[Edu-sig] re: Pepakura Designer

[Markus Gritsch]

Arthur wrote:

> Jason points out:
> 
>  http://www.e-cardmodel.com/pepakura-en/
> 
> Yeah.
> 
> I happen to like the idea of empahsizing some connection between writing
> software, and the tangible realm.  Accomplished by robotics, and this kind
> of thing.  Or more simply by a nice color print of something one might
> design - via Povray, ala Kirby, for example.
> 
> I new client of mine has one of those large format line printers.  An Epson
> 9000 or something.  I have already warned them that I might show up with a
> file of a geometric design I would like to have printed in good quality,
> poster-sized.  They seem willing to oblige.
> 
> I have also long had the idea of creating something that allowed one to
> design a hexaflexagon -   a folding paper thingy - and have it printed so it
> could be folded and used.
> 
> But it reqires printing on long strips of paper, and requires some 2 sided
> printing.  Don't know quite how to get it done.

At http://hexaflexagon.sourceforge.net/ there is a nice program which 
lets you generate your hexa-Hexaflexagon with your own images.

Markus