Do you mean like peeling an apple, or skinning a fox, to layout the outside flat?
If so, not directly.
You could have a loop that rotates the object, use projection() to flatten it, take out a thin strip corresponding to the part of the circumference moved in the rotation.
From: Joe Weinpert [mailto:joe.weinpert@gmail.com]
Sent: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 07:57
To: OpenSCAD general discussion
Subject: [OpenSCAD] Flatten an STL object
Is there a way to unroll or flatten a cylinder style STL object. In other words take a statuesque 3D STL object file and unroll to be a 2D representation of it.
Joe Weinpert
(440) 796-7165
joe.weinpert@gmail.com
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Do you mean like peeling an apple, or skinning a fox, to layout the outside flat?
If so, not directly.
You could have a loop that rotates the object, use projection() to flatten it, take out a thin strip corresponding to the part of the circumference moved in the rotation.
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From: Joe Weinpert [mailto:joe.weinpert@gmail.com]
Sent: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 07:57
To: OpenSCAD general discussion
Subject: [OpenSCAD] Flatten an STL object
Is there a way to unroll or flatten a cylinder style STL object. In other words take a statuesque 3D STL object file and unroll to be a 2D representation of it.
Joe Weinpert
(440) 796-7165
joe.weinpert@gmail.com
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