![]() I'd go the whole hog and use a metal ruler and a cutting mat too (scrap thick cardboard also works but it needs to be big). ![]() Play around You are also going to need something sharp - scalpel/ craft knife (or an "xacto" to be all brand namey). My mate allofusarelost even uses photo paper for his. **double edit** Aparently there's a plugin for sketchup that converts the faces into SVG format for use in inkscape As well as the software ye are going to need a printer and some fair meaty paper or card- theres a lot of play in the weights but go for something that will be sturdy but isnt so thick that the peices dont fit together properly. Google Sketchup *edit* I had bit of a dabble with this the other day and as people on the comments pointed out, it doesnt save natively to a format that pepakura designer can read, but you can export your models in google earth 4 format and it does work. However if you as skint as me there are several freeware alternatives to the big name programs: Metasequoia LE - This is the one i use, it's freeware and again japanese so the help files arent too hot and there are a few bugs that crop up every once in a while. Pepakura Designer 2 For the initial modelling software, use what you are comfortable with - Pepakura designer accepts a wide range of filetypes ( listed here). Its not much and its a way of thanking the peeps who went and made the prgram. There is a way around this but if you are going to be using this on a regular basis i would reccomend splashing out on the complete version. It's also shareware - you can work on a project and print it out but you can't save. The program we are going to use to make the nets is called Pepakura Designer 2 - It's a japanese program and so the documentation for it is a bit squiffy. ![]() ![]() Props to them, but you have to be precise and i'm a messy kinda guy. I'm not saying this is the only way, there are people out there that design completely using pen and paper. The way i design paper toys is to work at them in a 3d modelling program and then export to another program that breaks them down into nets that you can print off and assemble. ![]()
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