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It's show time!!
Who created the most legit jack-o-lantern render?
It's up to YOU whoever is reading this, to comment below with which render entry has your vote!
Voting will last until Friday night the 7th.
See guidelines above if you have any voting questions.
Here are our entries:
Entry #1 by @bryan_lagrange
(Posting two formats in case it doesn't work for your browser)
https://imgur.com/a/I8M350m#floW2SQ…
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Entry #2 by @eric_pesty
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Entry #3 by @mlaflecheCAD
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Entry #4 by @sebastian_glanzner
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Entry #5 by @MichaelPascoe
(Posting two formats in case it doesn't work for your browser)
https://imgur.com/a/aovpbXT#olzbqYq…
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Entry #6 by @Derek_Van_Allen_BD
(Using the latest IRL rendering platform! Incredibly photorealistic — though the “render set up time” was probably measured in days!)
While this entry isn’t a digital render, it’s such an outstanding piece of carving art that it absolutely deserves recognition in the Hall of Fame if voted in. For contest purposes, if this one is voted in, we will also move to the next highest-voted entry that qualifies as an actual render.
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Had to re-post since new pages keep getting created..
@Derek_Van_Allen_BD Either way, your carving is awesome! 😎
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Thanks @EvanReese! And thanks for kicking off the voting! It's really nice to have the ice broken.
My vote will go to Entry #3 by @mlaflecheCAD with a strong head nod of approval to @Derek_Van_Allen_BD's sheet metal skillz.
The variety of pumpkins and cinematic lighting really captured the theme.
I will say the scariest pumpkin by far is @eric_pesty's.
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My vote is for @Derek_Van_Allen_BD . I like to see art to part!
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
Who wins the first Shapey??????……..if early returns are an indication, it will be a battle between @MichaelPascoe and @Derek_Van_Allen_BD
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
Any thoughts on why I'm getting this
@EvanReese That's an accurate read on the process. Essentially I just forked the default sheet metal start feature and removed all of the geometric safeguards to try to shove unusual surface geometry through the sheet metal kernel and see how it builds, which is how I was able to do conic sheet metal a few months ahead of time before they went public with that feature. It turns out that the whole 3d side of the script will run more or less perfectly even though it'll fail at producing a flat pattern representation of the sheets, so if you get it to the 3d stage you can do an offset surface and flatten that to get yourself your exports for production. Corner reliefs and edge geometry apparently never need to hit the 2d stage to meet up correctly to form a corner to corner welding joint.
I then reimported these flats to Onshape for easy document control, and this is where I wish there were an option to export flattened surfaces to a different tab to avoid the reupload step. I could have easily stuck to .dxf exports and done the rest outside of onshape but there was a version of this I thought about making 3d printed dies that held the flats for forming operations until I ultimately ended up just using the 3d pieces for that purpose.
Mostly I was curious to put Surface Flatten through its paces and inspired by a comment from @bryan_lagrange in another thread to do a metal lamp in the most extra way I possibly could.
Derek Van Allen | Engineering Consultant | Meddler@GWS50 Your browser must be blocking the embeds. I've updated the post so that it defaults to a standard gif, then has the option to click the imgur link in case those gif's aren't working.
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Can't make up my mind yet and will have to think some more. Either #1 or #5.
thank you Michael
It’s gotta be number 5 for me
@everyone, Voting is LIVE! Voting will last until Friday night the 7th.
Comment below on which #Entry gets your vote! It's up to you to decide who will take home the Shapey trophy.🏆
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I vote for Entry #6 by @Derek_Van_Allen_BD
I have to say #6 is definitely the most realistic looking one by far 😁! Not to mention the effort that went into this so @Derek_Van_Allen_BD gets my vote even if there might have been a bit rule bending (and welding, ahah)!
3 Days left to vote on this battle! ✅
Who will win the Shapey? 🏆
Current vote count:
0 votes - Entry #1 by @bryan_lagrange
0 votes - Entry #2 by @eric_pesty
1 vote - Entry #3 by @mlaflecheCAD
0 votes - Entry #4 by @sebastian_glanzner
2 votes - Entry #5 by @MichaelPascoe
3 votes - Entry #6 by @Derek_Van_Allen_BD
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#5
Winner of the Shapey will need to record an acceptance speech and post it once the Shapey is in hand. 😁
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
I have to vote for #6. The realism is so good you can't tell it from the real thing. 😂
2 Days left to vote on this battle! ✅
Current vote count:
0 votes - Entry #1 by @bryan_lagrange
0 votes - Entry #2 by @eric_pesty
1 vote - Entry #3 by @mlaflecheCAD
0 votes - Entry #4 by @sebastian_glanzner
3 votes - Entry #5 by @MichaelPascoe
4 votes - Entry #6 by @Derek_Van_Allen_BD
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🎃🎃🎃This is the Last day to vote on your favorite render entry!
Will @Derek_Van_Allen_BD take home the Shapey?!?
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@Derek_Van_Allen_BD
Here are a few points for your acceptance speech:
First, I would like to thank all the developers at Onshape. Without you, none of this would have been possible.
Some may say that I didn't use a “rendering engine.” But if “simulation theory” is correct, then taking a photo in our reality is similar to using rendering software.
Coming down to the wire. Will @Derek_Van_Allen_BD win the first Shapey????? can @MichaelPascoe make a last minute comeback????? and will @sebastian_glanzner get sheet metal loft in the next Onshape update????? we will soon find out……… except for the sheet metal loft functionality. Sorry Sebastian.
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
@MichaelPascoe Are the official results ready????
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
They are indeed! We have a new Render Battle Champion.
Drum roll please: 🥁🥁🥁
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Congrats to @Derek_Van_Allen_BD for winning the #7th render battle and the very first Shapey trophy!! 🏆🏆🏆
Your render will be placed in the hall of fame list with the other previous battle winners. 😎
For some reason the winner gif isn't showing up for me, forums have been broken lately for gifs. ⬇️
Many thanks to everyone who participated. This was a pretty neat battle.
Special thanks to @bryan_lagrange to prompting the battle as well as providing the very first Shapey trophy!
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@Derek_Van_Allen_BD CONGRATULATIONS! I will send you a message to get a mailing address.
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
I'm honored. I was gonna do the acceptance speech as a forum post but that would be too low effort for such an entry, so I'll follow up with a video when I get the Shapey in hand and save my material for then.
This was a fun competition, I'd love to do more of em in the future and keep the forums lively. Maybe even some that are more modeling or build oriented challenges for people that are into that side of things (and to keep people like me from bending the rules in this one).
Derek Van Allen | Engineering Consultant | MeddlerNever got around to rendering my pumpkin but thought I'd share my carving ability.
Too late, the deadline passed. This is a Christmas thread now.
Derek Van Allen | Engineering Consultant | MeddlerMr. Obvious. I don't want your crown. Skipping turkey day I see. Just like the big box stores. smh.
I'm just playing around. Carving looks sick. The pumpkin munching on a baby pumpkin is a classic. Or is that an Onshape bell pepper?
Derek Van Allen | Engineering Consultant | Meddler