Thanks to my kids I've become quite fond of "diggers" over the past couple years. 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 1) | Modeling Heavy Equipment: Backhoe (Part 3) |
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| Modeling a Motorcycle | Modeling a Post Apocalyptic Vehicle |
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Concave has a cave you can go inside. That's how I remember.
Soooo many circle joints
Yeah that is what I was thinking. I came across that a lot on my blockouts
Think of Convex Hull, when you forget whether is concave or convex...
Makes sense, Shawn. I am learning something new in mechanical engineering.
@shanr: get well and looking forward to see you here again 😀
Make the flats match the flats of the outer edge when possible??
All angles convex is correct
sshanr get well soon
I would rotate that circle Kent