What's new in Pepakura Designer 5.0.17
Sep 8, 2023
- The text area size of the dialog displaying the author's information has been expanded.
- An issue during 3D model loading has been fixed.
New in Pepakura Designer 5.0.16 (Aug 12, 2023)
- When exporting in SVG format, text information is now also included in the output.
- When exporting unfolded patterns, the file extension previously selected is now set as the default.
New in Pepakura Designer 5.0.15 (Jul 30, 2023)
- The settings have been consolidated into a property sheet, enabling the management of detailed configurations in one place.
- The feature to automatically merge adjacent flaps has been enabled by default. The option can be toggled on and off using the [2DLayout]-[Merge Adjacent Flaps] menu.
- A new feature has been added that allows setting the opacity of unselected parts when checking the correspondence between the unfolded pattern and the 3D model. ([Settings]-[Others]-[Properties]-[Appearance]-[Opacity of unselected face])
New in Pepakura Designer 5.0.14 (Jun 26, 2023)
- Flaps are now displayed in gray color (does not affect printing).
- When determining the shape of the flaps, the angle of both sides now has priority over the height.
New in Pepakura Designer 5.0.13 (Mar 13, 2023)
- Fixed a bug in the OBJ file loading function.
New in Pepakura Designer 5.0.12 (Feb 23, 2023)
- Grouping information is now maintained when reloading a 3D model.
- If a window is maximized when exiting, that state is now carried over to the next startup.
New in Pepakura Designer 5.0.11 (Jan 11, 2023)
- Material colors in files created with newer versions of Metasequoia now read properly.
New in Pepakura Designer 5.0.10 (Jan 9, 2023)
- UTF8 characters in OBJ files output from Blender are now properly decoded.
- When outputting a development in SVG, the output is now divided into separate layers for mountain fold lines, valley fold lines, and contour lines.
- The size of flaps immediately after unfolding is now automatically set according to the size of the model.
New in Pepakura Designer 5.0.9 (Nov 22, 2022)
- The state of showing/hiding registration marks for cutting is now restored when the application is launched.
- An option to switch to highlighting selected faces in red (Ver. 4 style) has been added ([Settings]-[Others]-[Other]).
New in Pepakura Designer 5.0.8 (Oct 22, 2022)
- A bug concerning deletion from the object list has been fixed.
- When in [Flaps] Edit Mode, "Position" and "Shape" options can now be switched by pressing the shortcut keys (Ctrl+F) consecutively.
- The transparency of the unselected object display has been lowered.
New in Pepakura Designer 5.0.6 (Aug 9, 2022)
- Language selection is now available upon initial installation.
- Fixed a bug where Pepakura Designer was not properly associated with the .pdo extension (fix in installer).
- Selection and deselection in the object list is now reflected in the display and hiding of the objects, even after unfolding.
New in Pepakura Designer 5.0.5 (Jul 13, 2022)
- Deutsch has been added to the language selection.
New in Pepakura Designer 5.0.4 (Jun 27, 2022)
- A bug that prevented output to PDF file in viewer mode has been fixed.
- A bug that prevented measure distance occurred when the language setting was set to Spanish has been fixed.
New in Pepakura Designer 5.0.3 (Jun 20, 2022)
- Switching to read-only mode can now also be done by clicking on the label in the upper right corner of the 2d layout window.
- When the edit mode is "Select and Move" all parts except for the selected part are now displayed semi-transparently.
- Some bugs have been fixed.
New in Pepakura Designer 5.0.2 (Jun 6, 2022)
- Some bugs have been fixed.
New in Pepakura Designer 5.0.1 (May 20, 2022)
- Bugs found after the release of version 5 have been fixed.
- Spanish has been added to the language selection.
New in Pepakura Designer 5.0.0 (May 14, 2022)
- All features of Pepakura Designer 4, Pepakura Viewer 4, and Pepakura Viewer 4 for Silhouette CAMEO have been integrated into a single application.
- There is no longer any need to use different applications for each.
- Files that are edit-locked will be opened in "read-only mode".
- Runs in 64-bit mode:
- The on-board memory can now be used more effectively, and editing operations for large files will be more responsive.
- Hardware rendering is enabled by default to display textures more beautifully and make operation more responsive.
- Multi-language support:
- Switching between languages is now possible.
- Instead of preparing an executable file for each language, you can now switch between languages in a single application.
- This enables more efficient development and flexible addition of supported languages.
- Other:
- Rotation of 3D models can now be performed by both left and right mouse dragging.
- Page-by-page output in SVG format is now possible.
- Menus have been reorganized to improve ease of operation.
- The toolbar arrangement can now be restored to its initial state by simply selecting a menu item.
