The J. Ramón Grau 50-066 knob without CAD: 8 finishes and 24 images from photos and dimensions
The 50-066 zamak knob by J. Ramón Grau (La Pobla Llarga, Valencia, Spain), a manufacturer of furniture hardware. This is a self-initiated test, not a commission. There was no 3D file of the product: it was modelled from their photographs and dimensions, and its 8 finishes were rendered in three views, plus the knob fitted on a cabinet door.
Lifestyle, two packshot views and the cover of the presentation delivered.
All 8 finishes, each with its views
The eight finishes J. Ramón Grau offers for the 50-066, each in three views with the same light and the same framing. Change the viewpoint or tap a finish to see its sheet.
The 8 finishes in its product sheet
The problem
Many traditional hardware manufacturers have no CAD for their catalogue: the parts come from old moulds and paper drawings. And their finishes are exactly the hardest to photograph well: aged silver, aged leather, satins and chrome. Each one reacts differently to light, and in a photo shoot every finish is a new photo that has to be lit again.
How it was done
The knob was modelled from photographs of the product and its main dimensions, with no source 3D file. That’s the step that can’t be skipped: for the image to be the manufacturer’s product and not something that looks like it, someone has to measure it. Then the 8 finishes were built as dedicated materials — the patina of aged silver and aged leather, dark in the recesses and worn on the edges; the turned texture of the satins; the reflections of the chrome — and rendered in three packshot views and in a lifestyle scene, fitted on a cabinet door.
What was delivered
- 24 images: 8 finishes × 3 views, plus lifestyle.
- A designed presentation with the part in all its finishes, for sales teams and distributors.
- Zero physical samples shipped: the manufacturer didn’t have to send anything.
Who this is for
For manufacturers of knobs, handles and decorative hardware with a long-standing catalogue and no 3D files: modelling from references pays off when the part has many finishes, because it’s paid for once and the images of every finish come from the same model. How the price is calculated.