Allgemein
Software notes
This question I get a lot: Where can I get the software to re-create this and what does it cost? Short answer: We made a ‘Notchflap’ Blender plugin. Blender is free. The plugin is not. And here comes a bunch Read more…
Papercraft
Creating animations
To get an idea beforehand how the object would fold, animations may come in helpful. Using Blenders animation capabilities, we can determine the fold order easily on the virtual object before actually cutting it into paper. This also allows to Read more…
Papercraft
Kirigami plotting
Pop up cards, also known as Kirigami are a modified variant of Origami, where slit cuts are allowed, or rather: mandatory. Typically, one would find these folded cards which pop up into some threedimensional object when opened. Many professional Kirigami-Makers Read more…
Papercraft
Glueless folding of 3D polygon models
The technique is known: polygonal models can be constructed by a flattened pattern by folding and glued together, possibly from several separate parts. Almost no swiss school kid could avoid these flat pattern kits of a local medieval building model. Read more…