# 2D pattern from 3D shape

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**Category:** SketchUp\
**Created:** [May 4, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/2d-pattern-from-3d-shape/124376 "2020-05-04T19:29:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Geo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/geo/32/82_2.png) [@Geo](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Geo)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/2d-pattern-from-3d-shape/124376/3 "2020-05-04T19:51:38Z")

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You can unfold the shape to lay it flat.

> [@Printing 2D surfaces from 3D body](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/printing-2d-surfaces-from-3d-body/71967/11):
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> @dmhmaestro To my knowledge there are three unfolding plugins available. Thanks to @slbaumgartner, my favorite, jf\_unfold, was recently updated to work in SU 2016 and newer. Thanks to @jim_foltz for permission to re-release it to the community. [jf\_unfold\_2018 prgsbar.rbz](https://forums.sketchup.com/uploads/short-url/cvLkPrOW23g7mLOQWkyqKigx0iI.rbz) (4.2 KB) The .rbz file includes the following: • jf\_unfoldtool\_2018.rb • progressbar.rb EDIT: Oops … thanks for noticing that @DaveR

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