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On Monday evening about 6.35pm, I met with my friends for happy hour at this trending restaurant where their Monday night special is half off any bottle of wine until 7pm. So we order a few bottles of wine quickly before the happy hour was over. My buddy Tim, came over with this guy friend… Continue Reading Teaching 3D Modeling To High School Students (Week 7)

Of all the things impressive regarding the 3D Hyperloop model, the fact that one of our 3d model artist created it in just a couple of days. Other 3d artist and companies have also created it in a couple of hours and created physical prototypes using 3d printing technology. The Hyperloop model provide a window… Continue Reading 3D Printed Hyperloop Model Is Cool

The right side of our brain is our creativity center. In addition to things like artistic creativity, this is the intuitive part of our brain. It is where problem solving happens. In genius brains, this part of the brain is also believed to be more honed than in normal brains. It tends to be less… Continue Reading Right Brain 3D Artists Are Geniuses

SpaceX the company founded by Elon Musk, the world’s busiest rich dude and mad scientist, has just posted a video showing off the Iron Man-inspired 3D modeling setup and is exploring methods for engineers to accelerate their workflow by designing more directly in 3D. By combining the gesture-sensing Leap Motion controller with an array of… Continue Reading The Future Of Design With 3D Models

I have not spoken to my Mum for the last couple of months due to the wig incident at Aunty P’s funeral. However, I heard from family members that my Mum was saying that I had abandoned her and was not returning her calls anymore.  Now, I don’t recall receiving any call or voice messages… Continue Reading Teaching My Mum 3D Modeling (Week 9)

Most image-based modelling packages can recreate 3D models from two or more reference photos of an object. 3-Sweep goes one better – or rather, one fewer. This magical software can almost instantly turn a still photo into a 3D model. Demonstrated at Siggraph Asia 2013, the software only requires the user to define the three… Continue Reading Software That Can Make 3D Models From A Single Photograph

It has been several years since I played the game of soccer or as some will say football.  My buddy Larry who is an avid soccer player told me over the weekend that two of the guys that play on his soccer team were 3d modelers. He said that they were also brothers and very… Continue Reading Soccer 3D Modelers (Week 11)

With only a few weeks left until new 3d models in the Google 3D Warehouse are no longer loaded into Google Earth, we are seeing that 3d modeling is becoming more of a specialized industry for 3d artist that continue to build amazing 3d models. While we can appreciate that Google is pushing more toward… Continue Reading Google Earth No Longer Accepting Hand-Built 3D Models

Capture a 3D model of a room, or create 3D images of objects, just by walking around the space or the objects with a tablet Relevant Products/Services equipped with a clip-on sensor. That’s the idea behind the first 3D sensor specifically designed for mobile Relevant Products/Services devices.

Even though the 3D rendering is far from being finished, with minor changes to be added in the future – the author says the quarter window “may need a little tweaking” and the taillights are obviously similar to those on the current musclecar – this “360 degree spin” video is one that Mustang enthusiasts can’t… Continue Reading 2015 Ford Mustang Rendered In 3D [Video]

The 3Doodler, a sort of handheld 3D modeler.The gadget extrudes heated plastic, similar to an electric glue gun, that allows users to make a variety of objects. The company plans to offer stencils on its website for beginner users to make everything from the Eiffel Tower to a horse-drawn carriage. See the 3Doodler in action… Continue Reading 3Doodler Gadget Makes Handheld 3D Modeling Possible

You can now create high-quality textured 3D mesh models and point clouds from photos for digital or physical use with Autodesk® ReCap™ Photo, an advanced professional-grade service. Capture and upload photos into this cloud service where you can automatically stitch them together to create an image-based model, as well as add survey points or known… Continue Reading Autodesk ReCap Photo – Photo Scan Software For Image-Based Modeling

The Box World effects template features a series of dynamic 3D cubes that can easily be customized to display your own content on the cubes’ sides. The scene is fully customizable so you can rotate and move the cubes around and adjust the camera angle, lighting, and textures in the scene. Visit AREA to download… Continue Reading Box World Effects Template Tutorial – ConnectFX Graphics Template For Autodesk Smoke

With all of the medical advances in recent history, it is sometimes surprising that we have not yet found a cure for the common cold. But a new model for rhinovirus C shows unexpected structural differences, creating potential for the development of new cold drugs. Researchers from the University of Wisconson-Madison, led by Prof. Ann… Continue Reading New 3D Model Virus Explains The Lack Of Common Cold Cure

Pokemon X and Y is a big hit worldwide, selling 4 million copies in the first two days of worldwide release (2.3 million in Japan alone as of this week). It’s heady times for Ken Sugimori, character art director at Game Freak and the main man responsible for the franchise’s look and feel. “My first gut… Continue Reading How Game Freak Built The New Creatures And 3D Models Of Pokemon X And Y