Pepakura .pdo import?

bestseclub · June 25, 2009, 10:39pm

Is there a script to import Pepakura Designer .pdo files to Blender?
I need the mesh only. Its okay if it wont load a texture.

jtdesigns01 · November 24, 2013, 8:11am

I heard somewhere that you can only import other files into pepakura, not the other way round :(:mad: (in a way, its much like the .max format)

Lucas15 · June 12, 2023, 5:01pm

What’s wrong with it?
Why I cannot edit textures? Any ideas of how to fix it,please?

Lucas15 · August 16, 2023, 3:13pm

Any help,please? Blender 3.4.1 cannot even load up plugin. At least I tried.

thorn · August 16, 2023, 4:35pm

Is this the plug-in? The release notes state that it does not import textures.

github.com

Coreforge/blender-pdo-import/blob/master/README.md

# Blender PDO Addon

An addon for blender to import pdo files from Pepakura 4 or Pepakura 3. Pepakura 3 files exported by Pepakura 4 may not work correctly as their header is different and the current code mostly uses fixed sizes to skip for these files.

All objects in the file should now be imported. The addon has only been tested with blender 2.9, but it may work with blender 2.8 (I can't get that to run, so I can't test it). Blender 2.7 is incompatible.
Also, only 3D model data is being imported, no textures or UVs.

It also looks like it has not been updated in 2 years, so it may not be compatible with the later version of blender.

const · August 17, 2023, 11:50am

If someone is interested to be occupied with this project in the future, they might have to understand additional details about the pdo format.

https://github.com/daeken/PepakuraReverse