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News Credits: 1 · by **SKYWARPED_128** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:05 pm

SillySpringer wrote:Ok, I was just wondering, what CAD Transformers character should I do next? Shockwave, Soundwave, or Springer? Now in the mean time, here's my latest CAD Transformer creation:

*click here* to see the design in 3d!

Nice work, Springer!

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 7:14 am

Nice job on Arcee! As for your next work SillySpringer, well you only have one logical conclusion

@Insurgent, if I may ask, how come you're using dragstrip? But other than that looking good for what it is. I look forward to seeing the full thing completed

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 6:01 pm

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:Ok, I was just wondering, what CAD Transformers character should I do next? Shockwave, Soundwave, or Springer? Now in the mean time, here's my latest CAD Transformer creation:

*click here* to see the design in 3d!

Nice work, Springer!

Thanks bro! Any ideas for future models?

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 6:25 pm

Oops silly website didn't load my first comment for a while, so folled me into making a double post! :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 1 · by **SKYWARPED_128** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 6:46 pm

SillySpringer wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:Ok, I was just wondering, what CAD Transformers character should I do next? Shockwave, Soundwave, or Springer? Now in the mean time, here's my latest CAD Transformer creation:

*click here* to see the design in 3d!

Nice work, Springer!

Thanks bro! Any ideas for future models?

Well, since you're doing a pretty good job with fembots already, I humbly suggest some of those assets (no pun intended, honest! :-P

) and make either Flamewar or even Moonracer.

After all, TF's are all about the retools. :lol:

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 7:17 pm

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:Ok, I was just wondering, what CAD Transformers character should I do next? Shockwave, Soundwave, or Springer? Now in the mean time, here's my latest CAD Transformer creation:

*click here* to see the design in 3d!

Nice work, Springer!

Thanks bro! Any ideas for future models?

Well, since you're doing a pretty good job with fembots already, I humbly suggest some of those assets (no pun intended, honest! ) and make either Flamewar or even Moonracer.

After all, TF's are all about the retools.

Lol maybe! I kinda forgot that I could retool Arcee into another character! :lol:

People have suggested Shockwave, Soundwave, and I have thought of doing Springer. I have a lot to design! :-P

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 10:02 pm

New Shockwave CAD design! It took me a couple hours to do. Feel free to click on any of the below images to see the 3D CAD design on Tinkercad!

Hope you guys enjoy it!

What character do YOU want me to make next? Leave a suggestion below! :-D

Cheers!
-James

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 2:47 am

Really nice work

Let's challenge you....how about Overlord?

News Credits: 1 · by **SKYWARPED_128** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 7:56 am

SillySpringer wrote:New Shockwave CAD design! It took me a couple hours to do. Feel free to click on any of the below images to see the 3D CAD design on Tinkercad!

Hope you guys enjoy it!

What character do YOU want me to make next? Leave a suggestion below!

Cheers!
-James

As a longtime fan of Metal Gear Solid, I'll let Ocelot express my thoughts on this model:

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 3:34 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:Really nice work Let's challenge you....how about Overlord?

Maybe! I'll accept the challenge!

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:New Shockwave CAD design! It took me a couple hours to do. Feel free to click on any of the below images to see the 3D CAD design on Tinkercad!

Hope you guys enjoy it!

What character do YOU want me to make next? Leave a suggestion below!

Cheers!
-James

As a longtime fan of Metal Gear Solid, I'll let Ocelot express my thoughts on this model:

Ha ha thank you sir. :lol:

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 7:49 pm

You challenged me ZeroWolf!

: Overlord is da MASTER!

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 2:27 pm

SillySpringer wrote:You challenged me ZeroWolf!

Tinkercad Overlord teaser.png

Well met sir!

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Mon Oct 26, 2015 2:59 pm

Please don't let this thread turn into a thread showcasing SillySpringer's work, he already has one of those.
(Plus it's not like we're going to feature anything in this thread in the round up)

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:43 pm

Burn wrote:Please don't let this thread turn into a thread showcasing SillySpringer's work, he already has one of those.
(Plus it's not like we're going to feature anything in this thread in the round up)

I know, I already have Arcee in my thread to be featured.

Ok guys, I want someone to make a CAD Cybertron PRONTO. :BOOM:

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:43 pm

Setting it up I can do, using it is a different kettle of fish!

News Credits: 1 · by **SKYWARPED_128** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:10 am

Burn wrote:Setting it up I can do, using it is a different kettle of fish!
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You lucky sonuva... I wish I could afford something from Autodesk, like Maya for example.

ZBrush has its own hard surface modeler, but I heard it's easier on Maya. Either way, the whole "pulling blocks out of another block" is not quite as intuitive as Sketchup. But TBH, it's not that hard to learn, though--just takes some getting used to. Kinda like the difference between walking and driving a car.

That said, I still love ZBrush's organic sculpting abilities. With a good pen and tablet (preferable an Intuos), it feels just like you're physically sculpting from clay.

I'd be a very happy camper if only Sketchup's stl exported files learned to play nice with ZBrush, without the need to add the necessary lines and loops yourself. Otherwise the model turns into a Picasso painting the moment you subdivide it. :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 8:35 pm

Anyone in the mood for some custom semi-articulated Generations Leader Jetfire hands?

