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…

Hello, 3,1416 x diameter = length of unwrap tube the height is the same as your model

Thanks - yes, I know the formula for the circumference of a circle. The question is how can I project the tube onto a rectangle with one side - the length of the tube, and the other - π * diameter of the tube, with all the holes and elements on the tube, in the right places.

There is no wrapping/ unwrapping function in Shapr unfortunately. You can divide the tube into pie like sections and align them in just the right way to project to a plane or face. The smaller/more pie sections the more accurate the projection. Similar to this (there are others by searching wrap cy…

Hi, While waiting for this function to be added to Shapr, I am juggling with MoI3D and Shapr3D. Attached is the .shapr file and 2 screenshots. I create my sketch in Shapr and Export in DXF. In MoI3D,I extrude the cylinder and I use the tool > Deform > Flow to wrap the pattern I export it in DXF…

Many thanks, I’ll give it a try! I hope the feature arrives soon - not only cylindrical objects, but any bended one that you’d like to laser cut, for example, relies on this feature.

Hi, As I’ve attempted to try it - this procedure doesn’t seem to work for me. First of all - I don’t have a sketch which I’ve wrapped and I’d like to unwrap - if I did, I’d be using directly the sketch. I have a body which is constructed with booleans, several sketches, etc. - I’d like to unwrap t…

There is a tool I can recommend. It is used for paper tools, but basically its an unwrap tool. [image] [image] [image] [image] Unfolder - Create papercraft easily Unfolder is a 3D model unfolding tool for creating papercraft.

If you need more accuracy you would need to use other cad tool, missing feature in Shapr [image]

How to make unwrapped drawing of a tube

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How to make unwrapped drawing of a tube

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