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Help with Paper size

Post by akshu »

Hi,

I am trying to fold this model Heart box by Robin Glynn. I am stuck at step 22 for the box part as the paper seems to be short to make it into the pocket. Is it because i am using a US letter size paper? I don't have an A4 size paper. Can somebody help me with this? I was planning on making this as a gift for my mom and some friends for Mother's Day!

Also if I want to use a good quality wrapping paper to make it, how can I cut it to A4 size. Any help is greatly appreciated.

http://glynnorigami.co.uk/Heartbox.pdf

Thanks & regards, :)
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Post by Daydreamer »

The problem is definitely that you are using a wrong sized paper:
A4 has the proportions 210mmx297mm whereas Letter is 8,5inx11in (216mmx279mm) which is definitely shorter.

A-sized paper has the proportions 1:sqrt(2). If you want paper in that size you can either measure it or use the following instructions to get A-sized paper from a square: http://dev.origami.com/images_pdf/a4.pdf
So long and keep folding ^_^
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Thanks Daydreamer

Post by akshu »

Thanks Daydreamer :D

I really appreciate your prompt reply.

There was one more thing i did. I created an A4 size image in Photoshop and then played with it a little. Now I can use the US letter size paper but just have to cut the short side to 7.75" to make it the same proportion as A4.

Hope this helps anyone else having the same problems.

Thanks for your help
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Post by origami_8 »

Here´s another way to get an A4 sized paper from a letter sized one:
http://www.britishorigami.info/academic ... etter.html
as well as some other format changes:
http://www.britishorigami.info/academic ... metry.html
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Post by akshu »

Hi Anna,

Thanks so much. This is so much more easier than I thought. Will go and fold those boxes rightaway. :D

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Post by TheRealChris »

are you afraid of a calculator?? I have quickly done this:

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Post by Tjips »

Here's another way to get A format paper (perhaps you know or it has been mentioned, but...). Take a square, get the diagonal. Draw a circle with mid. pt. at one of the diagonals start corners with radius equal to the length of the squares size. Draw a line parralel to the paper's side and through the point where the circle and diagonal intersect. The biggest piece is A format. :D
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Post by Daydreamer »

Actually, if you think it through, this is exactly what you do fold-wise in both of the instructions posted earlier.
Plus it works for any kind of rectangle, not only squares :)
So long and keep folding ^_^
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