CAD, 3D, and Animation
Many of my 3D/CAD models are for sale now, via my NextCraft™ site.
I've been using CAD/3D as a design and entertainment tool since 2000. Should you find that you have a technical need for a 3D model, or need a 3D animation to show something to a client, contact me, and we can discuss the details.
After all the complex models I've made, this simple one is still one of the most popular. My artist friend Buzz Schwall and I made this back in about 1996, and later did a couple of animations with it.
This was done while I was working at a hotel, in honor of one of my co-workers.
Click here to see a QuickTime movie showing all the parts of this 3D model. (164k)
We might all have a need for this, occasionally.
Self-explanatory
This is a complex, scale model that was a pleasure to make. Click here to see more still images and movies of this model, as well as a description of how (and why) it was made.
A CAD-designed, all-composite, radio-controlled aircraft I designed.
Click here for a brief, looping animation of this model, showing various color schemes, and functioning landing gear.
Drink it every day..
Testing the raytracing...
This artificial image was created in an interesting way.
Back in 1987, there was a nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, in the former Soviet Union. At first, the Russians claimed that there was "no problem". This image began as a downloaded infrared satellite photo of the site. (Hot areas showed as "brighter" in the original black and white photo. This image was turned into a 3D terrain by using the brightness of the image to define the height of the landscape. Knowing that, you can clearly see that the Chernobyl reactor site is quite a bit hotter than the surrounding area. I added the creepy color and fog, to enhance the effect.
To catch a thief...
Although not obvious from this viewpoint, this image (the cover of a financial report I did for Hostelling International, Anchorage) is actually a 3D graph. showing losses related to certain shifts of work there. When you look at this from the proper viewpoint and know the "key", it's possible to zero in on a particular employee who was stealing money. We caught them!
Wolf-Rayet Land...
Again, data from NASA (light from a distant group of stars) was used to produce this elevation data. Brightness in the original image was used to produce the high spots, and the blue "water" indicates "zero" or black. (no light)
My King Air B200 model - Click here for an animation of this model's parts.
The Piaggio "Avanti" P180
An original aerobatic design
A more realistic view...
Medical imagery? Well, not really, but interesting.