This repository contains a folding guide for a paper airplane called the "Boom," designed by Alex Duan, which was coded with facilities for graphics in the Asymptote language.
Print the file default-planecard.pdf, double-sided to flip on the long edge.
You sure can! Edit or copy the file
default-planecard.asy, which contains the definitions
for most of the editable material on the plane. There is a helper function
addgraphic
, defined in libplanecard.asy, for adding
images. (The offset
and scale
parameters are somewhat hackish; I just adjust
them by trial and error.)
To compile, assuming you have Asymptote installed, you can call make [file].pdf
or run asy -tex xelatex [file].asy
. (I use xelatex
because it
can process jpeg graphics.)
You're also welcome to modify the design of the plane, under the Creative Commons license noted on the plane itself, and the underlying source code, which uses the MIT license. The file planecard.asy contains the instructions that draw the fold lines and place the text and graphics.
It's pretty impressive what one can learn from watching YouTube videos on a single subject for several months.