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At work my boss has been really frustrated because we don't know how to do the My little diamond cable in 3D with good texture.. we always do something who look off. I feel like putting a texture on a simple tube won't work. Here is what we are trying to achieve :

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I'm trying to understand how to do this in blender then export in keyshot. I will also ask on the keyshot stack exchange because it is the industry standard but my love for blender will forever stay ;)

Here is a mega link with the object with are trying to work with : https://mega.nz/file/ov5wiaAD#buIksBpoAgYFA8w6cvAm_Oc72aZPkKmiBv5mfO5P5qk

we've been stuck on this subject for like a month now lol

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  • $\begingroup$ Hello I can't open your .obj, but what are you struggling with, the shape? the material? $\endgroup$
    – moonboots
    Nov 11 at 21:24
  • $\begingroup$ @moonboots the shape and the material -_- $\endgroup$
    – isma9807
    Nov 11 at 21:25
  • $\begingroup$ @moonboots i'll try to send you a better file $\endgroup$
    – isma9807
    Nov 11 at 21:25
  • $\begingroup$ @moonboots mega.nz/file/… This is a STL file, need to separate by loose parts $\endgroup$
    – isma9807
    Nov 11 at 21:33
  • $\begingroup$ Have you tried with braided hair? You can make it editable and exported $\endgroup$
    – Emir
    Nov 11 at 22:49

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You can try it this way (it needs to be improved). Create a half circle:

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Duplicate, rotate:

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Rotate 45° on Y:

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Duplicate, rotate 90° on Y:

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Array, give it a Skin and a Subdivision Surface modifier:

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Link-duplicate 2 times, it seems like these are 3 ropes intertwined:

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Give it a material (probably needs a bit of hair):

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File:

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  • $\begingroup$ Hi thanks you a lot, can you send me the file or just the curve, i want to learn how to do it, i struggle to visualize what you have done $\endgroup$
    – isma9807
    Nov 12 at 8:54
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    $\begingroup$ Sure, here it is: blend-exchange.com/b/yZMbz3vs $\endgroup$
    – moonboots
    Nov 12 at 8:59
  • $\begingroup$ thanks you a lot $\endgroup$
    – isma9807
    Nov 12 at 9:48

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