Hello, I’ve designed a kite and I’d like to print a paper pattern for the sails which has the appropriate mapping but when I unroll the polysurfaces, the image is reoriented incorrectly. How can i preserve the mapping orientation when i unroll so that i can print them on paper and wrap them onto th…

Wow! Thank you so much. that’s gonna take me a minute to get my head around but the result is exactly what I’m looking for. I really appreciate the effort of recording the video.

Hi Mtdelucia, @Jussi_Aaltonen & @BrianJ can help in this regard. Note that there are improvements in the Rhino WIP in this regard. [image] Rhino WIP Feature: UV Editing Improvements Serengeti (Rhino WIP) Unwrapping with automatic seams has been requested befo…

thanks I just uploaded the file FYI

There may be other ways to do this but the extractUVmesh in the WIP looks to be doing the job. [image]

thanks. thats gettign closer but the little tabs dont get unrooled properly and also how do i preserve scale?

Hi @mtdelucia , This is a tricky one but totally possible in the Rhino WIP. Here’s how…

Kite design with image mapping questions

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Japhy (Japhy) May 13, 2026, 3:28pm 2

Hi Mtdelucia,

@Jussi_Aaltonen & @BrianJ can help in this regard. Note that there are improvements in the Rhino WIP in this regard.

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Kite design with image mapping questions

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