Re: Making it physical... comp box questions 2005-05-16 - By joe_ashear
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Andrew,
I assume that the UV mapping tools would be a good option for setting
up the textures. Once your box is folded you'd be able to unfold it in
the UV interface and set up the texturing.
But I have one thought about the folding process itself: I believe
that if you're going to make something as simple as a cardboard box, a
slight rounding of the edges will go a long way toward making the
image realistic and interesting. The downside is that if you are going
to go to the effort of rounding the corners, it's less likely that
you're going to be able to also have that nice interactive folding
experience. I personally would go for the rounding and sacrifice the
ease of construction.
On an entirely different tack, there's this:
http://www.hotdoor.com/foldup
- Joe
--- In Carrara@(protected), Andrew Turner <turner410@(protected)> wrote:
> Ok...
>
> If I have a pretty basic package design - a box... or, maybe a box with
> a basic cutout... well, that's pretty easy to model and texture.
>
> But what happens when you have a somewhat complicated pacakge? It's
> easy enough, I guess, to assume you can just break it into planes, and
> texture each plane individually... maybe that's what I'll do.
>
> Ideally, though, I'd LOVE to be able to lay out a package as I normally
> would - i.e. flat - and somehow create "fold points" so that I could
> virtually fold up my box. I don't know if there is any particular
> preferred way of doing this (without the tabs I guess) but if anyone
> has any suggestions, I'm all ears..
>
> This will inevitably be a valuable exercise if there is indeed a way to
> do it...
>
> thx
> Andrew
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