How to use Pepakura

 by TryHonesty14
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 Pepakura (often referred to as "Pep") is a program that creates buildable papercraft models. Using 3 dimensional data, Pepakura allows the model to be unfolded to a flat template to be cut, folded, and glued together. Pepakura accepts a range of 3D file extensions, and can save files in its native extension (.pdo).
 
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Step 1: Download Pepakura

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To download Pepakura, you will need to visit Pepakura's website

Select "Download" from the left. Once on the download page, select Pepakura Designer. Follow the download and installation instructions on that page.

mhernandez0605 says: May 8, 2013. 7:37 PM
can some on please help me i am trying to make a master cheif helmet but i cant seem to get the file on to pepakura i have also tried to get the file from other sites but it still didn't work......................................................PLEAS SOME ON HELP!!!!!
begothic says: Apr 17, 2013. 9:21 AM
I think that every time lol.
wcgems says: Oct 24, 2012. 6:50 AM
You might want to change this section of SCALING. #4 should read "number found in STEP 3" not step 2. That is a little confusing and I only figured that out by looking at OTHER resizing info. ALSO, in #2 you might want to put the formula in parentheses as at first reading it looked like you wanted me to do 86.74/86= because of the PERIOD.
krasonable says: Sep 4, 2012. 6:30 PM
among other things, I imagine building the gnarliest Gundam models outta this baby!
Mex5150 says: Aug 7, 2012. 9:46 AM
Is it just me or does anybody else think 'pedophile' is not a good choice of file format name?
Mex5150 says: Aug 7, 2012. 9:36 AM
I know Pepakura runs (to a degree) under WINE on Linux, but does anybody know of a native application that will do this?
tinker234 says: May 30, 2011. 12:45 PM
thank you i love the program ill follow you on here
bobbubbles says: Jan 3, 2011. 11:11 PM
is it free? and how big is it (as in mb or gb)
SWSMFilms in reply to bobbubblesMar 11, 2011. 4:45 AM
It's around 5 mb
Vatterix says: Nov 13, 2010. 6:33 AM
is it free or do you have to pay for it?
arienh4 in reply to VatterixJan 10, 2011. 10:24 PM
It costs $38.
kcls says: Mar 26, 2010. 6:30 AM
Can you import 3d models from sketchup, and then convert it to papercraft? I also foun a super cool pop-up card designer on their website!
mparent in reply to kclsAug 5, 2010. 10:13 AM
There is a sketchup plugin called "unfold" that you can use to unfold a 3d design within sketchup.
TryHonesty14 (author) in reply to kclsMar 26, 2010. 1:06 PM
 Yes you can! :) You can also import from blender or 3d studio max :)

Best Regards Michael
kcls in reply to TryHonesty14Mar 26, 2010. 2:44 PM
So, what if you import a model with round sides? Does it "paperize" it and substitute, like, 3 folds for it?
TryHonesty14 (author) in reply to kclsMar 30, 2010. 1:36 PM
 Yes, thats exactly what it does ;)
kcls in reply to TryHonesty14Mar 30, 2010. 5:17 PM
coolio!
qwiboh says: Mar 25, 2010. 12:29 PM
 is pepakura for mac
Landon Sullivan in reply to qwibohMar 25, 2010. 5:49 PM
No, sorry! You can either run it through Bootcamp or a similar program, or convert the .pdo files that you download to .pdf files that can be read with Adobe Reader. There is a tutorial on the 405th website@ 405th.com, but I don't remember where it is. :P Check the stickies on the forums.
keernan says: Mar 24, 2010. 5:18 PM
 This is all great, but how do I MAKE the file in Pepakura. This is all going of the fact that whoever is doing this, HAS the blueprints, I don't.
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