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Combine letters for BRL-CAD into one 3D modelBRL-CAD
Status: ClosedTime to complete:
48 hrs
Mentors: Sean
We had six GCI tasks to model the individual letters of "BRL-CAD". Combine them into one model and render the completed scene.
- http://www.google-melange.com/gci/task/view/google/gci2012/7949231
- http://www.google-melange.com/gci/task/view/google/gci2012/7982219
- http://www.google-melange.com/gci/task/view/google/gci2012/7953227
- http://www.google-melange.com/gci/task/view/google/gci2012/7971228
- http://www.google-melange.com/gci/task/view/google/gci2012/7975239
- http://www.google-melange.com/gci/task/view/google/gci2012/8012208
You'll have to manually model the dash. As all of the letters were modeled with different material properties, you may need to model a ground plane ('half' primitive) to see them but the goal is to compose together a "scene" that is visually interesting. Just lumping all the letters together isn't going to cut it.
References:
- http://brlcad.org/wiki/Documentation (for mged tutorials and cheat sheet)
- "dbconcat" command in mged
Uploaded Work
File name/URL | File size | Date submitted | |
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combined.png | 168.6 KB | December 15 2012 04:01 UTC | |
combined3 | 16.5 KB | December 15 2012 04:01 UTC | |
combined4 | 31.2 KB | December 15 2012 09:06 UTC | |
combined1.png | 763.2 KB | December 15 2012 09:11 UTC |
I would like to work on this task.
This task has been assigned to Richard Akira Heru. You have 48 hours to complete this task, good luck!
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I would like to work on this task.
This task has been assigned to Richard Akira Heru. You have 48 hours to complete this task, good luck!
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Richard, that looks great, but it does look like it really needs a ground plane ("in ground half")... and that blue is a bit yucky... :) Maybe try applying a metallic property or a checkerboard with the letters sitting on the ground. With some shadows and ambient lighting, that should look much much better. How long did it take you to figure out how to pull all the models together?
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I'll work on it later. It took me about 1-2 hours to figure out and to put all the letters properly.
How long do you think it'd take you if you had to do it again, knowing what you know now?
As for creating the ground plane, these steps should help:
Shouldn't take more than a couple minutes to do that, but it's important to make it look snazzy. This image is going to be a highlight about the program sent to our news channels (viewed by tens of thousands) after GCI is over, so it's worthwhile to make it look great. Your name will be credited along with the other modelers.
If you get stuck on ANYTHING or have a question, please don't hestitate! It's really neat to see how this is turning out!
The deadline of the task has been extended with 1 days and 0 hours.
However, I'm currently having other commitment. I should be able to start working on this in 4 or 5 hours from now.
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Congratulations, this task has been completed successfully.
Well done, thank you for making the updates. If you keep an eye out for our news announcement after GCI is over (if you join the brlcad-news mailing list), you'll see a slightly modified version of your work headlining the article. Thanks again!
There are several other modeling tasks that you may want to take on!
As GCI comes to a close, we wanted to take the time to say THANK YOU for all your efforts. This comment interface closes after GCI is over, so you're encouraged to join our mailing list where we'll be announcing contributions from GCI participants like yourelf over the upcoming months:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-news
If you've provided your full name, we'll be sure to credit you in our authorship documentation and you'll see your name in a future announcement. If you contact us at devs@brlcad.org or via IRC, we'll even let you know when your work is integrated and follow up with updates. You're welcome and encouraged to contact us any time, especially if you have a question about how to continue participating in Open Source after GCI is over, but even if just to keep in touch. Note that ongoing participation in Open Source is one of the most impressive skills to have on your resumé. Take care, be well, and thank you again!
As GCI comes to a close, we wanted to take the time to say THANK YOU for all your efforts. This comment interface closes after GCI is over, so you're encouraged to join our mailing list where we'll be announcing contributions from GCI participants like yourelf over the upcoming months:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-news
If you've provided your full name, we'll be sure to credit you in our authorship documentation and you'll see your name in a future announcement. If you contact us at devs@brlcad.org or via IRC, we'll even let you know when your work is integrated and follow up with updates. You're welcome and encouraged to contact us any time, especially if you have a question about how to continue participating in Open Source after GCI is over, but even if just to keep in touch. Note that ongoing participation in Open Source is one of the most impressive skills to have on your resumé. Take care, be well, and thank you again!