# Reverse engineer

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/reverse-engineer/19023>\
**Category:** Share your creations\
**Created:** [April 27, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/reverse-engineer/19023 "2022-04-27T05:40:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hammerhand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/hammerhand/32/13455_2.png) [@Hammerhand](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Hammerhand)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 5:40am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/reverse-engineer/19023/1 "2022-04-27T05:40:25Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/c/cd99a97554275890732eb7921e6e31b87d5f0f00.jpeg)  
I need a fairly photo realistic, quite accurate model of a 6 inch suction cup that we use pretty regularly in film. The visualization tools are really lining up with the real world materials very well.  

In the same session today, I was able to build a good model of the one thing every film set has, the common apple box. Although they seldom look this clean.

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**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/reverse-engineer/19023/2 "2022-04-27T16:41:51Z")

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For those that don’t know what an apple box is or how it’s used, here’s a retro toy commercial shoot from the '70’s (I think). It prominently shows a couple of apple boxes and I believe a half-apple in the center of the pic (lower far distance).

 ![retro commercial shoot](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/1/1729cc819ebf2cccc35c34e62c2b15f6b6cb7b42.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Hammerhand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/hammerhand/32/13455_2.png) [@Hammerhand](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Hammerhand)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/reverse-engineer/19023/3 "2022-04-28T01:54:08Z")

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Awesome pic Mike. Thanks for that. Yes that’s a half apple. Everything is based on inches, a single inch box is called a pancake. For extra points, can you name that dolly? The black fabric frame is a cutter, I’ve already modelled one to practice getting sweep right and tricking the fabric by shelling a rectangle. Shapr’s modern fabric at low scale is a great replica of the real stuff. All these film equipment elements will be in a composite I’ll post soon.