My kids absolutely love "diggers" and as a 3D modeler I certainly appreciate them too. All the complex shapes, hard edges, bolts, hydraulics, tire treads, etc. It's a modelers playground and labyrinth rolled into one.
I'm going to start building a digger - a Caterpillar 434E specifically - as accurately and detailed as I can. The name of the game here is organization, perseverance, and efficiency because most of the shapes are not difficult to build. There's just. so. many. of. them. Which gave me an idea...
Why don't we build this thing together? For those interested in following the project, I'm hoping at least a few will participate by modeling certain pieces of the backhoe themselves to be submitted to me for review and incorporation into the final model.
Check out the Collaboration Forum thread for more info!
| Modeling Heavy Equipment: Backhoe (Part 2) | Fundamentals of 3D Mesh Modeling in Blender |
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| Modeling a Motorcycle | Modeling a Post Apocalyptic Vehicle |
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Great so far
clarifying the mysteries of modeling yes!
Following
It's great.
[Q] Kent, it looks like the space between the arms and the engine gets a bit larger at the front, so we're okay I think.
I'm with you so far. :)
Not a beginner but still YES
Phil, Onshape has Featurescript that lets you draw gears with ease. Just play with settings. Inkscape has gear settings too. You can import Inkscape SVG files into Blender.
I kinda wanted to see Kent using the Poly Modeling tool to see how he likes it. But we have a time constraint
@ritag for the category, it's a "bargain", but yes...
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