Anyone would like to share their thoughts on TreeMaker?

thut · Post by **thut** » March 20th, 2006, 7:38 am

has anyone managed to design something with this program yet?

Post by **Daydreamer** » March 20th, 2006, 11:22 am

Well, I played around a bit and created different creasepatterns I was able to collapse as well.
But I'm still having problems to actually turn the collapsed base into the intended model, even though all the necessary flaps are there.

thedeadsmellbad · Post by **thedeadsmellbad** » March 21st, 2006, 6:18 am

it needs an export image option, all i can seem to do is print

Post by **Daydreamer** » March 21st, 2006, 8:55 am

well.... you can always take a screenshot or print to a pdf-printer

But it's true, some kind of export would be nice, maybe even to some vector-graphic format.

thedeadsmellbad · Post by **thedeadsmellbad** » March 21st, 2006, 8:59 am

A screenshot is a good idea, thank you!

wolf · Post by **wolf** » March 21st, 2006, 9:48 am

Daydreamer wrote:But it's true, some kind of export would be nice, maybe even to some vector-graphic format.

The saved .TM5 files are in plaintext, so it should be possible to write a script that extracts the relevant vector-graphic information and reformat it into Postscript or somesuch. The TM5 sources are available so finding out the .TM5 file format is relatively straightforward.

Might be a fun little programming project to do. Or, you could just email the development team and ask nicely.

Post by **Daydreamer** » March 21st, 2006, 12:19 pm

Sounds easy enough to do, I've written similar converters before. With a specification of the tm5 format and the (e)ps format it shouldn't be a problem at all. Now if I had some time to spare....

thut · Post by **thut** » April 26th, 2006, 11:49 am

How do I force the folded form to have a seamless back (like lang's alamo stallion)?

thut · Post by **thut** » April 29th, 2006, 10:32 am

Anyone?

Post by **origami_8** » April 29th, 2006, 11:33 am

Dear thut, if anyone knows the answer, he will write it also without reminder, so you donÂ´t need to write "anyone" just three days after your first post.

steyen · Post by **steyen** » August 8th, 2006, 12:15 pm

hi thut.i just noticed your question while reading this post.

To create a seamless back(like alamo stallion), the path from the head flap till the tail must be forced to be an Active Path

here are some of my findings:
[img]http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1395/closedbackpackingrp4.th.png[/img]