New in Pepakura Designer 4.2.4 (May 30, 2021)
- Bugs related to [Merge Adjacent Flaps] have been fixed.
New in Pepakura Designer 4.2.3 (May 24, 2021)
- When [2D Menu]-[Merge Adjacent Flaps] is set ON, adjacent flaps that can be merged into one are now merged automatically (in the figure below, the blue dashed line is a line that does not actually need to be folded).
- The output font size of the Edge ID in Pepakura Viewer Silhouette CAMEO has been changed.
- Other maintenance has been performed.
New in Pepakura Designer 4.2.1 (Mar 12, 2021)
- The problem of loading OBJ format materials was fixed.
- Support for importing files with data issues such as duplicate faces and vertices has been improved.
- Other maintenance has been performed.
New in Pepakura Designer 4.2.0 (Jan 11, 2021)
- The algorithm for layouting parts has been updated.
- The texture color settings at the border of materials for printing has been adjusted.
- When displaying the bending angle, the information is output to PDF files when the pattern is exported.
New in Pepakura Designer 4.1.8 (Nov 29, 2020)
- Minor bugs have been fixed.
- When displaying the bending angle, the information is output to SVG and DXF files when the pattern is exported.
New in Pepakura Designer 4.1.7b (Jul 18, 2020)
New in Pepakura Designer 4.1.7a (Jul 15, 2020)
New in Pepakura Designer 4.1.7 (Jul 12, 2020)
- It has became possible to toggle whether or not to place flaps alternately through [Setting]-[Other Settings]-[Other]-[Alternate the initial flap placement].
- The algorithm of unfold has been updated; The edges between faces of different materials are always separated. The parts with the same material are placed close.
New in Pepakura Designer 4.1.5 (Apr 30, 2019)
- In order to support high resolution display, the judgment range of vertex selection at part rotation operation mode is expanded.
- At [Join/Disjoin faces] mode, the selected edges in the 3D window became to be reflected on the 2D window.
- At [Join/Disjoin faces] mode, now pressing the [Shift] key makes it possible to securely move parts.
- The setting of the edge color is reflected when outputting in SVG format. Line thickness is set 0.5.
- Fixed an issue where it is not possible to return to the normal value if an out-of-range value is specified in the item of [Advanced setting] dialog.
- Some minor bugs have been fixed.
New in Pepakura Designer 4.1.4 (Mar 3, 2019)
- The size of the tool bar that grew larger in Ver. 4.1.1 has returned to its original size. Instead, you can now change the size from the Settings menu.
- Fixed a problem that repeatedly reloading the model will continue moving the part downwards.
- Anti-aliasing is now applied to the arrows and highlighted edges displayed when editing the exploded view.
New in Pepakura Designer 4.0.7 (Jan 24, 2018)
- Maintenance update.
- Screen rendering becomes faster when the edge IDs are being displayed.
New in Pepakura Designer 4.0.6b (Oct 3, 2017)
- Maintenance update (Update of Printing feature).
New in Pepakura Designer 4.0.6a (Sep 17, 2017)
New in Pepakura Designer 4.0.6 (Sep 8, 2017)
- The option switching unit of length in inches has been added.([Setting]-[Unit of Length])
- Feature of flap editing has been enhanced.([2D Menu]-[Edit Mode]-[Edit Flap]-[Shape])
- The option to show dimension line has been added.([3D Menu]-[Show Dimension Lines])
- The function of [Auto] for unfodling has been changed. The 3D model will be unfolded without changing user specified scale when [Auto] is checked.
New in Pepakura Designer 4.0.4 (Feb 24, 2017)
- Compatibility of DXF export has been improved.([File]-[Export]-[Vector Format])
New in Pepakura Designer 4.0.3 (Oct 14, 2016)
- The new feature of SVG export has been added. The SVG file is compatible with Inkscape.([File]-[Export]-[Vector Format])
- [Texture Configuration] dialog has been updated so that it shows size of texture images.
- DXF export feature has been updated so that Edge ID is exported.
- PDF export feature has been updated.
New in Pepakura Designer 4.0.2 (Jun 1, 2016)
- The new feature of showing folding angles of edges has been added. ([2D Menu]-[Show Fold Angle])
- An option for starting up Pepakura Viewer from Pepakura Designer has been added. ([File]-[Start Pepakura Viewer])
- The user interface for changing flap position, and shape has been updated. ([2D Menu]-[Edit Mode]-[Edit Flap])
- The problem that the option of hardware rendering can not be properly stored has been fixed. ([Settings]-[Other Settings]-[Advanced]-[Enable hardware rendering])
- The problem that 3D model is not rendered properly when a plain color is set as background color has been fixed.
