[ENDED] BC3-1806 – June 2018 Class Homepage – Vehicle Modeling with Blender

[Zsolt Cseh]

@onelesspuppy Logan thanks a lot for checking, Kent already has added your name, regarding the number of homework submissions there is no any strict condition, for example if someone just participates on week 4 in the sculpting topic this month, that is also fine and immediately becomes a class member.

Finally the XPs are calculated by weeks, so it is worth to join the class and learn even like that

[Thibaut Bourbon]

@williamatics If I understand you correctly you are wondering how you can better manage the intersecting parts you describe, is that right ?

The key is to avoid those intersections to be sharp. You would maybe want to have a split line (a gap) between two parts. For example, the body/side-rail interface can be treated as following:

-Duplicate the side rail,scale it up a little bit, and boolean (difference) the duplicated one on the body. Best is using BoolTool (free addon) for that:

The problem now is the object looks messy. Select the body, go to the object data and activate Autosmooth, set to a value like 30º (you might want to adjust depending on your geometry).

Now you should nice flat surfaces:

Later on you will have to apply the boolean modifier to better fix the geometry (bevels for example), and add more details such as bolts, screws etc etc.

If you want to have them joined as one big object, chose the union boolean instead of the difference 🙂

Hope that helps!

[John Garrett]

Homework B3-1806 Week 1 (Partial)

Primitives Exercise

Primitives Exercise

~John

[Kent Trammell]

@onelesspuppy Looking good! I see you got the rivets to render 👌 You’re on the report card now!

I’ve not heard of the Dartz Prombron. Like a sci-fi vehicle. Also this little bit of trivia from the wikipedia page 😳

In 2009, Dartz attained notoriety with its Prombron model, in part because it was originally available in upholstered leather made from the foreskins of whale penises, which the company subsequently dropped after the controversy was publicized.[6]

[Kent Trammell]

@ullreym I was wondering if we see you this month! Glad to see you again. Good wood work on the homework, as usual 👍

[Kent Trammell]

@draniction That airplane model is crisp! Good work. An easy A in my book.

Fun Fact: I’ve never been much of a ‘car guy’ in real life, but I’ve always wanted this model of Jeep Grand Cherokee – the hunter green with grey bottom trim especially. So I say good choice!

[Kent Trammell]

@vapsman88 I’m sorry to hear about the medical/life issues. Life happens, no worries. I’ll keep an eye out for your homework submission 👍

[Kent Trammell]

@az93 Mr Dickun – glad to have you in class again! Rocking the toon shading on the plane, I dig it. Good work this week: You’ve earned a A fo sho 👍

[William Miller]

@tbrbn and @jack07 I want the edge piece to be part of the main body.  As for the hinges, I want to know what kind of mechanical structure there should be where the thrusters meet the body.

[Kent Trammell]

@williamatics You’re a little outside the main vein of the class in that you’re creating a concept vehicle as you go rather than basing it tightly on a blueprint. Which is completely fine – more power to ya! But it’s not necessarily the approach I’m teaching. Thibaut’s advice is on point though.

[kjcummings]

Hi @theluthier is it absolutely too late to submit week one exercise? I wouldn’t be submitting the modelling with primitives exercise though since I haven’t even gotten to it yet. It’s going to be a massive challenge for me to meet the homework deadlines in general though, to be honest. Free time is usually really scarce for me.

[Kent Trammell]

@kjcummings I’ll probably never say “It’s too late, you can’t submit”. It’s just best for me if I get all submissions within a defined window of time. But sure, go ahead and submit when you can and I’ll grade it 👌

[kjcummings]

Thanks @theluthier I appreciate that.

[Thibaut Bourbon]

@williamatics Then use the Union boolean instead in my description 🙂 For the hinges, since it’s a concept vehicle on your own the possibilities are infinite. For references look at mechanical arms of construction vehicles such as excavator if you intend to have the thrusters to have variable angles (that’s what I would look for at least)

Good luck!

[Peter Dranischnikov]

@theluthier thank you for the compliment. And thank you for still considering my homework even though it was late.

The fun fact about the grand cherokee is awesome. I got a fun fact, too: I am a proud owner of a grand cherokee 5,9l limited edition from 1999. I am about to fix up things and make it pretty again. Currently its in the garage, can’t wait to get it back on the road. This class has the perfect timing, as I can model my jeep as is and then start changing stuff to see how it looks 😀

The blueprint will just be a starting point for me, since there are some visual differences in the 5,9l. At some point I will have to start freestyling parts of it since mine is also already quite customized. I am really looking forward to this 🙂

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