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3DVIA Top 10 models – 049
The best models uploaded to 3DVIA.com during the week of Saturday, October 3rd through Friday, October 9th are highlighted here. So you need to make a call from your red-lined speed boat on Lake Geneva before hopping onto your classic TRX850 to meet Maxwell Smart and James Bond to thwart something bad from happening at the new stabilizer installation. No problem! This week’s Top 10 includes everything you’ll need to accomplish the mission and to relax afterward! Make that call!!
In case your attention span is extremely limited, you can watch the following video in 31 seconds and see all of the included models before you forget what you were trying to remember to do. :)
Easy links to the previous Top 10 lists: 001 – 002 – 003 – 004 – 005 – 006 – 007 – 008 – 009 – 010 – 011 – 012 – 013 – 014 – 015 – 016 – 017 -018 – 019 – 020 – 021 – 022 – 023 – 024 – 025 – 026 – 027 – 028 – 029 – 030 – 031 – 032 – 033 – 034 – 035 – 036 – 037 – 038 – 039 – 040 – 041 – 042 – 043 – 044 – 045 – 046 – 047 – 048
The Top 10:
Maxwell Smart’s Apartment was carefully crafted by PinkSkink using Google SketchUp. Check out the William Morris wallpaper mixed in with many more contemporary elements – including an image of Agent 86’s hero James Bond.
Structure Synth “flowers” was imagined and created by rhalstead using Structure Synth software and his own well-honed programming skills. Rodd used 3DVIA Printscreen from the 3DVIA Labs to capture his model for uploading. [Rodd is from the US]
Twisted Chairs by zenox is a beautiful update to a classic furniture type that would look right at home in a contemporary art museum as well. zenox used Blender to merge the old with the new. [zenox is from Serbia & Montenegro]
TRX Instrument Panel is an incredibly detailed model of a very complex part painstakingly created by flatform using SolidWorks 2009. Be sure to check out The TRX Project blog to stay up to to date on progress towards a complete Yamaha TRX850 3D model.
You can almost feel the spray in your face as you envision piloting Lancha at high speed over the waves. epcinnova used the 3DS format to upload this bullet of a boat. [epcinnova is from Spain]
This beautifully detailed G900 cell phone was created by mieown using SolidWorks 2009.
Leopard 2A6 is an excellent continuation of the quite complete line of tanks and other equipment based on the Leopard chassis by alfredix. Alfred uses Pro/E for the modeling and then translation into STEP format for uploading to 3DVIA. [Alfred is from Germany]
Walkthrough V3 – Creating Cap is another great 3DVIA Shape learning tool modeled by XQH_XXX to show step-by-step how he created his model. [Parth is from India]
I’d recommend that anyone modeling an interior space follow anloncar’s excellent example of using transparent walls to more fully illustrate the concept. Stan1 invites the viewer to explore the space more easily. anloncar uploaded the model in the 3DS format.
Stabilizer2 by smitsch was created for uploading using a VRML Generator and demonstrates the invaluable help that a detailed 3D model can provide to help everyone involved understand a project very early on in the process.
Honorable Mentions:
Indonesian Mask was created by Creaform by first scanning the real mask and then doing a great job with textures. [Creafrom is from Canada]
perecat1 was inspired by his recent vacation to create this Asturias model using 3DVIA Shape. [perecat1 is from Spain]
A Meeting House w/Bridge Now!!! by julian112897 depicts a working scene with lots of details added using 3DVIA Shape to tell his story. [julian112897 is from the Philippines]
XQH_XXX uses his “sparkle” effect to make Let the Music V6 – Hi-Fi Surround Speaker worthy of being on any stage. Parth used 3DVIA Shape. [Parth is from India]
This well-detailed and textured House was modeled by greenleafapps using Google SketchUp.
Just so everyone knows, the order that the Top 10 and Honorable Mentions are displayed is based on color, type of model and how I’m feeling, not any particular ranking. I just rearrange them until I like the way it looks. It’s as simple as that!
Here’s a brief recap of what I look for when I select the “Top 10″ and “Honorable Mentions”:
Variety – One of the most important factors. I try to show models created using lots of different software products and showing lots of different ways of using 3D. I include brief comments on why I chose each model.
Creativity, unusual subject matter and humor – These are big factors. We should all be having fun and feel free to model our passions!
Models must be uploaded by the original modeler – Many times I find models that I think will add to the community and will upload them with credit given to the modeler. These and other models that I can’t be reasonably sure who modeled them (for example – commercial models) are a welcome addition to the 3DVIA community, but the goal of the “Top 10″ is to encourage individual modelers and reward their special creativity.
Models entered in the 3DVIA Challenge contests will not be considered – They’re already getting plenty of attention and I want to spotlight models we may have missed.
There is no reward given – Other than the satisfaction of being noticed, spotlighted and being brought to the attention of more modelers. In my personal experience, the pleasure of having my work appreciated is the ultimate reward anyway.
