My kids absolutely love "diggers" and as a 3D modeler I certainly appreciate them too. All the complex shapes, hard edges, bolts, hydraulics, tire treads, etc. It's a modelers playground and labyrinth rolled into one.
I'm going to start building a digger - a Caterpillar 434E specifically - as accurately and detailed as I can. The name of the game here is organization, perseverance, and efficiency because most of the shapes are not difficult to build. There's just. so. many. of. them. Which gave me an idea...
Why don't we build this thing together? For those interested in following the project, I'm hoping at least a few will participate by modeling certain pieces of the backhoe themselves to be submitted to me for review and incorporation into the final model.
Check out the Collaboration Forum thread for more info!
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We need a bulldozer, but is not done yet
depends on the industry and company Rita. I'm 90% sure this was made ind Creo. Solidworks is another popular one.
The chat is stuck
I'm goind for a smoke, so please no Quiz content in the next 10 mins
Civilian
I'm hoping to go Stylized with this and make Mr Slam from Twisted Metal.
What rank am I now?
Shawn, ok. Thanks for info.
William keep at it boy and you’ll make lieutenant in no time
I'm not that kind of mechanical engineer. I work on turbine performance and testing with Programming Logic Controllers, hardware input/output and testing support for generic troubleshooting. 0% modeling @ritag