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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Where is that couch ?!
that's your seat Omar
Guys guess what, there is a cabinet file on the back, we have a new winner throne
Ohhhhhh. Armature Rigging would be a lot of fun.
[Q] As an aside, once the modeling is done here, whenever that happens, how do you feel about doing some mechanical rigging on this project?
We can keep going off topic so the project last longer
Screencast keys available?
This morning, I was learning about spider gears attached to the wheels of vehicles.
Yeah Creo is the main modeling program at CAT
[Q] How much do you expect to get done today?