Collab 2020: Modeling Heavy Equipment (Backhoe)

[artifact]

@adrian2301 Thanks for the assist, Adrian. And no I don’t mind the house cleaning at all. I still have a few mesh niggles to iron out as well so I will be handling that too.

[Karen Trevino]

Check this out it will tickle your funny bone…

Back ho in action lol

[Adrian Bellworthy]

Your welcome @artifact, happy to help.

It’s all about the team.

Just doing my duty as a MOLE.

[Ingmar Franz]

We’re approaching the “1300 Replies Sound Barrier” very soon 😉:

[Adrian Bellworthy]

I’m with Buzz

[Ingmar Franz]

Will this project ever end? 🤔

It all sounded so easy in @theluthier’s initial description for this project. “Something for the kids”, I thought and decided to participate. If I had only known what would come up to me … 🙄😉

But read yourself, what @theluthier wrote here:

Buckle up for a LONG project.

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…
Stop! Collaborate and Listen

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.

[Shawn Blanch]

Hey Omar @dostovel The dash is looking really good. Just wanted to point out that the sub-d looks like it is turned off for a part of it. Notice the gauge outline circles. Everything else is super crisp but that section looks like sub-d wasn’t applied or forgotten about. I’m sure you are probably aware though.

[Shawn Blanch]

Just a friendly side note: I opened the master file tonight to MOLE around a bit and noticed a 2.9 message and possible data loss (I’m running 2.83). Just be aware…….. and I’m not saving anything.

[Adrian Bellworthy]

@blanchsb If your looking at this in the master, It is probably because Simplify is active at a Sub-D of 1.

I can’t imagine @dostovel forgetting to add Sub-D.

I wouldn’t recommend de-activating Simplify in the Master Assembly File, unless you got plenty of time to spare.

[Adrian Bellworthy]

✋🤚 I hold my hands up to this one.

I accidently saved in 2.9 when fixing some errors.

@theluthier ‘s response to this…

 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.

But DON’T save the MASTER ASSEMBLY in 2.8 now it is a 2.9 file.

Come on @blanchsb keep up, stop sitting on your chair and get with it.

Just jesting 😄, your chair is looking outstanding.

[Shawn Blanch]

Well lookey there! I admit I was a little tired when MOLE-ing around last night. Yup that totally fixed the issue. My bad @dostovel and thanks for the catch @adrian2301

Don’t think I didn’t notice that awesome new profile pic!

[Shawn Blanch]

I only sit on my laurels. This chair is meant for more noble rumps haha.

Trying to dedicate the tribute to @ritag due to her unfortunate circumstances, but I fear I may not complete everything by Monday evening. Just doing what I can and hopefully it is good enough for the pound.

[Ingmar Franz]

@adrian2301 has written REPLY #1300  8 hours ago 🥇🏆👍!

[Ingmar Franz]

@adrian2301 I just had an image in front of my inner eye: Your pumpkin steering our backhoe 😉😁! He’s the only pumpkin from our team who can do this job with his tentacles 😉!

[spikeyxxx]

#1277 and #1300! Adrian is killing it!

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