Unfold a cube into 6 squares with an animation.

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Essentially what I want to do is take a regular cube game object and unfold it (With animation of it unfolding ideally) into a cube map/6 squares joined together like a cube. I've been unable to find any information on how to do this but I do know it's possible or should be possible.

I'd then add text to the unfolded squares and when the user is done they'd fold back up into a cube. (basically the cubes represent information and the user can click one to view more information and that's how the new information will be displayed)

Using C# for this.

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Answer by Arycama · Sep 28, 2015 at 06:24 AM

If you're referring to the cube created by going to GameObject > 3D Object > Cube, it would be rather complicated as you would have to reposition all the vertices of each triangle with code. (Or expose all the vertex positions in the inspector and control their position through an animation, while updating all of their positions every frame).

An easier solution would be to make your own "Cube" out of quads (GameObject > 3D Object > Quad), and parent each quad to an empty game object positioned to where you want each cube face to pivot, parent all of those game objects to a "Cube" parent, and simply make an animation within Unity where each face rotates around it's pivot until it is fully unfolded.

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Anakso · Sep 28, 2015 at 03:36 PM 0

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Thank you, after much playing around I've managed to get this to work perfectly.

One other question though, how do I get the child objects (the quads) to use their parents position as the starting point? I'm moving the cube (parent object) around to place it the same way I did previously with unitys cubes, which works find except that the children for some reason are all +2 on the y axis to the parent. It's not a major problem right now since I can just put -2 on the position but would like to know how to fix this or understand why it's happening if possible.

AllFatherGray Anakso · Jan 04, 2021 at 09:27 PM 0

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@Anakso I am willing to purchase that code if you still have it.

Unfold a cube into 6 squares with an animation.

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