lowpoly-pdf-to-svg

Turns low poly papercraft PDF templates into one Inkscape SVG, ready for review and Cricut Design Space. Every piece becomes a group with its cut outline, score lines for the folds and pen-drawn edge numbers, tagged with its cardstock colour.

make install
make            # data/example/example.pdf -> data/example/example.svg

The first template is the Bowser mask. The Results pages summarise whether the printed edge numbers pair up into glue edges of the same length and whether the pieces close when folded up in 3D. The traced sheets themselves are the creator’s pattern, so they appear only in a local build (make preview).

The model

The Bowser papercraft mask is by Sweets The Cat (also credited as Papercraft Cat), made as a Halloween project and free for personal use. This repository does not include or redistribute the PDF; check the creator’s current terms before sharing derived files. A community mirror is on Paperzone VN.

Papercraft Bowser Mask by Sweets The Cat on Sketchfab

Where it stands

21 sheets, 1573 printed edge numbers on 178 pieces: 1544 matching, 29 need work.

Figure 1: Printed edge numbers by check result. Only ok means both edges were found and their lengths agree.

Table 1: Edge numbers per sheet, worst first.

Page	Cardstock	Matching	Needs work	Share ok
12	Green cardstock	85	5	94%
09	Red cardstock	55	3	95%
07	Red cardstock	73	3	96%
24	Black cardstock	104	4	96%
08	Red cardstock	54	2	96%
22	Yellow cardstock	56	2	97%
11	Green cardstock	87	3	97%
13	Green cardstock	29	1	97%
14	Yellow cardstock	90	2	98%
04	Red cardstock	74	1	99%
05	Red cardstock	74	1	99%
16	Yellow cardstock	92	1	99%
17	Yellow cardstock	92	1	99%
06	Red cardstock	59	0	100%
10	Red cardstock	54	0	100%
15	Yellow cardstock	92	0	100%
18	Yellow cardstock	82	0	100%
19	Yellow cardstock	82	0	100%
20	Yellow cardstock	76	0	100%
21	Yellow cardstock	76	0	100%
23	Yellow cardstock	58	0	100%