Pepakura Designer greets you with a bright splash screen that gives you a quick idea of what the application does for you. To keep the star in proportion, hold down the shift key as you drag out one of the corners. To create the star, drag out the star from the right-hand side and then stretch to about 100 mm. In TinkerCAD they have a barn star as one of their basic objects. All you have to do is sign up for a free account (), and if you have read other things I have written, you probably already have. For that we use the free web-based program TinkerCAD. To create a 3D paper model, it is easiest to start with a computer 3D model. And if the term barn star is new to you, check out Wikipedia. If you want to get into paper model making, this is a great place to start. A lot of Cosplay and Modeling people use it create very elaborate models from existing 3D graphics (from games, movies or sculptures) but you can also do less complex things easily that look really good. The good news is that is really easy with an inexpensive program called Pepakura Designer. Say a barn star with a color burst pattern? But there are lots of patterns on the internet, so add a computer and a printer to the list, but you probably have those already.īut what if you want to do something different.

Cardstock, scissors and some glue and you are ready to go. Paper crafting is a fun and inexpensive hobby. Pepakura Designer (Not Free, but Inexpensive 38 USD).

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