Simple plate development software. 2016

Wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a simple plate development software program?
This could either be a stand alone program or if there is a program out there that includes it that would great.
Thanks

 

please look at my code.
http://zigzag.sourceforge.net/
Janos

 

Having it in English would help a lot.

 

Hi
I'm still using Rhino Expander (Ship Constructor product) - plugin which used to work up to rhino 3 - so I still use this version only to unroll plates with which other soft doesn't handle.
regards
Tomasz

 

Carlson Hull Designer (DOS) is perhaps the simplest. Usually you start with a Table of Offsets.
FreeShip (a much more powerful product) can import/export XYZ coordinates and other formats including Carlson Hull Designer files.
There are other packages but I have not tried them.

Regards AlanX

 

FreeCAD V. 0.20 now has a new feature to develop basic shapes in the workbench Curve, but allow also the unwrapping of a complex surfaces converted to mesh, but is a workaround.



Unwrap mesh

Greetings

 

"RevCad Mesh Unfolder" is a "light" and inexpensive software that produces unfolding/flattening of panels. It will import DXF, STL and OBJ-formats (plus some more), and it indicates remaining stress level in the sheet after flattening operation. This function is missing in many of the unfolding procedures found in some CAD-programs. With this, you can arrange/split a panel with a slight double curvature so that it will allow "torturing" into flatness and vice versa. It's pretty handy, but take care not to import STL-files with too fine mesh; it will slow the process.

 

https://www.shmexpert.com/post/learn-the-shape-maker-shell-plates-video-training