The heat map shows areas of low deformation/tension (blue) and high deformation/tension (red). The preview shows both a surface mesh and a heat map. When disabled, the output is a singular surface with multiple faces. For example, selecting a circular edge maintains the circular shape when unwrapped.Įnable Merge Result Body to create the flattened output as a singular surface. Select Rigid Result to select contiguous edges to remain rigid.

Use Linear Result to select contiguous edges to remain straight. Use the manipulators to orient and reposition the surface. With Position at Origin disabled, Inventor inserts the unwrapped surface at the XYZ model origin. Select Clear Selections to pick a new Origin point. With Position at Origin enabled, Inventor inserts the unwrapped surface to the closest point of the first selected face. Therefore you need to select the desired position during creation. Sheet Metal pushes the flat pattern to its own window, nailboarding is done within a drawing, but with Unwrap it places the surface on top of the model. The result is inconsistent with other features and is a bit unexpected. To make it a bit easier in the selection, enable Auto Face Chain to select multiple faces with a single selection. With the command active select one or more contiguous faces. Unwrap does not use bend calculations! Meaning, there is no correction applied to account for stretching or shortening of the surface. Use this to create flats of faces that cannot be flattened with Unfold or the Sheet Metal Flat Pattern feature. This means as you change the model, the unwrapped surface updates with it. The unwrapped surface is associative to the source faces.

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