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Helicopter Transmission and Rotor Shaft Assembly
All sub-assemblies fully modeled with accurate internals

All sub-assemblies fully modeled with accurate internals

All sub-assemblies fully modeled with accurate internals

All sub-assemblies fully modeled with accurate internals

Prolific use of convex n-gons to increase production and iteration times.

Prolific use of convex n-gons to increase production and iteration times.

Example of the geometry tolerances throughout the entire assembly. This is a nut and bolt.

Example of the geometry tolerances throughout the entire assembly. This is a nut and bolt.

Helicopter Transmission and Rotor Shaft Assembly

This was 1 of 164 assemblies of the CH-47F helicopter created for a contract at work. This was a collaborative effort between myself and 10 other artists spanning nearly 2 years and hundreds of man hours. I modeled the central housing, the rotor shaft, and was in charge of assembling all the parts. The close shots and wires are focused on the areas I worked on.

With 1,581 individually named objects (172 million tris) based on the technical manual and conforming to the project standards: According to the client specifications, all objects must be subdivisionally modeled, watertight meshes accurate down to 0.001" with full internals. Measurements were compared against caliper photos and metrological laser scans that the artists took ourselves. No geometry intersections or z-fighting throughout the assembly. For instance, male and female threads needed to be snug, but not touching.

Artists who contributed to this:
https://www.artstation.com/mikaylaweirum
https://www.artstation.com/jament
https://www.artstation.com/eric_mcginnis
https://www.artstation.com/rachelburrows
https://www.artstation.com/hunterjohn1119
https://www.artstation.com/miked2683
https://www.artstation.com/trent_gallant
https://www.artstation.com/timneveu
https://www.artstation.com/jtambakis
https://www.artstation.com/brynsummers

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