Woking with .PNG or .EPS in 3d workspace

[Elrick]

Greetings,

Is there any place where I could find some instructions on how to place 2d pictures on 3d objects in Alibre? Is it possible?

 

[bigseb]

Not to my knowledge. I think you can do it with Keyshot though.

 

[Elrick]

Thanks Sebastian. I will try keyshot then. It sucks cos I have create a 3d extruded object of the picture and loftcut it to work. But when I need to move or change the size it really takes too much time.

 

[Ralf]

With KeyShot you can insert a "Label" / "Decal". (PNG or JPG.... pictures)
Please take a look:
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[Elrick]

Aaah thats really cool! Thanks Ralf. Waiting for our assistant to get us a license for KeyShot...

 

[Elrick]

Hope you guys are still here
I finally got to this stage again and got this 2d on 3d stuff working. Its really the cherry on the cake
BUT theres one thing I've seen a graphics designer do once. How can I get keyshot to pick up the letters and picture alone. Not to get that white square with the rendering???? You guys know what I mean right :lol:

 

[jhiker]

Can't exactly remember the mechanics of it but it is possible. You need to save the picture (label) with a transparent background that removes all the 'white'
Use PShop or GIMP or similar.

 

[Elrick]

Thanks Jeff. I thought I should figure it with PhotoShop. Do you know if keyshot will be friendly with this modified .png or jpeg? Or will it create a different format compatible with keyshot? Im super curious :lol:

 

[Ralf]

Elrick,

You can use a PNG with transparency.
(transparent background)

With "Paint.NET" 3,5 MB
you can create a PNG with transparency/transparent background.
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[Elrick]

Thanks again Ralf. Just downloaded paint.NET. Very few software in this world thats works and is free. Funny that the first topic in the tutorial is how to make backgrounds transparrent
Will give it a try!

 

[Elrick]

I found the HDRI here: http://www.nordicfx.net/?portfolio=hdri ... s-airfield
It was the only free HDRI airfield I could find. Excellent quality!

The coke bottle: http://grabcad.com/library/coke-bottle--2/files

Cant remember where I found "buster" :?

Apart from that everything else were drawn in Alibre/Geomagic and rendered in keyshot 4

 

[H-L-Smith]

Great job on the graphic simulation of the cockpit and instrumentation, Elrick. It's been very interesting and inspiring to see your design evolve.

Cheers,

 

[Elrick]

Thanks Lonnie. Not been easy but Im getting there