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License
The following software systems (Freeform Origami, Origamizer, Rigid Origami Simulator) are proprietary software provided under
the following license.

1. The user is allowed to use the software if and only if both of the following conditions are satised. Before using the
softwere, please contact me in advance.
(Non-Commercial Use) The use of the software is non-commercial.
(Attribution): The resulting works achieved using the software, e.g., research publications, exhibitions, educational
workshops, etc. acknowledge the usage of the software and cite at least one of the following references.
Freeform Origami: reference [1],[2],[3] or [4]
Origamizer: [5],[6] or [7]
Rigid Origami Simulator: [8] or [9]
2. Any other type of usage, e.g., commercial use, is by default prohibited. For this type of usage, please contact : tachi at
idea.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp

(Freeform Origami, Origamizer, Rigid Origami Simulator)

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Freeform Origami: [1],[2],[3] [4]
Origamizer: [5],[6] [7]

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Rigid Origami Simulator: [8] [9]

2. tachi at idea.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp

[1] Tomohiro Tachi, "Freeform Origami", www.tsg.ne.jp/TT/software/

[2] Tomohiro Tachi, "Generalization of Rigid-Foldable Quadrilateral-Mesh Origami," Journal of the International Association for
Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), 50(3), pp. 173--179, December 2009.
[3] Tomohiro Tachi, "Freeform Variations of Origami", in Proceedings of The 14th International Conference on Geometry and
Graphics (ICGG 2010), Kyoto, Japan, pp. 273--274, August 5-9, 2010.
[4] Tomohiro Tachi, "Freeform Rigid-Foldable Structure using Bidirectionally Flat-Foldable Planar Quadrilateral Mesh",
Advances in Architectural Geometry 2010, pp. 87--102, September 2010.
[5] Tomohiro Tachi, "Origamizer", www.tsg.ne.jp/TT/software/
[6] Tomohiro Tachi: "Origamizing Polyhedral Surfaces," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 16(2), pp.
298-311, 2010.
[7] Tomohiro Tachi: "3D Origami Design based on Tucking Molecule," in Origami4, pp. 259-272, 2009.
[8] Tomohiro Tachi, "Rigid Origami Simulator", www.tsg.ne.jp/TT/software/
[9] Tomohiro Tachi: "Simulation of Rigid Origami ," in Origami4, pp. 175-187, 2009.

Freeform Origami

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Freeform Origami

This software is a design software that allows users to interact with origami forms while altering the
crease pattern of the model. The software can keep:

Developability (foldable from a piece of paper)

Flat-foldability (foldable into a at shape)
Planarity of facets (paper do not twist in 3D form)
Point coordinate coincidence
Paper size

Binary for win32FreeformOrigami030.zip (ver 0.3)

For questions and discussions, please use this place
http://www.curvedfolding.com/group/freeformorigami.

History
2017/2/24 ver 0.3 Alpha

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Bug x on obj import.

2016/3/18 ver 0.2.8 Alpha

Rendering in SVG is supported.

2014/9/20 ver 0.2.6 Alpha (London ver.)

Added "Origamize" option to convert a polyhedral mesh to a resch type tessellation.

2014/1/23 ver 0.2.5 Alpha

Added global developability and at-foldability for a mesh with hole (it may be still buggy).
Fixed bugs in the crease pattern editing.

2013/11/20 ver 0.2.4 Alpha

xed bugs in the Add Ref Pts.

Added convex boundary constraint
Added Fold/Unfold Menu
Added Tool->EqLen and Tool->EqAngle to add equal foldangle or lengths constraints to an edgegroup.
Added shade crease pattern option
180 degrees folding and thin corners can be avoided using Flat Limit and Thin Limit

2013/04/02 ver 0.2.3 Alpha

xed welding bugs.

new cursors

2013/03/26 ver 0.2.2 Alpha

welding option when opening obj le

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unwelding tool

2013/03/25 ver 0.2.1 Alpha (Barbados ver.)

bugs xed for the folding algorithm

2013/02/04 ver 0.2.0 Alpha

support for multiple meshes

better algorithm for folding and unfolding (Space key and 'B' key)
avoiding local intersection of vertex-adjacent facets
improved robustness of solver
some bug xes

2012/10/07 ver 0.1.9 Alpha

additional functionalities and bug xes.

2011/09/16 ver 0.1.7 Alpha

reads mountain and valley of exported obj les (written in comment lines).
support for pointset data in xyz (txt) format as reference points
individual reference points can be added from a model menu.

2011/09/13 ver 0.1.6 Alpha

Fixed a bug in exporting obj le

2011/09/08 ver 0.1.5 Alpha

Support for Complementary foldlines (see T.Tachi "Freeform Rigid-Foldable Structure using
Bidirectionally Flat-Foldable Planar Quadrilateral Mesh" in AAG 2010)
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Magnet and Sticky tool uses geodesic distance (not euclidian distance)
Removed bugs (chopping of intersecting lines, no-overfold constraints, ...)

2011/01/06 ver 0.1.3 Alpha

FASTER!!!
Developability & Flat-foldability support for mesh with holes.
Support for Color by Layer.
Adaptive Mesh (could be still buggy)
Texture

2010/10/17 ver 0.1.2 Alpha

Enabled drag and drop of le.

Rearranged tool shortcuts.
OBJ les automatically reassigns MVs.

2010/10/17 ver 0.1.1 Alpha

Fixed the layout bug of Tool->Assign

2010/10/16 ver 0.1.0 Alpha

Origamizer

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Origamizer Demo

This is a 3D origami design software. The software generates a crease pattern that folds into a given
polyhedron.

Binary for win32 Origamizer047.zip (ver 0.47)

History
2008/08/29 ver 0.47 Release xed problems in reading obj le generated by wings3D.

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How To Fold a Bunny

2008/05/26 ver 0.43 Release

Rigid Origami Simulator

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Simulates kinematics of rigid origami from *.opx or *.dxf crease pattern.

Binary for win32RigidOrigami009.zip (ver 0.09)

Details on the system and method

history
2010/09/19 ver 0.09 xed scaling bug.
2010/08/30 ver 0.08 xed several bugs.
2009/05/24 ver 0.07 improved the accuracy.
2008/08/28 ver 0.06 support for half folded nal state specied by layer name.
2008/08/12 ver 0.05 calculation speed up! support for X,Y,Z view
2008/07/05 ver 0.04 xed problems with importing dxf. support for unnested blocks.
2007/12/18 ver 0.03 support for output in obj and bmp
2007/09/29 xed some bugs in le input / support for 0 vertex model.
2007/09/29 ver 0.02 modied readme.txt (Mountain: red, Valley: blue)
2007/09/28 ver 0.01 Release

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