Miscellaneous, Paper Model Making Helpers
Free paper models, information, paper model/paper toy creation utilities for paper modeling...
American Postcards - Lots of images of vintage postcards
Between the Folds - Great show that was offered on PBS recently from Independence Lens. Features lots of artists that are paper folders, origami etc. If you missed it you they have it for you online. A must watch for all paper modelers and origami fans.
Cardboard Cad-A-Pult - Instructions for how to make a catapult out of cardboard.
Cardboard Columns With 16 Million Facets - This is amazing! Desiner Hansmeyer's column stands nine feet tall, weighs 2000 pounds, and is made out of 2700 thin slices of cardboard stacked on top of wooden cores. Must see and read.
Clever Lunch Box Design - Eco friendly cardboard lunch box that when opened has built-in plate. Clever.
Dover Publications - Sign up for the Dover Sampler, and each week we’ll send you an email with links to free content from books favored by customers like you. Download, print, enjoy!
French Antique Paper Theater - Over 200 sheets of paper project parts, Most from the 1920's
Hydraulic Robot - A working hydraulic robot made from cardboard and tape.
Jen Stark - Beautiful paper cut designs.
Make a Ukulele out of Cardboard
MIT, 3D Printing - Three Dimensional Printing is a process under development at MIT for the rapid and flexible production of prototype parts, end-use parts, and tools directly from a CAD model...
Mr. McGroovys - Free plans for cardboard play structures: castle, pirate ship, space ship, train and more. He also sells "box rivets"
Paper Model Forum - Mike Hungerford's Google Groups.
Punched Out Fonts - True Tuype fonts that you can print out and build into 3D paper model letters of the alphabet!
PDO File Viewer - Pepakura Viewer is a free PDO viewer that is offered from the same software company as Pepakura Designer.
Project Space Planes - They launched 100 paper planes from the edge of space. Each plane carried a message on a memory card. Let them lnow if you find one. Several videos of the event.
Scale Model Net - Has a free paper model category, very nice.
Strickly Paper - David Graham: The Move-it Kit - Clever carboard box on wheels. No template that I can find but it is a clever design. Browse the rest of Strickly Paper, there are lots of clever paper and carboard designers featured here. This box on wheels would be great for moving into a college Dorm, where you have limited space.
Paper Model/Paper Toy Making Helpers Blender - Very popular free open source 3d modeling program. Has an unfolder plugin called Unfolder that will unfold your 3d models.
Blender Paper Model Maker - A plug-in for the 3D program Blender that will unfold 3D Models.
Dt Online - Has an interactive package/box design section.
Free Paper Model Design eBook - A free ebook on how to design paper models using Blender an open sporce 3D modeling program. Download is in the upper right area of page.
Geometric Model Software and Makers
How to make a paper model with Sketchup - Good tutorial about how to build your first paper model using Sketchup and a couple of Sketchup plugins. Ful simple instructions on how to build paper model dice.
Metasequoia - 3d modeling program, freeware version available
MilkShape 3D - Low cost 3d modeling program
Pepakura Designer - Very nice paper model creator!
SketchChair - Software that allows you to design your own cardboard chairs and furniture.
SketchUp - Google's 3d modeling program. There is a functional free version. We love the program, though we are still learning to use it.
Sketcup Unfold Script - 3rd party script that allows you to unfold in Google's Sketchup modeling program. Easy to use.
Star Ship Schematics - Free schematics covering Star Trek, Battle Star Galactica, Babylon 5 and Space Battleship Yamato, Very Nice!
Ultimate Papercraft 3D - Papercraft designer software for MS Windows. There is a demo trial version available.
Ultimate Unwrap3D - Ultimate Unwrap3D is a speciality Windows tool for unwrapping 3D models. Demo available.
Waybe Unfold for SketchUp 7 - Free 15 day demo for SketchUp plugin that unfold models designed in SketchUp.
