This is a very Quick tip.

As you continue to use your computer over time it starts running slow. One of the simple and common reasons could be that you have too much data/files on your computer, often the laptop or even the desktop computer would start making loud noises coming from the fan. Because there is to many files the computer starts requiring much more memory and building more work for the processor to access the files, which in turn creates more heat in the computer machines especially the Hard drives or Battery if you have any. It would be a good idea to buy an external hard drive where you will backup your files when the files start building up. I have a very large external hard drive, and I transfer most of my files there very regularly. And connect to my PC or laptop when I need to access certain files which I don’t use often.

The other common reason is that you computer is not receiving enough power. This is a very common reason especially with the latest Operating systems such as Windows 7 which let you control the amount of power your computer uses. Most new computers have their settings set to a Balanced power plan option which is usually the recommended. What you would need to do here to increase your computer performance is change your power plan to High performance. You can modify the settings for this from your Control Panel.

Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options

You won’t believe how faster in performance your computer would run. So check that setting.

That was a quick tip of how to increase your computer/laptop performance.

I have just created this 3D cooking pan object in 3D max Studio. The 3D model was very easy and quick to create. I started from cylinder, then converted to a Editable poly. Then I continued to edit the cylinder surface. Using the extrude and connect tools. It was very quick and straight forward.

If your would like to download this free 3D object use the button below and use it in which ever way. Please leave me a comment below.

This 3D model was created in 3Ds max studio. It took a very short amount of time to complete. I used the sphere, then cut it in half. applied the shell modifier then collapsed it. I continued to adding the stand using extrude. Finally I applied the MeshSmooth modifier after correct a few geometry mistakes.

If you would like to down load this object for free scroll down and click on the Download model button.

Enjoy!

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3D rubbish bin/trash model object (3D modelling and Animation beginner)

Just modelled a really simple Rubbish trash can. The bin was modelled in 3Ds max studio using box modelling. It was very quick to complete. I late applied the shell modifier to create the inside of the object. The modifier levels are still there in the modifier stack if you happen to download this 3D model.

You can download this 3D model to use for your needs absolutely. Just remember to leave me a comment below letting me know what you think about the 3D object. If you would like me to create a 3D tutorial version of this 3D model just let me know as well in the comment section.

Is this a movie or what!? This is the official trailer of The Last Airbender movie. Action lovers you have to see this! This is really GOOD!

‘The Last Airbender’ Teaser HD

The Last Airbender Trailer HD

‘The Last Airbender’ Trailer 2 HD

Question answered:

Google is derived from the mathematical term Googol which stands for a number 1 followed by 100 zeros. It’s really a very long number. The term was coined in 1938 by Milton Sirotta the nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, when he was nine years old!. Kasner popularized it in the 1940s book Mathematics and the Imagination and by James Newman.

Google’s use of the word reflects the company’s goal to reach or organise the immense amount of information available on the world wide web. Goooooooooo,oooooooooo,oooooooooo,oooooooooo,oooooooooo, oooooooooo,oooooooooo,oooooooooo, oooooooooo,ooooooooooGle

is derived from Googol the number of

10000000000,0000000000,0000000000,0000000000,0000000000,0000000000,0000000000,0000000000,0000000000,0000000000.

More about Googl

Other names for googol include ten duotrigintillion on the short scale, ten thousand sexdecillion on the long scale, or ten sexdecilliard on the Peletier long scale.

A googol has no particular significance in mathematics, but is useful when comparing with other very large quantities such as the number of subatomic particles in the visible universe or the number of possible chess games. Edward Kasner used it to illustrate the difference between an unimaginably large number and infinity, and in this role it is sometimes used in teaching mathematics.

Question answered:

The most viewed video on you tube is: Justin Bieber – Baby ft. Ludacris music video which has over

as of today

Excessive heat can damage electronics. Monitoring the temperature of your CPU and other computer components can be very useful to assure that they continue to function well and last longer. I’ll give you a short computer tip on how to monitor computer or CPU temperature or how your computer is running. To be able to determine the how hot your computer is running your computer must have an Intel Core Duo processor and/or thermal sensors. There are a number of programs which will help you monitor your computer/CPU temperature. The listed programs below which will help you monitor your computer temperature will only work if you have the right processor. So check carefully for the right program or use Google to search for more.

HWMonitor

HWMonitor is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health sensors : voltages, temperatures, fans speed.
The program handles the most common sensor chips, like ITE® IT87 series, most Winbond® ICs, and others. In addition, it can read modern CPUs on-die core thermal sensors, as well has hard drives temperature via S.M.A.R.T, and video card GPU temperature.

Core Temp

Core Temp is a compact, no fuss, small footprint program to monitor CPU temperature.
Now Windows Vista and Windows 7 ready! (x86 and x64)

The uniqueness of it is that it shows the temperature of each individual core in each processor in your system! You can see in real time how the CPU temperature varies when you load your CPU. It’s also completely motherboard independent.

