Electric Fan 3D model

Done during my free time, a set of electric fan containing a wall fan, desk fan and stand fan. Ready to be inserted to any scene.


3d model and wireframe at:

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RAYS T3 TRD

Made a 3d model of Rays T3 TRD rims, modeled using Blender 2.68a, and rendered with Cycles. Tires are modeled after Yokohama Advan Neova AD07. Brakes are TRD calipers with slotted rotors.

Textures included are:
4096x4096 Rim Diffuse map
4096x4096 Rim Bump map
4096x4096 Tire Bump map
2048x2048 Brake Caliper map
1024x1024 Rotor Bump map
2000x2000 HDRI Studio map (for lighting)
Materials and Node Setup are included

3d Model is available at:

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Blender 2.68a

Recently studied this free open source program, after being a 3ds Max user for a year (studied it through online tutorials I could find), personally I find Blender to be a much better program as a 3D hobbyist tool for creating digital art and visualization.

Apart from it being free, it loads faster and has a smaller size yet feature packed. I find it's interface quite efficient as well, although it is still improving. While true that the standard as far as I know is 3ds Max and Maya when it comes to animation and games, Blender with it's cycles renderer is starting to rival those paid products in my opinion. As a hobbyist, and not really a CG student/professional, Blender is a great tool for me to create 3D content which is widely used today.

If you haven't tried Blender yet then give it a chance, it's a nice program. For tutorials just go to Andrew Price's website http://www.blenderguru.com which has easily helped me understand more about Blender.
 
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Asus K43 SV Disassembly

A guide to disassembling and cleaning your Asus K43 laptop.

This is quite long, and unfortunately to be able to clean the fan on this kind of laptop a lot needs to be removed before we can get to cleaning the fan.

Tools needed:

Philips screwdriver (preferably magnetic)
Flat Screwdriver
Brush
compressed air can or blower.

Important note: I will not be responsible if you damage your laptop while following this guide.

Still everything should be fine since I'm currently using this laptop that I disassembled a while ago to post this blog entry. In other words it's still working! My laptop ran much cooler too.

Some important things to remember when disassembling the laptop:

1. Always use the appropriate size and type of the screwdriver.
2. Be very careful when prying out different parts of the laptop.
3. Keep track of all the screws removed.
4. Work in a well lit environment.

We do not want any broken clips, loose threads, damaged screws to happen. You'll definitely regret disassembling your laptop if those happen, still chances of those happening are very slim as long as you do it carefully.

Okay, first thing we need to remove is the keyboard panel, which looks like this:

yes, that's the keyboard panel

To do that we need the flat screwdriver to pry it out. There are four places where we will pry it out see image below:

Remove the top part first, then the bottom part last. There are a lot of clips which holds this panel, just carefully pull them out. Now the reason why the bottom part will be the last part we remove is because it has a hook at the bottom as shown in the pic below.

After removing it, simply use a brush to clean the top part of the keyboard:

brush away the dust

For the panel, just wash it with soap and water, then let it dry and it should be good:

wash

Next is we remove the screws at the bottom of the laptop. Get your philips screwdriver ready! Marked in red circles are the screws we need to remove:

  

Don't forget to remove that warranty sticker!... Wait What?!

noooooo!

We then remove the cover for the harddisk and ram, and more screws we need to remove, see image below:

moar screws

Next is to remove the harddisk, Simply pull it out in the direction shown:

After removing the harddisk, remove one more screw which was blocked by the harddisk previously

 

Next is to remove the keyboard, flip the laptop back up, then press on the clips using the flat screwdriver and lift the keyboard:

There are four clips, pry out the keyboard from each of those, then lift the keyboard slightly 45 degrees.

Next is to remove that flex cable which connects the keyboard to the motherboard. To do that simply pull down gently the black clip, then remove the flex cable:

After removing the keyboard, more screws and two more flex cables needs to be removed, for the flex cables, simply push the clip upwards, then we can remove the cables easily.

 

moar screws and cables

After removing the screws, we simply pull out the DVD drive:

Next, after removing the DVD drive, there are two screws just below the aluminum frame to the right, which was previously hidden by the DVD drive, we need to remove those two also:

hidden screws

  

Next, we pry out the aluminum frame, there is a clip near the hinge of the laptop, one on the left and one on the right, push those clips using the flat screwdriver while prying out the aluminum frame, see pictures below:

Finally after removing it, we get to see the motherboard, next is to remove two screws and the flex cable, for the flex cable, push the clip upwards, then remove the flex cable.

Motherboard

After doing so, we can now lift the motherboard to its side, and remove all the dust from the fan using a blower or compressed air can. I also removed the black tape like sheet on the radiator fins when I cleaned my laptop, although be very careful when you do so, because the tape can tear apart. After removing it and cleaning the laptop from dust, I placed that black tape back.

