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Computer Stuff

Origami related computer stuff is great for those who love origami and computers. Most are free for download.

iPhone apps

There is a plethora of iPhone apps available on sale at the iTune store. Noteworthy ones are:

  • Candy Wrapper Origami: shows you how to fold simple origami models using candy and chocolate wrappers. Total of 12 models with a 3x3 tile puzzle at the end of each model. Tap-n-touch top-motion instructions, with jazzy music. Nice.

  • Dollar Bill Origami Star: shows you how to fold a 5-pointed star using dollar bills and bank notes from Canada, China, Europe, Japan, Mexico and USA. Nice modular origami model with slick software making it visually stimulating.
  • Money Art: for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad shows you how to make 150+ origami models using US dollar bills. Dollar Bill penguin is free, all other instructions are available from 0.99 to 1.99 each.


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Software for Generating Origami Diagrams
This isn't a gift idea, but it is related to computers, so we list it here:

  • Doodle: by Jérôme Gout, Xavier Fouchet, Vincent Osele, and volunteers. Uses ASCII code to generate origami diagrams. See samples here.
  • Fold A Face by Hans Dybkjær. an interactive computer program which allows you to pick facial features to be folded into a piece of paper. You can choose ears, eyes, mouth, and color for your origami face.
  • Interactive Ring Tessellation by Robert Lang. An interactive demo that displays a tessellation and its folded form for a "Rings"-type tessellation. You can adjust several controls that affect the crease pattern and then see the results in the folded form in real time.
  • ORIPA: by Jun Mitani. Generates crease patterns. See demo on youtube.
  • Ori-Revo: by Jun Mitani. A design tool for the purpose of exploring new origami models based on "surface of revolution" shapes.
  • Rigid Origami Simulator by Tomohiro Tachi. Simulates kinematics of rigid origami from .opx or .dxf crease pattern. See samples here and here.
  • Tabula by Is a dynamic geometry program which allows you to manipulate images including the appearance of folding paper to form crease lines. It is a learning tool to virtually cut, tape, fold, measure, and transform geometric figures. Watch video to see its purpose.
  • Tessellation from a Square Twist Fold: by Ben Kraft. Software simulates "square twist" motion.
  • TESS: by Eric Gjerdi and Alex Bateman. Generates origami tessellation diagrams.
  • TreeMaker: by Robert Lang. Generates crease patterns.

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