How to unfold manually

1. Push [Cut Edge] button on Control Panel.

This allows you to select and deselect edges within the 3dview which are to be cut in the unfolded pattern

2. Push [First Face] button on Control Panel.

Pick the first face to start unfolding operation. Picked face turns to red and the face is unfolded.

If you push [Start] button instead of [First Face] here, the Tenkai starts unfolding operation automatically. The information of to be cut you specified is reflected.

3. Push [Connect Edge] button on Control Panel.

Pick an edge which connects already unfolded face and still folded face.

Pickable edges are displayed with green color. Click a green edge, then a face connecting to the edge will turn red and unfold. Repeat this operation and proceed unfolding. You can undo this pick by [Edit][Undo the last edge pick].

 

4. If you cannot proceed unfolding operation more, a message box appears.

5. Return to Step 2 and specify the first face again. You can also push [Start] button at any time to Automatically complete the process.

Manually unfolded pattern