Origami 2.1 For Macos

Origami 2.1.0 – 3D folding plug-in for Illustrator CS6 or later. Origami is a 3D folding plug-in for Illustrator CS6 or later. It shows your flat 2D die-cuts in 3D with minimal setup. Graph Paper Maker for Mac OS v.2.2.1 Software that lets you create your own custom sheets of graph paper. You have complete control over the graph characteristics: - X and Y axis can independently be set for linear or log scale, and scaling - Hydraulic scaling for graphing flow vs.

Dieline making software with Adobe Illustrator integration. Make dielines, check them for errors, convert dielines to 3D models.

What is Origami?

Origami helps you make and verify dielines and fold them up into 3D objects that you can export or render. It is great for proofs and dielines verification and usually pays for itself in less than a month, according to our customers.

Integration with Vector Editors

Origami comes with Adobe Illustrator plugin for convenience, but works with virtually any vector editor capable of importing and exporting SVG files, like Affinity Designer.

Origami supports both dielines and artwork integration. You can make a dieline in Origami, send it to vector editor, add some artwork, see the dieline folded up in 3D and send results to the customer.

Origami Features

No dependencies added — Origami uses layers and paths names and styles to configure dielines, so the Illustrator projects don't depend on Origami once finished;
Paper thickness — built-in paper type editor lets you specify paper thickness and other parameters;
Artwork on both sides — artwork can be specified for both front and back sides of paper;
Foil — add extra reflective layer by using a special spot color filling;
3D Export — Origami exports to OBJ, Collada and 3D PDF formats. These then can be loaded to Boxshot or Koru for further processing;
Rendering — Origami renders scenes itself, but can also use Boxshot for rendering.

Dieline Verification

Origami checks dielines for errors, provides detailed information about the issues and helps fixing them. Save a lot by fixing errors before you print!

Generating Dielines

You get a complimentary access to the dieline generator while your license is valid, so you don't need to draw dielines yourself. Just select from the list of most popular ECMA and FEFCO layouts, customize dimensions and get the dieline ready in seconds, not hours!

Ready to Try?

We provide a free demo version of the software that lets you try the product and decide if it fits your requirements. Click the Download button at the top right corner of this page to get the demo.

Make sure you checked tutorials if you never used Origami before.

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In addition to the bottom side you may also want to define the front side of your shape, so it keeps the same angle regardless of the changes you made.

To do so, everything you need is to add a path named ‘front’ in the Origami layer and place it to the side that you want to become the front one. Let’s do it step by step.

First of all, run both Origami and Illustrator and make sure they connected. Then run Dieline Creator and create ECMA A10.21.03.03 dieline that we’ll be using as an example:

Leave all the settings by default and open the newly created shape both in Illustrator and Origami. You should see this:

Origami doesn’t really know where the actual front side of the shape is, so it folds it the way it finds easier and then presents the shape to you “as is”. The generated shape has its bottom part marked, so it stands on a proper side, but it turned backwards. Of course you can still turn the camera and see the front side, but sometimes it is better to keep everything under control, especially when you need to make a series of similar images with various designs.

So what we’re about to do is to add the path named ‘front’ to the front part of the ‘Origami’ layer in Illustrator. Here’s what you need:

If you do that and refresh your Origami window without moving the camera, you’ll see the box turned its front side to you:

That’s basically everything you need to know about this feature. You can move the ‘front’ path to the left side of the box and refresh the Origami preview again:

Note that you need at least version 2.1 of Origami in order to use this feature.

Front Doesn’t Work?

If you defined front, but it doesn’t work - do the following:

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Check that the front mark is defined inside the “Origami” layer;
Check that the front mark is actually a path, not a group or sub-layer. Origami needs the front mark to be a path, otherwise it will be ignored.

If the above doesn’t help, please contact us with your Illustrator project, so we can have a look.

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That’s All

You have learned how to create cuts and crease lines, apply artwork and assign the bottom and front sides. You are now ready to create or import your own dielines and see them folded.

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If you don’t get the results you are hoping for, please review this list of common mistakes:

Empty Layout — You have not selected a document, the selected document has no Origami layer, or the document's Origami layer is empty.
Path Is Not Closed — The die drawing must a have a solid, continuous outline path.
Intersecting Holes — There can't be two holes in the same place or overlapping.
Outside Hole — All holes must be inside the outline path.
Invalid Crease — Crease lines have limitations.
Impossible Shape — Some shapes simply don't exist.
Z-Fighting — What to do with overlapping polygons.

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