I'm making a messechmit me 262 jet and it was really hard to get a paper plan out of it. after seeing this I easily got a 44 page plan pdf. im currently making a rc version of it so a huge thanks and a sub to this channel.
Wonderful tutorial! Thanks. Very clear directions, appropriate pace, useful information. As someone else said, it might not be as easy as Pepakura, but it is free. I hope to try it one of these days.
Yes!! I wanted to flat-pack a cover for my bike and put into DXP for my 2d Drafting CAD (DeltaCAD) so I could make a big sewing pattern. I did this the hard way, by measureing every line last time I made a custom cover for my kit car (3d scanned into Blender using 3DS Zepher). It took two days to measure and draw every line! So to do that quickly, you use your 'create paper model' to export in SVG format instead, then import it back into Blender, convert it to a mesh and export it back out again as a DXF (another add-on) which would work for those who have those niffty paper-cutter plotter printers too. You loose scale, but that isn't hard to recalculate. Thank you for taking the time to make this tutorial!
You can include in the model a "ruler" representing the height of the mask. When you scale all the figures proportionally in a vector program, you will be able to know the general measurement of the ruler and know if the patterns have been scaled to the desired measurement. This way you can make paper models of various sizes with little margin for error.
Yep. You can also take a photo of your head next to a ruler or something of known size. Drag and drop the photo into Blender, and scale it to that size for a reference.
Dude, i have been looking for ages for this kind of solution!!!! I only checked the tut briefly but be sure to hear from me!!!! U r brilliant!!! U got an instant subscriber from poland!!!! PS down side is, u are gonna have me bothering u with tons of questions lol. Thank you!!!
Exactly what I was thinking about right around the time u made this video, though I was thinking HUGE, like dividing higher poly models so they can be assembled from A1 fitting cutouts, which requires a more sophisticated add-on, I guess, to be done automatically. Miraculous if it hasn't been done already.
I loved the tutorial, just what i was looking for, i am making a warhammer 40k harlequin map and am planing to make huge chess piesees for them to jump on!
Everything he said was right EXCEPT the dots...... dots are inwards ( valley ) and dot dash are outward ( mountain ) BECAUSE markings should be on the inside where they are not seen and the BLUE color of his mask should be on the outside... obviously
@@netherlabgames7511 I have a question... I was playing with blender building a little house now, but today, when i export my file as a paper model , the pdf only has filled in lines and no longer shows the doted lines with the folder marks. When i first followed your tutorial i got the dotted lines pdf but today i only get a filled in line output and no dotted lines anymore... am i forgetting something ?...
@@icreateworlds I wish I knew what caused this but unfortunately (or fortunately) I have never had this problem so I don't know what could be causing it :(
@@netherlabgames7511 it´s really weird. I´ve just played wit the configurations right now but nothing happens even if change the options from "dots" to "dot-dash" or "lines" , the plugin just does what he wants and right now he wants to only output in filled in lines. Ive uninstalled it, installed it back in but somehow it still happens. The weird thing is that yesterday everything was just fine. The first i tried it, it workd perfectly and now even my original model does not print with dots and line. Im going insane trying to find out why. :)
I really would love for this to be more efficient like Pepakura, but I think it has a way to go. The back and forth between saving a pdf, opening a pdf to check your work and back to blender to make changes and re save seems so tedious and so easy to change.
Great question! Not that I know of, but one can always take snippets of the parts and rearrange them in Word or something as you like. If someone has a neat solution to this without manually rearranging, let us know :)
You can save it out as an SVG instead of a PDF, and once you have that, you can edit it in Inkscape (also free and open-source) to move the parts around. Just make sure that if you scale them, that you scale all of them at the same time so they still fit together.
Hello there Im a beginner at blender and i was testing this papercraft addon, but when i want to export it, this message shows up: Invalid Input Error The model contains: 9 twisted polygon(s) The offenders are selected an you can youse Triangulate to fix them. Export failed. I used the Triangulate modiffier but i dont have rly a plan, what i should change...
how to set Blender to export the mask in a larger format? for example use an A4 sheet per piece of mask, see 2 sheets per piece? I try different settings but Blender refuses to take into account the fact of putting a piece on 2 A4 sheets ... an idea?
I would still suggest following Adrian Herbez's comment above: "You can save it out as an SVG instead of a PDF, and once you have that, you can edit it in Inkscape (also free and open-source) to move the parts around. Just make sure that if you scale them, that you scale all of them at the same time so they still fit together."
I tried to figure out what your problem might be. Try unchecking the "Enabled Add-ons Only" checkbox as well as choosing the "Community". All these options are in the "Preferences" -> "Add-ons" window.
Hello, can we add the dimensions and the folding angle on the PDF and can we remove the additions of assembly paper? Thank you for your response And thank you for your video.
