Useful toolset for layout editing Pepakura Designer provides a simple and useful toolset for layout editing.

One button unfolding An unfolded 3D model pattern is generated at the press of a button.

Other people can see both 3D model and 2D pattern by using Pepakura Viewer. Pepakura Designer supports the following 3D formats. Pepakura Designer integrations Supported formats

All you have to do is prepare the 3D model. No special knowledge is required for making papercraft patterns. So the starting point is to take a 3D computer model created in your favorite modeling software, then use Pepakura Designer to create a 2D pattern which when cut out, folded and glued produces a 3D paper model. Pepakura does not have the possibility to create original 3D data. Pepakura transforms 3d models into printable 2D designs suitable for building out of paper. The software is developed in Japan (the word Pepakura stands for papercraft in Japanese). This can be done automatically or by specifying which edges need cutting first.

Unfolding involves cutting the mesh into patches and then flattening them. Pepakura Designer enables you to import a wide range of 3D objects and unfolds it to help you build physical models.

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