations*
3 Credits 4
4 Contact Hours (L-T-P) 1-2-2
5 Course Type Core Compulsory
6 Course Objective • Understand and formulate the dynamic simulations to be created.
• To create simple dynamic simulations of object collisions and destructions.
• To create particle simulations for simulating liquids and gas.
• To understand and implement scripting for creating dynamic simulations.
7 Course Outcomes After completing the course, the student will be able to-
CO1: Define Maya Dynamics & physics behind it.
CO2: Compare the tools and workflow to create 3D effects.
CO3: Extract scenes for simulation.
CO4: Use the technique of Active & Passive Bodies & Collision.
CO5: Relate the Creation & Behaviours of Particle systems.
CO6: Modify Fields like Air, Gravity, Drag, Vortex, Turbulence etc.
8 Course Description Students Will Learn the Core Basic of 3D effects creation in Autodesk Maya.
They will explore the Physics behind effects creation, attributes & various
tools.
9 Outline syllabus CO
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Unit 1 Introduction to Maya Dynamics
1 Introduction to Applied Physics and Quantam mechanics CO1
2 Kinetic Motion CO1
3 Energy Conversion CO1
Unit 2 Rigid Bodies
1 Introduction to special effects CO2
2 Rigid bodies – Active and passive rigid bodies CO2
3 Physics based procedural animation using rigid bodies CO2
4 Collisions CO4
Unit 3 Emitters
1 Particles CO6
2 Emitter types and Attributes CO6
3 Deflectors and its attributes CO3
4 Simulating particle effects CO3
Unit 4 Fields
1 Goals CO5
2 Soft Bodies CO4
3 Animating soft bodies CO4
4 Fields and its attributes CO5
5 Simulation of fields CO5
Unit 5 Constraints
1 Introduction CO6
2 Types & Attributes CO6
3 Nail & Pin, CO6
4 Hinge, Spring & Barrier CO6
Evaluations CA 60% MTE N/A
0% ETE
40%
Text book/s* Maya® Studio Projects
Dynamics by Todd Palamar
(Publisher(s): Sybex ISBN:
9780470487761)
Other References Learning Maya: Dynamics by John Patton, 20