A high quality 3D model of a fully Rigged Hydraulic Excavator, Digger or Trackhoe.

This model is an excavator. They are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, dipper (or stick), bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the house. The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks. All movement and functions of the hydraulic excavator are accomplished the controllers, we've included a controller selection set for ease of access. We've also included a display layer with all elements apart from the controllers in, this makes it easier for you to select your controller, without accidentally selected the geometry or rig.

The rigged elements include the excavator's bucket/claw, cables, arm/boom, dipper, pistons, tracks, cab door, body/house/housing platform (rotation), and master controls that enable the rig to be scaled freely to suit your scene. The textures are 4k.

Cat Excavators are typically used in construction, mining and other engineering activities, such as:

• Digging of trenches, holes, foundations
• Material handling
• Brush cutting with hydraulic saw and mower attachments
• Forestry work
• Forestry mulching
• Demolition with hydraulic claw, cutter and breaker attachments
• Mining, especially, but not only open-pit mining
• River dredging
• Hydro excavation to access fragile underground infrastructure using high pressure water
• Driving piles, in conjunction with a pile driver
• Drilling shafts for footings and rock blasting, by use of an auger or hydraulic drill attachment
• Snow removal with snowplow and snow blower attachments
• Aircraft recycling

Excavators are also called diggers, scoopers, mechanical shovels, or 360-degree excavators (sometimes abbreviated simply to 360). Tracked excavators are sometimes called trackhoes by analogy to the backhoe.

The model is great to use in your games, films as CGI, VR, or animations. It's low poly but holds enough detail to place into a scene for a realistic CGI element.

Technical Specifications: File Formats: MB, MA, OBJ, FBX, STL, VRSCENE

Other than Autodesk Maya, file types (OBJ, FBX, STL, VRSCENE) include only standard materials without advanced shaders or materials. If you would like to use the textures outside of Vray renderer, I can convert the textures to .tif at request.

Whether you're a student, educator, or designer aiming for simplicity in your projects, this Hydraulic Excavator rigged model serves as an accessible and valuable resource.

For any enquiries or customisation requests, feel free to get in touch. Your satisfaction is important to us.

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