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unroll a cylinder to flat plane
Hi
I’ve unsuccesfully tried up to now to unroll a cylinder to a flat plane.
It is a vase that has been scanned and converted to mesh so no regular poligons. the cylinder should be cut in length i imagine. That’s step 1. (I don’t know how to do that)
after that the bent mesh should be straightened. A bend modifier can do the opposite trick but I don’t know if it can do what I want.
Somebody an other solution?
Thanks so much
Hans
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2 Replies
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Hi Hans,
If you want to do this for example to texture the model you could unwrap the model in the UVEdit but I think you want to convert the vase to a flat plane in an animation, if you just want to flatten the vase you could use the Flatten tool I have put a screen recording below for how to do this, but if you want to unroll the model as it happens in UVEdit then I suggest you simulate the unwrap model that you get it in UVEdit then fold it using Bend to start the animation from flat to curved then you could reverse it.
I hope this is helpful for you.
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Thank you Kouraib for taking the time to answer and make screen recording.
it is not what I want to do.
I only have mesh from a scan. about 3 million polys. I want to cut this vase open like a toilet roll and unfold it so all polys are visible. I want to see the structure of this poly in a flat object with structure. I want to make it orthomosaic.
like included pictures.
Thanks anyway.
Hans.
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