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Pepakura DesignerBased on our record, Pepakura Designer should be more popular than QCAD. 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
The best software for your situation is to work with a basic 2D CAD program. You would still need to learn the software but they are pretty basic. I'm not an expert in what is free but googling I found this open source one https://qcad.org/en/. Source: over 1 year ago
QCAD has a free community version and professional and CAM versions for reasonable prices. Check out the features list to see which version you will need, although make sure the community version works on your system before committing to a paid version. Source: over 2 years ago
I'm no longer a user of CAD programs so this might be a bit outdated. But for 2D take a look at QCAD. For 3D modeling and lots of other functionality you have FreeCAD. Source: over 2 years ago
If you are looking for something free that can handle dimensions I would recommend QCAD. https://qcad.org/en/ It only supports 2D drawings, but I find it works well for laser cutting / engraving work. The free windows versions is also a bit trashy/unusable in free mode. But the Linux version works great if you want to try booting Linux off a USB stick. Source: about 3 years ago
DXF2papercraft - DXF2papercraft converts a polygonal 3D model stored as DXF file into a plain drawing in the form of...
LibreCAD - An open source 2D CAD application for Windows, Apple and Linux.
Ultimate Papercraft 3D - Ultimate Papercraft 3D is a standalone software for creating papercraft from 3D models.
FreeCAD - An open-source parametric 3D modeler
Unfolder - Unfolder is a 3D model unfolding tool to help you create papercraft easily and quickly.
nanoCAD - nanoCAD is a pro-grade 2D CAD system with native DWG support and full customizability.