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The best models uploaded to 3DVIA.com during the week of Saturday, June 27th through Friday, July 3rd are highlighted here. This is the 35th post with the purpose of bringing models to your attention that we all may have missed during the week.

This week was filled with particularly good models, so don’t be discouraged if one of your models isn’t included!  Be sure to read the comments on each model as you visit them and add your own thoughts and a rating too!

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

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!

Be sure to check out the models that received Honorable Mentions too!

Our users live all over the world, so (if they tell us) I include in my comments where each modeler is from. It’s great that language and distance are not barriers when we’re all sharing in 3D!

The Top 10:

It is great to have machdoem back on 3DVIA after a long hiatus. His model Coffee Shop Design shows why we value his architectural and interior space design expertise. This coffee shop is one that I would like to visit and relax in!

I hope that he adds some of his other models to show his humorous side too! machdoem uses Google SketchUp. [machdoem is from New Zealand]

996 748 916 998 VR3 Assembly by boydprecision was created using an STL ASCII generator. According to the comments, it is a set of motorcycle racing foot pegs, but to me it is pure mechanical sculpture! Great job!

Robby is a great addition to our sci-fi history in 3D models by toymaker. The details are fabulous and they look amazingly like the original Robby the Robot’s innards and outtards (new word, you saw it here first). toymaker made this beauty using Google SketchUp. [toymaker is from the US]

Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 by Alistair Wick, Shreeyam Kacker, Javier Garcia and Sam Grinder has been completed and is stunning! 3DVIA has been fortunate to have had them share their work as a Work In Progress (W.I.P.). It has also appeared in the Top 10 -033 as an Honorable Mention. 

This has been another successful example of the group’s collaborative modeling method using Google SketchUp, which is a great idea for building teams and sharing experience. Be sure to also take a look at their BMW Z4 Coupe, which was featured in the Top 10 – 030.

Spiderman 3 by XQH_XXX is an exceptional example of a simple concept executed extremely well. The texturing makes this model a star. Spiderman would be proud! XQH_XXX used 3DVIA Shape to create it. [XQH_XXX is from India]

SE-TS-Puffermodul-4×150x050 by alfredix is one small portion of his giagantic logistics complex that he is developing. The overall concept is huge in scope and alfredix has been extremely diligent about moving it towards completion.

Visit his models page to see all of the amazing elements in detail or go to his web album for an overall review. alfredix does his modeling using Pro/E and then translates them into STEP format to be able to upload his gigantic models to 3DVIA. [alfredix is from Germany] 

Space Mouse by atomxii features some amazing surface development work using CATIA V5.

Open the model and watch the highlights move across the impeccably created forms as you move it around. It’s an education in how the reflection of light is what we’re really using as a guide to the things we use and to the world around us.

Watch out for the bite of the Scorpion Guitar by sandman14! It looks like it could be a lethal weapon in the wrong hands. The shape is wonderful and the detailing, as always, is excellent.

The adjustment knobs are actually a cool transclucent charcoal gray, but I used the Fresnel shader for these shots to show off the highlights and the overall form. sandman uses Google SketchUp for his creations. [sandman14 is from the US]

I’ve already used up all of my superlatives on smike’s other recent helicopters, but his Sikorsky CH53E Super Stalllion beats them all. There is no way that I can do it justice with a few shots, so go visit his presentation or you will regret it!

smike uses Google SketchUp. [smike is from Denmark]

Produit1 by pronguecyril (Cyril & Kevin) is exceptionally beautiful and well modeled. The 115′ Pershing Yacht creates a lot of dreams and this has ignited a few of my own! The team used CATIA V5 to model this extravagantly sleek and powerful yacht.

Due to the continuous challenge of narrowing the number of great models uploaded each week down to just 10, I include five Honorable Mentions to spotlight even more modelers!

Honorable Mentions:

SA80 was modeled by hobbnob using Google SketchUp and is a beautifully modeled and detailed weapon. [hobbnob is from the UK]

Car Audi R8 was sculpted by pronguecyril using CATIA V5 and is a great example of subtle surface development.

I just plain like Home by himanshududhankar. It makes me want to go on vacation right there right now! Google SketchUp was used to model it.

Any recent BMW is extremely difficult to model. This version of the BMW 320 Sedan E90, created by JaViXP (using Google SketchUp) captures much of the true essence of the car. [JaViXP is from Spain]

I love a good humorous model and Mr Flatfish 02 by lingling makes me smile every time I see it. What a great imagination to create a Flounder lounge singer! [lingling is from Belgium]

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.