It is recommended to use a blower or a compressed air can to clean the fan, using a brush is not very effective.

 

Nice and clean

 That concludes the disassembly guide, good luck putting it all back. hahaha

After cleaning I get a consistent 80-82 degrees celsius on full CPU load:

Unlike before I usually get 85-90 on full load.

After reassembling it be sure to check everything:

and that's all for this guide!

Xperia 3D Concept

Made a quick 3D concept based on the 3D mesh of the Honami I made earlier. This is something that was a little bit rushed, and posted on the Esato concept thread since the thread had become a little bit too quiet.







The back was inspired by a Sony Cybershot TX200v, and bears a strong resemblance to it mainly because of the Xenon flash placement and the camera lens.

The front is a typical Xperia look, with the Sony Jellybean UI.

Anyway, this was a quick 3D render, with a goal of trying to at least achieve an official looking render.

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Honami 3D Render based on Rumors

This was the Honami render that I made months ago based on rumors, and info from Esato forums.

The point was to at least give an idea of what the device might look like. The device that was announced recently as the Sony Honami is the Sony Xperia Z1. Which is Sony's latest flagship smartphone device.

The aluminum frame and the diamond cut edges was spot on in the render. Including the placement of the 3.5 jack. But there was something lacking on the aluminum frame, and that was a line of the same color as the phone which is placed on the middle of the aluminum frame, similar to the Xperia Z. Which carries the "omnibalance" design language of Sony.

Other things not close in the render was the magnetic charging port. It turned out that the magnetic charging port of Z1 is exactly the same as Z Ultra, which was Sony's flagship phablet.



This is what the official Xperia Z1 renders looks like:

In comparison with the rendered Honami, at least we were close right? Anyway, for more information about rumors and mobile phones just visit Esato Forums.

http://www.esato.com/board/


For more information about the Xperia Z1, just visit Sony's official product page:

http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-z1/

Sony UX Concept

The third concept using 3d software I made for Esato forums, this one being with the idea of trying to put as many features in the phone as possible. A qwerty keyboard, 16mp camera, Xenon flash as well as LED light, a lens cover, a stylus and finally Android OS.

A camera hump at the back indicates a larger sensor, although I haven't thought much about the size of the sensor. A small slider at the hump for opening and closing the lens cover.

Stylus slot at the bottom, as well as the 3.5 audio jack. There's also the illuminated strip at the side which displays music and notifications without needing to turn on the main screen of the phone. The illuminated strip idea was taken from my previous concept Sony WX.

MicroSD slot and MicroUSB slot is at the side of the phone, just on top of the illuminated strip at the right side of the phone.

Sounds like a crazy concept? most probably, since this is literally trying to put everything on a single phone. Although with the advancement of technology these days, you'll never know there might be one in the future.

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Audio Technica ATH SJ33 3D Model

I made an accurate and detailed model of the Audio Technica ATH SJ33 headphones. Detailed for close up renders.

Model is subdivision ready and is to be used with Subdivision Surface or Turbosmooth to achieve high levels of detail for close ups. Scene setup not included.

3D Model is available at CG Trader.

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Sony WX Concept

The second concept I made for Esato forums, this one was inspired from the good old walkman phones during the days of Sony Ericsson. This was again done in 3ds Max, although not as good as my first concept in my opinion. I was trying on making something else different, like the concept of a small illuminated strip at the back of the phone, which shows the name of the music currently playing.

The concept has dedicated music buttons at the side, and the purpose of the illuminated strip at the back is to be able to view what song is currently playing, without needing to turn on the whole screen, much like a small portable mp3 player.

As usual the phone is equipped with a standard 5 megapixel camera, and runs the Android OS, with the four corner UI implemented by Sony on some of it's phones.

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Sony CX Concept

My first concept made for Esato forums, as a member and a digital art hobbyist, I was inspired at the rendered concepts in the esato concepts thread. So I made my own, using 3d software that I was studying on my own at the time 3ds Max.

The front design was highly influenced by the Xperia Ray and the Sony Ericsson k810 with it's home button resembling Ray and the shortcut buttons at the top similar to k810, This was also inspired by the trend that I wish to come back, the days of the Xenon flash equipped cameraphones of SE with it's k810, c901 and c905.

The back was inspired by the Sony Ericsson Satio, and is fully equipped with a 12 megapixel camera, a Carl Zeiss lens, Xenon Flash, and of course a lens cover.

True by today's standards this will be a thick phone and a niche product, I believe it is still the dream phone of geeks and technology enthusiasts like me. A fully equipped Android cameraphone.

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