Your comments are always welcomed and encouraged! Your responses will help the modelers and the 3DVIA community as a whole. Feel free to bring other models to my attention and let me know why they attracted you. (PLEASE NOTE: In order to make it easier to explore, all photos are linked directly to the model’s page.)
One final note of caution: these are my choices (dswavely) and my choices alone. So, aim the tomatoes appropriately.
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Great models this week.
Thanks for including the Leo, Don.
I like the display a lot. It reminds of those on blueprint pages.
You’re welcome Alfred. I’m glad that you like the layout. I was in fact trying to imitate a blueprint layout because I thought it might do a better job of showing the relative size of the beast. :)
very wel
i like the shadows added and especially alf’s tank
in the future maybe sum renders?
Thanks sady. Sometimes the “shadows” work well and sometimes they look really bad. I try not to alter the way the model looks too much because it is their model and I’m only trying to highlight it so users can find and explore it.
More modelers are putting up links to their own renders which is really great.
It definetely does :)
You may want to try “parallel view” next time, instead of “perspective view” (especially in Front and Backview). I think this perspective view takes away a little the fierce look from those sides :)
I agree that orthographic views would be better than the slight perspective, but I haven’t quite figured that out yet. I’ll keep on trying. :)
yes don top model selection this time with many very detailed models like the amazing gauge panel made by platform
and alfredix super tanks there as usual have his special touch / look so you imedially now its a alfredix model when looking at it..
also smitsch’s great stabilizer2 deserves to be on this list..
i also like the amazing amount of diferrent colors this list have..
Thanks for your comments and compliments smike. We’re having better and better models uploaded all the time and the variety is fantastic. You’re right, this was a colorful week! Each week’s Top 10 seems to have its own character. :)
Just came back after 2 weeks of holiday. It’s a great vacation & enjoyed a lot with friends & family. First of all it’s great to see my models in Top-10 list just after returning :)
There are so many good models this week starting from flowers – tanks – phone – lancha – instrumental panel – stabilizer -mask & more. Great combination of color – mechanism – variety.
Don HM stands for Honorable Mention. I have a bad habit of making things short & confusing for others :)
I loved New layout. it’s not just about models but also because of the humor & human touch with every model. I hope to make some better suggestions for this blog. Lets see how things work out.
I am still in a mood of vacation. So it may take a day or two before I start modeling.
Glad you had a great time! I can understand that it is good to enjoy the change in mood for as long as it lasts. :)
Thanks for your comments on the models and the post layout. I’m happy that you and others appreciated my attempts to make each comment a little more personal, so it was an easy decision to return that to the posts.
I should have known “HM” since you also use “T-10″ and that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.
Welcome back!
Models of high quality and variety of techniques and styles. A week strong.
Our modelers are getting better every day! :)
Nuestro modeladores están mejorando cada día! :)
Wow these are really awesome. Excellent creativity. Hats of to creators.
Glad that you appreciate them! It’s great to see the variety and increasing imagination too.
Loved your presenting scenario Wavely, compelling and..speedy, that TRX – James bond connection was.. prestigious too! Lara will definitely NOT by happy though, cause it’s her bike, as DrSlumper discovered! http://thetrxproject.blogspot.com/2009/10/trx-engined-bikes-and-cars-lara-croft.html Thank you for thell honour, the instrument panel was the very first complicated and fully associative model i did in Solidworks. Waiting for your next compilation (and your next speedy intro of course, you advertiser:)))
Thanks flatform! You did all the amazingly hard work, presenting it well was easy compared to that.
I didn’t think anybody ever read the intros. I did a series of tests over three consecutive Top 10 posts with some outlandish intros and following paragraphs and never got any comments.
So now I just write whatever pops into my head that fits the models. Thanks for the connection to Lara too. I was using James Bond because his image was in Maxwell Smart’s apartment. Maybe Lara will show up in a future intro?
Plus, you did a great job in presenting the instrument panel Wavely, very descriptive, light just pops out all the details, despite this version missing full cosmetic filleting on the back. :) (again)
Thank you flatform. I do try hard to present each model in the best way I can. :)
(I hope you won’t mind one small correction ~ my first name is Don and my last is Swavely – that’s where the “dswavely” comes from.)
Haha Wavely
hahaha, i knew your first name was Don, yet i thought your nick name was DS (Dassault) Wavely, a naughty one, would fit your spicy spirit. Excuse my ignorance! :)
True that you care for all your presentations, as alfredix noted too, keep on!
“Spicy Spirit” I like that! Can I use that on my business card? Don Swavely, Online Community Manager with a Spicy Spirit! Sounds great to me.
I can understand your logic about “DS” and “Wavely”. I joke that I was born to work here at DS because of my name. Not only are my initials right, my middle name is Charles and our CEO is Bernard Charles!
Thanks again for the comments on the presentations! It helps keep me inspired.