Is there a place to request models on 3d warehouse?
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Can only SketchUp admins start competitions? There's certain objects I'd like to see made (or made well) but there doesn't seem to be a place to request such. Is it something where we find someone on warehouse who is good at modeling whatever we are interested in and request it to them directly?
Thanks,
CWR
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Hi CWR,
Note that this (SketchUcation) is not an official Google SketchUp site so we cannot do anything about the Warehouse. However you can always ask people to help you model something that you would like to see or even if they have something better than what you can see in the Warehouse.
As for competitions... Talk to solo or remus (find them among the moderator list you can access at the bottom of the index page) here on the forums - they are the ones who organised such challenges so far. Maybe they will be interested.
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or just post a challenge. if anyones interested you'll see results pretty quickly. it would also be nice to know what these models are for? personal use, business, curiosity...
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I'm a little weary of the intent here, if you want to start a competition in order to get a free model for commercial use I object strongly.
The challenges I setup here are for learning purposes and not intended for commercial use, however if it is needed in a future project I'd expect that credit be given to the author and permission requested.
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Certainly those are different concerns.
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CWR,
I just noticed there is an "Edit Me" collection on the 3D warehouse. See my attached pic. You may have to click on the arrows to scroll to the collection.
@unknownuser said:
A place to put your unfinished models, to let users help finishing them. Or a place to help someone finish a model. All you have to do is Public-Share your model and add it to the collection. You'll keep the credit of the original model, and users who help will appear as collaborators. We all have an old unfinished model that will never get to the 3D Layer, just put it here so someone could finish it
I've never used it so I can't vouch for it, but if you use it, I'd appreciate you telling us how it turns out.
Cheers,
Marcus
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I certainly understand your being leery of my intentions, but that's one of the reasons I posted the question here, to prevent a violation (on my part) of whatever protocols or etiquette that may be in place. I have been a 3d guy for nearly 2 decades now, during which time I have served as an accredited 3d animation/modeling instructor - I appreciate your concerns.
So the idea of setting up challenges is right out, but is there anywhere to post requests? There seems to be a fair number of people displaying models at 3d warehouse who might be interested to know what objects people are interested in seeing made, if only out of competitive spirit. I never anticipated that such a community would spring up, or one that would grow so exponentially, where people would produce models of, well, everything, for little more than the praise of their peers.
The complexity of SU models is limited by the 10 mb size constraint, which makes only the simplest object (a bolt or rivet perhaps) really suitable for commericial use - aside from which, I'm not even sure what that means any more. I've been contributing models to the community for 15 years or more with little in the way of material compensation - even when I've been lucky enough to be paid for modeling something, I've usually released it for free some years later. Why bother trying to sell it when, really, you can find a mesh of most everything for free somewhere on the web - I'm surprised that there's still a market for low poly models, it seems to be there to catch the unwary until they discover what is actually available. Did you notice the 1964 Thunderbirds on the street scenes in The Incredibles? An inside joke to be sure, but also an illustration of my point...I think.
Basically, it's not for business use, but more for curiousity. I'd say also personal use, but that's not really the case when I come to think of it, because looking at the gigabytes of models on my HD that will only ever be viewed and/or admired, it would be hard to say that they are actually used...except maybe to inspire me to model something better.
I'm just puzzled that there aren't forums at 3D Warehouse itself for this sort of thing, and this site was the closest I could find when I Googled the subject. There's a rough analogy to parts of youtube where people produce mashup music videos using videogame or anime footage - copyright infringments aside - they are doing it for fun rather than money, but are also learning editing and associated skills along the way, which may enable them to earn money doing such things in the future. In the meantime there threads for requests and suggestions of music and video combinations, - well, it's pretty rough as analogies go.
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It came to my attention a site, where you can request a model, usually a piece of furniture from a certain designer or manufacturer and in a couple of days, you get a reply.
Usually you get a 3D render, a skp file, an atl (atlantis) file AND a 3Dmax file, back!!! Needles to say, the results are usually stunning.
Have been using it for my projects, for quite some time now.
And of course they charge for the efforts, (something like 10 euros for a B&B italia sofa) but only if you download the object requested, or any other available on the site for that matter.
There are also some objects for free, downloadable directly from the site.
Have a look here
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Thanks for pointing out the edit me folder, Marcus - unfortunately it doesn't seem to get too much attention; I wouldn't have noticed it if you hadn't pointed it out. Designconnected.com is a good site as you described it, karamouza, primarily for items of interior design.
Looking at other sites where unsolicited content is posted, like youtube, failblog and others, I can understand perhaps why there is not a place for comments; things can get pretty out of hand and offensive unless the site has a massive budget for oversight and moderation (or doesn't care about offensive responses).
I just wish there was a way to contact SketchUp artists who specialize in different types of objects - aircraft or firearms or automobiles - and suggest a particular aircraft, firearm or automobile rather than the 201st example of the M1 Abrhams, HK MP5, or Lamborghini Murciélago... -
Nice idea, but I think the idea of requesting specific models doesn't play too well with sites offering free, unsolicited material. The reason why there are maybe 201 variants of a Murcielago on the 3DW is probably because they are all different mods of the same ripped-off commercial model by Dosch, or whatever....mostly done by teenagers who couldn't produce an original model to order if their life depended on it.
There's obvious advantages in the model challenges, as Pete points out, but I find it hard to imagine a dedicated bunch of specialists churning out free model requests just for the kudos. A request means working to a brief; and most of us have enough of that at work...we prefer to fly our own kite in our free time.
FormFonts will model to order...you can request a specific item of furniture, or species of tree, or person engaged in a particular activity. Up to a point you get it "free" as part of the subscription, but that's the point; it will cost you the price of a subscription. People here at SCF do occasionally oblige with a plea for a specific model, but I don't see it ever becoming more than an ad hoc thing...that would smack too much of the work treadmill.
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