Unroll Surface + Fabrication Doubt

Hey Everyone!

Is there a way to unroll surface in grasshopper?

Also, another doubt is, when we put together the file for say laser cutting, we give numbering to the final pieces manually [text tag] which sometimes cannot be directly applied onto the surfaces in the 3d model. Is there a way to see the numbering on the model as well? [Not the point list]

Hope I am clear!

Many Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Heumann on May 10, 2010 at 5:54pm

Hi Deepthi -

You can give my definition a try - It's not perfect but it is designed to do what you're asking. Let me know if it works for you, or if you run into any issues with it. Download it here: http://heumanndesigntech.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/unroll-ruled-surf...

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Permalink Reply by Deepthi on May 16, 2010 at 12:43pm

Thanks Andrew :)

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Permalink Reply by DE VILLE D'AVRAY on May 11, 2010 at 5:39am

Is there a definition for surface that are not developpable?

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Permalink Reply by DE VILLE D'AVRAY on May 11, 2010 at 5:40am

And keep the same length for the border...

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Heumann on May 11, 2010 at 6:43am

That's a tougher problem, and I don't know of any way to do it in gh... You might look at a piece of software called lamina design.

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Permalink Reply by Pep Tornabell on May 11, 2010 at 8:03am

I decided a little while ago to work on that, I'll post results (if there are any, lol). What seems harder is to solve it just with standard components.

:)