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DAG82
DAG82
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October 19, 2017
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CREATING WINDOW BOX MOCK UPS

  • October 19, 2017
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Hi,

I work with packaging on a daily basis creating visuals mostly by taking an actual photograph and distorting screen shots on each panel.

Dimension CC could seriously save me time by the looks of it. I was using Felix the other day and I was able to select individual panels, I can't seem to do that in Dn CC.

I can apply decals as PNGs which is ideal and if there was a scale to fit panel option that would be even better.

Can anyone help with...

1. Selecting individual panels in Dn CC?

2. Applying Decals individual Decals to each panel?

3. Creating a transparent window on the top of the box?(possibly create this as transparent PNG)

4. The ability to send this render as a file that can be rotated and viewed all around?

I know this is a lot to ask and it's pretty new to me but this would seriously help my workflow and help A LOT with presentations and product approvals.

Any feedback is much appreciated.

Thanks

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Correct answer JeanetteMathews

Hello!  You can select things in a few ways:

  • In the Move, Rotate, and Scale tools check the tool options for "Group Select".  When this is on you'll select groups by default and can use Cmd (Mac) and Ctrl (Windows) + Click to "direct select" component objects.  If you toggle Group Select off then you'll select individual objects by default and can use Cmd/Ctrl to select groups.
  • You can also use the Magic Wand tool to select pieces of objects.

Decals have a limitation of 1 decal per material at this time.  We will increase the number of decals in the future.  For now you will need to apply different materials to the different faces in order to have a decal on each side.

There is no easy way to create a transparent window at this time.  We do not have tutorials but box packaging is something we're interested in exploring more direct workflows for.

There is no 3D output at this time. 

Please provide ideas and suggestions in our feedback portal where users can vote and we will provide status updates:  Adobe Dimension CC Feedback Portal

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JeanetteMathews
Adobe Employee
JeanetteMathewsCorrect answer
Adobe Employee
October 19, 2017

Hello!  You can select things in a few ways:

  • In the Move, Rotate, and Scale tools check the tool options for "Group Select".  When this is on you'll select groups by default and can use Cmd (Mac) and Ctrl (Windows) + Click to "direct select" component objects.  If you toggle Group Select off then you'll select individual objects by default and can use Cmd/Ctrl to select groups.
  • You can also use the Magic Wand tool to select pieces of objects.

Decals have a limitation of 1 decal per material at this time.  We will increase the number of decals in the future.  For now you will need to apply different materials to the different faces in order to have a decal on each side.

There is no easy way to create a transparent window at this time.  We do not have tutorials but box packaging is something we're interested in exploring more direct workflows for.

There is no 3D output at this time. 

Please provide ideas and suggestions in our feedback portal where users can vote and we will provide status updates:  Adobe Dimension CC Feedback Portal

    DAG82
    DAG82Author
    Participant
    October 20, 2017

    Hi Jeanette,

    Thanks so much for the quick reply.

    I have tried the magic wand tool and it's allowing me to select individual panels on the cube I am using, which is ideal.

    The ability to apply individual decals for each panel of the model would be a possible suggestion from my point of view. There is another way I think could work I haven't tried yet, which would be to apply the full flat artwork of the packaging as a decal apply the correct dimensions to the Model and hopefully distort or possibly scale to fit(if that is an option?).

    Is there an option to edit an existing template to match real life dimensions (or a scaled version) of what I am working on? Then in theory it should just drop in place for the decal to cover the full model?

    It a great piece of software and I have been experimenting for years to make this part of my job less time consuming and I think this would definitely help.

    I will go onto the feedback portal and put my suggestions on.

    Thanks again

      C
      chrisprufer
      Participant
      November 4, 2017

      Would you know what parameters to use when exporting OBJ's from 3dsmax so that the decal spreads evenly as it does on stock objects?

      I've tried all standard parameters in 3dsmax yet I still couldn't get the same effect as with the stock objects.. Help!

        Steve Werner
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        Steve WernerCommunity Expert
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        October 19, 2017

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