Pepakura Designer VS LibrePCB

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

There's also https://librepcb.org/ Has anyone had time to try Horizon and/or LibrePCB and compare them to KiCad? - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

On the open source front, LibrePCB seems to be the only contender, never used it myself, but have heard good things and met some devs at a conference and they were nice. The level of support you get there may be a bit more personal. Otoh, if you've never designed PCBs before, it may be hard to even tell if something is a bug... Source: 11 months ago

I would throw LibrePCB into the mix. Coming from Eagle, it was easier for me to grasp than KiCad. Source: 12 months ago

Also LibrePCB at https://librepcb.org A bit "lighter" in size than KiCad. Source: about 2 years ago

I've been turning out some nice results from LibrePCB. It has a learning curve like anything else but its not an impossibly convoluted workflow like some of the more established FOSS programs out there. Source: over 2 years ago