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This week's challenge:
Lighthouse
When man started to explore the seas, they where confronted with a few problems. During nighttime it was almost impossible to find the way back to land. When they did find land, there was no warning for dangerous areas in the sea. From that time they started to make fires on the coasts during the night. These fires made it possible to navigate home or warned for possible danger. During the centuries, these fires where replaced by alternative lightsources to the present day electrical lighthouses. This week, a lighthouse will be the 3D challenge. On this website you can download a pdf file with more information about the shapes, color patterns and lights from lighthouses.
Good luck ALL!
3d Warehouse tag: 3d challenge 015
Due Date: Wed, Nov 21 (Challenge closed)
Click here to see the submitted models for this challenge.
Winner
Island Lighthouse by Tom (Cartogragher_Tom)
2 nd Place
Tin Toy Lighthouse - Don East
3 rd Place
Lady Isle Lighthouse by COSEDIMARCO
Congrats to ALL !!!!
General notes:
ReplyDeleteRemember to post a link to your model in the 3D Warehouse on the blog, so everybody knows you submitted it. You can use the hyperlink code creater on the frontpage of the blog to create the code for a hyperlink in your message. Copy this code and paste it in the comment box on the place where your want the hyperlink to be. More information about participating with the challenges and uploading models to the Warehouse can be found in the "3D Challenge participation manual" in the useful links section on the frontpage of the blog.
Challenge suggestions are welcome to be placed on the blog. Items will be noted and compiled on the moderator’s list. At that point, the initial comment for the suggestion might be deleted so as to maintain a streamline challenge thread for use of posting entries for the challenge and comments to models. Challenge suggestions have always been welcomed and taken under consideration.
Good luck with the challenge...
I've got 2 lighthouses and more to come. This is the link to view these: http://groups.google.com/group/philosophys-of-modern-architecture/files
ReplyDeleteI have been swamped at work and it's been ages since I don't sketch anything worth a second look. It's a good thing my fellow mods have been doing such good work.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, here's a little something I managed to put together for this Challenge (Note: Not an official submission):
Oz Point Lighthouse
And, some pics here:
The Picasa Album
Great work y'all. Makes me happy to see the community grow and flourish at such a steady pace.
A lighthouse at Kálfshamarsvík in northern Iceland about 15 min drive from the town of Skagaströnd.
ReplyDelete- Year:1940 (station established 1913).
- Status: Active;
- focal plane 23 m (75 ft); two long flashes every 20 s, white, red or green depending on direction.
16 m (52 ft) square cylindrical concrete tower with lantern and gallery.
Lighthouse painted white, lantern red. This lighthouse marks the eastern entrance to the broad bay called the Húnaflói. Located about 25 km (15 mi) north of Skagaströnd. Accessible by road. Site open, tower closed.
Plese NOTE that I've never saw this lighthouse. Ouside was taken from a photo at Flicker, inside and roof top arrangement is all my own ideas.
Kálfshamarsvík Lighthouse
Lighthouse album
You could find model inside Google Earth too.
I was planning to use the tube along path plugin for my light house but I havnt used plugins before and I can't find a plugin folder(Im in windows operating system)I tried reinstalling sketchup but it still doesnt have a plugin folder. does anybody know how i could put it in?
ReplyDeleteAnonymouse here is a link:
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Hope it works.
Jeff
I'm working to a second model for the challenge at the moment. Here're some images of the work in progress.
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@ Anonymous
You could use "Follow me" tool instead of an external plugin
the only problem with using the follow me is that you cant edit the width. like you can create a tube and a cone but you cant make it go from small width to big width and back. like you couldnt make this w/ follow me: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=1d62808b0f5b7899f192eee3a6774f87&prevstart=0
ReplyDeletejeff: i couldnt open your link
thanks for trying to help
did you copy the link and paste the link on the url?
ReplyDeleteJeff
I've always wanted to live in a lighthouse. but I think most in the U.S. are now run by a computer. Only occasionly visited by maintanence crews and tourists.
