Pepakura Divide Faces question / problem Spartan laser

[Zaso117]

Hey guys.

Quick question. I was unfolding a pep piece, and i'm not the most experienced in pep, so I figured I would ask this question. When I went to divide a piece to make it fit, I found I could only divide it certain ways. (from corner to corner) and not from different points along lines. Now, I may just be missing something, but I would really like to be able to split a piece straight down the middle, instead of having a zig - zag of edges. Any suggestions? techniques? or a just plain, "you can't do that" would be fine. Thanks guys.

*EDIT* One more question/problem.

I thought that I would be fine just dividing the pieces as they were, using only the corners, however, I ran into a problem.

As you can see, the corner of the triangle sticks out past the page boundary. The green line is the only place I can further divide the piece, but would still not do the trick. How can I fix this?

Any other suggestions to fix this? thanks

 

[supertaco]

sadly no, unless you can edit the model.

 

[Ral Partha]

Looks like spartan laser to me.


EDIT: IT IS A SPARTAN LASER! The round thing in the pattern gave it away. I'm working on one, too.

I thought that I would be fine just dividing the pieces as they were, using only the corners, however, I ran into a problem.

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As you can see, the corner of the triangle sticks out past the page boundary. The green line is the only place I can further divide the piece, but would still not do the trick. How can I fix this?

Any other suggestions to fix this? thanks

Here's my suggestion: re-scale your pattern. The Spartan Laser is meant to be 98.8 cm long. Yours is more than 103 cm. Shortening the length will certainly make the that triangle fit.

 

[Zaso117]

Looks like spartan laser to me.

It is. it is. Not my model though. But something I would def. like to unfold and assemble



EDIT: Scaled down the laser to about a length of 99cm. That triangle does fit. Thanks for the suggestion. Hopefully I won't have any problems with the other pieces.

 

[Ral Partha]

It is. it is. Not my model though. But something I would def. like to unfold and assemble

Nothing wrong with that. I'm using a 3D model that's freely available on the Internet.

 

[Zaso117]

well, looks like garland beat me to it already upon a in-depth search. He ran into the same problem, but simply let a couple pieces run over the lines. I'll post the link right here for anyone who wants the pep file.


http://www.4shared.com/file/34845446/8f31b...r_unfolded.html

^garland/supertaco's spartan laser^ NOT mine

 

[Ral Partha]

I'm using a different and a bit more detailed model but I'm running more than a few problems with open edges. I'm trying to learn how to fix them using Sketchup but I may have to move to another 3d modeling program like Milkshape or Blender. I can build the weapons now but I won't be able to release the pep files in their current state. Not cool at all.

 

[Zaso117]

I started to try to build a little with Wings 3D because i'm usually a big fan of Sourceforge.net / GNU etc.

but soon I found that I was more limited in some areas that other programs did a better job of.

Sketchup was my next favorite after that, but for some reason i'd always end up with tiny scattered holes throughout my models that I couldn't close up. Idk why, I'm just a noob at 3D modeling anyways.

 

[Garland]

Yeah, that still bugs me. I don't like leaving stuff hanging over, but sometimes it is unavoidable.

 

[Ral Partha]

Yeah, that still bugs me. I don't like leaving stuff hanging over, but sometimes it is unavoidable.

I don't like things spanning over two pages or more either . The only part that I can tolerate is the support strut since it'll taken out later.

It might be possible to add a line in the model using Pep Designer that will allow us to cut through it. Assuming that you haven't unfolded the model, go to Edit Mode -> Edit Model. Click on Divide Edge and select the edge where you want to add a line and it will do so. I haven't actually used that feature for this purpose but it might work.