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Hi Ken,

I hope you are doing well :-)

I've learned a great deal from the tutorials made by "Mr. Schweger AKA Zarkow." His tutorials are packed with useful information! Yes, they don't have audio, but I think there's no need for it. You can watch his tutorials repeatedly until you understand them. If you still have trouble grasping what he is doing, you can come to the forum and ask about his methods. I’m sure there are forum members who can help you :-)

I also have a suggestion for you. Many people believe they should learn something thoroughly before starting their projects. However, I think this approach might not always be the best. Sometimes, it's better to start doing something and learn along the way! So, my suggestion for you: start modeling your car (if that’s what you want) and then, when you run into a problem after watching Mr. Schweger's tutorials, just jump on the forum and ask for help. I guarantee you will receive a great deal of support :-)

Additionally, I must say, Michael’s creation of MOI3D is one of the most genius ideas I’ve witnessed! As they say, "Genius people look for simplicity!" and MOI3D is the definition of this. I was amazed to find out you can use MOI3D for making functional mechanical devices even without motion simulation features! It even has parametric modeling features like "Nodes." and needless to say there are Gods of "Nodes modeling" who are willing to help! Combining all these aspects, you can create magic! It’s absolutely stunning!

The only feature I wish MOI3D had is something like xNurbs, though I know Michael believes in polygonal modeling solutions for that type of modeling, and I trust his judgment.

Sorry for the lengthy reply. In essence, I suggest you start modeling your car(s).

Best regards,
Psygorn

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And inside Moi3D don't forget the Rebuild Surface! ;)
By Mo_Te
Very useful for car patches!
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=11191.1

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The car engine! ;)
By Zarkow

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Hi Ken,

The attached image is made with MOI3D and a bunch of other softwares (Blender, 123Ddesign, etc.) the intention was to recreate Zarkow's recent creation -the images attached by Pilou- using MOI instead of Plasticity. and as you can see something similar has been created. ( and do not forget that Zarkow is a Master! and he has years of experience in his arsenal, so, I don't expect myself to be able to beat him yet! but I am happy that he shares his knowledge with us they are really inspirational - Thank you Zarkow- needless to say I pray for more MOI3D tutorials by him- may my prayers would be heard! even though they are audio less! )

@Pilou what do u think about it-the image-?

@Michael, what is the limit size of MOI3D? I mean the .3dm file is around 300 MB! (I haven't reached these sizes before! and MOI starts to getting slow! when it does it's calculations it's as if it will take for ages!"

-Psygorn

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@ Psygorn Very cool result!

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If you don't know Vizcom try it! it's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious ! ;)
And it's free (only difference is one generation against 4 for the pro at each process!

And for makes car from a sketch ... it's totally amazing!

Just a test even not refined!

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Well I knew about Vizcom! but I certainly did not know about "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" !

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Thanks for the kind words,

Yes doing OK but a tad busy as my 93 year old fathers primary caregiver.

Over the past couple of years I have watched and re-watched Schweger AKA Zarkow.

I simply find them to difficult to follow.

It would be like reading the subtitles to an action move which has no narration.
While reading the dialogue, you miss the action.

I have completely given up on his videos.

I learned Blender, Silo3D, 3D Coat and DAZ Studio from many fine youtube videos.

Again thanks for the reply, I truly appreciate it. But Schweger AKA Zarkow's videos are not for me.

Cheers

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Hi Psygorn,

re:
> @Michael, what is the limit size of MOI3D? I mean the .3dm file is around 300 MB! (I haven't
> reached these sizes before! and MOI starts to getting slow! when it does it's calculations it's as
> if it will take for ages!"

There is not really a single hard size limit, it depends on a lot of factors like what hardware you're on and the particular type of geometry you are using (like lots of little fillets).

If things are bogging down in 3D view navigation you can try going to Options > View and set Mesh angle to 25 and uncheck "Add detail to inflections". That will make for a rougher looking display but faster.

- Michael

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Hi Ken,

it is great that u show persistency in learning new stuff with all the hectic life you have. Keep up the good work :-)

>Over the past couple of years I have watched and re-watched Schweger AKA Zarkow.
>I simply find them to difficult to follow.

As I said it before I personally believe Zarkow's tutorials are not easy to follow but I believe it is because they are packed with info! So, Yes I know it is not easy to follow his tutorials but I believe it is not because they are audio less.

And I have a suggestion for you :-) maybe u can start a thread calling it "Zarkow's methods" or "Analyzing Zarkow's methods" or whatever u prefer. and there u can ask which part u did not get in his tutorials :-) , and possibly u can upload screenshots of his tutorials or links to his tutorials but please be specific about what u want to achieve or what u want to repeat therefore, great folks of the forum could help u.

Best,
Psygorn

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Hi Michael,

Thank you as always. :-)

-Psygorn

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Sorry, I do not want to start a thread war, I find his tutorials difficult BECAUSE they HAVE NO AUDIO.
I have that problem with any tutorial that has no audio.

I was employed for 35+ years in IT. First 5 years as a database programmer - dBase, Clipper , Visual Basic front end for SQL databases.

Later there was not a great demand for database programmers in Halifax. However there was a demand for LAN Administrators.
Most networks were Novell Netware in my area in the early 1990s. So I self taught myself Netware 3.11 . My technical training and education was as a programmer.

Over the past 20-25 years Novel Netware evolved from a stand alone operating system, to a file/print/ directory service running on SUSE Linux, which Novel purchased.

Last 10 years at work, we moved from Netware on SUSE to Windows server.

I've been retired since 2018 and now computers are one of my hobbies.

I've self taught myself UNRAIS's NAS based on Slackware Linux and have two UNRAID servers at home.

I have an Ubuntu server running SAMBA file and print services.

I 've built all four of my computers, but recently purchased an used Lenovo m720q for a firewall, either pfsense or opnsense.
Presently watching tutorials on pfsense/opnsense as well as KVM hypervisor.

To learn Photoshop, Lightroom, Corel Painter and Rebelle (painting app) fI watched youtube.
Same for photogrammetry (3DF Zephyr), I watched youtube.

I do not like any tutorial video which has NO audio. Period, end of discussion. I find them too difficult to follow.

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Ok I got it :-)

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