thats exactly what i was thinking. :D its the where to start that i've been struggling with. I have been using all of those tools for quite a while now. and so far that book looks fabulous. :D Im a huge fan of gimp. I have worked a little with inkscape, I may open up one of my simpler models and give it a shot with something thats already modeled.
On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Wolfgang Holzinger <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello Mike > > > I have toyed with the idea of doing more designing but i found most all > > of the documentation used papakura, and alas. Im a linux user so thats > > not happy. > Why not? I'm also a Linux user and quite happy in designing paper models. > - - Create 3D-Meshes in Blender (www.blender.org) > - - Blender has tools for unfolding meshes: unfold and B-Paperizer > - - The results of unfolding are SVG-graphics which can be imported into > inkscape (www.inkscape.org). There you can do vector-based texturing > or you can export it into > - - gimp (www.gimp.org), a bitmap editor which is really great. > > I did some projects with this software combination, and all worked well. > > > But, I did find an awesome resource . . . . Well i need to read the > > stuff, but it looks promising. thought it would be nice to share > > > > > http://pixeloz.deviantart.com/art/Free-Paper-Model-Design-eBook1-158441085 > ? > This book is really great stuff. Have a lot of fun reading it. > > Best regards, > Wolfgang > > - -- > MfG Wolfgang Holzinger > E-Mail: [email protected] > > +--------------------------------------------------+ > | Linux -- because life is too short for a reboot! | > +--------------------------------------------------+ > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk5zqV4ACgkQP9nKqrTsVPEuTACgj95rj914Ap8dnnjF/zvNMfdb > 5A0AniQ31ptO8aF1G15eMnaiSUEsioo4 > =5I6u > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Papermodels II" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en.
