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;
• more to come soon...

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 — You have not selected a document, the selected document has no Origami layer, or the document's Origami layer is empty.
• Path Is Not Closed — The die drawing must a have a solid, continuous outline path.
• Intersecting Holes — There can't be two holes in the same place or overlapping.
• Outside Hole — All holes must be inside the outline path.
• Invalid Crease — Crease lines have limitations.
• Impossible Shape — Some shapes simply don't exist.
• 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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