Rhino Unfolding

[JT Fox]

Originally Posted by Dragos

I believe this means that the model is more acurate

I also believe it would be more accurate but I afraid my build skills would struggle.

I think I may go down the route of slicing the nose into ring as suggested by PAPERBEAM and then create rectangles to replace the petal parts. After unfolding I can then arrange the rectangles into petal shapes for building. I think that makes sense.

Cheers JTF

[grimpirate]

There is a free Rhino plugin that might help you
labs:advancedflattening · McNeel Wiki

[Zathros]

Since we are talking about paper the only way to get that shape the way you want is to use filler. Rhino will get you close enough where the filler would be minimal. You could also try making a plug out of wood and wetting the paper and "smush" it, letting the soggy plug dry, you will end up with the nose, or make one out of plastic, as described by various members. Getter and Chiatwakom have excellent techniques posted. You can get very small compound curves out of 110 lb. cardstock, but you would need to make small curved bucks to form them. Take your thumb and press some card stock between it and a pencil eraser and you will see what I mean.