hi, will you be updating the addon in Blender repo for 2.8?
I just updated blender-addons now. Thanks for the reminder.
Also, in my github repository I set the blender28 version as the default since Blender may be released while Iām on vacation.
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Hi,
ā3D printingā for the masses 
Seriously, this makes 3d modelling unprecedentedly accessible and tangible to newbies.
[question about old blender version deleted]
Never mind, it was simpler to upgrade Blender.
Hi,
although I agree itās better to upgrade Blender (the new versions are cool), the blender-279 branch is supposed to work with any version >= 2.73. If thereās a problem, Iād actually like to fix it.
Anyway, happy modeling!
Hello. Tell me if it is possible to change the distance between the strokes in the lines. When printing on paper it is very difficult to distinguish dashed and dash-dotted lines.
The distance changes with line width. You can also switch dash-dotted to dotted, which should be easier to distinguish.
Technically, thereās no problem in creating any kind of stroke. I just dislike having too many customization widgets.
tell me please in the code where this parameter
Itās dl and format_style, line 1283 for SVG and 1608 for PDF. You can change the default lenghts from 2, 5, 10 to larger values, or you can redefine the switching pattern. Each of them is listed simply as length of a dash, length of a space, and so on.
If you want to create a completely new pattern, youād have to add it to line_styles on line 1889.
Thank you very much
Hello! Can I change the name of the island āIā to another default letter?
Mmm, no. The āIā is quite useless, right? Maybe the islands with default names should be listed just with their number in brackets, as a special case.
You canāt change the default because itās simply generated from the name. Island 3 abbreviates to I3. If you rename it to The Heaviest Component, it will abbreviate as THC.
I would just like to replace āIā with something else, for example P (Part), just āIā looks like I15ā¦I5ā¦I16ā¦116. it is not very convenient with a large number of parts.
as I understand it, the āislandā is declared inside Blender?
No, āIslandā is defined on lines 2392 and 2394 in function island_item_changed.
I keep referring to those things as āislandsā but āpartā sounds equally valid and a bit shorter.
Thank you for the answer
Completely new to Blender 2.8(and this site) and you have created exactly what iām looking for! First off, iām on a mac and donāt know if itās just a mac issue or operator issue.
Iām extruding a simple cube on Z, adding a subdivision modifier, hitting āApplyā then marking a seam. Then doing āFileā Export Paper Model.
Attaching a link of 2 tests triedā¦one where i donāt triangulate and one where I do. Iām not sure what iām missing and why it wonāt export.
Thank you in advance and really appreciate what youāve put into this.
The first screenshot is an actual bug in the script. The other is just an error message, and if you triangulated the mesh you did right.
The error disappears if you switch to Object Mode (Tab key).
I submitted it to myself as a bug and Iāll solve it before Blender 2.81.
Thank you for the response and such quick turn around on the solution! It worked. Time for a bit more exploration.
Quick question about 2.8: how do I find the addon now? I have checked it is activated in preferences/addons (was actually preinstalled already) but I cannot find the UI to unwrap and export anymore in the new UI design. I am in edit mode, have the edges marked as seam and now donāt now how to continue.
UPDATE: I have found the export now in File/Export/Paper Model
Is the unwrap step gone now? The generated file looks OK but I tested it with a simple box.
In either edit or object mode it is under Vertex Groups, that is where you find the unfold and Islandsā¦ To get to all other options you have to select export as paper, and it is there you change all the settingsā¦