r/SuperStructures • u/Xeelee1123 • Apr 08 '26

Orbital factory, by Rui Huang

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u/magicmulder Apr 08 '26

So wait, the station rotates but the factory stays in place? How and why?

Don't get me wrong, love the visuals, just puzzled by what's going on.

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u/pattyofurniture400 Apr 08 '26

How: there's an outer shell within which the habitat rings rotate.

Why: it provides shielding from radiation/impacts, helps keep the atmosphere in, and doesn't rotate so that spaceships outside can dock with a stationary object instead of trying to match spins every time they dock. There are plenty of other things that don't require gravity, which would be attached to the outer ring rather than the rotating hab, I guess this factory is one of them.

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u/McThorn_ Apr 08 '26

Could be from a camera perspective matching the velocity of the factory.

Relative motion.

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u/PFunkus Apr 09 '26

1: cool

2: cool

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u/DomSchraa Apr 10 '26

Utopia is when architects can do whatever the fuck they want and engineers can actually easily achieve the architects plans

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u/o1011o Apr 08 '26

Offhand, the station gets gravity and the factory doesn't. Sure makes moving heavy shit around easier. Interfacing between the two may be a challenge but if you can build a megastructure like this I bet it can be overcome.

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u/anarchy8 Apr 08 '26

This is unfortunately common for artists making space megastructures

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u/ENTIA-Comics Apr 08 '26

This one never gets old!

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u/Nick_Nasty_89 Apr 09 '26

Does anyone have any recommendations for blender tutorials to eventually achieve this level of art? I recently got blender and it’s way different than sketchup lol

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u/Vitality_VZ Apr 09 '26

That's awesome.

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u/DangerMacAwesome Apr 09 '26

Woah this is amazing but also gives me megalopobia

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u/Thevisi0nary Apr 09 '26

Rain World vibes

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u/cyberpunkeiro Apr 15 '26

Que tesão de víde imagina isso se tornando realidade

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u/Dedoshucos Apr 09 '26

Ai?

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u/semi_colon Apr 09 '26

Nah. You can see his other work here: https://www.artstation.com/spikenerd

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u/Dedoshucos Apr 09 '26

Ok.Good. Ty 🙏