ReplyDeletewell this is my first real attempt playing in the sandbox. hard to get a good rocky shape.
island lighthouse
Hello All
ReplyDeleteSo far the titles of 4 of the models are "Lighthouse". Having the same name just adds confusion to the voting poll and also there is the chance your vote will go to the wrong model. I have mentioned this several times, but usually end up with many models named the same.
You can change the title of your model via the edit function in the warehouse if you like to make yours more distinctive.
Thanks
Bluesdog
Bob
St. Simon's Lighthouse
ReplyDeleteLocated on St. Simon's Island off the coast of Georgia, this lighthouse was built in 1872 by Charles Cluskey. It was constructed to replace the previous one (built by James Gould), which was destroyed during the Civil War.
Another great challenge!
Most excellent work as usual, cosedimarco- that spiral staircase is really impressive.
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ReplyDeleteI tried to just "update" my lighthouse, but it wouldn't upload to the same place. Sometimes when I want 2 models uploaded, that are created from the same file, it won't let me upload a "new" model, it just overwrites the previous one. Now, when I want it to do that, it won't. LOL ARRGGG
ReplyDeletebut anyways, the previous one had black fog, and blue "ground" but it didn't show the "ground" only the fog so it looked weird.
duh, put the new link in Tom!
ReplyDeleteIsland Light redone
:)
Hello Tom,
ReplyDeleteThe problem you have with replacing a model is caused by a missing model identification number (mid number) in your model file. This is often caused by not saving the model after uploading a model to the warehouse. In the 4th chapter of the 3d challenge participation manual we explained the solution for this problem. We choose not to explain how to remove this mid number from a model, but if you still want to do it here's the trick. Use the given code form the manual but replace the mid number you normally would use form the warehouse with the following word: nil
This should do the trick.
Good luck,
J-m@n
Maybe it's not exactly a lighthouse but it has: light, water and great details :-)
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Image Album
Thanks J-m@n, I usually do save after uploading, even though I don't change anything, it gives the prompt to "save changes?" but I was in a hurry and I said no to that one. but now I know why.
ReplyDeleteWow! Great challenge this time. This is my 4th (and last one for this one) model.
ReplyDeleteLonesome lighthouse
Lonesome Lighthouse album
@Tom
I take a look at your 3d Image gallery and saw my S.I.D. Thank for render it and good job.
Photos
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Design Base on Point Robinson, WA
MHolzinger
Time Check
ReplyDeleteHowdy All, I made a small model this time. I'm into some other big projects right now. There are some really great models this time.
ReplyDeleteTin Toy Light House " Batteries Not Included"
Don
Wind Powered Light House.
ReplyDeletehttp://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=3ccd8e6a29a270bacca277dcc2bd3e15,Bill Breen
Lady Isle Lighthouse model has finished and image album updated.
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Image Album
Hello All
ReplyDeleteSometimes I just don't understand the challenge. I hope I got it right this time.
Lighthouse
:)
Bluesdog
Bob
Bob, my man, you got it wrong! Again! Lol! I drew a house that weighed no more than 2 or 3 grams. Now THAT was a light house!
ReplyDeleteAnd here's proof.
ReplyDeleteThe following models were found in the warehouse tagged correctly and within the challenge dates. There are no postings on the blog and will be added now.
ReplyDeleteIn order of date via warehouse:
The triangle Lighthouse by Jeff Myers
Traditional Lighthouse by Jeff Myers
Contemporary Lighthouse by Jeff Myers
Ultimate lighthouse by Jeff Myers
Lighthouse by wash
Stucco Lighthouse by rvhard
Cape Lookout Nort carolina by FlagFreak
A Note to All:
PLEASE post a link on the blog as required by the challenge rules. At some point in time, If no posting on the blog - No entry in the voting. This work is done FREE by the moderators and becomes time consuming finding the models and matching it with the correct names.
Also, this challenge is to create better modelers and better use of the software. The community part of the challenge is as important as the models. Here is where we exchange ideas and concepts on how to accomplish the same tasks in various ways.
Thanks
Bluesdog
Bob
The following model was found in the warehouse tagged correctly and within the challenge dates. There are no postings on the blog and will be added now.
ReplyDeleteSouth Coast MOD defense Sys by sir LOZ