How would you model this ? (madeleine cake)

[Kevin_Pham]

Hi i’m doing some exercices and i’m a bit stuck on trying to reproduce a madeleine cake without the use of subd. Would you guys have any advice on how i should proceed ? here’s a reference and my file attached

Thanks !

madeleine cake.3dm (444.0 KB)

[David53 (David)]

Unless you need a cake with Class A surface quality, and G2 continuity, I would be tempted to follow this topic:

Clamshell model help

[gtrhdthdr.PNG] [sdasd.PNG] I derived this 3D model from your photo, then I reduced the face count because it was too heavy (about 30 MB). Now, you could convert it to SubD using quads and manage it much more efficiently. conchiglia.stl (4.2 MB) Alternatively, you could create several sections on the mesh and rebuild the surfaces using a loft. There are different approaches you could choose. Unfortunately, this AI is free. As you can see in the Italian forum, I sent a message to the dev…

And then do some underside work by pushing abd pulling surfaces into the underside buldge.

Even if you get a rough model, if you are using Rhino 8, you can then try and Shrinkwrap your way to success; creating a single mesh.

[Tom_P]

this is the “mold”

[Kevin_Pham]

@David53

underside buldge

Thanks for the advices ! Yeah I do find using shrink wrap as an easy way to smooth and close the overall mesh (tried it quickly here just to see if it would work), but yeah i was more trying to understand how you could work that volume based on curves and also how you would connect that top part (buldge) with the more complex shell base

[Michael44 (Michael)]

If this is still relevant: Artec Studio Lite ( Artec Studio Lite | Professional 3D scanning solutions | Artec 3D ) can reconstruct a mesh directly from photos or a short video (no scanner required)

For something like a madeleine, this is probably the fastest way to get the shape with minimal cleanup needed before export