Show off your skills and solve real design problems
GrabCAD, meet Lagoa. Lagoa, meet GrabCAD. To celebrate our newly-minted friendship, we are challenging you to get your creative hat on. Take total design liberty to hack and tear apart this RC truck and then render the design that is the envy of all the neighborhood kids. Play nice, now!
1. Open your model in the GrabCAD Lagoa app.
Rotate and scale assembly parts without leaving your browser, then render.
2. Add curated assets from Lagoa artists and engineers.
You can use assets from Lagoa inside your scene by selecting “File”-”Import Asset” while in the app. Build your 3D scene with new assets and render.
3. Want to really step up your game? Modify the CAD file before you render.
Download the model to your desktop along with any GrabCAD Library models you want to use (with proper permission and attribution) and modify the RC Truck. Add a new part, change existing part or create your own assembly using your favorite 3D modeling tool. Import back into GrabCAD Workbench and 'Open with Lagoa' to render.
You will be judged by the experts at Lagoa and GrabCAD on the quality of your render and the toy experts at Mega Bloks on the fun factor.
Need more help? Check out our FAQ:
What do I need for the GrabCAD Lagoa app?
How do I render using the GrabCAD Lagoa app?
You must include:
- One or more renderings of the RC truck model
- The RC truck CAD file (modified or original)
You are encouraged to include:
- A description of your model modifications
Submission guidelines:
- The final render must be made in Lagoa
- No additional software may be used for the rendering component of the challenge
- The RC truck must be prominently featured in the final render
The winning design will be:
- Original
- Inspired
- Demonstrative of Lagoa’s capabilities
The competition is open to everyone. Multiple entries are acceptable. Team entries are welcome - prize will be transferred to team leader. Participants may only win one prize per Challenge.
Tag your entry with “RCTRUCK” when uploading to GrabCAD. If you submit through the "Submit entry" button, this should be added automatically. Only entries with valid tag will participate. Only entries uploaded to GrabCAD through the "Submit entry" button on this Challenge page will be considered an entry.
By entering this competition, you 1. Warrant that the work is your original work. 2. To the best of your knowledge, it is not, and has not been in production or otherwise previously published or exhibited. 3. Neither the work nor its use infringes the intellectual property rights (whether a patent, utility model, functional design right, aesthetic design right, trade mark, copyright or any other intellectual property right) of any other person.
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If you think an entry may infringe on existing copyrighted materials, please email challenges@grabcad.com.
Applicants are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement for any costs. The applicant’s participation shall not constitute employment, assignment or offer of employment or assignment.
The awarded participant is solely liable for the payment of all taxes, duties and other similar measures if imposed on the reward pursuant to the legislation of the country of his/her residence, domicile, citizenship, workplace, or any other criterion of similar nature.
We will release the finalists at least one week before the final announcement to give the Community an opportunity to support for their favorites and voice any concerns. The jury will take these into consideration when picking the final winners. This new addition is based on feedback from you!
Lagoa and Mega Brands retain the right to promote and publicize entrants and their design work.
Only public entries will be considered. Any private submissions will be made public at the Challenge deadline.
Winning designs will be chosen based on the rules and requirements. The Challenge ends on January 9, 2014 (11:59pm UTC). Finalists will be announced by February 9, 2014.
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Extended to February 9, 2014 (11:59pm UTC). Finalists will now be announced by March 9, 2014.
Void where prohibited.
Awards for TOP 3 places + 10 runner ups
$300 + 1 year subscription to GrabCAD-Lagoa (value $600) + Mega Bloks Call of Duty Heavy Armor Outpost + Lagoa and GrabCAD Tshirts and GrabCAD sketchbook
$200 + 1 year subscription to GrabCAD-Lagoa (value $600) + Mega Brands Call of Duty Light Armor Firebase + Lagoa and GrabCAD Tshirts + GrabCAD sketchbook
$100 + 1 year subscription to GrabCAD-Lagoa (value $600) + Mega Bloks Call of Duty Chopper Strike + Lagoa and GrabCAD Tshirts + GrabCAD sketchbook
GrabCAD sketchbook + shirts from Lagoa and GrabCAD + Mega Bloks Hot Wheels 'Turbo Tubes'
The jury is comprised of experts from Mega Bloks, Lagoa and GrabCAD.
