About this squeeze tube

A squeeze tube is a round sleeve with a moulded head at one end and a flat heat-seal at the other, so its shape runs from a circle to a line. The mockup builds that transition with rounded side folds, the way a filled tube settles, and stands it on its cap, seal up, the way tubes stand on a shelf.

Three caps: flip-top and screw cap, which stand the tube up, and the slim ribbed cap of a toothpaste tube, which can't, so the tube lies on its back. Six presets from a 16 × 65 mm sample to a 50 × 180 mm body lotion.

Front and back are each half the circumference; artwork reads with the cap at the bottom, the stand-up convention.

Questions

Why is the artwork upside down when the tube is held?

Stand-up tubes are printed to read with the cap down; when the motion lifts the tube cap-up, the print turns with it, as on a real one.

Can I use my own sizes?

Yes. Each product has sliders for its main dimensions and presets for the common sizes; everything else, such as wall thickness or spine width, follows from them.

What size should my artwork be?

The Artwork panel shows each area's print size in millimetres for the current settings; prepare the file at that size, at 300 dpi if it is for print too.

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