Creating the Planar Development of a surface

After starting the Planar Development command, proceed as follows.
Please note that you can accomplish this task by loading sample file "planardevelopment.e3"

1  Select the surface to be developed.



If the surface can be developed along both its parametric directions — like the one in this example —, an arrow will display one of the two possible development directions.


 
2 Specify a point to be used as the origin of the development. You can use the snap commands so as to snap to geometrically significant points on existing entities.


 
3 The Develop Along Shown Direction check box enables you to choose the development direction.
  • When the box is cleared, the surface will be developed along the direction that is not displayed by the arrow:


     
  • When the box is checked, the surface will be developed along the direction shown by the arrow:


     
4 The Insert surface check box enables you to decide whether to create also the surface enclosed in the development curves or not:
  • When the box is checked, the surface will be created.


     
  • When the box is cleared, the surface will not be created.


     
5 Click or to confirm your selections and create the surface.



Click to discard your changes.