Unwrapping a cylinder in HFSS

Hey Everyone ,

Is there a way to unwrap cylinder (or a portion of it) so that you end up with a flat sheet that is equal to the circumference of the cylinder?

I am not looking for a projection but more an unwrapping function going from a cylinder (or portion thereof) to flat panel.

I have a cylindrical substrate and I have feed line etched on the cylinder. For designing and fabrication I need a planar drawing of my cylinder and feedline that is etched on it. I want conversion of this cylinder into planar model.

Even if I can do it using autocad , please let me know.

I am waiting for urgent help please.

Not in HFSS. Don't know about autocad.

I request any expert in Autocad or any drawing software to help me. I think , many people make drawings in other softwares and then they transfer it to HFSS so somebody can help me with this question.

Thanks.

You can do the simple math conversion yourself with circumference = 2*pi*r that would be your board width. Then use the create box and create rectangle functions in HFSS to draw the equivalent layout.

Thanks but I am talking about unwrapping a cylinder using some function/command that converts a cylindrical surface into flat sheet that is equal to 2*pi*r in length.We can do it mathematically but is there is there any such command in HFSS/ drawing softwares that can do such conversion ?

It can be done using solidwork software. Import your model from HFSS and directly can be done.