‘maya car’

4 Rockin’ Cool Transforming Aircraft and Vehicle Animations? YES. For REAL.

15 Oct, 2009 by in ROCKIN'

Transforming aircraft and vehicles? NO, surely, you must be kidding. That’s a phenomenal concept. You should run with it and make a movie or animated children’s series.

So, I came across one transformer done up in SolidWorks. It’s pretty much downhill from there and turns into pink bunnies and orange Nissans. But the best thing? The animations get cooler… and then make you sad that you are only flesh and blood… which would look disgusting if you tried to expose your innards by turning into a hibiscus or a baby squirrel.

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8 Pounds of Buttery Car Modeling Tutorials Comin’ atacha

10 Sep, 2009 by in RESOURCES

It’s not much of a surprise, ya think? The poll last week asking “If You Could Design Anything With 3D, What Would It Be?” did in fact show that approximately 30% would love to hunker down for a nice evening of modeling vehicles in 3D.

And by pure coincidence the very next post was a teaser for a How to Model an Audi R8 using SolidWorks. Pure coincidence, I swear. So, until the time that becomes available, I thought I’d gather some resources to help out with your swelling interest in car and vehicle design.

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