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3DVIA Challenge 12: Eco-Crate
After a short absence from the spot light, we bring you 3DVIA Challenge #12! Welcome back everybody!! This month, we will try to help the environment by creating ecologically friendly solutions to one of our most frequent used conveniences; Crates!! Lets put our brains together and come up with some fresh interesting solutions to packaging consumer goods by keeping in mind the 3R Concept: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
So come on and test your mettle against the best of our community! That’s right, if you win, not only will we give you your own Champion Page, and display you on the homepage, but you will also win a great tool for your gardening hour!
View the Current Models Entered in this Challenge
REMEMBER THESE KEY DATES:
UPLOAD YOUR MODELS:
Monday, May 4th, 2009 through Sunday, May 17th, 2009
VOTE:
Monday, May 18th, 2009 through Sunday, May 24, 2009
WINNER ANNOUNCED:
Monday, May 25th, 2009
3DVIA USERS – HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CHALLENGE:
PLEASE NOTE: BECAUSE WE WILL BE AWARDING A PRIZE TO THE WINNER OF THIS CHALLENGE, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF AND AGREE TO BEFORE ENTERING THE CONTEST.
A summary of the terms and conditions is included here. Click the link below (or at the end of each section) to see the terms and conditions in full:
* For full details see the 3DVIA Challenge 12 – Eco-Crate Terms and Conditions
1. CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
1a. You must be a registered user of 3DVIA.com
3DVIA accounts are free, sign up here.
1b. You must be at least 18 years of age.
1c. DS 3DVIA employees involved in the organization of this contest (including their family members) and members of any agencies involved in the organization of this contest (including their families) are not eligible.
* For details see Section 1 of the 3DVIA Challenge 12 - Eco-Crate Terms and Conditions
2. PARTICIPATION
2a. You must upload one “Eco-Crate” model by Sunday, May 17th, 2009.
Starting on Monday, May 4th, 2009 through Sunday, May 17th, 2009, upload your best “Eco-Crate” to 3DVIA. Only new to 3DVIA and original work will be considered, 1 submission per user, NO team entries.
2b. You must tag your 3D model with “3DVIAChallenge12″.
Tag your model with the keyword “3DVIAChallenge12″ – you must use this exact tag to enter (the tag is not case-sensitive). When you add this tag to your model, you will see a pop-up reminder that you must have read and agreed to the 3DVIA website Terms of Use AND the Terms and Conditions specific to this challenge.
2c. Models created using the 3DVIA Shape software which constitute derivative works reproducing existing models created by third parties under the Creative Commons license are eligible for this contest.
More information about Creative Commons can be found at http://creativecommons.org/ and, with respect to the existing licenses, at http://creativecommons.org/about/license.
2d. Models created using the 3DVIA PrintScreen software or any other software that copies existing 3D models, as well as creations containing any third party proprietary elements are not eligible for this contest.
* For details see Section 2 of the 3DVIA Challenge 12 - Eco-Crate Terms and Conditions
3. LICENSE TO USE THE MODELS
3a. By uploading your model to enter the contest you are granting DS and DS Subsidiaries certain rights regarding how your model may be used to help promote 3DVIA in the marketplace.
* For details see Section 3 of the 3DVIA Challenge 12 - Eco-Crate Terms and Conditions
4. WINNERS
4a. Each registered member of the 3DVIA community will be allowed one vote per contest.
3DVIA community voting will start on Monday, May 18, 2009, and will continue through Sunday, May 24, 2009.
4b. A jury made up of three 3DVIA representatives will judge each model from 1-10 (10 being the best score) based on the models artistic merit, technical merit and accuracy.
Artistic Design - Eye catching design, the coolness of the model.
Technical Accuracy – Mechanical or realistic accuracy and detail
Modeling Efficiency – Polygonal construction, modeling skill.
4c. The average value of the 3DVIA representatives’ score will be combined with the percentage of the 3DVIA community’s votes multiplied by 10 (i.e.; if a model receives 45% of the community votes, it would get a score of 4.5 added to the 3DVIA representatives’ average score).
If more than one model receives the same score, each model with the same score will be designated as a Winner and will receive the same prize.
4d. The winner will be announced on the 3DVIA.com web site on Monday, May 25, 2009.
4e. Decisions of the 3DVIA representatives are final.
* For details see Section 4 of the 3DVIA Challenge 12 - Eco-Crate Terms and Conditions
View the Current Models Entered in this Challenge
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we can add a little humor,right?
cheerfuly (now),maybe i will get some good pitches to use
Of course you can :) but you have to make Don laugh.
of course Don…!
but can I upload my model more than 1….?
hehehe
let it birds can be upload…?
Yes, you can upload more than one model per challenge, but only one can be eligible for the prize.
Sometimes we get better ideas after finishing our first model or after seeing the other models in the challenge, so it is good to have a variety of models.
If you do upload more than one we will ask you which one you want to be entered and the others will not be considered.
so the judges are don,juan and matt
You have to make me laugh too!
This is the lamest idea for a challenge yet.
Let me guess, you thought ecology was a hot customer friendly topic
likely to draw outsiders in your fake community, and then you realised
3DVia was functionally so poor that the subject of the challenge had
to be something which could be made out of rectangular pads, and BAM
it came to you : “eco crates”. Lets paint textures on a lame pad and
call it eco crate, it sounds hip.
Here’s a set of random hip terms : “nano, bio, 2.0, green, live,
lifelike”, and here is a set of objects which may be easily drawn with
rectangular pads : “laptop, desk, dice, box, book, brick”. You mix it
right and you’ll have a kickass topic for your next challenge.
3DAvenger,
Our challenges range from fully creative ideas to real world engineering solutions mostly due to our wide range of users. We have all kinds, from beginners who love 3D to architects and engineers with years of training and expertise. With almost 100,000 users, what’s lame to you is novel to others and while this particular challenge may not seem like it’s up your alley, rest assured that there will be many more challenges to come, and we do try to mix up the subject matter a bit.
If you don’t feel creative enough to participate in this challenge, I would hope you at least lend encouraging words to those others who do.
-Juan
i don’t have 18,but IF i’d win,could i sed my dad’s mail details or not this is the problem?
who had the idea?i remeber i said something about the 3Rs(just i made a mistake on one of them) on a model somee months ago(or weeks)
since is juan’s post,i bet his idea was,right?
Nope, the idea actually came from a group of people at DS concerned by our environment and more widely by sustainable development. I let Juan know about this Challenge proposal and he greatly helped in making it real, thanks Juan :) We just added the 3R concept to give some constraints to the designs.
So the intent of this ecopackaging challenge was simply to let people unleash ideas that were maybe sleeping in their brains and waiting for some 3D to be take shape :) We finally got great designs as finalists, both promoting recyclable materials as well as combination of packaging with packaged. And actually, this challenge is only the first one in an ecodesign series, as we have other themes in the pipe, so stay tuned :)
Cheers.