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Solidworks Student - Flattening curved sheet metal?

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narfi

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I am teaching myself some of solidworks.
Wife wants a model boat shelf behind the toilet, and work has a new cnc machine we don't know how to use yet. So Ill play with it on my own time so they don't waste money on my learning and maybe momma gets a nice shelf out of it.

I can draw out a flat panel no problem and go through all the cam steps as far as simulation and it all looks to work just fine. So for example I could cut out a plywood instrument panel easily.(well i shouldn't say easily till ive done it i guess, lots to learn still)

I can model what I want for her boat shelf 'okish' but struggling to take curved panels and flatten them for cutting. Is that a payed only feature, or am I just doing something wrong?
It seems like something you would want for most projects.....?

Using the student 2018 version license acquired through my eaa membership.
 
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