If you've purchased Pepakura then you should have received a code to allow you to save. Sadly Pepakura isn't free so you need to buy before you can save...

Thanks !@@paperhen

The only one I know about is something called 'unfolder for mac'. It's a Mac app as you would expect. I've not used it so can't comment on how useful it is.

Sorry, I don't understand. Could you explain?

How can I take these measurements my friend? For example, I want to make a 3d model dog. but i want to get this from paper like you did. How can I get the measurements of these papers and the measurements of the corners?

@@MrAkansu I think I understand. Using your example of the dog, you'd first model it in a 3D program like Blender and export it in .obj format. When you open it in Pepakura you set the scale to be the size of how big you want the paper dog to be. You can also set it later if you wish under the menu '2D/Scale'. If you want to measure a distance between two points then just right click in the 2D layout pane and select Measure. Then go over to the 3D pane and click on the two points you're interested in. Hope that makes sense...

Hi. In Pepakura 5 it's changed to 3D Model > Edge Selecting > Single Edge. Make sure that Edit Mode is set to Specify Cutline Edges first...

@@paperhen ohh thanks so muchh <33

Pep only allows you to change the overall scale of the model rather than scaling each dimension separately - because you're basically changing the model if you do this. If you want to change the height and width independently then you need to change the original 3D model, export and then open in Pep. If you don't have the 3D model then you can always export a Pep file to a .obj (File-Export-Texture Editing-3D Model with UV info) and then import that into your 3D software.

@@paperhen what program should I use to put the width, length and height measurements the way I want since Pepakura doesn't have a way to do that?

@@GamerPro-nw5lf I use Blender for all of my modelling work so I can recommend that. You just need to import the Pep obj file, scale the height and width as required and then export the model back to obj. If you've not used Blender before then there are loads of good beginner tutorials on YT.

I'm assuming you mean curving a surface as opposed to having flat planes and folds. To do this you just adjust whether the fold line is shown based on a threshold. So for example if you had a fold line which bends a surface slightly to say 160 degrees, then usually Pep would show this as a fold and you'd score and fold it. However if you wanted more of a curve and therefore not fold the surface then you'd ignore that line. You can get Pep to only display fold lines beyond a threshold by changing the 'hide nearly flat lines' setting in the menu 'Setting/Other Settings/Line Style'. So setting this to 160 degrees will hide any fold lines that are on surfaces which are 'flatter' than 160 degrees and hence will be curved when building the model.

Yes, just go into the 2D Menu and click Show Fold Angle. That will show the angle in degrees and whether the fold is a (m) mountain or (v) valley as well.

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Thanks for your kind words - and welcome to the world of papercraft!

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Not sure what you mean? Any surface in a 3D model will have a face. So even a table top will have at least six faces for the top, bottom and four sides. When unfolded in Pep it will turn into a single polygon with five folds.

a square is a polygon

You can either increase the amount of geometry (polys) in the original 3d model if you have access to it or, alternatively reduce the number of edges by hiding nearly flat edges using the Line Color Tool in pep. It depends on your model but generally don't go below about 160 Deg. If you're ultimately producing a 'real' helmet then you'd smooth with filler anway so it's a balance between how much you want to fill with a low poly model as opposed to how much time you take to build with a high poly model.

@@paperhen Well I read somewhere that it's best have as high a poly count or as accurate as possible before you start to print

You need to use 3D modelling software such as Blender (or others) to create your 3D design. There's loads of tutorials out there to help but start simple and get your end-to-end process working first before doing something more complicated.

You usually import the textures along with the original model. For example if I'd added a texture to my Dragon mask example I would have done this in Blender and then exported the texture as part of the .obj file (the texture is defined in an .mtl file). When Pep opens the obj file it also reads the texture file as well and shows it rendered both on the 3D view and when you unfold. It'll also print the texture in the final pdf, although can stop this by switching the texture on/off (in the 'Other' menu). One thing to remember though is to allow your texture to 'bleed' over the edges otherwise you'll get white line in your final model as it's very difficult to cut out the printed parts exactly along a line. The option for this is in the '2D Menu/Add Outline Padding' and the amount of padding is in 'Setting/Other Settings/Other Tab (Amount of Outline Padding)'.

@@paperhen Thank you a million!!!! I will use pep in my final exams for college. I work in blender but I wanted to create a set of simple low poly figurines with textures on it. You helped me a lot!

@@plakjeham118 No problem! If you're just starting with Pep textures then I'd experiment initially using the Blender default cube and painting on it to see the outcome in Pep. A big thing to remember is to get your low poly figurines and textures correct in Blender first before doing much in Pep. When I started I made the mistake of doing the full parts layout in Pep and then decided I wanted to change the model geometry. When you do this Pep cannot just reload the model as the geometry has changed so you have to start again. Good luck with your exams!

@@paperhen I fully understand that pep is quite similair to uv mapping. When texture is added the model should be finnished and no further changes will be made that could change the geometry. I will try out some simple geometric forms in pep with texture on it first to get the hang of it. My exam will start 2 nov. I started early exploring on what I wanted to do. So I got some time to learn more about the option that pep gives me. Excited to work with ir.

Thanks!

Go to the 3D menu and then 'change coordinates/change model coordinates'. If it's greyed out (because you've already unfolded) then you have to hit the 'Undo Unfold' button to clear the unfolding. Unfortunately you'll lose all of your current 2D layout when you do, so make a copy of your pdo and refer to it if you want to recreate your layout...

@@paperhen if the files I have are already unfolded, do I need to adjust the model coordinates? Also, the files I have are for foam. But, I want to make my armor out of card stock, resin and Bondo. Is there a difference or does it matter. I think all I have to do is scale the model to my size and add flaps

@@drpeppero3 You probably don't need to change the coordinates if it's already been done for the armour. As the files are for foam then I'd check that the 2D model is complete as quite often some parts are not. This is because foam already has a thickness so the parts of the model which add thickness are typically ignored and are moved off page. To check just select the thickness face of a few parts in the 3D model and see where they are in the 2D layout. If everything is there you should just need to scale and add flaps....

@@paperhen Thank you.

Do you mean the 3D model or the real thing?

@@paperhen I would like a Pepakura model of a German Fochs army vehicle. I want to make a robotic rover using it. Maybe with a front-end mod for mounting sensors, if possible. I can't do CAD stuff myself.

@@Farseeker0 Probably the best route is to try and get a good 3D modeller to do it for you. A site like www.cgtrader.com/ allows you to post a project as does www.freelancer.com/ . Alternatively you try posting something on the 3D modelling group on reddit...

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It's not done in pepakura - I add the icons in Adobe InDesign just for clarity.