topic Re: Decal on 3D surface is distorted in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Decal on 3D surface is distorted

traditional.builds — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 20:23:31 GMT

(not 100% sure if I'm posting this on the correct board)

So I made this soda can just as a test model and wanted to make some fake labels to try out some renders.

Getting the decals to work properly is not the most important thing in the world, but I can't seem to find a good answer to why the decal is distorting. I created the label on Adobe Illustrator and it is supposed to wrap around the soda can.

The soda can is not to scale, but it is roughly the size of a real can. I measured the circumference of the soda can and made sure that the label wrapped around it without any extra. I am getting a weird distortion where the label ends/starts.

I normally would not care if the decals are not perfect but since I wanted to test out some renders I would love for the label to not have this weird distortion.

If anyone is interested in looking into this, or if this is just a F360 bug, I will attach the model file as well as the decal file I made. The label wrap is transparent while the model is a red aluminum.

Thanks in advance,

Mike

Re: Decal on 3D surface is distorted

traditional.builds — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 20:37:00 GMT

Also, if anyone sees this; whenever I try to render the model despite the distortion, the decal disappears. I read somewhere that the decal may be inverted, or on the "inside" which makes little sense because it should be a solid model. I also cannot use the "reverse normal" feature since it's a curved surface and not a flat face (or am I wrong on that?)

Either way, the decal is gone when I try to render. Any thoughts?

Re: Decal on 3D surface is distorted

TrippyLighting — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 21:24:33 GMT

I don't see the decal disappearing in the downloaded file when I use the canvas render. I've not tried the local or cloud render yet.

I can see the artifacts where the decal start/end meets and that should not be the case.

@jodom4 can you direct this to the right team ?

Re: Decal on 3D surface is distorted

traditional.builds — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 21:47:58 GMT

Maybe my F360 is just being buggy. To test some things out, I split the body of the can randomly, and then hit undo, and then for some reason the decal shows up in render. F360 be weird like that sometimes.

Re: Decal on 3D surface is distorted

jodom4 — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 23:26:25 GMT

Hey guys, thanks for bringing this to my attention. I'm asking around in the development team to see if we can help out.

Re: Decal on 3D surface is distorted

traditional.builds — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:31:52 GMT

Thank you for looking into this. I have seen other users with this same issue and have found 1 workaround but it seems like it should not be as complex as it has to be.

Thanks again,

Mike