Supported File Format

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

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.

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.