18. Wildcard week¶

This week I worked on defining my final project idea and started to getting used to the documentation process.

Pepakura Designer 4¶

For this week assignment, I tried Pepakura designer in order to see if it will be a good option to use for my final project. I downloaded it from tamasoft website & then installed it using default setup.

I tried to see if I can use the design I made in previous weeks for the dragon. It asked me to specify which side is the front & which is the bottom.

It was loading for a long time, I think because the design was complex to make a paper model for it.

I tried make the model simpler, but it looks like it’s still too complex for it. Then, I used the simplify tool in 3D builder.

It was able to export it but with lots of parts.

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Then, I tried to make a new simple design using 3D Builder.

Then, I exported it in Pepakura & sprcified the directions & saved the file in dxf format.

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After that, I opened the dxf file using Inkscape & arranged the parts based on laser cutter size.

DXF File Download (right click + Save link as)

pdf File 1 Download (right click + Save link as)

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The dxf file generated by Pepakura, has dark grey colour for the parts that needs to be cut & red for the parts that need scoring. Set the laser cutting settings & laser cut the parts on a bit think paper. Used mat board settings as a refrence & modified them to cut the paper.

For the parts to be cut through I used speed 100 & power 30 & for scoring the parts than need to be bend I used speed 100 & power 5 both at frequency 500.