Unfolder Alternatives
Unfolder is described as '3D model unfolding tool to help you create papercraft easily and quickly' and is a 3D Modeler in the photos & graphics category. There are five alternatives to Unfolder for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, iPhone, iPad and Autodesk Maya. The best alternative is DXF2papercraft, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Unfolder are Pepakura Designer, Ultimate Papercraft 3D, Foldify and Dunreeb Cutout.
DXF2papercraft converts a polygonal 3D model stored as DXF file into a plain drawing in the form of a 2D DXF file. This requires to 'unfold' the model. The result is a flattened pattern of connected polygons.
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DiscontinuedThe program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 0.2, released in February 2012, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
Pepakura Designer allows you to easily create papercraft models from 3D data you create from your favorite 3D software. The save and export functions are disabled before registering. Otherwise all functions work without limitation in the shareware version.
This app doesn't have any features at the moment.
Ultimate Papercraft 3D is a specialty Windows tool for creating papercraft from 3D models. It includes an easy-to-use layout editor for bringing your papercraft designs to reality and a 3D window for viewing your 3D models.
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Draw, create, print and fold beautiful 3D figures with Foldify. You don't need drawing skills, Foldify has tons of free content to create amazing, high quality figures!
This app doesn't have any features at the moment.
Cutout is a plugin for Autodesk Maya for the purpose of building real paper models out of paper from your virtual 3D models.
This app doesn't have any features at the moment.