Bending surface without changing the size

Dear McNeel Forum,
I can’t find a solution to recreate the following paper sculpture in Rhino without the individual surfaces changing size when bent. Is there a command that lets me deform the surfaces as if I were bending them like paper/metal in reality?
(I know there is similar topic, but they couldn’t find a solution as far as I know)

24-08-24_Sculpture_modeling_cutting-pattern.3dm (16.8 MB)
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to go from a bended surfaces to a flat one - use _unrollsrf.

for the opposite - from flat to bended there is no command, but the bending can be simulated.

see this topic / post as a starting-point:

and search for the keyword “developable surface” - on this forum and elsewhere.

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