. . .

I used Camtasia for the tutorials - someone posted a link at SCF on another forum - this link was to an older version of Camtasia that is now, unfortunately, no longer available. It's fantastic software though.

. . . here's the revised version . . . same as original but now finished, showing how to move & copy the parts so the assembly is completed . . .

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Hope this is helpful to someone.

Yes, another one - done very quickly - just trying to keep the students on track - again, if anyone knows where I can post these at higher resolution, please let me know - thank you.

Happy Sketching,

Brad

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Hello,

Here's a tutorial I made that is for "total newbs" . . . we made these cubes (as posted previously on another SCF forum) out of 0.22 inch thick pink foam insulation. When finished properly, the cube measures 3 x 3 x 3.

We make the foam cube, then follow up with the SkechUp cube. It's only the third full day of class this semester - eventually, they'll get it.

I still have no idea where to post full size videos and I'm puzzled that Camtasia chopped off the last part of this video where I move the sides in place and copy to finish the cube. User error, I'm sure.

Hope this helps someone.

Happy Sketching,

Brad

[flash=448,361:3c8wehpw]http://s103.photobucket.com/flash/player.swf?file=http://vid103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/ShermanPeabody/SU/3_inch_cube_01.flv[/flash:3c8wehpw]

. . . my first "badge" . . . needs lots of work - it was a 2 minute attempt . . .

. . . CFTD . . .

I'd really like to do lots more new stuff but I'm back at work and doing grad school stuff - frustrating, but here's a quick modification of an older sketch.

I keep having ideas popping into my head for new designs but who can justify the time to play . . . er, I mean design the stuff? Arggghhhh!

Hello,

This is a bit too fast - just playin' around.

I'd like to know where I can post videos that won't get reduced to a smaller size.

Thanks,

Brad
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@unknownuser said:

nice work on the 3 wheeler i like how the side twists like that

Thanks - I'd like to redo the area around the front wheels - remove the groove and make it a bit more realistic, like a real wheel well - someday.

@unknownuser said:

BTW is that you in your avatar?

Yes, that's me - about 79 months ago.

. . . cftd . . .

. . . another 3 wheeler . . .

I can't remember if I ever posted this one or not - I was perusing through some of my carchives (get it, ha) and found this one, tossed on a few details and here tiz.

Happy Sketching,

Brad

. . . nothing special . . . typical GreenToaster stuff . . .

I just sent V-Ray an email inquiry - looks like the educational version is $250. If it's worth it I'll be happy to spend the bucks - I just know very little about this stuff and I don't want to spend government money on something that's really not necessary or best value.

We lease many seats of 3DS at school but I don't know how to use it - would that work well for our rendering needs? Doesn't Blender also do rendering? I need to figure out what options are available and how they compare in price & performance. Maybe someone has created a current matrix showing this information?

Thanks,

Brad

@unknownuser said:

back end

VERY NICE!!!

I will look into vray - I guess there is a forum or some links - I know almost nothing about rendering software - is one higher recommended than the other (Kerkythea vs. vray)?

Danke,

Brad

WOW! I wish I knew how to do that - way cool! You make my stuff look great - thanks! I will try to figure out more of Kerkythea - very inspirational.

Thanks again,

Brad

Thanks - here ya go.

They're really sloppy - for example, the geometry on the "electric car" is messed up around the front wheels - I wasn't paying attention to details or consistent geometry but rather just trying to quickly jot down an idea. Also, on the "electric car", I used SketchyFFD for some shaping - I find it's usually quicker to do shaping manually - I prefer to have more control where FFD quite often wreaks havoc with the integrity of the geometry requiring lots of time to "fix" stuff so it'll be symmetrical, & so forth. It's fun to take this one and stretch the shapes to come up with wildly different looking cars (see image(s) attached below).

I think the last car has the potential for detailing - it could be "okay" I guess - just a quick concept.

bw_car_rename_043_A.skp

bw_car_rename_044_A.skp

If you look at the low number of poly's in this model you can get an idea how fast it was created & edited . . . just another quick sketch . . .

Happy Sketching,

Brad

. . . another electric car . . .