For reasons now forgotten, I needed a beverage can. As a result of an exchange with Cec on lights and small models a beer can was called for to illustrate a rougher approach. But after Simplifying .obj in SF261 the can seemed ridiculously large without even texturing well.
So nothing for it but starting over, size matters and one can to rule them all: texture mapping so any brand label can be added, as few vertices as possible, open/close by setting opening to invisible, scalable for any size/volume. Point is to have a mix-and-match model: Import one can to home, copy paste around, add different labels, open and close: lots of different drinking containers with one only obj model in the .sh3d file.
Of course, for super renderers discussing reflections in Perrier bottles, there are better models to be found or made. Still, the beverage container is just to show options for a model if the goal is versatility and small size.
To get a local brand, create/copy a label to an image, edit and use texture for Material 'Label' in SH3D (image can be scaled to 512×512, 128×128, etc. it stretches to entire surface on model). Change other colours, set Alu_top_closed to invisible to 'open' the can. To resize to 333ml can, set height to 11,5 cm.
Applied same to wine bottle. Possibly less elegant than the existing ones, but a fraction of the size and easier to change label. So for my own use, I plan to revisit some essential models and compile similar microversions in a library, to be shared if anyone is interested. Will it make a difference? Maybe not for everyone, but it will let me do basic home design faster and with smaller files.
TINY Model details:
Alucan - 6KB, 2,87KB compressed with holding label:
- 500ml: 6,62×16,8 - label surface: 20,8×14,5 (1:1,434) - original
- 330ml: 6,62×11,5 - label surface: 20,8×9,2 (1:2.256) - same model resized
Wine bottle - 10KB, 5,74KB compressed with holding label:
- 750ml: 7,8×30 - label surface 7,7×10,9 (0,75:1)
Everything in SF 3D models 461
Models: alucan_wine_simpler.sh3d
Label examples
