Origami Tutorials

Origami may look a little bit tricky, but you will definitely love this tool once you have played with it a little. Here are some tutorials to help you get started.

Origami Basics

Read this first if you never used Origami before. It covers about 95% of the questions a new user might have and is well worth the time spent.

• User Interface — read about panels and buttons in Origami;
• Connecting to Illustrator — exchange dielines with Illustrator;
• Making a Simple Dieline — make a simple dieline and see it in 3D;
• Adding Creases — learn how to fold a dieline;
• Defining Bottom — tell Origami where is the bottom of the shape;
• Multiple Shapes — how to have several objects in the same scene;
• Dieline Generator — make dielines faster with the online generator;
• Export and Rendering — learn to export scenes or render them.

Advanced Topics

• Backside Artwork — how to apply artwork to the other side of the paper;
• Affinity Designer — integration with other vector editors;
• Adobe Illustrator — Illustrator–specific features of Origami;
• Dieline Viewer — editing folding angles and markers right in Origami;
• Dielines Verification — checking dielines for errors.

Common Mistakes

Sometimes dielines have issues: gaps, overlaps, and so on. Origami detects such issues and can help you resolve them. These tutorials show you how to resolve dieline issues.

• Empty Layout — why there is no dieline visible?
• Path Is Not Closed — the dieline needs a solid, continuous outline path;
• Intersecting Holes — holes must not overlap;
• Overlapping Lines — cut and crease lines must not overlap, as well;
• Outside Hole — all holes must be inside the outline path;
• Invalid Crease — crease lines have limitations;
• Impossible Shape — some shapes simply don’t exist;
• Misaligned Elements — ends must meet, perfectly;
• Elements Are Too Small — keep dieline paths simple;
• Interesting Curved Cuts — it might not be easy;
• Triangulation Failed — Origami fails to make a 3D mesh of a dieline;
• Z–Fighting — what to do with overlapping polygons.

Old Origami 2 Tutorials

These tutorials are for the second version of Origami. Have a look if you still use the old version.

• Running Origami — meet and explore Origami;
• Creating A New Document — create a very simple dieline;
• Adding Cuts And Creases — make a more complex die-drawing;
• Defining Bottom — assign the bottom side of the shape;
• Defining Front — assign the front side of the shape.

• Adding Foil Effect — how to add foil effect to Origami scene;
• Batch Dieline Generation — how to generate multiple dielines using a CSV file.

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