Pepakura Viewer and Designer are Windows-only programs: they will not run on Apple/Mac computers. Usually renaming (right-click on the file, and choose 'Rename' from the context menu that pops up) the PDO file using western characters will solve the problem, allowing Pepakura Viewer to open the file.

Sometimes if the PDO file you download has a filename with illegible (usually Japanese or other Asian) characters, Pepakura Viewer will have trouble opening it on western computers. Note that a password used by the creator of a PDO file to prevent it from being edited by somebody else in Pepakura Designer, is not the same as the registration key you have to buy to unlock the save and export features of Pepakura Designer! So buying a Pepakura Designer registration key will not allow you to open and edit locked PDO files in Pepakura Designer! If the creator of the PDO file has protected it against editing with a password, Pepakura Designer won't be able to open it! Pepakura Viewer can open and print all PDO files, even password-protected ones. Sometimes people accidentally use the Pepakura Designer tool instead of Pepakura Viewer. To open them, you should use the latest version of Pepakura Viewer: PDO files (file extension *.pdo) are created using Pepakura Designer. I found a paper model in PDO format, what program should I use to open it? Where can I find more papercraft models?ġ.Replacing textures on unlocked PDO files.Techniques for building papercraft models: Software/computer programs for opening common papercraft files:

The best way to learn how to make your own papercraft models I always say is simply learn by trying, playing and fooling around with paper parts and pieces and having fun! o)įirst of all, Yamaha has a great papercraft building tutorial explaining all the basic techniques that's definitely worth a look:

This is only a papercraft building FAQ, making a papercraft creating tutorial would take up too much of my time I'm afraid.īut you can follow my ' Works in Progress' on my papercraft weblog here to see how I do it, although that's not necessarily the only or even the best way for you of course!

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