

Cuts have green stroke - rgb(0, 255, 0), hex #00ff00 - use this edge type.This is especially relevant in patterns with curved creases. The way the model bends in between mountain/valley folds. Drawing in facet creases allows you to control In the constraints of the simulation will allow them to bend slightly. Facet creases (yellow triangulation lines) are creases that try to remain flat (0° fold angle) as the pattern folds, but some compliance.

It may not be necessary to add triangulation lines on your pattern. How the app automatically triangulated your pattern by enabling "Facet Crease" visibility in the Advanced Options > Edges Visibility In general, patterns are more stable when their triangulation is symmetric and minimizes long, skinny triangles. To control the triangulations, draw lines in yellow - rgb(255, 255, 0), hex #ffff00.

Export FOLD files or 3D models ( STL or OBJ ) of the folded state of your design ( File > Save Simulation as.Upload your own crease patterns in SVG or FOLD formats, following these instructions.Import other patterns under the Examples menu.Drag to rotate the model, scroll to zoom.Slide the Fold Percent slider to control the degree of folding of the pattern (100% is fully folded, 0% is unfolded,Īnd -100% is fully folded with the opposite mountain/valley assignments).Make good demo files, please send them to me (Amanda) so I can add them to the Examples menu. If you have interesting crease patterns that would Guest Freeform Variations of Origami by Tomohiro TachiĪll simulation methods were written from scratch and are executed in parallel in several GPU fragment shaders for fast performance.īuilt by Amanda Ghassaei as a final project for Geometric Folding Algorithms.Ĭode available on Github. This solver extends work from the following sources: Origami Folding: A Structural Engineering Approach by Mark Schenk and Simon D. It does this by iteratively solving for small displacements in the geometry of an initially flat sheet due to forcesĮxerted by creases. This simulation attempts to fold every crease simultaneously. It may look a little differentįrom what you typically think of as "origami" - rather than folding paper in a set of sequential steps, This app allows you to simulate how any origami crease pattern will fold.
