Tubbritt opened this issue on Nov 14, 2009 · 8 posts
Tubbritt posted Sat, 14 November 2009 at 2:50 PM
Hi all.
I was wondering if any of you knew where I could buy a good quality radio telescope but also for a reasonable price.
There's none here renderosity, or daz3d, and cornucopia has this....
http://www.cornucopia3d.com/purchase.php?item_id=7673#
But I hate the base of it.
Turbo Squid have this...
http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-dish-model/496611
Which is perfect in every way except for the price :-)
30 USD or 40 at a push would be ideal.
Thanks.
James
Arraxxon posted Sun, 15 November 2009 at 7:10 AM
In Google 3D warehouse are 2 versions, which maybe would look okay - if they are textured in Vue.
It might be necessary to run the free SketchUp program and try to save as collada .dae file (save as klm file - this is normally a zip-folder - unzip it and look for the '.dae'-object), if .skp import isn't available in Vue - but it can load Collada 'dae' format.
First one:
sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details
Second one - (looks close to the one from Turbosquid, just a more simple tube mesh in the back of the dish- you can compare it better in the Google Warehouse 3D-view of the object):
sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details
The best ones i could find right now as freeware ...
Arraxxon posted Sun, 15 November 2009 at 7:32 AM
Mmh ... found some to buy - 49 $ ... 3DS format - here is the link:
www.fallingpixel.com/3d-models/3978
It's base isn't looking the best, but not bad either - but even in Vue itself using primitives, a different base could be added ...
or here - 50 $ :
www.altairmodels.com/3d-models/Antenna-satellite-P2355
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Tubbritt posted Sun, 15 November 2009 at 10:03 AM
Hi Arraxxon.
Thanks a million for that.
The second free one is very like the Turbo Squid one I was after only far less detail. I think I'll use that to setup my scene and save my pennys to buy the third one. The price is in euro so it's actually 72 USD. Way more than I ever wanted to spend, but if I can create a really good scene with the free model, I'll buy the other one for the actual final render.
Thanks
James
Khai-J-Bach posted Sun, 15 November 2009 at 10:30 AM
Quote -
It might be necessary to run the free SketchUp program and try to save as collada .dae file (save as klm file - this is normally a zip-folder - unzip it and look for the '.dae'-object), if .skp import isn't available in Vue - but it can load Collada 'dae' format.
update to 7.1 - now has Collada export directly to DAE.
Arraxxon posted Sun, 15 November 2009 at 11:16 AM
Your welcome - Tubbritt ...
There is one more ... nice details so ... at 3D CAD Browser ... link:
www.3dcadbrowser.com/preview.aspx
The only problem is - you have to register first and choose a registration plan. Choosing the free plan, you have to upload a 3d model and in exchange you can download one ...
But i guess, if you would be into 3D modelling, you could sit down and build it yourself ... ;) ...
And THX for the info, Kaibach ... good to know ...
Khai-J-Bach posted Sun, 15 November 2009 at 11:26 AM
nps.. I would have preferred OBJ, but they went with DAE... not that it was much work for them to do ;)
impish posted Tue, 17 November 2009 at 6:46 AM
I must be having one of those days: I read the title and assumed that you wanted to buy Jodrell Bank :biggrin: