Product name: Argus

*Copyright 18 07 10
*By: Gabriel Montagudo


Ownership Statement:

All of this product's content was created by Gabriel Montagudo





Description:
 Hi-poly model of a fantasy heavy truck, mainly intended for bryce users, in several formats: 3ds, max, Obp. and Obj.

It's hauling time! The Argus sports 24 wheels, there isn't a load that this beast cannot carry! Four direcctional wheels ensures good handling in tight turns and parking.
there is the possibility to hide some parts and convert it into two types of  flatbed truck.
 Bryce format(obp) is poseable: you can open the cargo door, jacknife the trailer and turn the four directional wheels.







System Requirements:

PC and Mac compatible

Bryce
3dmax
Any app that supports 3ds and Obj.





Tips and limitations:

No interior in the tractor, opaque glass windows.

 It will import in Poser, although it will need adjustments in the material editor and smoothing. A more Poser ready version will soon be published.

For 3d max users, smooth and symmetry modifiers are active. No hierarchies or rigging, standard materials only.


Bryce users get a set of cool automotive car paints ,ready to import into your Bryce material library.



Only for Bryce users:


To help you select areas of this model without ungrouping ( and losing the rigging...) I divided it in several Bryce families.

Family 2 selects the glass in the tractor 

Family 3 selects all the chrome parts.

Family 5 selects the upper bodywork color and trailertop.

Family 6 selects  middle bodywork color,and trailer middle 

Family 7 selects lower bodywork color 

Family 9 selects cargo floor.

Family 16 selects trailer legend, you can make your own using the template included.  

Family  17 selects tractor front legend.

Family 18 selects the front lights, you can turn them off or change type, intensity, etc.


For posing this truck in Bryce:
 
Main object in the hierarchy is called "Argus Globetrotter".You select this one and the rest of the model follows. Here we use families again:  

Family  24 selects all the directional wheels,use this family to turn the wheels in the y axis.

Family  19 selects the "hinge" for the back door. Rotate by the x axis to open and close the door.

Do this before you rotate the trailer. When fully open it will become a loading ramp. Use a -58 degree opening. 

Family  20 selects the articulation point for the trailer, turn this object in the y axis for jacknifing the trailer.

You can delete or hide the group called " A trailer top"  and the back door to have a flatbed trailer!
 
  



list of files included in this zip:

\argus3ds,max,obj\documentation\
argusreadme.txt
license.txt

\argus3ds,max,obj\argus obj\
Argus globetrotter.mtl
Argus globetrotter.obj

\argus3ds,max,obj\argus max\
ARGUS3_.max

\argus3ds,max,obj\argus 3ds\
Argus globetrotter.3DS

\argus3ds,max,obj\argus  textures\
CHROMIC.jpg
HEAV.jpg
LEGEND.jpg
LEGEND1.jpg
LEGEND12.jpg
LICEN.jpg
WIDE LOAD.JPG
faro.jpg
flash.jpg
front.jpg
green.jpg
mesh.jpg
orang.jpg
plate.jpg
platebu.jpg
redli.jpg
skirt.jpg
skirt2.jpg
tyre.jpg
tyre1.jpg
wheelcup.jpg



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