Komatsu Lion CP

alex · Post by **alex** » November 23rd, 2005, 2:51 am

Hello,

Wishes and greetings to all members of the forum. Can anyone help me with a good CP of the Komatsu Lion?

with regards,
Alex

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » November 23rd, 2005, 3:14 am

What's wrong with the one on his web page http://www.origami.gr.jp/~komatsu/gallery/lion.html ?

alex · Post by **alex** » November 23rd, 2005, 3:19 am

It is too small for a print.

wolf · Post by **wolf** » November 23rd, 2005, 3:31 am

Cut and paste it into any vector graphics program, trace out the lines yourself and then expand the reconstructed CP to whatever size you want.

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » November 23rd, 2005, 3:57 am

alex wrote:It is too small for a print.

Save the file to your PC. Open anew document in word. Make the margins of your new document the minimum they can be. Insert the image. Press shift and then drag one of the corners until the image reaches the maximum size of your page.

alex · Post by **alex** » November 23rd, 2005, 5:25 am

I didn't ask the methods to draw the CP. Even myself verywell know how to enlarge the picture as well as traceout the lines. But requested someone to send me the CP so that I can readily take print. If someone can, post a link.

esato · Post by **esato** » November 23rd, 2005, 12:16 pm

wolf wrote:Cut and paste it into any vector graphics program, trace out the lines yourself and then expand the reconstructed CP to whatever size you want.

Wolf, what vector graphics do you use? The one you use can help one find landmarks?

Post by **origami_8** » November 23rd, 2005, 12:54 pm

A little search on this Forum (Yes, we have a search function, look up to the top of the page!) shows you that there allready is a topic about KomatsuÂ´s lion. On page two of this topic you not only find the link to a better cp, but also a detailed guide of how to find the landmarks and further help to collapse the base. (Look what Brimstone wrote.)
By the way donÂ´t open up new topics if we allready have one to the same theme.

alex · Post by **alex** » November 23rd, 2005, 1:21 pm

Thanks Anna. I got the CP from my friend this afternoon. He gave a printout which is approximately 43 cms square.

I request the Forum Manager to lock this topic.

Post by **origami_8** » November 23rd, 2005, 1:44 pm

I donÂ´t take requests.
And I wonÂ´t lock topics only because a member is thinking heÂ´s got what he wanted. EsatoÂ´s question isnÂ´t answered yet. It is the moderators' choice if a topic should be locked or not, not yours.

wolf · Post by **wolf** » November 23rd, 2005, 2:13 pm

esato wrote:Wolf, what vector graphics do you use? The one you use can help one find landmarks?

I mostly use CadStd Lite for CPs - it's freeware and you can get it from http://www.cadstd.com. It's got the usual things - grid snapping, snapping to angles, tangents and midpoints, as well as a handy bunch of distance measurement tools.

Otherwise, the other software I use is Canvas. It's commercial but you can get earlier versions cheaply at eBay, or used software stores. In some ways, it's a bit more limited than CAD programs, because of the lack of flexible snapping functions (well, maybe the latest version now has them). However, it's much easier to draw full diagrams with Canvas.

esato · Post by **esato** » November 25th, 2005, 11:16 pm

wolf wrote:Cut and paste it into any vector graphics program, trace out the lines yourself and then expand the reconstructed CP to whatever size you want.

IÂ´ve downloaded and installed cadstd. Is it possible to do that in cadstd? I am trying to paste a CP to do just that, but with no success.

wolf · Post by **wolf** » November 26th, 2005, 12:45 am

esato wrote:Is it possible to do that in cadstd? I am trying to paste a CP to do just that, but with no success.

No, CadStd just allows you to draw structures (like CP) from scratch, but doesn't support pasting of graphics.

esato · Post by **esato** » November 26th, 2005, 1:14 am

wolf wrote:
esato wrote:Is it possible to do that in cadstd? I am trying to paste a CP to do just that, but with no success.
No, CadStd just allows you to draw structures (like CP) from scratch, but doesn't support pasting of graphics.

hmmm... What tool do you use to measure angles, creases then?

wolf · Post by **wolf** » November 26th, 2005, 3:50 am

A ruler and protractor.

What I normally do is to redraw the CP using CadStd, reconstructing the creases rather than trace out the lines from the original CP. I measure off some of the major angles and lines, then use that as a starting point for the reconstructed CP.