mattilis opened this issue on May 04, 2004 · 24 posts
mattilis posted Tue, 04 May 2004 at 10:13 AM
I need some asian vehicle model,for example: tricycle, bicycle, motorbikes of Honda or Suzuky such as Dream II, Wave, Suzuky Viva.... ----- Anyone knows where to get these model?
SamTherapy posted Tue, 04 May 2004 at 10:45 AM
Attached Link: http://www.honda.co.jp/WebPlamo/
Honda have varous models available at their site. Not in Poser format, so you have to convert them. They are also in "kit" form, so you have to fit them together, too. Oh, and the site is in Japanese. Have fun. :)Coppula eam se non posit acceptera jocularum.
ockham posted Tue, 04 May 2004 at 11:48 AM
That's interesting! Auto companies have always given away little tin or plastic models of the latest cars, for promotion. So in the modern world, give little digital models! Makes sense.
LeeEvans posted Tue, 04 May 2004 at 12:29 PM
That's Awsome! Would love to get some of the vehicles.... not everyone drives sports cars... there's a market there I think.. ;)
pakled posted Tue, 04 May 2004 at 12:40 PM
hmm..if you could put them in a format that could be converted, you could make poseable models of them?..not that anyone would do that, of course..
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Huolong posted Tue, 04 May 2004 at 1:17 PM
Attached Link: http://www.meshfactory.com
Mesh factory, pay site, has a large number of excellent vehicles, both military and civilianGordon
ockham posted Tue, 04 May 2004 at 2:17 PM
raven posted Tue, 04 May 2004 at 2:26 PM
ronstuff posted Tue, 04 May 2004 at 2:42 PM
Attached Link: IW43D-Imagination Works - Poser
IW4-3D has some great vehicles and bikes - they are having a sale so you can get some real bargains now. Be sure to look at their military vehicles and aircraft too. the models are supurb and Poser-ready.SpottedKitty posted Tue, 04 May 2004 at 6:24 PM
A couple of people have apparently succeeded (and those models look good), but is anyone else having problems getting into the Honda site linked above? I can get to the pages with all the bits of each model, but the actual part d/l page hangs with most of the graphics in limbo and a screenful of Japanese text I can't read...
For that matter, is there a link somewhere on the model pages to d/l all the parts at once? Looks like there's a choice of .dxf or Lightwave format -- which would be easiest to work with in my Poser 4 system? (I already know not all .lwo files are created equal, so to speak...)
ockham posted Tue, 04 May 2004 at 9:28 PM
raven posted Wed, 05 May 2004 at 11:52 AM
Attached Link: http://world.altavista.com
You can only import the .lwo files if you have Pro-Pack or Poser 5. To read the text a bit easier, use a translator service :)SpottedKitty posted Wed, 05 May 2004 at 12:49 PM
I only have Poser 4, but I've found the .lwo files can be converted into .obj format in 3D Exploration. Just one problem that I haven't worked out how to fix yet — the material colours come through OK doing it this way, but the only two parts I've tried so far (the body shell and interior of one of the cars) came into Poser the same size and centred.
Looks good, though, once I have the parts rescaled and positioned. Am I right in thinking I can use UVMapper to set up texture layouts for the .obj files? (Yes, I am that new at this game.)
Is there any way of retaining the size and position info when I convert? There are quite a few export options in 3D Exploration I haven't figured out yet. Help, anyone?
raven posted Wed, 05 May 2004 at 1:12 PM
SpottedKitty posted Wed, 05 May 2004 at 1:40 PM
Raven, I did uncheck all the Poser import options. (Oops, including the "Make polygon normals consistent" — is that important? Should that always be left checked?) I think I might have messed up a bit with the export from 3D Exploration. There's a "Geometry Transform" option in the Save As dialog, that allows the exported object to be scaled and positioned... hold on... I think I got it. Looking at the dialog again, I had those exports set at "Fit size to 1 unit" and "Position center". Which is exactly what happened. I'll have another go and see what happens with different settings... (Is anyone else out there still using 3D Exploration?)
SpottedKitty posted Wed, 05 May 2004 at 2:10 PM
Incidentally, that site also has Honda's P2 humanoid robot available for download in little bitty .lwo pieces. It's so cute it's kawaii! Anyone interested in a little weekend project...?
SpottedKitty posted Wed, 05 May 2004 at 2:13 PM
Bingo! With the Rotate and Position options left zeroed and Scale set to about 30%, the .lwo parts export to .obj files that import cleanly into Poser. Now to get out the virtual double sided sticky tape...
Riddokun posted Wed, 05 May 2004 at 6:41 PM
any "free" ressources url and convertible through classic p4 too ? (or via cinema 4d 6ce as a filter ?)
texmextortilla posted Thu, 06 May 2004 at 11:51 AM
If you have P4 you can convert .lwo files through anim8or.
Riddokun posted Thu, 06 May 2004 at 1:26 PM
interesting to hear/know...
Tyger_purr posted Thu, 06 May 2004 at 1:37 PM
AccuTrans 3d also works. i had some trouble bringing one part in to P5 (kept locking up P5). i opened it in AccuTrans and saved it and poser brought it right up.
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SpottedKitty posted Thu, 06 May 2004 at 1:51 PM
This little beauty is Honda's RA-272 Formula 1 car from 1965, rendered in plain old Poser 4 with DAZ Globals Outdoor lighting. All I did was add a transparency setting to the windscreen. Pretty, isn't it?
Now, where was that Japanese site with all those "Race Queen" clothes and props...
Problem is, I remember when racing cars looked like this!
Little_Dragon posted Thu, 06 May 2004 at 7:18 PM
I remember when they were hand-cranked ....
Now, where was that Japanese site with all those "Race Queen" clothes and props...
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SpottedKitty posted Fri, 07 May 2004 at 3:14 PM
I've got a question, now. Is the Poser 4 manual detailed enough to let me turn this into a posable character model, or are there online tutorials out there that could do a better job?