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Unwrapping/unfolding/flatten a set of surfaces.
martin_kopplow
Member Posts: 1,073 PRO
I remember a discussion here on the forum regarding a FS that could create a flat pattern of a set of connected surfaces in a way that it created a flat representaion with the least possible distortion in case the faces were not precisely unfoldable. It was more or less like "I want to create an elastic sticker that kind of fits here, even if I need to put some pressure on it to make it stick" thing. I tried searching but I don't seem to get any useful results. Maybe I have searched the wrong terms. Does someone remember the discussion and can possibly point me there?
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There’s the first party tool, which isn’t fully parametric, but still quite useful. https://www.onshape.com/en/blog/cloud-native-cad-simplifies-surface-flattening
Simon Gatrall | Product Development Specialist | Open For Work
@S1mon
Aaaaargh! How in the world could I forget this (more or less) feature is to be found in the analysis menu! Thanks for pointing it out. I totally missed that one and would never ever have looked for it down there. :0/
@martin_kopplow I've forgotten where it is at times too. It definitely feels like it's been thrown in there because they couldn't figure out how to make it reliable enough to make it 100% repeatable, so it gets treated as an "analysis" tool. Still very useful, but weird.
Simon Gatrall | Product Development Specialist | Open For Work