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It resembles the oloid in shape and, like it, is adevelopablesurfacethat can be developed by rolling.
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Curved origami allows the paper to form developable surfaces that are not flat.
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In three dimensions all developable surfaces are ruled surfaces.
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The cylinder, cone and the plane are all developable surfaces.
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Because of this, many developable surfaces can be visualised as the surface formed by moving a straight line in space.
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