3DVIA Top 10 3D Models – 107
The ten best 3D models and one 3DVIA Experience uploaded to 3DVIA.com during the weeks of Saturday, February 12th through Friday, February 25th, 2011 are highlighted here.This week’s models will let you to stay at ground level and enjoy two different homes and two other environments. You can also zip around in an amazing super car or get some manufacturing done. If you feel more like flying, take the Tornado out for a spin. With the telescope you can explore even farther out into space and maybe even run into the Whitestar Butitus!
(Easy links to all 106 previous Top 10 posts are right after the current week’s models and Experience.)
The Top 10:
Now Alfred (alfredix) has added fabulous renderings of his Panavia Tornado ECR KPL to the exquisite detailing that he is already known for! He models in Pro/E and then translates everything to STEP format for uploading. [Alfred lives in Germany]
I like Onderlegger by mhamerslag for the huge amount of information that it conveys in a simple, yet elegant way. You can get a good feeling for site and roam where you wish. It was modeled using Google SketchUp.
“Cube is a game in process by 6 students of Isart Digital. We participate at the competition : Hits Playtime on LeMonde.fr.” Cube Hits Playtime by Akaihana gives a lifelike preview in their Experience that they created using 3DVIA Scenes. Visit their web site for more information.
Wow! Car BMW Efficient Dynamics shows Eleanor’s mastery of flowing forms and including all the right details too. She uploaded this beauty in 3DS format.
Un Appartement Plus Lumineux… by Architurn is a nicely appointed living space. It wouldn’t take long to help them move in – and there’s a Bud waiting for you on the counter. Architurn uses Google SketchUp.
I’m ready to come visit for a few months (as long as I get to drive the family super cars). Aakruti Family Bungalow Design with Interior Layout has excellent details everywhere you look! Ajitasmita built it using 3DVIA Shape.
Enrrique (perecat1) keeps adding to this model, so I grabbed one of the interim stages. What you’ll see when you go to the current version will be even better. His wonderful City Land even has it’s own monorail! Enrrique created this wonderful world using 3DVIA Shape. [Enrrique lives in Spain]
The use of transparency helps make this installation so much easier to understand. Aspirazione Tg was modeled by paoloradaelli and uploaded in VRML format
Whitestar Butitas has a flowing, organic shape and textures that are really great! It was designed by Ron Thornton of Foundation Imaging and built by Kier Darby for Babylon 5.
Great modeling, an excellent exploded view presentation and peeking toes drew my attention to Forward-Neutral-Reverse Gearbox by shenoynitesh. I also love pictures that help show the process! It was modeled using SolidWorks.
This nicely detailed Telescope C11G11 was modeled by StilTeg using Google SketchUp. [StilTeg lives in France]
Just so everyone knows, the order that the Top 10 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!
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 – 049 – 050 – 051 – 052 – 053 – 054 (seven weeks in one) – 055 – 056 – 057 – 058 – 059 – 060 – Best of the Best2009 – 061 – 062 – 063 - 064 – 065 – 066 – 067 – 068 – 069 – 070 – 071 – 072 – 073 – 074 – 075 – 076 – 077 – 078 – 079 – 080 – 081 – 082 – 083 – 084 – 085 – 086 – 087 – 088 – 089 – 090 – 091 – 092 – 093 – 094 – 095 – 096 – 097 – 098 – 099 – 100 – 101 – 102 – 103 – 104 – 105 – 106
Here’s a brief recap of what I look for when I select the Top 10:
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 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.
From time to time I will make mistakes and not follow my own rules – I will review these mistakes on a case-by-case basis. Sometimes I will change the post and sometimes I won’t. I will be consistently inconsistent. I am human.
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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Nice selection Don…
Congrats to all the entries over here… And specially the participants (Asmita & Nitesh) of Aakruti-2011 who made it to the bi-weekly Top10 of 3dvia.com
Tornado… Beemer and Perecat1′s creations are awesome :)
Warm regards,
Abu
Thanks Abu.
I’m also glad that Asmita and Nitesh made it into the Top 10. I only pay attention to the model when I’m in selection mode. Some times I am pleasantly surprised when I find out who made the model and what tools they used. :)
HI Don,
thank you for choosing the Tornado. Slowly I a getting a bit into redering… :)
congratulations to all other modelers.
Perecat, your city is awesome :)
Best regards
Alfred
Hi Alfred,
You’re welcome. Great model and keep going on the rendering work – it makes the model look fantastic!
Best regards
Don
@kalman – does he need any textures or it’s just how he wanted the ship to be??
Who’s kalman?
Nice job here. I was shocked to see that city with all it’s details is 800 KB!
Kalman is the modeler of the Whitestar Butitas. :)
Well! Well! . Great selection of models. Surely someone has extra work:). The alfredix tornado is simply a brilliant job. A good modeler, run and fly. BMW: A clean job and with character. Models of different topics, of great quality. Congratulations to all selected all deserve it. Thank you very much for including my model. I clean my old telescope.
You’re welcome Enrrique. The selection process is more difficult now. :)
I am happilly suprized to see my telescope here among such beautiful models !! The BMW is absolutely fantastic, I can see the TV-ad just by the look of it, and the Tornado is so well detailed …
Thank you again DSwavely for that selection !
You’re certainly welcome StilTeg. I’m glad that you are happy!
It would be nice if I could drive the Beemer in a 3DVIA Scene.. Might be possible using 3DVIA Studio :)
(PS: Seems there is a bug in the comments section. My comment was logged in using gems216 profile…)
Give it a try and tell us what it’s like. :)
(PS: Sorry, the problem was a slight regression in the last site update. It will be fixed soon.)
yes a really nice selection this time
alfredix jet – Tornado looks amazing a really good work he made there
Elenor’s BMW is fantastic and even thoug i must admit i hate cars (except for Batmobiles) i really like this one
enriques city land is super cool with tons of nice details a dream city to explore forcing one to spend hours examining it
Shenoynitesh Gearbox is really cool a great work making that
StillTegs Telescope looks just like a real one with all those details
the Whitestar from Babylon 5 is one of my favorit spaceships from the Babylon 5 universe and ron kierby there made is a fantastic 3d artist has made it so great so it is one of the spaceships from babylon 5 i never has made my self because you cant make it better than his model
but i am and aircraft fanatic so once again Alfredix models is my absolute favorit
nice work all of you 3d artist on this top 10
thank you smike :)
sorry but i ment kier darby not ron kier
Really nice work from everyone who was selected in this week’s top 10 models. Keep up the great work. I am looking forward to next week’s top 10!