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rhinoUnfolder

A Python plugin to Rhino that unfolds meshes.

You can use it to create flat, foldable versions of your 3D models. It's like Pepakura for Rhino.

Status

Working:

  • selection of cuts, and cut-chains works.
  • unfolding into multiple islands works.

Not working:

  • editing net (segmentation and joining)

Notes For Developing

do -RunPythonScript, reset engine, and then execute run_all_tests.py

How To Run

  1. Install Rhino5 and RhinoPython
  2. Download this repository and save it to your Rhino 'Scripts' directory: git clone https://github.com/jlopezbi/rhinoUnwrapper.git
  3. type RunPythonScript in rhino
  4. Navigate to the rhinoUnfolder folder and select the protoype_cutAndUnfold.py script. The interactive command will now run; follow the instructions as you would anothe rhino command.