{"id":97,"date":"2026-10-25T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T19:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cut-fab.com\/depliage-messages-clairs-step-surfacique\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T20:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T19:27:00","slug":"depliage-messages-clairs-step-surfacique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cut-fab.com\/en\/depliage-messages-clairs-step-surfacique\/","title":{"rendered":"Unfolding: a clear message when it cannot succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since October 25, unfolding sheet metal parts tells you what keeps it from succeeding, instead of failing without an explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A file saved again no longer blocks the unfold<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can import a STEP file, edit it and save it again in your CAD software, then click \u201cGenerate blank\u201d: the unfold goes through. Before, this sequence wrongly reported that the analysis service could not be reached.<\/li>\n\n<li>The app unfolds the version of the file you imported. To take your changes into account, import the file again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A part without thickness is reported right away<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A STEP file exported as surfaces, with no volume, has no thickness and cannot be unfolded. The app spots it as soon as you click and tells you so: export the part again as a solid body from your CAD software, then import it again.<\/li>\n\n<li>The message also appears with \u201cUnfold all &amp; add to project\u201d, part by part, in French, English, German and Spanish.<\/li>\n\n<li>A bent surface, which the app cannot spot on its own, gets the same advice from the unfold server instead of a general error.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unfold errors show where you work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An unfold that fails from the \u201cParts\u201d or \u201cSheet metal\u201d tab now shows its message at the top of the tab. Before, it only appeared in the \u201cDetection\u201d tab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A STEP file saved again from your CAD no longer blocks the unfold, and a file without thickness is clearly reported where you work.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mises-a-jour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cut-fab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cut-fab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cut-fab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cut-fab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cut-fab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cut-fab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cut-fab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cut-fab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cut-fab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}