Collab 2020: Modeling Heavy Equipment (Backhoe)
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@adrian2301 Go ahead and give yourself 100 XP for the great troubleshooting support. I’m sure the Pound Master won’t mind.
@artifact I am soooooo glad you can at least open the files. I bet the master file is too much to handle on open.
Here’s a performance screenshot on my scrappy work lappy (it has 32GB of RAM capability) and the picture speaks for itself haha:
That’s 17GB of my PC’s memory that is loaded into the file. It’s still sitting there at 17GB fat dumb and happy as I look around.
While I was there I took a minute to MOLE about and I notice this Omar @dostovel
Are these older wires supposed to be deleted? Also looks like the upper step is hidden on the driver side battery box, or am I missing something? Those two cylinder projections nearby look like supports for another step, or am I wrong?
Everytime I use the word “Deleted” I think of this Homestar Runner episode “Strong Bad Email #50 – 50 Emails”
@adrian2301 I’ve added the curve down towards the window. See highlighted area below. You can open up the WIP folder and have a look through the file as well.
It seems to match up pretty well with @theluthier ‘s frame so it might require @spikeyxxx to adjust the steering column down a bit if you all agree that this is the way to go. I’ve just done a rough block to check the shape so topology is messy. If we’re all in agreement, I’ll go ahead and create the final clean mesh.
I had a look @artifact , looks exactly right.
I couldn’t help myself while I was there, I did some house work. There was a lot of errors when I opened the file, broken links etc.
There was a lot going on in the outliner. Best if you link in the MASTER collection from the MASTER PARTS folder and when you have finished delete hierarchy and this will delete all objects in the collection and the collection itself. (but not necessary, as long as it is not linked in your MASTER collection). May have given you some of your issues when opening the file.
What was:
What is now:
I also cleaned up the mesh a little. Straightened out some edges mainly to better see the shapes.
Hope you don’t mind.
It is looking good.
@theluthier I think you will need to scale down the frame. It looks like that maybe the inside of the vertical edge should line up with the inside edge of the chassis.
YES, @adrian2301 and @spikeyxxx, WE ARE ON TOP 🏆🥇🔔🎺💪👍👏🎆🎇!!!
@adrian2301 And it was your post 16 hours ago that was REPLY #1277:
@dostovel I think they are air holes for the mice.
WHEW what a thread! Sorry I’m late to the party but I think I’m all caught up now.
First off, major props to @adrian2301 for being an exceptional MOLE in tying up this loose end with @artifact. It’s easy for attitudes to go awry in this kind of text-only-online situation and you both handled it like absolute pros. Teamwork like this is what makes dreams work 🤝
I agree with @adrian2301 that I should alter the front window of my frame to align with the engine enclosure. I’ll add that to the MOLE list now.
My heart is very full at this moment.
PS: I forgot to address the 2.9 question. I don’t think it’s a problem to save your MASTER files with pre 2.9 versions of Blender. Forward compatibility is usually less concerning than backward compatibility. If MASTER files were saved with 2.9 and the assembly was 2.8 then I would be worried.
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