Pepakura Designer Help

# Supported File Format

Pepakura Designer supports several main file formats.
The file formats and loadable content supported by Pepakura Designer are as follows:

## Supported File formats for importing 3D model

Software | Extension | Loadable content
Wavefront | obj | Polygon, Texture UV coordinate. Material, Object Layer
Metasequoia | mqo | Polygon, Texture UV coordinate, Material, Object Layer
3D Studio | 3ds | Polygon, Texture UV coordinate, Material, Object Layer
Lightwave | lwo | Polygon, Texture UV coordinate, Material, Object Layer
AutoCAD | dxf | Polygon, Object Layer, Color * read "3DFACE" section
Binary STL | stl | Polygon, Color
Google Earth | kml, kmz | Polygon, Object Layer * read "triangles" section

Pepakura Designer may not always load data properly due to your 3D software version or saving options.

## Supported File formats for Saving Unfolded Pattern

In Pepakura Designer, you can save unfolded patterns as image files other than the original file format (.PDO).The file formats and saved content supported are as follows:

Software | Extension | Saved Content
Standard Image Software | bmp, jpg, png, tiff | Content shown in 2D Pattern Window is saved.
Adobe Illustrator, etc | eps, emf | Lines and faces (with color, without texture) of development are saved. If the edges' join numbers are shown, the join numbers are also saved.
Standard 2D CAD Software | dxf | Lines and faces (with color, without texture) of development are saved. According to the type, lines are segmented into different layers.