Dec
1
2012
Here is a quick photo tutorial for those of you who want to build the stegosaurus calendar. Very importantly, make sure that you use thick enough cardboard. Something in the range of 300 g/sqm is fine. If the cardboard / paper is too light, the model will easily warp and the cards may no longer [...]
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1 comment | tags: calendar, dinosaur, papercraft, tutorial | posted in Papercraft, Reference
Aug
4
2012
I noticed that the papercraft alphabet created some interest among people who are not (yet) experienced in papercrafting. Therefore, some letters turned out to be a bit too difficult for some, which prompted me to write this little tutorial. The idea is to give you pointers as to where to start. For the tutorial, I have chosen [...]
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30 comments | tags: alphabet, howto, instructions, papercraft, tutorial | posted in Papercraft, Reference
Jun
21
2012
When designing in Corel Draw, it can be very useful to know the total length of a curve. Since the curve may consist of straight and curved sections, this is not trivial, and unfortunately the user interface doesn’t help you here – it only tells you the width and height of an object. So in [...]
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2 comments | tags: corel draw, coreldraw, instructions, macros, reference, visual basic | posted in Reference
May
8
2011
Blender is an excellent open-source 3D modelling application. Pepakura Designer (short: Pepakura) is a very useful tool for papercrafting, which converts 3D models to 2D templates which can be printed on paper, cut and assembled into the original 3D model. The two are a great combination for papercrafting. In fact, I found the combination of [...]
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no comments | tags: craftrobo, paper, papercraft, reference, robomaster | posted in Papercraft, Reference
May
8
2011
It so happens that my Panasonic GH-1 is capable of spitting out so-called AVCHD files (with the extension .MTS). AVCHD is supposedly superior to older video encoding formats, but a lot of old software (such as Adobe Premiere Elements 3) cannot process it. Being a strong proponent of not touching a working system, and seeing [...]
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no comments | tags: avchd, reference, tools, video | posted in Reference