In this Rhino 5 video tutorial learn how to unroll, print out, and assemble a 3D model from a sheet of paper. The free Polyhedra plugin is used as well and is available at http://wiki.mcneel.com/labs/rhinopolyhedra
This is great as a learning exercise. If you were to attempt to unroll irregular or more complex geometry Pepakura is a purpose built piece of software for accomplishing exactly this task:
http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/
It has some really useful built in tools like automated tab creation and tiling across multiple sheets for larger objects.
Nice tutorial. Learned a few new commands and workflows in Rhino.
ReplyDeleteWell done!
ReplyDeleteThis is great as a learning exercise. If you were to attempt to unroll irregular or more complex geometry Pepakura is a purpose built piece of software for accomplishing exactly this task:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/
It has some really useful built in tools like automated tab creation and tiling across multiple sheets for larger objects.