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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How did we ever worked with it
Hello!
Who remembers the old layer system lol
@ritag thanks for that link... it'll keep me busy for a while, if no other global impact occurs...
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{Q}Would it make sense to have reference images in a separate collection?
[Q] Ref in their own collection?
Kent, if you love modelling vehicles, you should check out that channel in Youtube, US Auto Industry. That channel shows designs of engines including even gears. This morning, I watched that channel and I was fascinated by spider gears used in vehicles. https://www.youtube.com/user/USAutoIndustry
I've got a Lab Bench Omar. I'm sticking with it for the hour
is probably meters
The couch is gone, we are going to have to accept that now, but we can stand on the file cabinet now