Foldify - print foldable 3D figures from iOS

by zdw • 14 years ago

97 27 14 years ago

I bought one of these off Foldable (https://www.foldable.me/) and while it was quite cool how it all came together, I was a little disappointed by the lack of customisation options.

This looks to rectify that and make a more personalised creation, great work!

yogrish2• 14 years ago

Any idea what tech is behind this? I mean something for selection and preview generation like https://www.foldable.me/foldables/new.

Tloewald2• 14 years ago

It's all squares and rectangles so CSS3 transforms would be perfectly adequate.

nathanbarry• 14 years ago

I just saw this on Twitter. Very impressive! Talk about a great experience.

tibbon• 14 years ago

Wow, that is cool!

Goes to show that not every useful application for iOS has been built yet, or that the unmade ones have to be extremely complicated.

novalis• 14 years ago

Foldify is so much better than "Origami for Westerners", I think they may even get a season push, considering the coming festivities. How good would 8 bit squares and 8 bit Santa look on the tree. Hope it comes through for the makers.

yogrish2• 14 years ago

A novel App after a long time.

cubtastic71• 14 years ago

want - squeal - yeah!

I hope you can submit your own 3D models to share and make viral!

jrogers65• 14 years ago

Did you just squeal?

uptown• 14 years ago

If only I had a color printer.

kusum18• 14 years ago

That is so cool!. Kudos to the team

Breefield• 14 years ago

Why are the lines on the outside of the figure!?

khangtoh• 14 years ago

It's because the foldable model is printed out on a single side and it's probably going to be a pain in the ass to have users print 2-sided with lines on the other.

Jonovono• 14 years ago

Is this a pivot from "Foldable me" or something along those lines? I remember seeing that on here awhile ago. I like this idea!

gazrogers• 14 years ago

Looks like a copy rather than a pivot.

merowing• 14 years ago

Foldify idea was born in 2011, It's an indie project ( created after normal work ) and the dev started in january of 2012. Foldable.me started after March of 2012. So definitely not a copy ;) as Foldify was first.

brianbreslin• 14 years ago

love it. would love to see caricatures made of people we know in this.

weisser• 14 years ago

Christmas tree ornaments?

rmrfrmrf• 14 years ago

House fire?

cjensen• 14 years ago

It looks awesome, but...

Why oh why would you go public on this before the app is available in the store? I looked at this thing and said "I want it." Will I remember to look again once it is available?

aparadja• 14 years ago

They did ask for your email so that you'll get notified when it launches.

nedwin• 14 years ago

Hopefully they've got remarketing tags setup to the hilt.

lessnonymous• 14 years ago

While we're forgetting this was going to exist one day, why not get some of the cool models from cubeecraft right now?

http://www.cubeecraft.com/

(Not mine. But I've created my own. If you want Illustrator templates send me an email: rick@measham.id.au)

samlittlewood• 14 years ago

If you are interested in printing foldable paper models, also have a look at Pepakura Designer (http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/). This takes 3d models and unwraps them to printable images.

No connection, other than having used it's output to entertain children at various times.

shocks• 14 years ago

This looks awesome. Will it be available for Android?

Tloewald2• 14 years ago

Does android offer a printing API? I know there are individual apps...

TenJack• 14 years ago

What kind of paper do you use with this? It looks stronger than regular printer paper.

Foldify - print foldable 3D figures from iOS

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