Every time I try to make a shape that needs to have a straight wall folded in the middle so that it can become flat, the wall doesn't stay flat when I prop it up (as shown in the image).
I'm only doing some tests, so I'm using 75 g/m² paper. Am I doing something wrong? Is it just the quality of the paper? Is there a trick to fix this?
Thank you in advance!
OBS: NONE OF THESE POP-UPS WHERE MADE BY ME!!
TL;DR: I'm new to pop-up design and want to create a 180° four-sided ("closed") castle pop-up. I couldn't find software, templates, or tutorials that explain how to design this type of mechanism, so I have three questions: Is there any software that helps design 180° pop-ups (not just 90° kirigami)? Are there any downloadable castle/palace templates I can study to understand the mechanisms? What would be the best way to start designing one from scratch as a beginner? The attached images are just examples of the style I'm aiming for (not my work).
Hey guys I need some guidance. I'm relatively new to pop up but wanted to try to make a project a bjt complex. I want to make a palace/castle pop up but have no idea where to begin.
I would like to make a pop up that unfolds at 180° degrees and have this "closed" style (I don't know if it has a specific name but I want to make something with four sides and can be viewed from all any side instead of something that has 2 walls like with the kirigami technique.
I started thinking that existed a platform that could help me design a 180° pop up, where I could build it in 3d and it would make the pattern I needed to achieve that. Couldn't find anything, only some plataforma that help design 90° folds/kirigami style. Does anyone know if I can find some platform that would help me do that?
Not finding this platform, I started to look for downloadable templates that I could make to understand better the mechanisms so that I could make my own version with something to base myself. Also couldn't find it. (Found some really cool pieces, but have no idea how to even begin to build something like that). Does anybody know a palace template that is available to download so I could see how the patterns look?
Not being able to find what I was looking for, I changed to plan c. I found some really cool paper castle models (the YouTube channel is cardboard da Vinci, not pop up tho) and wanted to make a simpler version of one of his models and transform it in a foldable pop-up version, but still am kinda lost in how to start.
All videos I saw of people planning/creating their pop ups already start with making prototypes, but I'm not advanced enough to simply think of a 3d format and have an ideia in how to make a pop up.
Can anybody give me some guidance in what I should do?
(Here's some cool pop-ups I found while looking for inspiration. I have no idea how to make them but I think they can help me show what I mean with the 4 side/"closed" pop up style)
OBS: NONE OF THESE POP-UPS WHERE MADE BY ME!!
Images:
1-sleeping beauty castle by Paper Paul
2- le chateau fort by Dominique Ehrhard
3-my little pony pop up by Matthew Reinhart
4-castle of dream by Pop-uper