Unfolding 3D Models.

squidthingsquidthing
Posted:
in Mac Software edited January 2014
I'm looking for a free Program or Cinema 4D plugin that will flatten out a 3D model for me, so it can be printed on paper to fold into a paper model. I think the technical term is 'skinning'



(I have already tried touchCAD but this seems to be completely incompatible with everything I do.)



I have Mac OS X and OS 9.



Andrew.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    Try this
  • Reply 2 of 5
    squidthingsquidthing Posts: 124member
    That is the software I've already tried, and there seems to be no way of transferring a model from Cinema 4D to this software without it falling apart. And even if I did, I can't afford to buy this software only to use it once.



    Andrew
  • Reply 3 of 5
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by SquidThing

    That is the software I've already tried, and there seems to be no way of transferring a model from Cinema 4D to this software without it falling apart. And even if I did, I can't afford to buy this software only to use it once.



    Andrew



    May I recommend



    http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/idex.html



    His site is simply chocker full of goodies..I seem to remember something like what you are asking for, being within his site..



    PS :



    He has been a devoted Macman for decades..but also speaks other lesser OS languages...



    Cheers
  • Reply 4 of 5
    svinsvin Posts: 30member
    FormZ has this as a standard feature.
  • Reply 5 of 5
    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by SquidThing

    that will flatten out a 3D model for me, so it can be printed on paper to fold into a paper model. I think the technical term is 'skinning'





    actually, i think the word you're looking for is Origami
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