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August 28, 2018
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How can I create 3d pentagon in photoshop, like the cube preset, but with 5 sides?

  • August 28, 2018
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How can I create a 3d pentagon in photoshop that is like the cube mesh preset but with 5 sides? Or create a 3d triangle that is like the cube or cube wrap presets? I can draw either the pentagon  or triangle, and extrude them. But, I can find no way to change the 'material' on each side like you can with the cube mesh preset. What I'd like to be able to do is create the shape then change the material on each side to be a different picture, not the same picture wrapped around the object, which is what happens when you extrude the object from a drawing. Below is something like what I'd want.

Since there is no mesh preset to create such objects as this, is there a way to create my own? Or is there is one for download somewhere? I have searched for this and can't find one.

Thanks,

Joe

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    Correct answer JJMack

    I do not do 3D stuff I saw the Photoshop Meshes are DAE files.  All DAE files are not equal the are XML file and can contain different information about 3d object surfaces and materials even Photoshop animations.  So I not sure the dodecahedron.dae file I downloaded from linearchaos/Dodecahedron.dae at master · t3kt/linearchaos · GitHub is one that has the proper information that should be in Photoshop Presets\Meshes. It is a dodecahedron 3d object that has single surface texture for the dodecahedron 12 sides. Not 12 surface materials one for each of the 12 side. Adobe has two Cube DAE file in meshes one has materials for the cube 6 sides the other Cube Wrap has one surface material that is user on all 6 sides.   The  dodecahedron texture seems to be a single file the has geometry for all 12 sides that are wrapped around the dodecahedron. The dodecahedron.dae file created in blender does not have the material information found in Adobe .dae meshes files.


    I found a Dodecahedron .obj model on the web and opened it in Photoshop and save out a  new Dodecahedron.dae file with an infinite light and added the Dodecahedron .dae file into Photoshop Presets\Meshes,  I opened a new 1000px x 100px document and used the Dodecahedron mesh to create a 3D Dodecahedron layer and open the default texture to create a Photo Collage Template for the 12 sided Dodecahedron to be used with the scripts in my Photo Collage Toolkit package.

    Here are the two files you need Dodecahedron.dae and DodecahedronTmp.psd

    Download the two files install and use them

    Copy the .dae file into Photoshop's \Presets\Meshes.

    Open Photoshop and use one of my Photo Collage populating script to  populate the template DodecahedronTmp.psd.  I would suggest the PopulateCollageTemplate script.  Once the 12 images have been populated leave the populated collage template open in Photoshop.

    Open a new 1000px by 1000px document and use menu 3d>New Mesh from Layer>Mesh Preset>Dodecahedron.

    In the Layers palette double click on _PS_3D_Default - Default Texture to open it in Photoshop.

    Switch to the Populated Template document and Target all the layers in the Layers palette. With the shift key held press drag all the layers from the layers palette and drop them into the Default Texture document.

    X out of the the template document do not save.

    X out of the texture document and SAVE it.

    Done.

    Todays Photoshop crash produced a System crash report Adobe di not catch it and produce their report. Todays crash was in ucrtbast.dll which is in \Wibdows\System32\   being crt is in its name it mah had to do with my displat adapter software I see it there is a newer version.

    I did not see any way to view Adobe crash reports before sending them off the one I have seen online I do not know to read them.

    I had the latest driver installed.

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    joeh87907460
    joeh87907460Author
    Inspiring
    August 28, 2018

    What I want is something like this cube and on each side a different photo, but I'd like to make it with different number of sides and height. I'd like to be able to do something different than just a cube.

    JJMack
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    JJMackCommunity Expert
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    August 28, 2018

    It depends on what you mean by 3d pentagon.  A Cube is the same as an extruded square  like a  cylinder is and extruded circle a  sphere is not an extruded circle like a pyramid  is not an extruded triangle. In your mind what does your 3d pentagon look like. Ball like or extruded pentagon.

    JJMack
    joeh87907460
    joeh87907460Author
    Inspiring
    August 28, 2018

    Something like the rotating cube in the example I uploaded a few minutes ago. With different photos on each side. Not in a cube, I can do that with the cube mesh preset. I'd like to be able to do a pentagon, hexagon, triangle etc.

    JJMack
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    JJMackCommunity Expert
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    August 31, 2018

    I marked that as the correct answer. It works. And I can't thank you enough. It's not totally what I'm looking for but it works! I'm going to keep working on editing/writing a dodecahedron.dae file that I can change the material for each face of the dodecahedron on. I have several attempts at it and feel I"m getting closer, but it may take me a long time to get it to work. If I ever do I'll post it here so anyone can use it if they want. How long that'll take, I have no idea, or if I can ever get it right.

    Thank you again, I truly appreciate it!

    Joe


    joeh87907460  wrote
    I marked that as the correct answer. It works. And I can't thank you enough. It's not totally what I'm looking for but it works! I'm going to keep working on editing/writing a dodecahedron.dae file that I can change the material for each face of the dodecahedron on.

    Joe I have mixed feeling on that.  I do not do 3D work. If I did I would not use for Photoshop as my 3D application. I would use an application designed from the ground up as a 3D application.   A simpler UI perhaps like SketchUp. Blender UI is more complex than Photoshop but is is very powerful and FREE.   If you have 3D models and you can always download and buy models.  A Programs like  Adobe Dimension CC would much easier to combine and manipulate 3D objects then Photoshop.  It can also render out 2d content as layered Photoshop PSD files.  Its has limits I believe its  objects surfaces may be limited to one image.

    If the Geometry is quite regular like a dodecahedron I like how Photoshop overlays  the wire frame onto the the work texture document. It make it quite easy to create a Photo Collage template for the 12 surfaces.  My Scripts can handle up to 53 Image surfaces. So it very easy to populate the  surfaces with image.  While my script populate these 32 Images I drank some wine.

    JJMack
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