Lagoa is the world’s first web-based platform for photoreal 3D visualization and rendering. Fast and powerful, Lagoa enables artists, designers, engineers, architects and advertisers to collaborate while producing spectacular 3D content.
Mega Bloks, Inc., is a publicly traded Canadian children's toy company. Mega Bloks is the name of their most popular product, a line of construction set toys, with other brands including Mega Puzzles, Board Dudes and Rose Art. Mega Brands, Inc. distributes a range of toys, puzzles, and craft-based products.
If you don't receive the email within an hour (and you've checked your Spam folder), email us as confirmation@grabcad.com.
76 comments
Frederik Vollbrecht over 10 years ago
How cool is that :D
If GC continues this way, i'll spent the hole day in the web :P
AIT OUFKIR YASSINE over 10 years ago
Woow, Seems we will see alot of fun, and amazing Rendering's on this challenge, :D @Jury seems you will fight to choose the winners LOL :p
another great challenge,
thank you GrabCAD for this opportinity, and welcome LAGOA,
seghier khaled over 10 years ago
nice challenge ; but need speed connection :(
Hardi Meybaum over 10 years ago
Frederik, that's the point :P
Sara Sigel over 10 years ago
How are people liking the app so far? If you've tried it out, be sure to share any tips in the comments here. Anyone need help getting started? Email sara@grabcad.com if you are.
Chris Kopotic over 10 years ago
It is pretty cool being able to render in a web browser. Is there a way that we can add our own textures?
Sara Sigel over 10 years ago
@Chris The Lagoa support page may be the best resource for this unless any other GrabCADrs have tips. Check these articles out and let me know if you have trouble: http://support.lagoa.com/search/texture.
max bracic over 10 years ago
GrabCAD Workbenchvis is only for PC user is there any client for mac osx..?
Stephen Nyberg over 10 years ago
max bracic, WorkBench is brouser based so it works on a Mac
Stephen Nyberg over 10 years ago
I use firefox, make sure web GL is turned on and browser is updated
Lagoa over 10 years ago
Chris Kopotic
Totally! Using Lagoa's asset upload system, you can upload a texture to your project, then import that project into your scene (use the File->Import menu option). Once in there you can assign a material to use the texture and then apply that material! :)
Sara Sigel over 10 years ago
Does anyone need help getting started or publishing their render? Email support@lagoa.com or sara@grabcad.com.
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I'd like to get the entries up there so far in public view to inspire some more renders from the Community! Let me know if you're ready to publish.
Jonathan Brazeau over 10 years ago
?? can't see anything...showing 6 private entries.....???
Tomas over 10 years ago
I'm in, I'm in :D Great challenge!
Erik Häaz over 10 years ago
where can i download the truck model?
Sara Sigel over 10 years ago
@Jonathan Still working on it
@Tomas Hooray and welcome!
@Erik Use the download specifications button, above: https://d2t1xqejof9utc.cloudfront.net/competitions/specs/163/original.STEP?1386697945
Konrad Jakubiak over 10 years ago
so we have in Lagoa, like it says on https://grabcad.com/toolbox/lagoa :
2 hours of render time per month,
1 render session?
I dont know what this 1 render session means
and 2 hours is counted everytime anything is renderinvx
devi over 10 years ago
i am in the challenge!!!!!!
for the time being the biggest challenge is my wi-fi connection :P
i have spend 2 hrs on it n till now just able to download the model n upload in grab cad work bench now connecting to rendering platform really its a challenge for me for time being
Chris Williams over 10 years ago
@Konrad - 1 render session relates to how many browser tabs you can be running the GC Lagoa solution in at the same time. The 2 hours resets every month and you can control when you are rendering.
@Devi - I think you will be impressed by the rendering speed even on a poor internet connection. Downloading the file will be much slower than rendering. Good luck with your entry.
Rashiga Walallawita over 10 years ago
can't we have more render hours atleast for the contest?
Rashiga Walallawita over 10 years ago
and would love to see applied textures to be visibile in 3d space bevore rendering
ALI ALDUBAISI over 10 years ago
You are now sending your data to be used in Lagoa®; ZzzzZzzzz oh still sending data, I don't think it is working at least for me.
Sara Sigel over 10 years ago
We are extending this Challenge to allow everyone to get used to the Lagoa app process. Look for more information on a Q&A session with the Lagoa team to come for anyone looking for support to complete or start their entries.
