Collab 2020: Modeling Heavy Equipment (Backhoe)

[Adrian Bellworthy]

@theluthier do you realise you added part 4 of the collaboration the same day as @jlampel Creating an Epic Summer Render stream.

[Shawn Blanch]

Maybe they are secretly planning for the DOG to be the Epic Summer Render!

[Jake Korosi]

@ketre and @adrian2301, I was looking at some images and I made some observations that might be relevant to you both:

I caught this on the stream yesterday, but @ketre it seems to be that the visible back corner of bottom of the cab in this photo comes out all the way to almost even with the edge of that top step, maybe not quite.  @adrian2301 I also notice that the front edge of the fender – which overlaps that back “wall” of the step section – is exactly even with the bottom of the cab there.  And also notice that the outer edge of the fender where the plastic trim starts is also even with edge of the step-wall.

When looking at our models, I noticed this notch on the back of that step wall:

The step section bolts directly to the frame so I think we can assume it’s in the right place and is the correct shape.  My suggestion to you both Karen and Adrian is that your cab and fender would ideally make a junction where I’ve drawn the green “T”.  I think the front bottom edge of the fender definitely needs to be moved and maybe widened inwards, and the cab could then be adjusted to meet that edge.  I GUESSTIMATE that the top “apex” of the fender is PROBABLY in the right place, and that it’s only the front that needs to be shifted; but the outer edge might need to be adjusted too after this is done – you’ll have to experiment.

Karen I also think the front “facet” of that cab is narrower than the middle – at least I’m getting that impression from photos.  I see this curve at the top of the cab from this angle:

We know that, Z-wise, the top of the cab should be completely flat.  So it seems to me this curve must be purely  X-wise.  What do you think?

[Kent Trammell]

YIKES I did not mean to do that. Thanks for pointing this out!

I’ve updated it for June 9th.

[Adrian Bellworthy]

Excellent, I’m off work on the 9th

[Adrian Bellworthy]

Thanks @jakeblended , this should help enormously. Where did you get the image of the model, is the new file available?

[Jake Korosi]

@adrian2301 yes I just downloaded the file from yesterday’s stream page.  

…come to think of it, didn’t Kent say he wanted to update the file in some way before anybody downloaded it?  I don’t know if he’s done that update yet…

[Adrian Bellworthy]

@jakeblended I just downloaded it, he messed up my fenders. The boolean are all out of wack. Oh well one of the points I need to address anyway.

[Kent Trammell]

didn’t Kent say he wanted to update the file in some way before anybody downloaded it

Yes! I wanted to update the scale of all the objects before officially kicking off assignment #3. I updated the file on the stream page and either today or tomorrow will post the official assignment 3 prompt.

[Kent Trammell]

@adrian2301 Oh no! Sorry about that…I wonder what I did. I don’t remember doing anything to them specifically 🤔

[Adrian Bellworthy]

@theluthier No worries , They are the utilities that were hidden I think, Haven’t really looked yet. I’m busy learning animation bootcamp so I get my licence to drive this Dog when it’s ready. I can walk now. Hahaha

[Jake Korosi]

I -think- it has not been decided yet whether we will do the interior; but if we do, I was under the impression that perhaps the interior would be divided into different “jobs”, in the same way as the exterior.

[Adrian Bellworthy]

@ketre I agree with @jakeblended , I think you are on the outside of the cab, the interior is far to big and complex job for one person.

@ryzen7 I think Kent said earlier he would make more space on the sheet for you, check again later.

[Shawn Blanch]

Actually @jakeblended the top of the cab most likely has a slight curve to it. This would help water roll off rather than pool up when it rains.
I think this picture, that was posted on the previous page, shows it well.

[Adrian Bellworthy]

@blanchsb   I think @jakeblended is right that image does appear to show a slight curve however this one from the collage shows otherwise

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