Quinn Baldacci: Week 4 Detergent Bottle

For my detergent bottle I looked at the tutorial and then went with a little different design.  I got about half way through my first design when I realized it wasn't really useful.  It was too back heavy and would have been hard to pour.  So I reworked my initial rails so that with the handle and bottom cut out it would be easier to pour.  I know large detergent bottles can be very heavy when full so I used the bottom cut out to create a place to support the bottle when pouring the detergent.  Personally I like the bottles that have measuring cup/caps that can just be dropped in with laundry but I didn't think that would work well with this bottle.  Instead I used the curves from the bottle, extended them and created a cap that was more of an extension of the bottle. I added a label and hollowed out the inside.

I used sweep2 and loft quite a bit on this model.  Making the screw threads on the cap was easier because I had already done it for my flashlight.  Some of my fillets gave me trouble because of some tiny geometry that was forming.  I fixed that and only had to use pipe/split/blend on the top edge because of some edges left form fixing a previous change.  Hollowing the bottle was interesting.  I copied a smaller model inside and then stretched it a bit so it didn't cut into the handle hole.  I also removed the handle so make it easier to hollow.  The edge analysis says I have three naked edges but I can't find them!  I don't see any pink lines or dots anywhere.

In keyshot I used plastic for the body and cap and then a matte paint for the label.  I like the look of the clear plastic for the cap and it makes it easier to see where you're measuring to when pouring.  I used bright colors because those are the detergent I notice at the store.  I usually go for Tide which is the classic bright orange but I actually notice bright greens first so I used that instead.  Bright green also fits better with the scents detergents usually have.  I wanted to add lettering to the label but rhino kept crashing on me and I didn't want to push my luck.  I'll probably add it in later when I have time.