This time around, it was sized perfectly. I shalln’t bore you with a long walkthrough, as Pepakura is Pepakura is Pepakura (you cut, score, fold, stick – that’s it), but here are some pictures of the build using 170gsm cardstock. If you read the previous post you’ll see that I’m using that helmet design as a base which I can then alter as I see fit once I’ve created a solid resin mould.Ĭompared to say the Iron Man helmet or the Mass Effect N7 helmets that I’ve built in the past, this Pepakura file was really easy, bar the two cupped sections on the ears which were a little fiddly, but I got there in the end. NB: A few people on Reddit have comment that this looks like one of the Daft Punk helmets, and that’s because it is. On the whole, the viewer features are well represented and the extra functionality offered by Pepakura Viewer can surely make it the best tool for handling Pepakura Designer files.Before reading this post, you should make sure that you’re familiar with the Space Assassin design that I’m going to be making, else this might not make a lot of sense.īased on yesterday’s attempt at sizing the Space Assassin helmet (which was way too large), today I rescaled it and made the accurate Pepakura of the helmet that I’m basing my design on. The customization settings include a most useful texture configuration area from where you can assign the images you wish to be used in your design. It is also possible to have part names shown in the 2D view, the page numbers and others that are useful in understanding how the end-product will look like. When it comes to the viewing options of the software, there are quite a few you can activate from the dedicated menu. Insofar as the flat view is concerned, it will help you make an idea on how the paper template should be cut from the sheet it is printed on.

The three-dimensional view enables you to rotate the model and look at it from pretty much any angle. Once you open a Pepakura Designer file, you will be able to look at it from two perspectives: 3D and 2D. The interface of Pepakura Viewer is clean and simple, with all the functions easily accessible from the main toolbar or from the corresponding menus. The tasks that can be carried out with the help of this particular program include loading and analyzing paper models, as well as printing the template that will be used to put together the design and thus bring the concept to life. Such a utility is the one going by the name of Pepakura Viewer and it was made to complement Pepakura Designer.

Many software solutions that are dedicated to 3D design are accompanied by separate tools that will serve a simple purpose, namely the previewing of the files created by the main application.

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