Model a Cassette in Plasticity

CAD for artists and designers—Plasticity! If you haven’t had the pleasure of playing with this powerful yet simple CAD modeling tool, you are missing out. In this video I run through my process for modeling a cassette tape. The techniques learned in this video can be used to build an infinite number of models... you’re only limited by your imagination! 00:05 Disclaimer 01:05 Other resources for learning Plasticity 01:32 Organize your reference in PureRef 01:38 Start with a rectangle 01:43 Extruding 01:53 Beveling or Filleting 03:24 Subtract shapes with Boolean 03:48 Using a 2D shape to imprint a curve 06:42 Cut and mirror 11:58 Create the screw head 12:53 Create the inner workings of the cassette 14:24 Radial array 15:25 Exporting an optimized OBJ 16:49 Import to Blender 16:55 Cleanup in Blender (if necessary) 19:45 Add HDRI lighting in Blender 20:10 Create a material using nodes for Cycles in Blender If you’re already familiar with Blender 3D, you’re in luck! Plasticity shares a lot of the same keyboard shortcuts. Pro tip: if you’re using this tool on a laptop, go to the preferences and change the input to “touchpad“.