Rapid Prototyping with Blender and Pepakura  
1 Session, 3 hours

Learn how to turn virtual 3D models into tangible paper models!

This class will give you the basics for taking a pre-existing 3D model

and get it ready for becoming a physical object.  We will use Blender 

to learn to "decimate", which gives 3D models that much sought after

lo-tek aesthetic, and from there take our finished virtual forms into 

Pepakura.  This program will "unfold" our mesh into a flat plane 

complete with tabs and allow us to cut, paste, and fold our way 

to a physical manifestation of a virtual object!

Before attending, download and install the free software from: 
www.blender.org
http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/ 

If you have previous experience with 3D and have a model 

you would already like to make out of paper, please come with 

that model. Otherwise there will be a compilation of found 3D models

to choose from.  Please bring a laptop with you and install Blender  

prior to arriving.  We9ll be printing your models out on card stock which

will be provided but that said, please bring a glue stick, a pair of 

scissors, an xacto, and a ruler.