Cut/Fold information

[jlopezbi]

if there was a way to save cut edges that would be awesome. The command could be split into two: 1) select cut edges 2) unfold

This implies that the data of selected cut edges is somehow passed between commands. This might involve digging deep into rhino common (if only I could extend the mesh class!) or perhaps representing cut edges as simple lines and then have the unfold command detect those lines that lay coincident with the mesh-edges. Might be possible to speed that one up use a spatial tree thing.

[jlopezbi]

Here are the requirements:

• user can specify as little or as much of the cut information
• user can see specified cut information
• cut information is used to layout mesh

Ideas:

• split cut/fold information into different command => requires ability to save information somehow in document Indeed this is possible using the UserDictionary field of an object (mesh) This means when set_cuts() has been run on a mesh and then that file saved, it can later be opened or copied for unfolding!

[jlopezbi]

cut information is now being stored as a UserDictionary item on the mesh. This means a mesh with cuts assigned can be saved and reopened later for unfolding