How can you unwrap a mesh or solid?
How can you unwrap a mesh or solid?
(OP)
Is there a way to unwrap a mesh or solid so that you have a resulting flat surface? I would like to be able to intersect items.... say cylinders, be able to trim them to each other, and then unwrap them to a flat surface. This would allow me to print cutting templates of the intersecting shapes.





RE: How can you unwrap a mesh or solid?
Rhinoceros can do what you want (to surfaces) and write the result to an AutoCAD file, which you can plot to make a template. At least with Rhino 1.1, you have to dimension one feature in Rhino so that AutoCAD doesn't open the dwg file at some odd scale.
There's surely a way, but I could never get a decent plot out of Rhino. So I used both.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: How can you unwrap a mesh or solid?
RE: How can you unwrap a mesh or solid?
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: How can you unwrap a mesh or solid?
Hope it helps.
Kobus