Stephen Nyberg over 10 years ago
Shoot, i thought with so few entries i would actually have a chance on this one... After seeing the first public entrie I know I really need to step up my game
Rashiga Walallawita over 10 years ago
Please let us know how to add custom textures, I draged a texture to the Lagoa texture window the file name appears there but the image is not dispalyed
seghier khaled over 10 years ago
i really like participate but the connection very slow ; i hope Lagoa make standalone application to prepared the model than upload it for render
Rashiga Walallawita over 10 years ago
can we choose the color RGB values from 0 - 255 instead of 0 - 1 values
:/
Rashiga Walallawita over 10 years ago
@Lagoa people, why no one is replying :/
Ármin Fendrik over 10 years ago
Thanks for extending :)
Anastasia Larri over 10 years ago
@Seghler You don't need a lot of bandwidth to render in Lagoa! We've demoed our app on a plane before with great results. Once you're past uploading your model, you should be good to go. Give it a try :)
Anastasia Larri over 10 years ago
Here's a few tips on how to use materials to render in Lagoa: http://support.lagoa.com/category/materialsv For a visual guide to materials, check out http://support.lagoa.com/2013/05/17/lagoa-material-library
seghier khaled over 10 years ago
thank you Anastasia ; i will try :)
seghier khaled over 10 years ago
hello this link don't work http://support.lagoa.com/category/materialsv
Sara Sigel over 10 years ago
Try this: http://support.lagoa.com/category/materials
Lagoa over 10 years ago
@Rashiga Walallawita
Re: Custom Textures
What are you trying to do exactly with custom textures? If you would like to apply one to your model, you can go to File -> Import Asset to add a 2D image to your scene. Then if you select the object and go to Material -> Diffuse -> Diffuse, you can add a basic diffuse material to your object. Select the diffuse material and go down to reflectance - to the left of the colored square there will be a small icon that looks like a mountain with a plus sign on the top left. Click that to add an image to the material. :)
Lagoa over 10 years ago
@Casey;
Try the "Download Specification" button. The download link is here;
https://d2t1xqejof9utc.cloudfront.net/competitions/specs/163/original.STEP?1386697945
MAP over 10 years ago
thanks for ur information
seghier khaled over 10 years ago
Lagoa support obj file ?
Lagoa over 10 years ago
@seghier khaled; yes.
Lagoa over 10 years ago
If anyone wants to know how to apply a label to their contest entry, I have created a demo project here that you can use as a reference;
https://lagoa.com/projects/23697
seghier khaled over 10 years ago
thank you
Sara Sigel over 10 years ago
Follow our new Google+ page, where we will be hanging out with Lagoa this Friday at 11AM EST to help you start and submit your Challenge entry!
https://plus.google.com/b/117385985774561034696/117385985774561034696/about
Sara Sigel over 10 years ago
Have questions for the Lagoa team? Looking for help getting started with the new Lagoa rendering app on GrabCAD? Come to our live Google Hangout tomorrow, Jan 17th @ 11AM EST for help and answers! http://bit.ly/renderwars
Stephen Nyberg over 10 years ago
What is the file size limit for importing into Lagoa?
Lagoa over 10 years ago
250MB. You can split up a single file into multiple ones, and recombine them in a single scene, to get past this if you have issues. You can also upload zip files.
Stephen Nyberg over 10 years ago
Thanks, I uploaded a SLDASM part that is about 42MB and it is not loading in the 3D viewer or into Lagoa, I also made an IGES that is about 26MB and am still having a problem. This little assembly is also more then my little mini mac can handle as I can barely open it now on my computer in SW.
Lagoa over 10 years ago
Try waiting a bit and rotating the camera/zooming out. A lot of times the file will import but it will be either too large, too small, or not aligned with the center of the scene. It could also just be taking awhile for the file to load, so give it a minute or so. :)
Anastasia Larri over 10 years ago
@Stephen There is a live Q&A going on in Google hangouts right now. If you have any more questions, you can ask them live. Join it here: https://plus.google.com/events/ckb8gtmjbcf0ltv47mgc6assk6s
Stephen Nyberg over 10 years ago
Thanks Anastasia Larri but I just missed it. :( I have let my files attempt to load to Lagoa over night and nothing I was able to get the truck to load earlier and an initail scene but I made a new assembly for a great scene to render but may have went a little overboard. It isn't that I don't see my model, the model never even loads it just sits at the loading screen.
