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      sepo
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      Tig we have not forgotten Jim's unfold script....It is refold we are after ๐Ÿ˜‰

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        Psyco_BoB
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        Looks interesting.
        How effective is it with high polygon models?
        Can it be used for laser cutting?

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          Edson
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          @psyco_bob said:

          Looks interesting.
          How effective is it with high polygon models?
          Can it be used for laser cutting?

          it does not work if you try to unfold a whole model. you have to proceed by steps, unfolding groups and/or components.

          edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre โ€ข brasil
          http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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            Psyco_BoB
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            Grouping complex models will be tedious work. ๐Ÿ˜•
            I'll give it a go anyway. ๐Ÿ‘

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              TIG Moderator
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              @sepo said:

              Tig we have not forgotten Jim's unfold script....It is refold we are after ๐Ÿ˜‰

              Surely there is no difference. The model doesn't know if it was previously folded or unfolded at the point you start ?
              โ“

              TIG

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                sepo
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                I am not sure if I understand.

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                  xrok1
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                  its in ver. 1.3 now i'm go'in in!

                  โ€œThere are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.โ€

                  http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                    xrok1
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                    wow, that seized sketchup pretty good. it won't even start with that plug installed, maybe its not SK7 friendly? ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

                    โ€œThere are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.โ€

                    http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                      xrok1
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                      try this instead, supports google earth, 3ds, obj ... http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/download/designer.html

                      so you can use it with all your modelers and its $38


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                      โ€œThere are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.โ€

                      http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                        lewiswadsworth
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                        There is a more professional piece of software available called Lamina which is also designed to unfold geometry. It allows you to input the real thickness of the material being unfolded, and then it prepares a cutting sheet with numbers and even tabs if you want them. You can save the output as a DXF cutting path for use with laser or plasma cutters or a waterjet/waterknife.

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                        Lamina Design

                        Lamina Design: Software tool for fabricating free form structures from sheet material.

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                        It's pricy...$395, but it's aimed at fabricators and rapid prototyping shops. I bought a copy after learning that some sculptors were using it for preparing sheetmetal for assembly...it does a nice job making complexly curved surfaces developable (not that's a situation you often see with SketchUp models...with Rhino, it's inevitable).

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