Transferring Elements

You can map any wireframe feature (point, line, curve) from a folded surface to an unfolded surface and vice-versa once the unfold computation has been performed and providing you have selected All as the Surface Type.

Before you begin:

  • Ensure that you have the Developed Shapes product.

  • Create a 3D shape containing geometric elements lying on a surface as well as another surface.

Related Topics
Unfolding a Surface

  1. Click Transfer in the Developed Shapes toolbar.

    The Transfer Definition dialog box appears.

  2. In the Surface to unfold box, select the surface to be unfolded.

  3. In the Unfolded surface box, select the unfolded surface.

    Tip: Providing the unfold feature is associative, if you select first the Unfolded surface, the Surface to unfold box is automatically filled in.

  4. Select points or curves on the surface to unfold or on the unfolded surface.



  5. Select the type of transformation:


    • Unfold: transfer the elements on the unfolded surface
    • Fold: transfer the elements on the surface to be unfolded

    • Click Remove or Replace to remove the selected element or replace it by another element.

  6. Click Preview to see the unfolded surface and elements.

  7. Click OK to unfold the surface.



    Transferred features appears in the specification tree:



Important: The curves to transfer can be non-connex and multi-domain. However, they cannot be non-manifold.