Add Box Faces
3D Box Maker Professional comes with a sample set of box faces. You can take a look at them by clicking Start > All Programs > Blink Development > Templates. The images themselves are in the JPG subdirectory (usually C:\Program Files\3dBoxMaker\Templates\JPG).
Once you've opened this directory, you will see three images. box-front.jpg fits on either the front or back of the box, box-left.jpg fits on the sides and box-top.jpg fits on either the top or the bottom of the box.
The image dimensions are as follows (for creating your own box faces):
Front/Back : 800px by 1010px
Left/Right: 166px by 1010px
Top/Bottom: 800px by 120px
To add the box face images to your box, start by creating a new box (click File > New in 3d Box Maker Pro).
You should see a new blank box apear in the work area (like Figure 1.1).

Figure 1.1 - A new blank box
Now let's add the front face to the box. To do this, click Images > Front (see Figure 1.2), and select the box-front.jpg image in the dialog that comes up. You may have to navigate to the templates directory (C:\Program Files\3dBoxMaker\Templates\JPG).

Figure 1.2 - Adding a front face |

Figure 1.3 - Newly added front face |
Now let's change the camera angle so that we can see the box's left side. We do this by clicking and dragging with the left mouse button in the work area. The final result should look something like Figure 1.4.

Figure 1.4 - Changed camera angle
Now that we have changed the angle, it's a little tough to see the lower right hand corner of the box. This is because the color of the front face in that area is the same color as the background. So, let's change the background color to white so that it will stand out in high relief. To do this, click Scene > Background Color and pick white from the dialog that pops up (see Figure 1.5).

Figure 1.5 - Select background color dialog
Now that things are a little easier to see, let's add the left and top faces. This is done the same way as the front face by selecting the specific face from the Images menu. The final result should look like Figure 1.6.

Figure 1.6 - Box with faces added
Now that we have a nice looking box, let's move on to add some nice, fancy touches. |