CutOut plugin is a cool little plug in for Autodesk Maya that allows you to flatten out and tab up your 3D models so that they can be printed out and folded back up again as paper – 3D models to paper craft… pretty neat. I remember this was one of the more novel features of Form•Z, a solid modeler that I had a long fling with… always a pretty cool “show your friends” feature, however there were times when it did come in handy too.
Cutout is a plugin for Autodesk Maya for the purpose of building real paper models out of paper from your virtual 3d models.
Features:
- Converts an arbitrary triangular mesh modeled or loaded into maya to a printable papercraft
- Papercraft is directly generated in the maya scene — no need to export
- Handles arbitrary material (also mixed) on the mesh: textures, single colors, materials etc.
- Original mesh can be optionally deleted or kept in the scene
- Final page size of the papercraft can be limited
- The final pieces of paper can be arranged side by side, as an animation, or stacked
- The size of the lugs can be adjusted
- Undo/Redo capable
- Compatibility: Windows, Mac OSX
- This is the demo version for Autodesk Maya 2011, Windows 64 bit and Mac OSX 32bit; other versions available
- Build Papercrafts: Dunreeb Cutout Plugin for Autodesk Maya 1.0.0 (maya plugin)
