Pepakura to 3D

[ODST Raider]

Hey all! I am looking to try to turn Pepakura files into a 3D printable file. There are a bunch of Pepakura/foam builds I want but cant. Anyone know how to do this??

 

[Cadet]

There are multiple threads on this topic that can be found with the Search function here on the Forums, but the basic process is:
1. Take your .pdo file and convert it to an .obj file. Pepakura designer can do this.
2. Edit the .obj file in a 3d program such as Blender.
3. Export the finished .obj file into an .stl file for 3d printing.

 

[ODST Raider]

There are multiple threads on this topic that can be found with the Search function here on the Forums, but the basic process is:
1. Take your .pdo file and convert it to an .obj file. Pepakura designer can do this.
2. Edit the .obj file in a 3d program such as Blender.
3. Export the finished .obj file into an .stl file for 3d printing.

How do I convert the files? I tried following YouTube videos but it didn't work

 

[PlanetAlexander]

One of our members Coreforge made this addon a while back; it allows you to import .pdo into Blender. However, I don't know if it works with recent versions of Blender, but doesn't hurt to give it a go!

GitHub - Coreforge/blender-pdo-import: Addon for blender to import pdo files from Pepakura 4

Addon for blender to import pdo files from Pepakura 4 - GitHub - Coreforge/blender-pdo-import: Addon for blender to import pdo files from Pepakura 4

github.com

 

[Coreforge]

It  should work for all Blender versions above 2.80, as the relevant parts of the API didn't change much. I don't know about recent versions of pepakura though, as I haven't tried it with those yet. Most .pdos that you'll find are likely Pepakura 4 or 3 though, so they should work.

 

[ODST Raider]

It  should work for all Blender versions above 2.80, as the relevant parts of the API didn't change much. I don't know about recent versions of pepakura though, as I haven't tried it with those yet. Most .pdos that you'll find are likely Pepakura 4 or 3 though, so they should work.

Thank you!