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Crease pattern
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A Crease Pattern is a origami diagram type that consists of all the creases in the final model, rendered into one image. This comes in handy for complex and super-complex models, where often the model is not simple enough to diagram efficiently.
The use of crease patterns originated with designers such as Neal Elias, who used them to record how their models were made. This allowed the more prolific designers to keep track of all their models, and soon crease patterns began to be used as communication of ideas between designers. After a few years of this sort of use, designers such as Robert Lang, Meguro Toshiyuki, Jun Maekawa, and Peter Engel began to design using crease patterns; This allowed them to create with increasing levels of complexity, allowing the art of origami to reach unprecedented levels of realism. Now most models are accompanied by crease patterns.