Official pepakura scaling thread

[Iceman29]

<div class='quotetop'>(Redsleighdown)</div><div class='quotemain'>Has anyone thought about not scaling and just making a full size MC for display hmm?</div>

Thats what I sort of did.

I made a MC Helmet that could fit my head perfectly, and one that was pretty big to be for my display.

But, the suit that fits me, comes first. :Steve:

[Frizzlefry]

<div class='quotetop'>(Ostrich)</div><div class='quotemain'>Umm well what if its in jpg format and not in pepakura? Where should you put in the information then? Also since I've got a Mac it pops up in Preview? So what should I do?</div>

I don't want to restart the Mac vs PC war, but I would say that if you don't have Pepakura or can't run it, you are not going to get a lot of support.

If someone here who owned a Mac could tell you what wonderful software you can use to edit the pictures, all you really would need to do is figure out what percentage size you are of MC and just resize it to that percentage.

The "fix-all" would be to find a way to use the Pepakura software, however.

[Spartan-118]

Thanks that little tutorial was perfect, my mc helmet was 2x bigger than my head lol.

[blinkava44]

how do u scale ur helmet/suit.. i wanna make sure mine is gunna fit me before i print it all out

[IceTray]

<div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>how do u scale ur helmet/suit.. i wanna make sure mine is gunna fit me before i print it all out</div>
I believe that was explained on page one.

I do have a question though, unless it was explained and I missed it.
Ive scaled it to my size and everything, but the problem I have is, when I goto print, it says the paper size is pepakura default, and asks me to switch. Is there specifically something I should be doing before printing it?

[Chuck-126]

First you need to go to 'Print and Paper Configuration', either in the Configuration or File drop down menus on the task bar. Here you can change the paper type, layout and margins.

Next go to 'Print' or 'Printer Setup' in the File menu and click the properties button. Here you'll have to change the layout to match whatever you chose before, and you can change the paper size if you need to by clicking the 'Advanced' button.

Chances are that after all this, Pepakura will still say that you might need to scale the pattern down to fit. Say no; it will be fine.

[blinkava44]

i scaled it to what was on the first page cuz its my size.. and the numbers overlap?? is anybody else getting that? or should i just reprint
??

[Demonic Crim]

<div class='quotetop'>(Redsleighdown)</div><div class='quotemain'>Has anyone thought about not scaling and just making a full size MC for display hmm?</div>

Wellthats the grand plan for me. My Helmet is like 50% done, but I'm using a different technique. Personally, I'm not into dressing up in Master Chief's armor. Some big shoes to fill [img]/tongue.gif[/img].

[Chuck-126]

<div class='quotetop'>(blinkava44)</div><div class='quotemain'>i scaled it to what was on the first page cuz its my size.. and the numbers overlap?? is anybody else getting that? or should i just reprint
??</div>
The numbers sometimes do overlap unless you change the font size in the Configuration menu. If it's going to create a problem for you, I'd say reprint them. I didn't have a problem myself because it didn't happen too often.

[blinkava44]

alright thanks, i can deal w. it just wanted to make sure i didnt mess up