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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 http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif ), and I'm posting it for free download.
Here's what it looks like.
My Best,
Gare
Gary David Bouton
Gary@GaryDavidBouton.com
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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 http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif ), 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,
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
Hey, this is a very nice tea pot there Gare... and of course your texturing is right up to snuff as per usual... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif [thumbs up]
btw, what app did you use to build this little beauty?
Hey Gary,
Nice teapot... just out of curiosity, what's the polygon count?
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.
Enjoy,
Gare
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! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif ) 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 http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
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
Hey nice job Gare.
Looks great.
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 ;-}
jens g.r. benthien
designer
http://www.sacalobra.de
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If you don't know how to dream you'll never be a designer.
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we go with the CAD file.
Enjoy!
jens g.r. benthien
designer
http://www.sacalobra.de
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If you don't know how to dream you'll never be a designer.
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I like your teapot much better than my redition of a classic.
But...I knew full well that I was designing a "classic" teapot whose body was too thick to be practical. But sometimes art is not real, right? You know, in all the teapot images I've seen, I've not seen one whose lid is off showing the thickness and insides. So as a "pioneer" I get an arrow in the back? http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Actually, if you inspect the DXF file, only the top lip is that heavy...it just did not look right from the angle at which I rendered it with a smaller lip.
Unecessarily defensively,
Gare
Gare,
Here's you teapot less the lid modified a tiny bit in AutoCAD. -David
DXFIN still didn't like the format but I found a way to trick it.
Wow... cool thread you guys...
Ya Gare, all does not always appear what really is the case... take my modeling for instance... looks like crap, but it is great I tell you.... hahaha, just that everybody else in the world needs glasses, yea, thats it... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
naw, seriously way cool look on these tea pots guys...
Jens,thanks for yet another wonderful modeling display and wow on the renders and usual fantasic presentation...
Hey nice reflection your sporting there Dave http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
keep it going you guys... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
I finally finished the sucker. This was made completely out of extrudes and lathes of paths. Adobe dimensions has nothing trickier.
Gare
Gee Gare, from the looks of things it would appear that your app there doesn't require any more tricks... looking good man... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
funny thing, my mother inlaw has this same guitar... Les Paul, and though I am not really sure what year the guitar is, it is an oldie that is still in real good condition... I have borrowed it before to play around with but... my music talents are even worse than my graphic talents are... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Smoke on the Water anyone ? hahaha
cheers
Gidge,
Totally O/T here, but an Internet friend of mine from Belgium owns a guitar given to him by Richie Blackmore, the guy whose power chords begin Deep Purple's "Smoke On the Water".
It's a Fender Strat, and no, I have no intention of modeling one next http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif
My Best,
Gare
Here's a teapot that's only 433 K in file size for defining the surface. My copy of PIXAR RenderMan does not include reflection mapping, so a "fake" reflection, a caustic, was used.
My Best,
Gare