Comments on: Videotutorial: Making A Paper Turkey

By: Bmud

Bmud — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:43:08 +0000

In case you get lost, here's the same PDF with numbered edges and tabs: http://www.osysi.net/files/3d/suzanne_in_paper_numbered.pdf

By: Bmud

Bmud — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:24:34 +0000

Kay, I found out that this image isn't the right size to print when you view it in the browser and doubley-bad it ends up being way too small for anyone to do suzanne's tiny nose…

Here's the Pepakura file: http://www.osysi.net/files/3d/suzanne_in_paper.pdo
Here's a PDF splitting it up into four pages: http://www.osysi.net/files/3d/suzanne_in_paper.pdf

By: Bmud

Bmud — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:30:53 +0000

Did somebody (Eugene) say SUZANNE?
http://www.osysi.net/files/3d/suzanne_in_paper.jpg

By: allisonx

allisonx — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:59:42 +0000

Hey!

I am so impressed to see everyone implementing this system. Please post images of your paper models somewhere public, that would be great! I teach a class that uses this in an assignment and I would love to have more examples to show them.

Best wishes,

Allison Kudla

By: Mikkel

Mikkel — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:22:37 +0000

Thanks, Bmud!

I found out that it crashes when you try to apply a texture when there are no textures in the list. If I go export a 3ds-file from Blender, I get over that problem, but it doesn't map my uv textures correctly. It doesn't crash, the mapping is just wrong.
If I use an LWO file, I had different problems, but I seem to have gotten over them by exporting each blender object separately. I will need to buy Pepakura to combine them into one Pepakura project later, though.
The last thing I need to do is to flip the V-axis in Pepakura – otherwise my textures are mapped upside down.

But I finally got it to work now too! I had given up hope until your post inspired me to experiment some more.

By: Bmud

Bmud — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:04:12 +0000

I've been hammering at this for two nights, and I finally found the perfect match.

1. Make sure your normals are all pointing the right directions!!
2. Export as a LIGHTWAVE (LWO) file from Blender.
3. Open LWO file in Pepakura.
4. When it asks you about normals, if your faces aren't WHITE then something is wrong.
5. Access [3DModelWindow > Texture Configuration...] You should now see at least one listed texture assignment. I have one called "Pallette."
6. Load up your images as needed and – hey! – it DOESN'T CRASH! :D

By: Mikkel

Mikkel — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:55:54 +0000

Am I the only one who can't get UV-mapped textures to work correctly in Pepakura? They render fine in Blender, but when I export the model to Pepakura (through a 3ds file), some faces are mapped fine, others are completely messed up.

By: Bmud

Bmud — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:19:26 +0000

I absolutely love papercraft, and I was already considering using that python script that unfolds meshes, but this is way cool in that it adds the tabs for you to prevent mistakes. I'll never forget my first paper helicopter… the S-18 http://www.netbabyworld.com/museum/

By: steve

steve — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:46:40 +0000

That's the ultimate way for GI-photoreal rendering! Just convert your models to paper and
light and photograph them in the real world ;-)

By: roofoo

roofoo — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 04:47:03 +0000

Thanks so much for posting this! I'm really excited about the possibilities this opens up!

A couple things that will help other people:

1.) In the video, she exports the 3D model as a dxf, but a superior file format would be an wavefront obj. file, which will keep your materials/textures, so when you import that into Pepakura, you can print out the pattern with the textures already applied!

2.) When you are folding, pay attention to the folding lines. The lines with a dot-dash-dot pattern are a mountain fold, while the dash-dash-dash lines are a valley fold. The mountain folds are convex, and the valley folds are concave.

I am currently folding a duck that I had modeled several years ago, I'm eager to see how it turns out!