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 Rejoice!  Our 4th Champion has been chosen!  Machdoem is the winner of the 3DVIA Challenge: The Luau.  Unlike our last challenge Dragsters, was our widest subject yet, and we had some great entries.  Machdoem won using our new Judging rules, with a score of “7.2″!  His composition had a wide range of objects,  good construction and excellent imagination. 

 Check out the winning entry below!

Our next challenge will be more focused and is a tie-in with our Siggraph 2008 presence. Read all about it!

The Champion of 3DVIA Challenge #4 has been selected, check out his own Champions page here! This week we start the Challenge anew, from the Siggraph 2008 tradeshow!  Will you have what it takes to be the next 3D Champion?

3DVIA Challenge 5: 3D Cell Phones

This week’s Challenge is all about 3D Cell Phones.  Create your own cell phone, the one you want to buy or a brand new creation!  This contest ties in to our Siggraph 2008 Booth where we’ll be showing our own cell phones along with many other demonstrations of our software.  Add as much detail as possible while staying under 30,000 triangles. 

 NEW!! Contest Rules based on USER FEEDBACK!

3DVIA Users: How to participate in this challenge:
1. Be a Registered User of 3DVIA
3DVIA accounts are free, sign up here

2. Upload Your “3D Cell Phone” Model by Friday August 22nd
Starting on August 11th and running through August 22nd 2008, upload your best 3D Cell Phone to 3DVIA. Only new to 3DVIA and original work will be considered, 1 submission per user, NO team entries.

3. Tag Your 3D Model “3DVIAChallenge5″
Tag your model with the keyword 3DVIAChallenge5 - you must use this exact tag to enter.

View the Current Models Entered in this Challenge

>> How this challenge will be judged:

1. Voting on this challenge runs from August 25th through August 29th
On August 25th, we will post and announce the “finalists”…or the best 5 models as chosen by our 3DVIA staff. During the Finalists week, the 5 models will be judged on 3 categories by our 3DVIA Judges and by popular vote from our community.

The 3 Categories are:

Artistic Design- Eye catching design, the coolness of the model.
Technical Accuracy - Mechanical or realistic accuracy and detail
Modeling Efficiency - Polygonal construction, modeling skill.

Current 3DVIA Judges Panel:

Matthew Baron - 3D Enthusiast Judge
Juan del Rio - DCC Judge
Don Swavely - CAD Judge

Each category will receive a value from 1-10 from each Judge. Each model will receive the average value of all the judges votes combined plus the percentage of their community vote multiplied by 10 (ie. if you received 45% of the votes, you would get 4.5).

2. The Winner Will Be Announced September 1st
We will post the winner here on September 1st…and announce the next challenge.

View the Current Models Entered in this Challenge

Remember to comment on other users models and tell your friends to submit their own!

If you are going to SIGGRAPH 2008 next week, stop by for a little 3D virtual espresso. We might even enjoy a few virtual lattes together as well. The 3DVIA booth is #1217.

Like the 3D phone models in the videos? You can play with a few of them in the warehouse right now! Or you can play around with the 3D model of phone featured in the video below (click the play button).

Have you made your plans for the 3DVIA Booth Challenge? Stop by the 3DVIA booth and show off your dance moves.