Render Battle #6 - Coffee time ☕(Winner gets a real Prize!)

MichaelPascoe · January 23

Render Battle #6 - Coffee Time!

It's time to kick off 2025 and welcome everyone to the sixth Onshape unofficial render battle!
All forum users are welcome to participate and or judge the renders. (The Onshape team included. 😎)

Prize!!

1st place will receive the very first, official Render Battle ~~Jersey~~ Hoodie! The hoodie comes in two options which the winner can choose either (color) or (dark) and it will be ordered to size and shipped to the winner as soon as the battle ends. 2nd place will not get a hoodie, but they will achieve the mentionable Buzz Aldrin Award =).

How it works:

Whoever creates the most legit render using this Coffee Mug will win the battle!
The winner will also be added to the Render Battle "Hall of Fame" list for all future battles.

Rules:

Render must fall into the specified topic.
You may use the provided pre-modeled studio or your own. Feel free to model any additions to make your renders stand out!
Use Render studio or reality server for rendering.
Have fun!

Voting:

Render submission date March 1st 2025.
All entries must be submitted here before the submission date.
Anyone can vote!
- Voters account must be created before the date of this post to deter self or friend voting.
- Votes must be from relatively active forum members, not newly created accounts.
Voting will last for 1 week after the submission date.
The render with the most votes wins. (Tie breakers will be determined by likes.)

Hall of Fame:

Winners of previous Render Battles:

Winner of Render Battle #1 - June 2022 - @sebastian_glanzner
Winner of Render Battle #2 - November 2022 - @Axel_Kollmenter
Winner of Render Battle #3 - June 2023 - @richard_doyle
Winner of Render Battle #4 - September 2023 - @MichaelPascoe
Winner of Render Battle #5 - December 2023 - @bryan_lagrange

bryan_lagrange · January 26

Here is an early unofficial entry. 😉

MichaelPascoe · January 26

Thanks for kicking us off @bryan_lagrange! This is going to be fun!

It's time to up the stakes a bit. This year, the 1st place winner is going to receive a custom print Render Battle 2025 ~~jersey~~ hoodie. 😎

sebastian_glanzner · January 27

@bryan_lagrange nice rendering! Could you add a read heart between "I" and Onshape?

MDesign · January 27

that is a loud hoodie…haha

MichaelPascoe · January 27

@MDesign brings up a good point, in case the winner want's something slightly less loud, but still loud =P. I've made a dark mode option for the hoodie prize:

MichaelPascoe · January 30

Man this steam is difficult. I can't seem to make a custom texture either, no images show up when i import bitmap with either function. There really needs to be a "Custom texture" texture that quickly lets us choose different settings and assign a simple image, normal, bump, etc…

Here is a test render just playing around:

Test Render Battle #6 - Entry (Pascoe).png

Hellessey · February 2

Hey! First post on the Onshape forums, I'm pretty active on the subreddit and often find answers here but somehow don't find myself here otherwise.

Anyway, I'm not sure how much smoke and mirrors everybody else has to incorporate to get some of the incredible past results I've seen, but here is my own coffee mug, redone in Onshape.

Here is the actual mug from the store I bought it from. Really struggled to get the earthiness of the mug right, but pretty happy with the overall result!

MichaelPascoe · February 4

That looks amazing @Hellessey, nice work! And welcome to the render battles 😎

Derek_Van_Allen_BD · February 4

I tried to add creamer to the coffee and something went wrong, can someone help?

Render Battle #6 - January 2025 - Copy.png

MichaelPascoe · February 4

Dang that's a lot of creamer! 🤣

Looks like your mug is made entirely out of coffee too, could be hard to handle irl.

But seriously, if you actually needed help, try not modeling the creamer, but just changing the color of the "coffee" to be lighter. I usually don't give away trade secrets until the end of the battle, but here is a hint:

Derek_Van_Allen_BD · February 4

I'm just goofing, that's the dirty broth dense applied there but with way more water absorption factor because I like my coffee strong. Even if it is dirty broth. The real hangup is attempting to figure out volumetric modifiers to make the steam work but I can't seem to find a way to make that happen without involving reflectivity in some way.

sebastian_glanzner · February 4

Render Battle #6 - January 2025 - Sebastian.png

@MichaelPascoe Nice challenge!
I tried my best to render coffee in a glass mug.

For anyone wondering how to improve the rendering of a fluid in a glass, you have to make the fluid bigger so it overlaps a bit with the mug. Adding a radius on the edge of the fluid helps to make it look more realistic.

MichaelPascoe · February 5

That's dope @sebastian_glanzner! Thanks for the tip, wouldn't have thought of that.

MichaelPascoe · February 6

Here is my entry:
Everything is 100% Onshape. No pictures except the branding decals for the mug and the coffee bag.
I'll disclose my rendering tricks after the battle is over for anyone who is interested. 😉
Oh, and sorry for taking up half the page, the spoiler option has been broken lately so I can't collapse images into it.

Coffee maker

La Pavoni Lever Espresso Machines a public model by @john_hauck

Mug

I added the Meteor's logo to my mug using the new Decal tool in the part studio. This was my favorite coffee shop in Little Rock before they closed. The Meteor still exists in Bentonville: https://themeteor.cafe/bentonville

Coffee Bag

Community was the first coffee brand my wife and I got into. It isn't niche or locally roasted, but it's always there for you.
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bryan_lagrange · February 6

🤯Wow! @MichaelPascoe

sebastian_glanzner · February 6

Great work! @MichaelPascoe

bryan_lagrange · February 6

🤣 @sebastian_glanzner you are in the lead because of the comedy.

MichaelPascoe · February 6

Didn't know Onshape could render videos. 😉
This is pretty cool! https://imagetovideoai.io/
Words are hit or miss =P

john_hauck · February 7

@MichaelPascoe wonderful work! Thank you for giving me credit on the modeling of the La Pavoni Stradivari. I will share this with the La Pavoni community. They will be thrilled to see your work!

MichaelPascoe · February 18

Attention Render Battle participants.

💎10 Days Remaining!💎

Remember to get your renders posted here before March 1st.

🏆Do you have what it takes to bring home the hoodie prize?🏆

bryan_lagrange · February 19

I"ll make this one my official entry.

Render Battle #6 - January 2025 - Copy(1).png

MichaelPascoe · February 20

Scenic! Reminds me of a ski lodge in the mountains.
Ty for the entry @bryan_lagrange!

Ok, there are 9 document copies, so I know we have unseen renders waiting to reveal themselves. Let's see those beautiful mugs! 😎

Render Battle #6 - Coffee time ☕(Winner gets a real Prize!)