Based on our record, Pepakura Designer should be more popular than FlatFab. It has been mentiond 12 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Same as mesh, use Pepakura to unfold. Source: 12 months ago
Convert to mesh and use Pepakura to unfold it and add tabs etc. Source: about 1 year ago
There is the commercial Pepakura Designer[1] for Windows since the 90's (I think). The mother/father of all desktop papercraft unfolding apps. Then there is a new free one, Papercraft[2], written in Rust, that will probably build on all major paltforms. Do not confuse with the STL-based papercraft (lower case p) someone else mentioned[3]. [1] https://tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
Pepakura is basic software designed to unroll 3D models for papercraft purposes. Lets you take any 3D model, flatten it, and add tabs with a very reasonable learning curve. Opens up a world of possibilities. Source: over 1 year ago
An easy program 100% focused on unrolling 3d models (for papercraft purposes) is Pepakura, great place to start. Source: over 1 year ago
Perhaps using something like: http://flatfab.com. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
A tool which you may want to investigate is: http://flatfab.com/. Source: 5 months ago
Fusion360 can do all that, and offers the most transferable skills as far as software learning goes (and it's free for hobbyists). If you'd prefer a smaller program that's more fit to purpose, check out http://flatfab.com/. Source: 5 months ago
If you get over the aversion to creating your own, you may find the free program at Flatfab to be useful. Source: over 1 year ago
Might totally not be what you're looking for, but have you looked at http://flatfab.com/ ? Source: over 2 years ago
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