SpeedFan

SpeedFan allows you to have a deeper view of the status of your computer. Almost every computer includes support for hardware monitoring. Accessing digital temperature sensors is really useful. If you are trying to figure out why your pc hangs when under heavy load or after some hours of usage, SpeedFan might help you to find the real cause. Very often it is a poor power supply, or an improperly installed heatsink that lead to behaviours that we tend to associate with errors from the operating system, but that are not. SpeedFan automatically searches your computer for interesting chips: the hardware monitor chips. SpeedFan can expose voltages, fan speeds and temperatures.

Quick 3D text tutorial (3D modelling and Animation beginner)

In this very simple 3D text tutorial I’ll be showing you how to use the 3Ds max text shape together with the bevel modifier to create 3D text. This tutorial is suitable for an absolute beginner. If you would prefer to walk through this tutorial quickly scroll down to the quick tutorial summary which concentrates on getting the 3D text complete than the details of learning. Now the most important area of this all topic is the Bevel modifier and I shall give you a detailed description of the Bevel modifier below.

Bevel modifier

The Bevel modifier extrudes shapes into 3D objects and applies a flat or round bevel to the edges of the 3D object. It’s a very useful modifier and the concept behind it is used a lot in 3Ds max modelling. You’ll use this concept a lot when working on you 3D models. This modifier is commonly used to create 3D text and logos, but you can apply it to any shape. The term shape in 3Ds max is used to describe 2D shapes, the same shapes you might create in Photoshop or Illustrator. They’re just composed of straight lines and are not 3D.

Summary

First you will create a spline shape from the create tab and apply the Bevel modifier. The Bevel modifier uses a shape as the base of a 3D object. Then extrudes the shape up to four levels and assign an outline amount for each level. You can also apply other settings to make the 3D text smooth or apply the Meshsmooth modifier to create a very smooth text.

Back to our tutorial

First you’ll need to create a shape which will act as your 3D object base. You can either go to Create->Shapes and then select Text or use your sidebar window by making sure that the Create tab is highlighted, and then click on shapes and select the Text button in the Object type area.

Create shape

Create text using the default Size setting in the Parameters area, and set font to Arial Black and type in a word/words in capital letters in the Text area.

Click in the front view of your viewports to create the text, zoom in or click on the Zoom extents in the bottom right hand corner of your 3Ds max application to zoom in the text spline shape if you can’t see it properly.

Create the text in the front view port

Next click on the Modify tab in your sidebar window, when selected click the modifiers drop down list and select the Bevel modifier to apply it to the 3D text spline shape you’ve just created.

Apply the bevel modifier to the shape

Next you’ll need to use the Bevel Values to control how the shape extrudes to form a 3D object. When the Bevel modifier has been applied scroll down to find the Bevel Values section. At level one set Height to -3.5 and Outline to 2.8. This will set the first level of extrude from the shape. So think of it like building the 3D shape from the shape position and now building on further but level one is the first pull, just like building a house and building it half a way and then come back tomorrow to finish it. Your first level is complete and you should have a unfinished/half text and shown in the picture.

Apply level 1 bevel

Next level will pull from the previous level you’ve just created. Set the Level 2: Height to -11.5 and Outline to 0.0. Level 2 acts as the main body, well in this tutorial. The other two levels; level 1 and level 3 act as the bevelled areas. This is why their outline parameters/values should all be equal.

Apply level 2 bevel

So set level 3 to -3.5 and the Outline to -2.8, notice that level 1 and 3 are relative except that the Outline values are negative to each other. This is because of their in opposite of each other. I hope I’m clear on that.

Apply level 2 bevel

By now you should have a very neat 3D text object. To add that smooth appearance around the text with that nicer inner extrudes on the 3D text sides; scroll up to the Surface section in the Parameters area. Make sure that Curved Sides is selected instead on the Linear Sides, and then set Segments to 6. And lastly check the Smooth Across Levels to further smooth it.

Complete 3D text

And there you’re your 3D text model is complete. Continue to play around with the parameters remembering to save first and probably you’ll come up with some really interesting results.

Quick tutorial summary

If you would like to go through this 3D tutorial very quickly and save you from reading to getting to the final results then this summary should offer you that.

First Create a text shape using default settings, set font to Arial Black and leave size 100.0

Apply the Bevel modifier.

Leave start Outline field to 0.0

For level one, type -3.5 for Height and 2.8 for Outline.

Check level 2, type -11.5 for Height and leave 0.0 for the outline.

Check level 3, type -3.5 for Height and -2.8 for Outline.

In the surface section;

Check Curved Sides.

Set Segments to 6 and check Smooth Across Levels.

And you should have a very nice 3D text model.

Complete 3D text

I hope this all 3D text model tutorial has been helpful. Leave me a comment below to let me know how you’ve found this tutorial; this will encourage me to create more tutorials in the future.