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    I was looking a little last week for a simple teapot model. I figure I'm pretty good at surfing, and the only free teapot model was awful; the DXF file was way too low in poly count.

    So I built my own (wow. what a first, Gare ), and I'm posting it for free download.

    Here's what it looks like.

    My Best,
    Gare

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    I was looking a little last week for a simple teapot model. I figure I'm pretty good at surfing, and the only free teapot model was awful; the DXF file was way too low in poly count.

    So I built my own (wow. what a first, Gare ), and I'm posting it for free download.

    Here's what it looks like.

    My Best,
    Gare

    Gary David Bouton
    Gary@GaryDavidBouton.com
    Free education! The Writings Web site
    and the updated GaryWorld Gallery is pretty okay, too.
    Gary David Bouton
    Gary@GaryDavidBouton.com
    Free education! The Writings Web site
    and the updated GaryWorld Gallery is pretty okay, too.

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    Gary,

    Nice looking teapot. It would make a great addition to my library!

    I'm getting an error with AuotCAD dxfin

    Looks like layer_1 is color 0. AutoCAD rejects 0 and halts the import process. Valid colors are 1 - 255

    -David

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    Hey, this is a very nice tea pot there Gare... and of course your texturing is right up to snuff as per usual... [thumbs up]

    btw, what app did you use to build this little beauty?

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    Hey Gary,

    Nice teapot... just out of curiosity, what's the polygon count?

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    1.)I went back and changed the colours so they would be in range for autoCAD.
    2.)I did this in a 1995 application called MacroMedia Extreme 3D.

    3.)Thanks, Gidge...By the by, the reflection is simply a blurry grayscale photo.
    4.)Hi, Earl..10, 764 faces, point cloud=4932. I used adaptive smoothing, That's probably why the count is so lo.


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    My 7 year old nephew LOVES 3D, so I'm getting him started with a simple program; Adobe Dimensions. He obviously (or perhaps not so obviously! ) needs some help, so Uncle Gary is doing to finer details in XARA for him.

    Actually, this is getting to be quite fun....a challenge, 'cause the program has about as many features as CorelDRAW's extrude palette

    I dowloaded a few snaps from Gibson.com, traced them off, and what you're seeing here is object-oriented output--Illustrator format...you can scale the rendering with no data loss.


    ...but then again, there's not nearly as much data in this sketch as with a rendered model.


    Gare
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    Hey nice job Gare.
    Looks great.

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    you've built a real sledge hammer - a 5 mm thick stainless steel shell is a killer -}. A bit heavy for young ladies to pour in some tea - they'd rather crack the table with it.

    What about an alternative - your tea pot inspired me to develop a Scandinavian style tea pot... just stainless steel and glass.

    Well, and before you will ask: the part with the perforated drum holds the tea - that means the drum. You will sink the whole thing into the pot for 2 or 3 minutes, and then just remove it. It's so simple. The tiny tea candle (at least that what they call the candles here) keeps the tea warm or hot. To clean it just remove the glass jar. Three parts, that's it. Best of all: depending on the kind of tea you make you can enjoy the different colors. Ever tried 'green Chinese tea'. Well, I don't like green, so I picked an Assam for this pic.

    And off I go - it's T-TIME over here ;-}

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    we go with the CAD file.

    Enjoy!

    jens g.r. benthien
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