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Rick Palo
May
31
2026

Blender Smoke Simulation - Buoyancy Density

Sunday, 31 May 2026
Rick Palo
3D Software Smoke Simulation

Now, on to the Gas Parameters section!  Buoyancy Density seems simple enough; the less dense something is, it should rise faster through a container of constant density.  How hard could that be?

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Simulation Smoke Simulation
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Rick Palo
Dec
12
2025

IOTM - Piazza San Marco - Life Is Complicated - Pt 2

Friday, 12 December 2025
Rick Palo
Image of the Month (IOTM) 3D Art
The Piazza San Marco

All the world's a stage...

by Billy Ray Shakespeare

This is the second in a series where I come up with Uncomplicated Ideas™ that would really have helped me out if I thought of them at the beginning of the project.  Today's idea--just make a stage!

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3DArt IOTM Challange
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Rick Palo
Mar
06
2023

OpenFOAM Baby Steps - Chapter 3: Mesh Generation Part 1

Monday, 06 March 2023
Rick Palo
OpenFOAM

This section will deal with generating the mesh for a case.  I will initially create a crude wind tunnel model for 2-dimensional (2D) flow over a flat plate.  That is an instance where the geometry could be generated by hand.  I will use simple tools to automate that process and allow for increasingly more complex geometries.

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openFOAM Mesh
  4033 Hits
Rick Palo
Nov
08
2022

Life On The Farm - Adding Animation

Tuesday, 08 November 2022
Rick Palo
3D Modeling Programming
Life On The Farm - Adding Animation

With the basic game dynamics working, I started to add animation to the assets.  Blender's glTF exporter makes exporting animations to webGL relatively simple, but there were still plenty of Opportunities For Learning (OFL) to occur.  :)

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3D modeling 3D Modeling LOTF LifeOnTheFarm
  2461 Hits
Rick Palo
May
22
2020

Architecture Visualization - A California Bungalow

Friday, 22 May 2020
Rick Palo
Architectural Visualization

When a family member moved to a different house, I decided to memorialize their old house with a 3-D model and associated visualization.  It had been at least six months since I had done anything architecture-related and I was pleasantly surprised to find that both the Blender 2.8X update and associated Add-Ons continue to make the workflow better and faster!

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ArchViz Visualization Blender3D Architecture San Leandro
  7326 Hits
Rick Palo
Oct
22
2019

Large Aircraft Series - CRJ-700

Tuesday, 22 October 2019
Rick Palo
3D Modeling
Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) 700

​I'm starting a series of models, all involving commercial airline aircraft.  Starting off is the Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) 700-series, known as the CRJ-700.

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3D modeling 3D Modeling LargeAircraft RegionalAirlines
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Rick's Blog

Rick Palo
May
31
2026

Blender Smoke Simulation - Buoyancy Density

Sunday, 31 May 2026
Rick Palo
3D Software Smoke Simulation

Now, on to the Gas Parameters section!  Buoyancy Density seems simple enough; the less dense something is, it should rise faster through a container of constant density.  How hard could that be?

0
Tags:
Simulation Smoke Simulation
  857 Hits
Rick Palo
Dec
12
2025

IOTM - Piazza San Marco - Life Is Complicated - Pt 2

Friday, 12 December 2025
Rick Palo
Image of the Month (IOTM) 3D Art
The Piazza San Marco

All the world's a stage...

by Billy Ray Shakespeare

This is the second in a series where I come up with Uncomplicated Ideas™ that would really have helped me out if I thought of them at the beginning of the project.  Today's idea--just make a stage!

0
Tags:
3DArt IOTM Challange
  530 Hits
Rick Palo
Mar
06
2023

OpenFOAM Baby Steps - Chapter 3: Mesh Generation Part 1

Monday, 06 March 2023
Rick Palo
OpenFOAM

This section will deal with generating the mesh for a case.  I will initially create a crude wind tunnel model for 2-dimensional (2D) flow over a flat plate.  That is an instance where the geometry could be generated by hand.  I will use simple tools to automate that process and allow for increasingly more complex geometries.

0
Tags:
openFOAM Mesh
  4033 Hits
Rick Palo
Nov
08
2022

Life On The Farm - Adding Animation

Tuesday, 08 November 2022
Rick Palo
3D Modeling Programming
Life On The Farm - Adding Animation

With the basic game dynamics working, I started to add animation to the assets.  Blender's glTF exporter makes exporting animations to webGL relatively simple, but there were still plenty of Opportunities For Learning (OFL) to occur.  :)

0
Tags:
3D modeling 3D Modeling LOTF LifeOnTheFarm
  2461 Hits
Rick Palo
May
22
2020

Architecture Visualization - A California Bungalow

Friday, 22 May 2020
Rick Palo
Architectural Visualization

When a family member moved to a different house, I decided to memorialize their old house with a 3-D model and associated visualization.  It had been at least six months since I had done anything architecture-related and I was pleasantly surprised to find that both the Blender 2.8X update and associated Add-Ons continue to make the workflow better and faster!

0
Tags:
ArchViz Visualization Blender3D Architecture San Leandro
  7326 Hits
Rick Palo
Oct
22
2019

Large Aircraft Series - CRJ-700

Tuesday, 22 October 2019
Rick Palo
3D Modeling
Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) 700

​I'm starting a series of models, all involving commercial airline aircraft.  Starting off is the Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) 700-series, known as the CRJ-700.

0
Tags:
3D modeling 3D Modeling LargeAircraft RegionalAirlines
  4634 Hits
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