Btw I will in fact make whole arms, but until I have Generations Jetfire, I can't measure the arm length yet. I have only designed the hands and gun so far. (click here to see it in 3d)

I'm planning for this to be a Shapeways product, and since his arms are mostly white, it comes in handy!

This set will be also compatible with the Combiner Wars Leader Class Thundercracker, Starscream, and Skywarp.

Keep designing guys! Feel free to post pics of YOUR 3d designs!

Cheers!
-James

News Credits: 1 · by **SKYWARPED_128** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 4:44 am

SillySpringer wrote:Keep designing guys! Feel free to post pics of YOUR 3d designs!

Izzat a challenge Ah hear, ya lil whippersnapper? :-P

Well, here's a Hound accessories set I designed and printed for Kanrabat a while ago, printed using an Afinia UP! 2 3D printer. Currently doing a 2.0 revision for him, mostly revising the cannon.

The rifle, cannon and jerry can were designed to be assembled to make them light enough for Hound to carry and hold them up.

NOTE: The cannon is undergoing a major design overhaul, BTW.

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 12:21 pm

For some reason Photobucket doesn't work on my computer. Have a Shapeways page? :???:

If you have Tumblr pictures those work on my computer too.

News Credits: 1 · by **SKYWARPED_128** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 6:34 pm

SillySpringer wrote:For some reason Photobucket doesn't work on my computer. Have a Shapeways page? If you have Tumblr pictures those work on my computer too.

Should work now.

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Sun Nov 01, 2015 9:02 pm

Nice bro! Like it!

News Credits: 1 · by **SKYWARPED_128** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:42 pm

SillySpringer wrote:Nice bro! Like it!

Mucho Gracias, mi Amigo!

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 5:52 pm

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:Nice bro! Like it!

Mucho Gracias, mi Amigo!

No prob! I hope to get Jetfire soon so I can finish those custom arms!

So far I've just done the hands and gun.

News Credits: 1 · by **SKYWARPED_128** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:39 pm

I hope this thread hasn't been left alone long enough for this to be considered necrobumping....

Anyways, I've recently found a renewed respect for Blender. While I still think the old UI was designed by some mustache-twirling villain bent on breaking the sanity of 3D modelers, the latest versions seems to have cleaned up a lot of the mess. The UI is now much more integrated, and most of the stuff is where you'd expect them to be.

The swapped right and left mouse buttons aren't really that hard to get used to, but the problem comes when you start switching to another program. Especially when it's ZBrush. While you mostly use RMB in Blender to select, ZBrush is the direct opposite, and you use the LMB for not just selecting but sculpting and moving as well--the right mouse button is used less that 10%, IMO. There's an option to swap the buttons, but then the tutorials would get somewhat confusing.

TL;DR, Blender's getting user-friendly enough to at least ATTEMPT to learn, but it's still got a ways to go in the UI department. They could start by making the confusing Blender-specific terms a little more "layman friendly", like simply calling the "Translate" option "Move", like most other software do. Sure, once you learn it, it sticks, but newbies could really benefit from a more intuitive UI and use that time to actually model something cool instead of spending weeks learning which does what.

Rant complete.

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 5:42 pm

Just a leader class sized pet project I'm working on with an "armada" of coolness following.

(and transformable.)

Also remember guys, this thread is free for ANYONE to post pictures of their CAD models on. I would love to see you guys' CAD models!

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:I hope this thread hasn't been left alone long enough for this to be considered necrobumping....

Anyways, I've recently found a renewed respect for Blender. While I still think the old UI was designed by some mustache-twirling villain bent on breaking the sanity of 3D modelers, the latest versions seems to have cleaned up a lot of the mess. The UI is now much more integrated, and most of the stuff is where you'd expect them to be.

The swapped right and left mouse buttons aren't really that hard to get used to, but the problem comes when you start switching to another program. Especially when it's ZBrush. While you mostly use RMB in Blender to select, ZBrush is the direct opposite, and you use the LMB for not just selecting but sculpting and moving as well--the right mouse button is used less that 10%, IMO. There's an option to swap the buttons, but then the tutorials would get somewhat confusing.

TL;DR, Blender's getting user-friendly enough to at least ATTEMPT to learn, but it's still got a ways to go in the UI department. They could start by making the confusing Blender-specific terms a little more "layman friendly", like simply calling the "Translate" option "Move", like most other software do. Sure, once you learn it, it sticks, but newbies could really benefit from a more intuitive UI and use that time to actually model something cool instead of spending weeks learning which does what.

Rant complete.

...but a truthful rant. I am still a newbie to Blender even after having it on my computer for like 6 months. I was already doing transformers designs easy peasy on Tinkercad after like 2 months.
...and I didn't even mention the cool designs I made with Tinkercad for the first 2 months.

You pretty much have to give up sanity to learn Blender in that amount of time.

If you are only doing CAD for 3d printing and product design, Tinkercad is perfect for beginners. I am using Tinkercad actually to make that abomination pictured above in this same comment. XD