# Help with Flattening a Curved 3D Model into 2D

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [February 13, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-flattening-a-curved-3d-model-into-2d/36514 "2025-02-13T22:17:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/help-with-flattening-a-curved-3d-model-into-2d/36514/3 "2025-02-14T01:17:31Z")

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In this post I recommend an alternative software near the end, this is asked pretty frequently, flattening tool would be nice within shaper.

Some shapes like this I want to 3d print flat with curvature so I can bend it and glue the miniature rail on to the ship.

I’m actually curious how you created this railing. It starts at 90degree and centers to like 45degree want to try to figure that out.

> [@How to make unwrapped drawing of a tube](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-make-unwrapped-drawing-of-a-tube/33318):
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> Hi, I have a model of a tube, with specific holes and assets on it, and I’d like to get a drawing of an unwrapped tube, i.e. - a flat view of the tube’s outer surface, so I can print it with 1:1 scale and wrap it around the real tube and make whatever I want. The same goes with other bended bodies - their drawing always appears as a projection, not as an unwrapped surface of the whole piece. In general - it would be nice to have a drawing of a face. How can I achieve this result now? Thank yo…

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