Glad it was helpful. I'm sorry but this video stretches as far as my paper knowledge in Blender goes. Maybe you can manually change the folding angles in an SVG file like Adrian Herbez suggested.
no, i' from lithuania... btw lithuania city designing is shit, never come here. theres like, no treesm not only di j need oxygen, but i also need *Shade*
3D printers of poor
Aaahhhh man this is the most brilliant comment! xD
Not really, for example I'm using this method to build giant steel sculptures.
@@darthsadic me too
Using it to make an rc car body that is to big for a cheap 3d printer.
3d printer for poor and a creative and brave man like many other who likes papercraft.
I'm making a messechmit me 262 jet and it was really hard to get a paper plan out of it. after seeing this I easily got a 44 page plan pdf. im currently making a rc version of it so a huge thanks and a sub to this channel.
That's amazing! I'm so glad to hear this!
hows the build going along?
Crashed it.😢
@@thanuheenatigala4057 oh, any possibility you could upload the plans?
I can upload the model.
So glad to see this! Btw, I think you can select edges instead of verts to mark your seams. May save a few clicks.
You definitely can if that is your preference :)
Wonderful tutorial! Thanks. Very clear directions, appropriate pace, useful information. As someone else said, it might not be as easy as Pepakura, but it is free. I hope to try it one of these days.
Yes!! I wanted to flat-pack a cover for my bike and put into DXP for my 2d Drafting CAD (DeltaCAD) so I could make a big sewing pattern. I did this the hard way, by measureing every line last time I made a custom cover for my kit car (3d scanned into Blender using 3DS Zepher). It took two days to measure and draw every line! So to do that quickly, you use your 'create paper model' to export in SVG format instead, then import it back into Blender, convert it to a mesh and export it back out again as a DXF (another add-on) which would work for those who have those niffty paper-cutter plotter printers too. You loose scale, but that isn't hard to recalculate. Thank you for taking the time to make this tutorial!
This video really help me out making papercraft from my Blender 3D models, keep up the good works!!!!
Makes me very happy knowing it could have helped someone. Thank you for feedback :D
@@netherlabgames7511 I want a paper craft can u make a paper craft for me I want it please can u send me a pdf of 3d dragon coming out of wall please
you are an absolute legend!!!!!!! you explained everything i needed and made it so simple!! Thankyou!
Aaah thanks! Always happy to hear it helped someone!
You can include in the model a "ruler" representing the height of the mask. When you scale all the figures proportionally in a vector program, you will be able to know the general measurement of the ruler and know if the patterns have been scaled to the desired measurement.
This way you can make paper models of various sizes with little margin for error.
Yep. You can also take a photo of your head next to a ruler or something of known size. Drag and drop the photo into Blender, and scale it to that size for a reference.
Excellent, clear and to the point. Thanks from Colorado.
Dude, i have been looking for ages for this kind of solution!!!! I only checked the tut briefly but be sure to hear from me!!!! U r brilliant!!! U got an instant subscriber from poland!!!!
PS down side is, u are gonna have me bothering u with tons of questions lol. Thank you!!!
Wow thats super cool!
Exactly what I was thinking about right around the time u made this video, though I was thinking HUGE, like dividing higher poly models so they can be assembled from A1 fitting cutouts, which requires a more sophisticated add-on, I guess, to be done automatically. Miraculous if it hasn't been done already.
Thanks for saving me a fortune on my low-poly Crash cosplay. ;)
I will use it for this halloween (and the one in 2023) so THANKS FOR THIS TUTORIAL ❤💗
This is great! Thanks for the help!
Thank you for your video. I have a task in university to do the same thing. Your video covered all my questions)
That's awesome dude, glad to hear it!
good job thanks for the tutorial
I loved the tutorial, just what i was looking for, i am making a warhammer 40k harlequin map and am planing to make huge chess piesees for them to jump on!
Great tutorial. Thanks!
Life saver. Great video!!!
Everything he said was right EXCEPT the dots...... dots are inwards ( valley ) and dot dash are outward ( mountain ) BECAUSE markings should be on the inside where they are not seen and the BLUE color of his mask should be on the outside... obviously
This is true, well spotted!
@@netherlabgames7511 :) awesome tutorial!
This is absolutely awesome! Just what I was looking for and I cannot believe it's a Blender plugin too! :)
Great to hear!
@@netherlabgames7511 I have a question... I was playing with blender building a little house now, but today, when i export my file as a paper model , the pdf only has filled in lines and no longer shows the doted lines with the folder marks. When i first followed your tutorial i got the dotted lines pdf but today i only get a filled in line output and no dotted lines anymore... am i forgetting something ?...
