@mike lucey said:
Thanks Pumkin Pirate,
This plugin will prove to be very useful. BTW, I have made a donation and hope that others will do likewise to help you continue its development
Mike
Wow, Thank you! I'm glad you found it useful. I'm going to do my best to keep it steadily improving.
@gaieus said:
This is very cool! I know Jim has a plugin to unfold geometry but this seems to be a much more "advanced" tool!
Then there is the Waybe plugin but then that's commercial.So this will definitely be a hit for many hobbyists and such!
If you do not mind, I have "borrowed" some of your images for The Daily CatchUp.
Wow, no, I don't mind at all! In fact I'm thrilled!
@xrok1 said:
very nice. it would be great if you could predefine the tab sizes or have all tabs after the first one be doubleclick to repeat size. also the option to have auto number tab and corresponding edge (one that appears red when creating tab).
A setting for the width of the double-click tabs seems like a pretty good idea. Not so sure about automatic numbering, though. It would be kind of difficult to get it into the SVG file in a reliable way, and I've generally found that it's hard to know the best order to glue tabs in until you've tried putting the model together a few times. I'll think about it though.
Hello everyone!
A while ago, I made a plugin for designing papercraft patterns. It allows you to unfold models into flat patterns, add tabs, and export them as SVGs. Just recently, I finally got around to polishing it up and putting it online. I call it Flattery, and you can get it here.[mod=:d3wg1npy]NOTE the latest version available from the PluginStore works in >= v2014 AND also earlier versions...
TIG
.[/mod:d3wg1npy]http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=Flattery
It's got three main tools for designing patterns.
The Unfold tool unfolds models into flat patterns:
the Reunite Edges tool lets you adjust the layout of the patterns:
and the Add Tabs tool makes glue tabs:
It's also got an SVG export button so you can export your pattern to a program like Illustrator or Inkscape to color and print it.
