How to Size and Print Pepakura Patterns
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Had a request for how to size and print Pepakura patterns from Michael. This is one that was already filmed, so I went ahead and used it as a Monday post, even though it doesn't really qualify as a "craft" project per se. It's one that was guest-filmed by my brother, since he's the resident Pepakura master of the family. His voice kind of fades out at points, so if you can't hear something, feel free to ask.
Before you try printing any Pepakura patterns, you'll need the software. You can download the pepakura viewer and designer (you'll need both) here: www.tamasoft.c... (I don't think they have it available for Mac users yet).
And if you're in need of Pepakura patterns, www.pepakura.eu has a ton of them you can download.
Hope you enjoy this video. If you have any questions or requests for future tutorials, feel free to leave me a comment below. I post a new cosplay tutorial every Thursday and a new crafting tutorial every other Monday, so check back next week for more DIY goodness.
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Just came across this video now. Thank you for showing me how to get rid of all those unnecessary pieces. I saw the pepakura kit template for my Rex cosplay and freaked out lol.
Measure distance between two points, just what i needed to know. Thanks mate good video
You know that stretchy material you use in the Spider-Man thing I was thinking you can use that stuff for the arms and the hands of the andorian
Yup that's easy enough. Knit material makes great form-fitting gloves and sleeves and stuff.
The Woodland Elf yeah that's great to know I got small to medium sized hands and arms I just thought of an idea to give you
I want to export part names also. But i couldn't figure it out. Can you tell me how to export part names?
I'm honestly not sure how to do that. I don't know if the program can do that.
everytime i try to print it says "the size of the paper specified by pepakura designer is not the as printer setting adjust scale?" plz help i new to this
Sounds like a setting on your printer itself. If you go into the printer settings through your computer, you should be able to change the printer paper selection so it matches the pepakura.
I still don't understand at 2:10 please can you explain more? Because i'm printed the file always bigger than usual
2.10 shows how to measure to see how big everything is. You run the line between the two points, and it'll bring up the measurements box. Write down what you see there, so if your first print is too big or too small you can adjust. (It usually takes a couple shots to find the right print size, so scrap paper is good to use).
Hello friend, I wanted to print in an a4 printer the Pagani Zonda car molds in real scale using Pepakura, would it be possible? If so, how do I do it?
I'm not familiar with the Pagani Zonda car mold, but if there is a pep file for it, then yes, you should be able to open in it the program and scale it to whatever size you want. If you're looking to actually create an original pep file for that particular design, I'm not sure how to do that. I've only ever used the pre-made patterns in the software. I've never tried creating my own. They do have ways of doing it, I'm not just not familiar with how.
@@Thewoodlandelf here in pepakura I'm trying to put the real measurements of the car, but for example when I change the Height measurement to a measurement I want, automatically the Width measurement changed its size without my permission, and I wanted to put the Height measurement at 44.9 and Width in 80.9, but I can't put the real measurements of the car, because when I put a measurement automatically the other changes by itself, what do I do?
Gotcha. Unfortunately there's no way to take that off that I know of. It's locked, so if you adjust height or width, the other one automatically adjusts as well. So what I would suggest is print it twice. Once for width, and once for height, and then taping the patterns together to get the appropriate dimensions you need.
@@Thewoodlandelf how do you print the width once and the height print the other time? And then paste the patterns to get the proper dimensions I need? Could you explain what you mean by that? I didn't understand so much
Ok, so like you'd do the printing for the width, lay those out. And then print the height, and cut them, so you could spread them out according to the width, laying them on top of the width pieces. There might be some blank spots you'd have to fill in with a pen to connect the two. Definitely wouldn't be easy, and I've never actually tried it. I'm just kind of surmising how it would be done.
can you make video pepakura sever4?
I can't because the pepakura isn't my software. I just show how to use it for costumes in this video. The pepakura software itself was created by someone else.
I can't get the 3D left side to let me manually move the template around?
Did you download both the Pepakura viewer and designer? It doesn't work if you only have one. Also, don't know if you have Mac or PC, but it doesn't work on Mac.
@@Thewoodlandelf Yeah I have both. Thanks for the info
hmm, ok, I'm sure why it wouldn't be working then. Unless something in it doesn't agree with your operating system or another program on your computer maybe.
@@Thewoodlandelf I realized that in the viewer you can move the left side layout manually.
Can you print it out on a regular printer or do you need a different printer for pepakura
Yup, just a regular printer will work fine.
@@Thewoodlandelf thanks man
Im still having trouble printing
Which part of the printing; the sizing it out, or the putting it together afterward?
Do have to pay for the Pepakura app
No, the software is free to download.
can you print it that it print lines from the inside and not showing it outside?.
To do that, just flip the pieces mirror image. That way when they print out, all the printed lines can be hidden on the inside.
Plz tell me How to make dbz Goku costume plz
I'll add him to my to-do list. It'll be a few months before I get to it, because I got a lot of requests on the list, but I'll let you know when I get it posted.
Sadly this only works on Windows. And not Mac or Linux
Yeah, unfortunately they haven't made the software for Mac or Linux yet. People keep asking them though, so hopefully they will in the future.