Collab 2020: Modeling Heavy Equipment (Backhoe)

[Shawn Blanch]

Man that means a lot coming from someone with your hard surface experience level Omar. Thanks homie.

I think we are seeing a lot of hard surface experts coming out of this team!

[Omar Domenech]

Oh nah, I wish I had a great experience level, maybe once I make 3D my full time job instead of a sometimes payed hobby, I’ll get a decent level up.

[Omar Domenech]

Did everyone check their parts for collisions with other people’s parts? Here’s the link to my boxes again, we can’t wait until the last moment because adjustments will take time.  

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Nc7P0RQ3lAdfU4bSq2YwdZDZqd9wYUHo?usp=sharing

I only had a request from Blanch to move my tube thingy because it was intersecting with his other tube thingies, all done there, and then Adrian that said not to move the boxes because they aligned perfectly, so I haven’t moved them. I’m guessing everyone is fine with the boxes?

[Kent Trammell]

Hey @blanchsb – Didn’t you post a video and collection of photos of a similar backhoe you found in person? I just spent 20 minutes scouring this thread and your loader arm thread but couldn’t find it… 😖

[Kent Trammell]

I’m anxious to get assignment #4 submissions in to assess collisions and thoroughness. I’ve only got a handful of submissions so far so we’ll see after the weekend🤞🤞

[Shawn Blanch]

Can you add a slot for rigging @theluthier,  I want to try my hand at that on assignment 5 and work with Wayne on any hangups that I may have. I want this Puppy to shine proper. I’ll start with the loader arms and then we’ll see if I make quick progress perhaps I can work on more rigging maybe?

[Shawn Blanch]

Wait! Stop @dostovel ! Omar I am seeing some collisions here and here and here……..and there…….and way over there (P.S. Battery Box is FreshtaDeath! 🙂

1. Your cap is colliding with itself. I think it might be allergic to the hydraulic lines and is trying to practice social distancing, but now it is crowding the fill port.

2. My wire just cut through your flange like it was tissue paper! I’m taking the liberty to make use of your 

3 and beyond: @adrian2301 your hydraulics are doing the same thing as my wire, except they are doing it LIKE A BOSS! You my friend would make a great Texan (Go BIG or Go Home!)

Let this be a lesson to the rest of the team: Collisions = Bad; Collaberations = Good

[Shawn Blanch]

Oh man this is strange. I hope I am looking at this wrong but I am seeing the V4 copy of Adrian’s Chassis and the Battery Box Colliding Bad………..I just appended Omar’s Battery Box to the V4 file and this is what I can see:

[Shawn Blanch]

I just re-uploaded my copy here Collab File Blanchsb Loader Arms after fixing my wire. Minor change, but still. I’ll update the other post as well.

Current upload date-time: 7-9-2020; 9:38 P.M. CST

[Omar Domenech]

Ok, for Adrian chassis is as he did, it’s a matter of moving the boxes in X a bit and all is good. 

For the collision with your tubes Blanch, I was trying to move the boxes at first and editing the bending of the guards, but then I said wait a minute, maybe Blanch left the tubes as bezier curves and bingo, it was easier to move the tubes in Y a bit. Can that be done? would you please be so kind and see if that solution pans out?

And I fixed the cap, nice catch Blanch. Thanks. 

[Omar Domenech]

By the way, this alone looks so freaking awesome, like a horse from Skynet since The Terminator is so bad at its job.

[Shawn Blanch]

Thanks Omar for looking into the collisions.. Those hydraulic lines near the battery box are actually 2 times too big in diameter and they belong to @adrian2301 from our first collaboration. He was already working to correct that and will probably be able to correct the bez curves while he is at it. I left all of my hydraulics as bez cruves because it is so easy to apply them at the end.

Knowing Adrian I bet he is all over it right now!

I’m going to leave my latest submission as is. It looks like Kent already added it to the google sheet so I guess this means we each should submit our copies. @adrian2301 I ended up putting my hydraulics Collection within my main Loader Arms Collection to make it easier for a proper import for Kent.

And now time for the side bar: Yes I looks amazing to see the modeling detail that our assemblies have got together. I’m really interested to see if we are going to go down the route of adding materials and textures to this bad boy similar to one of your demo cars. I’m thinking we need some “Authentic Battle Damage” like your Toyota in the repair bay.

[Adrian Bellworthy]

@blanchsb are you sure about the size of the hydraulics??

I just checked mine are half inch..

are they supposed to be quarter inch??

[Shawn Blanch]

The radius needs to be 1/4 inch. The diameters are 1/2 and 3/4

[Shawn Blanch]

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