Welcome!

Welcome to Popup3D, a program that helps you creating amazing "popup" cards with a 3D interface and simple tools!

This software has an english user interface and integrated help.

Ce logiciel a une interface en français. L'aide est disponible seulement en anglais.

Diese Software hat eine deutsche Benutzerschnittstelle. Die Hilfe ist nur auf Englisch verfügbar. Danke Toby H. für die übersetzung.

About Popup 3D

Popup cards, or "Kirigami popups" are pieces of paper cut and fold to create a 3D effect.

With the software you can build on yout screen the final 3D shape of the popup you expect, taking into account the mechanical constraints of the folding. Once finished, the result can be printed on a single sheet of thick paper, cut and fold to obtain the same real 3D shape.

The popups you can create with the software are from a single sheet of paper, cut and fold. Of course, you can glue additional paper pieces and decorations!

Sample Popup

Here is a screen capture of the "Japanese Temple" sample popup in the program.

The printed result

The popup is mirrored and folds are reversed as they are printed on the back of the paper by default.

Overlay Picture

The picture used to add colors to the popup, printed on the front of the paper. Exporting the popup sheet as a picture helps creating the overlay.

Paper Popup

Here is the final popup cut and fold:

Timelapse

Here is a timelapse of the japanese temple popup creation. First, the main shape is created, then exported to svg to create the overlay picture that is imported back to the popup before the final fixes.