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Select the surface to unfold.
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Specify the plane that supports the unfold:
- Either select a plane.
- Or select an axis system. The XY plane is taken as support plane.
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Select an edge to freeze.
Recommendation:
Select an edge or a wireframe element of the surface, as long
as possible, and in an area that is not deformed by stamping.
The edge to freeze becomes the reference to position the unfold in the support
plane.
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Select edges to transfer to their unfolded position.
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Specify the computation mode.
- Geometric computation
- Material-based computation. It is a one-step computation process.
Note:
The
computation requires that
- A material is attached to the surface or its parent. An already attached
material is automatically selected when you select the surface to unfold.
- The material has at least elastic properties.
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For a material-based computation, enter
- The material name
- The material thickness
- The thickness orientation in regard to the surface.
The unfolded contour of the surface to unfold is displayed on the support plane,
positioned from the frozen edge. Transferred edges are aggregated under Global
Unfold in the tree.