Best way to place this Tambour pattern on a model? Small Curved riveted pattern?

[Anonymous]

For those of you who are aware of Tambour units that go into offices. They are those small storage cabinets that usually have a planter on top of them. 

I am trying to model families of them now for use in office projects. I am struggling to get this pattern on the door that opens them. It is quite important to get this pattern right because i will be using them alot. Can anyone help me get this pattern right please? I need it as realistic as possible for future rendering

Please see below pattern on door

Thanks

[karibal]

I think you should create a material for that pattern rather than model them individually, since you only need them for renders.

[barthbradley]

I'll add that level of detail is typically show in Architectural Details. It's just too small to be modeled. Keep in mind Line Weight and Scale. You could certainly model those tiny holes, but as soon you turn off Thin Lines, they'll just be a bunch of solid filled dots.  Not only that, if you draw them at 1:1 scale,  the lowest Pen Weight will probably make them twice that size.   Bottom line: save off that level of detail and construction information for Architectural Details.  

[barthbradley]

Then again... 

[karibal]

I think the pattern on the door he wants

[Anonymous]

problem is annotation doesnt show up in rendering software like Lumion. I have to model it have no choice

[barthbradley]

Ha! I must be thinking of my Granny.  Tambour is also an embroidery frame.  She always carried one with her.  So in my head, Tambour=Embroidery=Decorative Design.   Anyways, I got my head straight now, boss.  he, he. 

...okay, I know this isn't a bone fide "Tambour" cabinetry , but close enough. This is the Render Appearence of the cabinets above. 

[Anonymous]

ive kind of figured out a solution,

map the pattern out in reference planes and then use void extrusion for a -3mm 30mm profile

It is incredibly tedious to do, this explains why i cant find a good tambour unit BIM anywhere lol

[barthbradley · Accepted solution]

Why do all that work? @karibal was spot on. Just use a Render image.  I pulled this one off line in a matter of seconds via Google Images.  Took no time to apply the .png it to the Material's Rendering Appearance.  

[Anonymous]

hey where is the image? I think you forgot to attach it?

Will it be visible in lumion though and work in lumion?

Lumion works best with actual mass

[barthbradley]

Dude, it all Geometry. I know I'm only showing the cabinets in Elevation, but it is 3D.  Cast shadows just like the real thing and it uses a Photo-Realistic Rendering Appearance.    

[Anonymous]

Hey is that model on message number 4 above on any online libraries?

That is pretty much excactly what im looking for?

[barthbradley]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hey is that model on message number 4 above on any online libraries?

That is pretty much excactly what im looking for?

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No. I just built it as an example for this thread yesterday.  Unfortunately, I deleted the file, but it's quick and easy to reproduce. Cabinets are out-of-the-box families found in the Casework folder of the standard Library. The ornamental trim piece above the cabinets is just an extrusion with a bunch of holes cut through it.  The surface patterns on the cabinet doors is a simple parallel line hatch pattern.  The only thing that was not "stock", was the Tambour Rendering Appearance Image I gave you.