The 3D unit has several parts to it. First, it's important to understand what 3d means. Click here to visit a site that will summarize how the three
dimensions are created and viewed. Choosing your preferred software and learning the basic tools is your next step.

You have several options for this project. You choose what 3d assignment you want to create and you get to choose the software of Rhinoceros or Sketchup.
Choose from one of the three options:

• Your company product - Rhinoceros is probably better or this assignment.
• Your company store - Sketchup is better for the two architectural assignments.
• Gallery (museum) of your work (images, designs, photos, etc. from the year)
  

Learn about Rhinoceros software here. Visit the website here to view the gallery and explore the program features.
Learn about Sketchup information here.

Here's a student example created by Connor Hughes.

Open Rhinoceros on your computer.
Go to HELP, GETTING STARTED, then click on TUTORIALS. You are responsible for learning the basics using the tutorials.
Rhino consists of four major fundamental geometric objects which are points, NURBS curves, surfaces, and solids.
Make sure to read and follow all three of the tutorials to ensure full understanding of the basics and be ready for the quiz covering the them.

Here's some examples created by Ryan Richter, Sarai Albert, and Lindy Schweitzer.
If you want to view an actual Sketchup project (if it's installed on your computer) click here.

Sketchup has several types of tutorials that will help. Use them to create your building. You should create your company store or a museum in which you can hang pictures or photographs of your work from this year. You need to design the interior and exterior thoroughly. Design the inside with detail and landscape the exterior completely. The more the better. Pay attention to the scale of your building and all objects. They should be scaled appropriately for real life size humans.

The basic criteria is as follows:

Exterior - street, sidewalk, grass, shrubbery or trees, parking lot, lights, textures, and sign created in Photoshop or Illustrator and added to front of building.
Interior - basic furnishings, painted or textured walls, flooring, lights, windows, doors, and four or more of your personally created images on the walls as posters.

Regardless of what you chose to create or the program used you need to save snapshots (images) of various perspectives in the Z:"3D" folder for your grade.

The last step of this assignment is to export 4 interior perspective shots of your building and 4 exterior perspective shots. Your images should show the best of your creation.

If you enjoy using 3d software after finishing the above assignment research various types of software and determine which one you want you may want to use at home such as: Blender, Poser, Vue 7, Pov Ray, Doga, Anim8or, WorldBuilder, Webmaker, Terragen, or another. Many of the mentioned software is open source (free)!

Here's a link to numerous websites with free 3D content for various programs. 3dvia is one of the largest sharing sites on the Net.
Motion capture technology is emerging as a major art form that many animation companies are implementing as their main technique in 3D productions.