Far Cry 3 Chinese Dagger help

[Rjames112]

Hi there,

I've got the 3d models of the Chinese Dagger from the game but am having an issue converting them for use as a pep file. The model file is a 3ds Max file ( but right now when I pull it into PD3 and unfold it I end up with a lot of faces, all of which don't fit together in any reasonable way: http://imgur.com/EfXZ6qX

I am sure it's because of the prep I am doing prior to pulling it into PD3 but I am at a loss as to how to bring the faces down to a reasonable number for building. I'm self taught and very early on in my learning when it comes to PD3 and 3ds Max/Sketchup so I could use some guidance please.

 

[Eirinn]

Does it have to be a pepakura project? I'm doing that exact prop right now:
http://www.therpf.com/f9/far-cry-3-chinese-dagger-182099/#post2850667

 

[Darksyde13]

You will need to do some editing to the file. You can not save edits unless you have the unlocked version of pep designer.

If you have those I'd do a quick search on 'unfolding' in youtube.

There is a knife icon that you use before clicking unfold to designate cut lines. There is also a button that looks like rbg crayons. Clicking that brings up a slider bar that is 'ignore almost flat edge' or some such. You can use this to reduce the number of faces some what to get a more manageable file as well.

I may have a few other sugestions once I get home.

 

[Darksyde13]

Do have any guesses to how long it should be end to end? Proper scaling may help a bit as well.