Open Mars 3D Workshop |
3D Workshop : Contribute to Mars Missions 3D Modeling !
« Do It Yourself Too ! »
You will find here all you need to start creating 3D objects and 3D scenarios with “open source” software tools. In addition you will take into the real stakes of the Mars exploration and you can exchange with specialists. You may prefer a reconstitution of a current spacecraft, or create a future vessel, as well as a martian terrain or a launch pad and the facilities that are required here on Earth and on Mars. Maybe you are interested in the trajectories for the interplanetary travel itself, in accordance with the realistic assumptions we consider at the Mars Society. If you are a student in France, you can even apply for a challenge this year (see French translation).
When its author agrees, an object or “add-on” related to our assumptions is included in our main catalog with author's credit. Everybody can access the add-on to work or to enjoy. We want the best add-ons to be highlighted in Mars Society's 3D short animations to be showed at our various public events. So you will take part in our efforts at promoting the robotic and human exploration of Mars to the public.
Hereafter there are three steps to get started! Please also mention to us if you find any interesting 3D models on the Internet by sending an e-mail at atelier3D@planete-mars.com. This way you help us contact their authors.
Open Mars 3D Workshop
an original idea of Mars Society's French Chapter for the general public
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First Step: Choose a reasonable target !
3d modeling is actually fascinating, especially at preparing the real future. However prepare to invest some patience at the very beginning. If you never modeled and animated any simple brick, do not choose the making of an interplanetary vessel! Everyone decides according to one's own desires and possibilities. Here are some 3D add-ons that you could model:
Rockets: reconstruction for Ares V, Ares I
Spacecrafts: reconstruction for Kuiper / Asimov, Orion, creation of an interior (cruise), spinning spacecraft
Terrains : launch pad, martian base and village (outside, inside), martian ground (science data), natural phenomenon (dust devils, global storms...)
Equipments : habitat, commuters & telecommuters, science (drilling, greenhouse...)
Figures & spacesuits
Animation and display : guided tours, tutorials, trajectories for vessels, commuters, figures, explanation add-ons (orbits, solar & cosmic rays, remote communication, science...)
A catalog of objects to be modeled from our assumptions is available. You will be provided with some advice and priorities. Just contact us here: atelier3D@planete-mars.com
Second Step: Install the right software
Your software package will grow up progressively in function of the models you will choose. At least, the wonderful Celestia will be a “must have”: it is free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions, and it runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Our catalog's 3D add-ons will always be compatible with Celestia, and so can anybody get access to the whole work. In addition you can modify and improve any add-on, within a pure Web 2.0 community spirit!
Example: Test Celestia with a great 3D terrain of Mars' Grand Canyon like above. Install Celestia, then the terrain. Step by step procedure for installation and tour: click here, install, enjoy!
You will be guided for the right pieces of software you need for each add-on to be modeled. Of course you can use other ones if you are an expert, as long as the final add-on is compatible with Celestia and is “open source”. If you face some difficulties, we are still here to indicate to you the best forums to get help in a Web 2.0 community spirit.
Third Step: Enjoy!
The goal is to start modeling in 3D and to share one's work with everybody's work, with all the people who want to contemplate the “martian project” in 3D.
Collective Goal:
a short animated movie before 2010 summer, “On To Mars!”
Boris Segret
(*) Credits : Celestia (Chris Laurel), Boxx, Jack Higgins, John van Vliet... and so many!
NB: when you contact for the 3D workshop, we add your e-mail into a distribution list to keep you informed about the progress of the 3D workshop, unless you mention it otherwise of course. Also do not hesitate to send any suggestion you may think useful at atelier3D@planete-mars.com
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