Anastasia Larri over 10 years ago
@Stephen, we will be uploading a recorded version soon. Are you using Google Chrome? Hopefully you our support team helps you figure out how to upload your model. I can't wait to see your entry! :)
Lagoa over 10 years ago
Interesting. Can you invite me to the scene? My username on Lagoa is Jordan Pelovitz.
Stephen Nyberg over 10 years ago
I usualy use Firefox but I will try Chrome
Stephen Nyberg over 10 years ago
can I get your email? I need that to add a person to the workbench project. I have Thiago Costa in my project and I can make him an owner too so he could invite people.
Lagoa over 10 years ago
You can add marketing at lagoa on Workbench.
Tomas about 10 years ago
How to add custom texture (example: Lagoa logo) to the scene?
With account in Lagoa website, I know how to add, but how to do this in GC Workbench? Thank you :)
Lagoa about 10 years ago
@Tomas - upload is not working within GrabCAD, however you can make a render with our website and enter it into the contest. :)
Tomas about 10 years ago
@Lagoa, thank you :)
Sara Sigel about 10 years ago
Anyone considering starting an entry? Email me at sara@grabcad.com for help and I'll get you up and running today!
Sara Sigel about 10 years ago
Check out the new round of public entries! If you think they look awesome and want to get one started - hit 'Submit entry' and Workbench project and I'll lead you from there.
ming about 10 years ago
Just wondering, how do you make a submission private? Have uploaded a test model but don't see an option of making it private. Thanks.
Lagoa about 10 years ago
@ming, @Sara Sigel would be the best person to answer this question for you. :)
Sara Sigel about 10 years ago
@ming I'll send you an email so we can get you started.
Sara Sigel about 10 years ago
The finalists are now posted: http://grabcad.com/challenges/lagoa-render-wars-challenge/results. Thank you to all our participants! Which one is your favorite? Did we leave anything amazing off the list? Let us know in the comments!
Tom Fred about 10 years ago
@Sara Sigel I added new renders
Lagoa Ch
check them please.
Rashiga Walallawita about 10 years ago
so whats next?
Lagoa about 10 years ago
@Rashiga Walallawita - GrabCAD is finalizing their votes, and then we will announce the winners. :)
Sara Sigel about 10 years ago
Winners are now announced - congratulations to them all! I think everyone had fun pushing their rendering skills to the max with this Challenge. Great job GrabCADrs!
http://grabcad.com/challenges/lagoa-render-wars-challenge/results
Stephen Nyberg about 10 years ago
Congratulations everyone! This was a fun one. Thanks GrabCAD, Lagoa, and MegaBloks.
Rashiga Walallawita about 10 years ago
Congrats to all the winners!,
I really thought this was a "Rendering competition".
Rashiga Walallawita about 10 years ago
According to the poll started on the 19th of Feb by Lagoa. My entry , Thomas's entry and Stefan's entry was in the top three places.
Refer - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=514574165324937&set=a.259622290820127.55573.104327226349635&type=1&theater
And I was pretty upset to see my entry in the fourth place. I think I pretty much used every feature in Lagoa renderer expect for few which clearly shows the capabilities of Lagoa. And that my entry has originality and creativity. I haven't modified RC truck to look like out of the world vehicle though.
I would like if you could elaborate on the statement "It's not as refined as some of the others but there is good effort here"
So I can think of particiapting for more competitions in future :)
If all other competitors to think this desicion is fair I will talk about this no more.
@Grabcad- Please reconsider your final desicion.
Stephen Nyberg almost 10 years ago
When I got home yesterday I found a shirt and hot wheels mega bloks in the mail! I was holding them up as my wife and kids pulled up with a big a smile in my face - she asked if I was sure I was 35 because I act like I am 5. The boys loved putting the car together and it was hard for me to let them keep it.
Thanks GrabCAD Lagoa and Mega Bloks!
Lagoa almost 10 years ago
@Stephen Nyberg that's great - you're never too old for Mega Bloks! :D
Rashiga Walallawita almost 10 years ago
Got a Grabcad shirt and a notebook :D
Thanks Grabcad Lagoa and Mega Bloks!
Stefan Gales almost 10 years ago
Thanks Lagoa, I have just received the package with the Mega Bloks toy and the Lagoa t-shirt and notebook.
I look forward to receiving my 1 year subscription to GrabCAD-Lagoa (value $ 600).
I can't wait to start rendering at full speed !
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