@@icreateworlds I wish I knew what caused this but unfortunately (or fortunately) I have never had this problem so I don't know what could be causing it :(
@@netherlabgames7511 it´s really weird. I´ve just played wit the configurations right now but nothing happens even if change the options from "dots" to "dot-dash" or "lines" , the plugin just does what he wants and right now he wants to only output in filled in lines. Ive uninstalled it, installed it back in but somehow it still happens.
The weird thing is that yesterday everything was just fine. The first i tried it, it workd perfectly and now even my original model does not print with dots and line. Im going insane trying to find out why. :)
Nice tutorial... Thanks for taking time to make this.
Glad it could help!
I really would love for this to be more efficient like Pepakura, but I think it has a way to go. The back and forth between saving a pdf, opening a pdf to check your work and back to blender to make changes and re save seems so tedious and so easy to change.
Great point!
Brilliant! Thank you so much!
There is also software that is used for making paper models named pepakura.
Oh, Davie504😁
by the way, thank you for tutorial👍
thank you
Thank you for sharing this tutorial. At the end of this movie, White paper is pasted blue one, isnt it ? Blue one is thicker ?
dankjewel! leuk voorbeeld!
Blij dat het kon helpen!
Awesome!!!
Is there any way to put more parts on one page? I could print my model on two A4s but blender exports them on 7 pages.
Great question! Not that I know of, but one can always take snippets of the parts and rearrange them in Word or something as you like.
If someone has a neat solution to this without manually rearranging, let us know :)
You can save it out as an SVG instead of a PDF, and once you have that, you can edit it in Inkscape (also free and open-source) to move the parts around. Just make sure that if you scale them, that you scale all of them at the same time so they still fit together.
@@aherbez Brilliant, thank you Adrian!
Great tutorial : D Thank you! 5 Reeten
Glad it was helpful!
How do you print out the paper mask the same size as your face? Hope you reply
hey, can you show how do you design your mask step by step, thanks !! PS: Nice work
I'll make another tutorial once I am better at modelling :)
how can I manually move the islands around on paper ? There are lots of white blanks that could fit more islands on paper
thank you for share.
Glad it could help!
Спасибо :) было очень полезно узнать данный способ.
Я рад, что это было полезно.
May I know which version of blender in the video?
cool dude
Could you do the reverse of this? Use a pepakura file then run that into a 3d model?
Great tutorial. How do you get your model to appear in the pdf with colours?
I think you add textures, or simply just paint them using blender itself 🤔
@@CarbiCan ayd. Thanks
Is it possible to do this with metal? It would need some thickness adding to it. Around 1.5mm
Sure, if your printer handles 1.5mm sheet metal. Good luck folding and gluing it.
Hello there
Im a beginner at blender and i was testing this papercraft addon, but when i want to export it, this message shows up:
Invalid Input Error
The model contains:
9 twisted polygon(s)
The offenders are selected an you can youse Triangulate to fix them. Export failed.
I used the Triangulate modiffier but i dont have rly a plan, what i should change...
After you added the triangulate modifier, did you apply it?
how to set Blender to export the mask in a larger format? for example use an A4 sheet per piece of mask, see 2 sheets per piece? I try different settings but Blender refuses to take into account the fact of putting a piece on 2 A4 sheets ... an idea?
I would still suggest following Adrian Herbez's comment above: "You can save it out as an SVG instead of a PDF, and once you have that, you can edit it in Inkscape (also free and open-source) to move the parts around. Just make sure that if you scale them, that you scale all of them at the same time so they still fit together."
@@netherlabgames7511 merci ok
where do you print
I can't see the paper model option (Blender 2.91) could you help me?
I tried to figure out what your problem might be. Try unchecking the "Enabled Add-ons Only" checkbox as well as choosing the "Community". All these options are in the "Preferences" -> "Add-ons" window.
Hello, can we add the dimensions and the folding angle on the PDF and can we remove the additions of assembly paper? Thank you for your response And thank you for your video.
Glad it was helpful. I'm sorry but this video stretches as far as my paper knowledge in Blender goes. Maybe you can manually change the folding angles in an SVG file like Adrian Herbez suggested.
is there a way to do it with textures?
Do you have design the mask or can you copy it from some where?
Do you have to*
Follow the link in the description if you want a copy of the mask
I've been trying to do this, but the model I'm trying to do it on has so many creases in specific parts.
Maybe make your model even more low poly
what to do when twisted polygon error appear?
8:49 triangulate and apply the modifier
Very useful
Glad to hear that
Can create a 3d hand like🤲🏻
Are you South African ?
Wow, well done, how did you know?
no, i' from lithuania... btw lithuania city designing is shit, never come here. theres like, no treesm not only di j need oxygen, but i also need *Shade*
nis
funny
Great ! Thanks :)