New in Pepakura Designer 4.0.1 (May 5, 2016)
- An option for changing Edge ID color has been added. ([Setting]-[Other Settings]-[Color]-[Edge ID])
- The problem that old PDO file (saved by Pepakura Designer 2) can not be opened has been fixed.
- The problem that properties of the sheet are not be restored has been fixed.
New in Pepakura Designer 4.0.0 (Apr 5, 2016)
- High-resolution texture images are supported. The size limitation was extended from 1,024px to around 8,000px width (or height).
- File format of .pdo was changed. Robustness of locked files is strengthened. Pepakura Designer 3 cannot read the file saved by Pepakura Designer 4 unless using [File]-[Export]-[Pepakura Designer3 format].
- An option to render screen with hardware acceleration was added. When this option is set, high-resolution texture is used on the screen rendering. ([Settings]-[Other Settings]-[Advanced]-[Enable hardware rendering])
New in Pepakura Designer 3.1.7 (Sep 25, 2015)
- A new view mode for Highlighting fold lines was added. This feature is accessed through [Others]-[Highlight Fold Lines] or the tool button .
- Simple and quick rotate operation was added.
New in Pepakura Designer 3.1.6 (Aug 21, 2015)
- Windows 10 was supported.
- Handling of non-alphabet character encoding was enhanced.
New in Pepakura Designer 3.1.5 (Jul 14, 2015)
- Folding/Unfolding Animation feature was added. This feature is accessed via [3D Menu]-[Animation].
New in Pepakura Designer 3.1.4 (Jul 14, 2015)
- Group/Ungroup feature was added.
- One axis movement on 2D window was added; Left mouse drag with [x] or [y] key restricts the direction of movement of selected parts on 2D window
New in Pepakura Designer 3.1.3b (Sep 9, 2014)
- One axis 3d model rotation was added; with arrow keys or right mouse drag with (x or y) key.
New in Pepakura Designer 3.1.3a (Apr 10, 2014)
- The file format of Metasequoia 4 (.mqo) was supported.
- The operation for part-rotation was enhanced. A part rotates so that an edge double-clicked becomes horizontal or vertical.
- The keycode setting was changed so that a keycode is shared with all users of a machine when a keycode is set by the administrator (it is applied when the application is launched as administrator. Right-click the program icon (the .exe file), then choose Run As Administrator).
New in Pepakura Designer 3.1.0a (Jan 24, 2012)
- A menu to export the unfolded pattern separately into multiple DXF files was added as [File]-[Export]-[Vector Format]-[Multi-Files DXF].
- The part which is selected on the 2D Window is highlighted on the 3D Window.
- A menu to check the overlapping parts was added as [2D Menu]-[Check Overlapping Parts].
- Double-clicking an edge on the 3D Window before unfolding selects multiple edges on the edge-ring at a time.
- An edit mode on which measures the distance between two points was added as [2D Menu]-[Edit Mode]-[Measure Distance between Two Points].
New in Pepakura Designer 3.0.8 (Apr 15, 2011)
- OBJ file loader was improved.
- DXF file exporter was improved.
- Pop-up menu on [3D model window] was omitted.
New in Pepakura Designer 3.0.7a (Apr 15, 2011)
- OBJ file loader was improved.
New in Pepakura Designer 3.0.7 (Apr 15, 2011)
- A bug of STL format auto detector was fixed.
- To open .dae exported from Google SketchUP 7.1 was partially supported. It is still recommended to use older version of Google SketchUP.
New in Pepakura Designer 3.0.6 (Apr 15, 2011)
- TGA file format was supported for textur image.
- STL ASCII format support was added.
- OBJ, DAE file loader were improved.
New in Pepakura Designer 3.0.5 (Apr 15, 2011)
- Collada (*.dae) format support was added. (Still not stable.)
- Some UI terms were proofreaded.
New in Pepakura Designer 3.0.4 (Apr 15, 2011)
- New command [Set All Edges to Open] was added to [3D Model Window] menu. This command makes all faces disjoining when unfold.
- Part alignment and part rotation commands are added with a toolbar. You can easily align parts or rotate by 90 degrees.
- Setting of [Size of Opening] and [Viewing Angle] of 3D model window are kept when restart Pepakura Designer.
- Some tiny bugs were fixed.
New in Pepakura Designer 3.0.3b (Apr 15, 2011)
- Compatibility with KMZ (Google Earth format) was improved.
New in Pepakura Designer 3.0.3 (Apr 15, 2011)
- An issue with European OSes in which v1 PDO files could not be opened was fixed.
- A texturing bug when printing and exporting was fixed.
- Other minor bugs were fixed.
New in Pepakura Designer 3.0.2 (Apr 15, 2011)
- Some spelling errors in Menu and Dialog were fixed.
- Various minor bugs were fixed.
- Toolbar positions were restored.
- Issues with sample data were fixed.