Orient according to 3D position

Grasshopper
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Hi

Is there a way to orient planar surfaces to the C-plane but attached to the same pieces as it is in the 3D drawing? I know how to orient it to a grid, but would like to orient it so its connected same way as it is in 3D, like in the third picture.

Thanks

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Here is an idea for a simple and hacky way to get half way there:
Orient all surfaces to XY plane using one of the planes, get planes of each surface, project them onto the XY plane, then use these to orient the surfaces.
2024-01-10_orient.gh (25.0 KB)
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Besides that, unrolling came to mind as well as the plugin Ivy | Food4Rhino But this won’t work directly.

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Thank you! This seems to do the trick!

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Join the polygons with lofted surfaces between them into one brep. This can be unrolled with a c# script. It’s also not super precise since none of the ‘hinges’ between the polygons seem to be planar.

unroll.gh (53.3 KB)

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Thank you! Perfect!

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