Packaging Folding & Visualization Tool for Blender
Turn 2D packaging dielines into fully controllable, animated 3D packaging — without manual modeling.
PACKFOLD is a Blender addon built for packaging designers, 3D artists, CGI artists, and anyone working with folding cartons, display boxes, shippers, and other paperboard packaging.
Instead of manually rebuilding a dieline — creating panels, setting origins, building an armature, weighting bones, and positioning artwork by hand — PACKFOLD takes you from a 2D DXF dieline to a clean, foldable, animated 3D package in one workflow.
here is a full demo tutorial: [The Fastest Way to Fold Packaging in Blender? | PACKFOLD
https://youtu.be/SAiCD60s21E
Five modules, full control over every stage:
1. Cutting Dieline:
Convert your 2D DXF dieline into a clean 3D mesh — no manual modeling.
Import your dieline and generate 3D geometry that’s clean, organized, and ready for folding.
- One-click DXF → 3D mesh
- Adjustable mesh subdivision
- Precise fold placement
- Slit/lock cut support
- One-line cut-through support
- Adjustable slit thickness
CLEAN MESH CREATED IN SECONDS NO MODELING NEEDED !
2. Folding System:
Build a smart folding rig in a blink.
Select one face. PACKFOLD reads the connected panel structure and generates the entire folding armature automatically — no manual rigging, no manual weighting.
- Automatic armature generation from a single selected face
- Smart panel relationships and hierarchy
- Ready-to-animate rig, instantly
- One-click reset and regeneration
LOGIC FOLDING SYSTEM GENERATED IN ONE CLICK !
3. Fold Mode:
Take full control of every panel.
Once the rig exists, fold, open, and position the package directly from intuitive per-panel sliders — and keyframe any of it.
- Individual panel fold sliders
- Full Folding and Rest Fold presets
- Fully keyframeable for animation
- Build assembly, opening, and closing sequences
- Snap back to flat anytime
FOLD YOUR PACKAGING SEAMLESSLY WITH SLIDES CONTROL
4. Panel Curver:
Simulate curved paper — non-destructively.
Real packaging isn’t always flat. Select a panel, dial in curvature, and set direction — without touching the base geometry.
- Non-destructive curvature
- Positive and negative curve values
- Horizontal or vertical curve direction
- Edit or remove anytime, no rework
Ideal for curved top lock, rounded cartons, display structures, and stylized packaging shots.
SIMULATE PAPER CURVATURE WITH NON DISTRUCTIVE WORKFLOW
5. Extra Options:
Production-ready finishing, without leaving the addon.
- Thickness — realistic paper/board thickness, from thin stock to heavy cardboard
- Bevel — adjustable width and segments for edge highlights that read as real material
- Auto Artwork Fitting — your artwork snaps to the generated dieline automatically, no manual UV work
- Corrugated Cardboard Texture — one-click texture, automatically fit to shipper and corrugated geometry
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Thickness | Bevel | Auto Artwork Fitting | Corrugated Cardboard Texture
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Why PACKFOLD?
| Traditional workflow | With PACKFOLD |
|---|---|
| Manually Model the dieline | Generate the 3D mesh directly from your DXF dieline |
| Build and weight an armature by hand | Select one face, auto-generate the rig |
| Manually pose every panel | Fold Mode sliders, fully keyframeable |
| Destructive curve workarounds | Non-destructive panel curving |
| Manual UV + artwork placement | Artwork auto-fits the dieline |
| Manual corrugated UV setup | Auto-applied corrugated texture |
Built for animation — keyframe your folding controls and build complete packaging assembly and reveal animations.
From Flat Dieline to Animated 3D Packaging
Import → Generate → Fold → Curve → Texture → Animate → Render
Everything you need to turn a production dieline into a professional 3D packaging presentation — inside Blender.