# Unwinding sheet metal parts

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/unwinding-sheet-metal-parts/7048>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [April 1, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/unwinding-sheet-metal-parts/7048 "2020-04-01T14:36:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Indy676](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9dc877/32.png) [@Indy676](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Indy676)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/unwinding-sheet-metal-parts/7048/1 "2020-04-01T14:36:25Z")

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Is there the possibility to, I do not know the correct term, maybe „unwinding“ or „unbending“, in German „Abwickeln“ of sheet metal parts, so that I can do a projection and a „Skizze“?

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**Author:** ![Gelphyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gelphyn](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Gelphyn)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/unwinding-sheet-metal-parts/7048/2 "2020-04-01T15:15:02Z")

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Hi @Indy676 Welcome to the Forum 🕶  
One of the S3D Team will possibly chip in, with an official answer, but to my knowledge there is no tool or feature to handle this task.  
It would be good to learn the term that describes the process, 15 minutes use of the Thesaurus did not reveal anything satisfactory.

Happy S3Ding 🕶

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/unwinding-sheet-metal-parts/7048/3 "2020-04-01T18:01:46Z")

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Hi @Indy676, unfortunately we don’t have a sheet metal feature currently.