Unfolder

For unfolding meshes into nets

pretty net
triakisoctahedron
tetrakishexahedron
tetrakishexahedron
triakistetrahedron
Triakistetrahedron
Sphere
Big Sphere

Unfolder is for Blender and requires Python

Unfolder is now distributed with Blender (mesh>unfold), but it's here for download too in case you're using a version <2.44

post at (ignore this text) celeriac dot net

acknowledgements

thanks to Kev for taking an interest
thanks to Campbell for Python advice
and to the Blender community
Snub Icosidodecahedron
Snub Icosidodecahedron
Truncated Tetrahedron - nice
Truncated Tetrahedron - nice
Geodesic sphere frequency 5
5f geodesic sphere
cuboctahedron
cuboctahedron
Disdyakistriacontahehron
Disdyakistriacontahehron