Strata! SODA

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Completed Entry for the KeyShot Challenge here:https://grabcad.com/challenges/stratasys-keyshot-packaging-design-competitionIncluded in this Download: ✔️ .3MF file ✔️ GrabCAD .PRINT file ✔️ KeyShot .ksp file ✔️ Gif animations ✔️ HD Renderings ✔️ Color Label used on the Product ✔️ Displacement Label used on the Product ✔️ PDF of the creative processThe Birth of STRATA! After some experimentation using different fruit combos for my entry, I settled with a lemon-lime clear soda to base my label graphics for the twist bottle design. I’m better at 3D than 2D, so creating a flat label to look awesome on a 3D object was my main hurdle in this challenge. Naturally I took a somewhat abstract approach by compositing an animated 3D scene with 3D models of the brand name STRATA! and a couple of lemons and lime smashing through some fluid to create my label.2D from 3DUsing this animated composition, I exported the fluid simulation using 3D Alembic files and imported them into KeyShot. Next, I set up a super wide camera which became the container for my final bottle graphic which wraps around the bottle only once. With KeyShot, I rendered the frame that looked the best in the animated scene to use as a base layer for adding some fun and engaging text blurbs and objects like a QR code (goes to this GrabCAD project page). After finishing the label in the graphic design software, I exported two images to KeyShot to be used as labels and material textures - one color label and one black & white label (used for displacement).Setup for Final Renders and AnimationsTo create the renderings and help sell my design I felt it necessary to once again do a fluid simulation with lemon and lime juice splashing down onto a 3D scene. With KeyShot, I composed a 3D scene including the twist bottle and 3 pieces of fruit (2 lemons, 1 lime). I exported that scene from KeyShot as an FBX to use as collision geometry for my fluid simulation. Once again, I exported Alembic files from the simulation and imported them into KeyShot to composite the final rendering scene for my entry. Some quick use of KeyShot’s tools for remeshing and UVs, and I made the 3D bottle ready for clicking render.Ready, Set, Go!With labels and 3D geometry finally created using the various I/O processes using KeyShot and other software mentioned above, of course I had a 3D scene too large for GPU rendering, ugh, especially with the addition of the triangle displacement from the labels; the scene was about 660,000,000 triangles, yes, millions. If you haven’t tried it yet, the GPU renderer is 100 times faster than the CPU rendering which I was/am using in KeyShot 6! Welp, lesson learned, finishing THIS ONE up with CPU rendering, no problem!4 Days Later with CPU rendering…Whew, a three-day 113 degree heat wave in Portland with no A/C, and simultaneously on my fourth day trying to complete this entry for the KeyShot challenge. Settled with 15 HD images and 2 animated Gifs to add to my entry along with all the other required 3D files and documentation. All in all, a fun project and the new KeyShot really made it simple to get the results even though I made it a bit convoluted :)The Future!I still use KeyShot 6, but can definitely see using KeyShot 10 as part of my regular workflow creating 3D projects for myself and clients. The GPU rendering was awesome, the render quality and materials were top-notch, and the exporting of the scene as a 3D print file couldn’t have been any easier. In fact, I’m still not aware of other software that works as interoperable as KeyShot. That’s why no matter which version I'm using, it still remains on the tool shelf to get projects across the finishing line!Leave a like and comment on the project page if you found it interesting, funny, or useful! As always, thanks for looking!!Be sure to check out my other entries here:Strata! BLUEStrata FLAT!