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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Stick with blender @ritag haha
Phil, I just checked out Creo. It looks an interesting software. I bet its rental price is prohibitive. I have heard of SolidWorks, but never used it. I am little familiar with its rival, Onshape. I had used it for a while. I little know FreeCAD and DesignSpark, both CAD softwares for mechanical.
Great for storing drawings. Document control parts displacement etc.
Yeah I use Windchill a lot. I think we mis-use it sometimes too.
Back, ready for quiz-stuff
Just going to fanboy a bit Shawn, I've seen the way you guys use Windchill and I'm envious how well you guys have your stuff together.
probably (typically) Alias studio for surfacing and a combination of specific tools with CATIA as platform for parts...
phoenix4690
(Solidworks is not used for the like, typically)...
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the drawings i nthe manual are moreschematics, you can expect a lot of variation in the finished product, unlike with cars
is probably straight
It doesn't look like there's a taper on the bucket-arms.....