Unwrap model
Unwrap model
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Has anyone had any luck with other app's for unwrapping a model or surfaces?
I would like to take a model that is built entirely of surfaces and 'unwrap' them to create cutting patterns.
I searched the web and found some app's, but I don't want to download free trials until I hear from others what they have tried.
I looked into sheetmetal, but the shapes are irregular and complicated.
Some sites I found doing a quick Google search:
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http://en .wiki.mcne el.com/def ault.aspx/ McNeel/Adv ancedFlatt ening.html
http: //en.wiki. mcneel.com /default.a spx/McNeel /RhinoLabs Tools.html
http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/
I would like to take a model that is built entirely of surfaces and 'unwrap' them to create cutting patterns.
I searched the web and found some app's, but I don't want to download free trials until I hear from others what they have tried.
I looked into sheetmetal, but the shapes are irregular and complicated.
Some sites I found doing a quick Google search:
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http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/
Chris
SolidWorks 09, CATIA V5
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RE: Unwrap model
We used ACAD for generating drawings and 3D models, and for plotting, and Rhino for defining and unwrapping complex odd-angle wyes and such. Translation (of surfaces) was not a problem for Rhino in either direction. ACAD got the size wrong if a Rhino- generated ACAD file didn't include at least one dimension. While the translation worked okay, it was often faster to just re-generate the geometry in Rhino; it's really fast and intuitive.
I never managed to get a decent looking drawing out of Rhino, and I never got it to make the plotter do what I thought it was going to do. Surely that has changed in newer versions. Maybe I was just holding my tongue wrong.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Unwrap model
The perimeters or the surfaces?
Have you tried the updated Rip tool in '09?
RE: Unwrap model
Can you attach an example file here?
RE: Unwrap model
Both perimeters and surfaces.
I have not tried the Rip tool. I will look at it.
I can not attach an example yet. For legal matters right now.
Imagine a round tube that is almost round at one end and oval at the other...with two shallow flats on one side somewhere in between.
I have not used Rhino, I will look at it.
Chris
SolidWorks 09, CATIA V5
ctopher's home
SolidWorks Legion
RE: Unwrap model
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RE: Unwrap model
I will check out BlankWorks.
Chris
SolidWorks 09, CATIA V5
ctopher's home
SolidWorks Legion
RE: Unwrap model
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