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| Menu location |
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| Surfaces → Flatten face |
| Workbenches |
| Curves |
| Default shortcut |
| None |
| Introduced in version |
| - |
| See also |
| None |
Description
The 
Curves FlattenFace tool creates a flat developed face from conical or cylindrical faces.
A truncated cone and two Flatten objects, one in place (green), and one on the XY plane (red)
Usage
- Select one or more conical or cylindrical faces.
- There are several ways to invoke the tool:
- Press the Flatten face button.
- Select the Surfaces → Flatten face option from the menu.
- Press the
- A Flatten object is created for each selected face.
Properties
See also: Property editor.
A Flatten object is derived from a Part Feature object and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional properties:
Data
Settings
- DataInPlace (
Bool): Unroll the face in place.true: The output surface will be placed so that it is tangent to the source face, at the seam line.false: The output surface will be in the default XY plane.
- Data (Hidden)Size (
Float): Size of the underlying surface
Source
- DataSource (
LinkSub): The conical face to flatten
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