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Re: How long does it take HiTech to model a plane?
« Reply #15 on: November 28, 2012, 12:51:03 PM »
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Re: How long does it take HiTech to model a plane?
« Reply #16 on: November 28, 2012, 02:11:47 PM »
All you had to do was ask and..............poof. 
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Re: How long does it take HiTech to model a plane?
« Reply #17 on: November 28, 2012, 06:58:53 PM »

Are you here to play the game or are you here becasue you want SantaTech to stirr the pot one more time? I love new toys like anyone else. But, a new toy is not combat or the interactive community in the arenas.

You got a point here. But I also like new "toys".

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Re: How long does it take HiTech to model a plane?
« Reply #18 on: November 29, 2012, 03:37:13 AM »
I've been modelling an Airfix Me 109 for about 6 weeks now and it hasnt got a tail yet :confused:
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Re: How long does it take HiTech to model a plane?
« Reply #19 on: November 29, 2012, 08:51:47 AM »
 Santa knows  :headscratch:  :headscratch: humm 2 weeks  :banana:  :banana:  :banana:  :x  :x  :O :bolt:
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Re: How long does it take HiTech to model a plane?
« Reply #20 on: November 29, 2012, 09:58:15 AM »
I can knock out a plane in X Plane 9 in about 4 hours. That is modeling, weight, and balance, engine design, and cockpit design. however Ive got to think that x plane 9 makes it a lot easier to model something seems how most of the physics is done automatically lol. The basic shape is definately the easy part. once your done with that you can start crunching the numbers and making the dam thing flyable.  :airplane:
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Re: How long does it take HiTech to model a plane?
« Reply #21 on: November 29, 2012, 02:20:02 PM »
Id imagine its faster now than 10 years ago. The tools have probably improved. Plus you dont know how many other projects unrelated to AH they may have going.

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Re: How long does it take HiTech to model a plane?
« Reply #22 on: November 29, 2012, 03:09:07 PM »
Id imagine its faster now than 10 years ago. The tools have probably improved. Plus you dont know how many other projects unrelated to AH they may have going.

Actually the tools to create meshes have not changed a lot in the last 20 years. But the detail put into a shape/mesh has changed drastically.

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Re: How long does it take HiTech to model a plane?
« Reply #23 on: November 29, 2012, 04:01:28 PM »
Actually the tools to create meshes have not changed a lot in the last 20 years. But the detail put into a shape/mesh has changed drastically.

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Re: How long does it take HiTech to model a plane?
« Reply #24 on: November 29, 2012, 04:49:53 PM »
The last time I remember reading a thread like this the name of the program used to create the aircraft was mentioned. It was not freeware (Blender) or shareware flight simulator related or even one of the more popular like 3D Studio or autocad.
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Re: How long does it take HiTech to model a plane?
« Reply #25 on: November 29, 2012, 04:57:53 PM »
Actually the tools to create meshes have not changed a lot in the last 20 years. But the detail put into a shape/mesh has changed drastically.

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Re: How long does it take HiTech to model a plane?
« Reply #26 on: November 29, 2012, 06:32:20 PM »
The last time I remember reading a thread like this the name of the program used to create the aircraft was mentioned. It was not freeware (Blender) or shareware flight simulator related or even one of the more popular like 3D Studio or autocad.

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Re: How long does it take HiTech to model a plane?
« Reply #27 on: November 29, 2012, 08:21:01 PM »
What I have been using since 1995. Then it only ran on SGI unix systems.

http://www.vis-sim.com/creator/creator_faq_1.htm

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Re: How long does it take HiTech to model a plane?
« Reply #28 on: November 29, 2012, 08:59:57 PM »
What I have been using since 1995. Then it only ran on SGI unix systems.

http://www.vis-sim.com/creator/creator_faq_1.htm

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How does it compare to Maya? (I didn't see a trial version download on the site)...
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Re: How long does it take HiTech to model a plane?
« Reply #29 on: November 29, 2012, 10:48:49 PM »
How does it compare to Maya? (I didn't see a trial version download on the site)...

Im not sure but I think its something akin to 20 times as expensive retail.
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