Blog: How to Make a 3D Packaging Mockup in Adobe Illustrator (Free Plug-in)
Place a production-ready dieline, design your box, and see it in 3D, all without leaving Adobe Illustrator. The Die Cut Templates plug-in is free to install. This video walks through the whole flow, from installing the plug-in to sharing a 3D mockup.
In this tutorial
- Install the Die Cut Templates plug-in from Adobe Exchange
- Pick a dieline template from more than 37,000 dielines
- Generate a dieline in your size, for the outside, the inside, or both
- Design your packaging the way you always do
- Create a 3D mockup, then update it after every change
- Share the mockup with a link, or render a 360° video in up to 8K
Chapters
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:19 What you need
- 0:49 Install the plug-in
- 1:00 Open the panel
- 1:20 Sign in
- 1:40 Find a box
- 2:02 Set your size
- 2:24 See the dieline on your artboard
- 2:56 Add your artwork
- 3:21 Create the 3D mockup
- 3:53 Share and 360° video
Want to read about the plug-in rather than watch? See Dielines and 3D mockups inside Adobe Illustrator.
Die Cut Templates is an online packaging template collection, custom dieline generator, template maker and a packaging design tool with nesting, manufacturing cost calculator and 3D capabilities. All of the packaging templates are easy to download.
We have over 35,000 vector packaging templates (dielines) for tuck end boxes, snap lock boxes, tuck top auto bottom boxes,
standard boxes, four corner tray boxes, fruit and vegetable boxes, special boxes, separators, paper bags, gift boxes
and a great number of packaging templates. With Die Cut Templates, you can arrange your dielines using the nesting tool.
Die Cut Templates also offers uploading your logos and artwork for your 3d Mockup designs and offers online previews in 3D.
Die Cut Templates also provide a Dielines API.
Dielines API allows for generating custom dielines in PDF, DXF, and SVG formats, along with 3D mockups and nesting.