Pepakura Designer supports all the most famous 3D file formats: Metasequoia (mqo), AutoCAD 3D (dxf), Wavefront (obj), 3DS Max (3ds), Google Earth4 (kml, kmz), Binary/ASCII STL (stl), Lightwave (lwo), Collada (dae) and others. Load a ready-made three-dimensional model from a file into the application and the program will automatically generate a two-dimensional expanded pattern from it. The principle of using the program is very simple. With its help you can easily create any three-dimensional paper objects, from simple animal figures or car models to more complex 3D objects, such as masks, helmets, armor and so on. I will also be using my own model of Legacy Effects Tarkov chest plate from the “We Are ODST” live action short film.Pepakura Designer is a very interesting program, which can be very useful for paper modelers who are seriously interested in the art of porcelain-craft and origami. I will be using Google Sketch-Up 7 for this tutorial. You need Pepakura Designer to scale and properly print your Pepakura models.įirst, open your model of choice in Google Sketch-Up. If you do not have a password, you can not save your files in Pepakura Designer or Viewer. In order to save your 3D models in Pepakura Designer, you need a Pepakura password. If you have any further questions regarding modeling with Google Sketch-Up 7, or any questions regarding making props and/or costumes, feel free to ask me.

This may not be hw everybody else does it, but this is how I do it. SKP file into Pepakura Designer 3 format (.PDO).

I have decided to write a tutorial to help ease the amount of question threads being created, and to make it so you have less stress attempting to export a. I have noticed an abundance of question threads asking how to export a model from Google Sketch-Up to Pepakura Designer.

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