Another beauty! It’s a great combination of an available model (with proper credit given) and your own amazing detailed models within the whole mind-boggling Logistics Center concept. WOW!

Thanks Don. I did this (somehow low-poly-version) to find out the right Robot dimensions for pick-and-place. It is a bit difficult to work fluently when all shelf lines are already in the model :)

very cool
i notice that the size must be quite big

@alfredix – Yes, scaling between programs can be “interesting”. 3DVIA Shape is nice (when it is the appropriate tool) because you can re-scale things so easily. You can even draw reference lines or planes to the exact dimensions and then re-size that way.

I’m working (yeah, right, like I’m working on a hundred other models – and finishing them one every decade or so) a Shape model of this year’s Le Mans winner and it was great to be able to import another (originally 3ds) model and then use planes built to dimensions from the Peugeot web site to re-size it, so I can build around it.

Cars may not even exist by the time I finish it, but we all need fantasies :)

Good things need time, Don. Remember your own words :)
Besides the fact that I was very surprised that Peugot was winning Le Mans this year (before Audi!, who had like a subscription for LeMans wins) I am looking forward to seeing your model. In ProE, you have to scale part by part, but if they are assembled correctly, the whole assemby is then correct again after one regerenation of the model.

You are right to remind me of my own words :)

I think many of us were surprised by the Le Mans results, since Audi has won 8 out of the last 10 years – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans_winners – including the last 5 in a row – that’s a phenomenal record!

Yes, (as you know) 3DVIA Shape is not meant to be a fully featured engineering product, but is aimed at making 3D modeling free and fun for those who may never have even tried it. New users don’t have a lot of preconceived notions of what it should/must be able to do.

Those of us with CAD backgrounds often find it hard to retrain our building process and thinking process to work within the constraints of the product.

But, I love to see how new users start using and create some amazing things that I still can’t figure out to do :D.

Wow Alfred! where do you come up with this stuff :D

Thanks Shannon, for this one is was easy: I worked in US for 2 years (about 10 years ago). During that time I was responsible for a handling automation system in the Semiconductor field. And we used a robot traveling on a beam to transport the products between the production machines. So I used a ten year old concept, scaled it into “my 1:35 world” and put some aircraft weapon in the model to make it more interesting (for me). This is how I come up with those things :)

Great story Alfred!

When I worked at Siemens medical Systems (now part of Drager Medical) we would have apprentices come over from Germany for six months of experience/training in the US.

Usually there first comment was about how awful the American bread is and then they would immediately switch to talking about how great it was to be able to buy a big old American car and be able to afford driving it! It was funny, time after time that would happen.

They were a great bunch of guys! I learned as much from them as they learned from me. It was fun.

I hope your experience here was a good one!

Quite interesting. I worked for Siemens Semiconductors at that time and we built a memory chip factory in Richmond, VA as a Joint Venture with Motorola. I remember the bread story, as well as the car experience :) I started with a 1995 Jeep Cheroke sport and after one year I bought a 92 Mustang convertible 5.0. Both were great cars. I enjoyed them a lot and after my time in US, I missed them a lot :).
the bottom line is: I had a perfect time! :)

That’s great confirmation Alfred great cars and crappy bread! Glad you had a good time. I’m envious of the Mustang! One of my sons has a 2000 convertible that has been nicely “breathed on” and it is a blast to drive, when he lets me :(

yes, it was :) I wish I could afford a Mustang in Germany. but it will eat your hair off :) No way… too bad the 2009 and 2010 Mustangs are reaaaallllllyyyyy nice :)

The retro-look is very appealing, especially since they now can turn corners too :D, but they’ve ballooned in weight to be way too tubby for me. (Yeah, like I could buy one anyway :D)

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