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5 Jul 2024 05:04:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Unfolding Models in POV  
From: Peter Popov
Date: 10 Oct 2002 03:27:35
Message: <lsaaqu8i4d2kom1pb96v47i5dbee3r8lr0@4ax.com>
On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 16:03:39 -0700, "Tony Vigil" <tjv### [at] hotmailcom>
wrote:

>Does Rhino 1.0 unfold models?  I looked through the manual rather quickly,
>but I didn't see anything remotely similar.  

You can unroll a developable surface, but only if it is mathematically
possible to unroll it. I've done it a lot when I was making a couple
of molds out of sheet metal.

Of course, SolidWorks + SolidSheet is much better at it if you're
ready for the price tag (about $5000 IIRC :) )


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