Consistent surface wrap for packaging

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Hi all, I’m trying to wrap this cracker in candy cane stripes (PNG) to test the scale of the stripes.

I’ve tried a variety of wrapping methods but the faces all come out in a muddled order?
Does anyone know of a better way to do this or have a trick to make the surfaces come out like the net?

Thank you in advance!

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Hi @Mike_Stevens , Can you post the 3dm? The texture map also appears to not be perfectly tilable which will be a factor too.

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Ah sorry I thought I put it on, thank you for your comment Brian!

For context I need to test the scale of the stripes, the cracker is one of a few test objects I’m trying.

Cracker MIKE.3dm (3.1 MB)

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Hi @Mike_Stevens ,

You’ll need to do a few things here to get the look I think you’re after. First, give this planar object a denser render mesh in the Render Mesh Settings section of the Properties panel like this…

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Then you’ll need to use a Cylindrical mapping method in the Texture mapping settings for the object also in the Properties panel like below. I used the Front view to define the cylinder and then adjusted the UVs in the UVEditor to get the diagonal stripes.
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The texture map wasn’t embedded in your 3dm file so I created the effect using a Checker Texture tiled more in one direction but only once in the other. This is a neat trick for stripes but you’ll need to move the UV island to one side of the UV space as shown.

I hope that helps.

Cracker MIKE_bj.3dm (608.2 KB)

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Amazing, thank you so much Brian!

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