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NickB  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, February 12, 2014 6:43:30 PM(UTC)
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One of the tools that I use the most is the cut-out solid tool, or as I tend to think of it the extrude negative tool. An addition that I would like to see is to make negative versions of the other extrude tools:
Extrude MidPlane = CutOut MidPlane
Lathe = Lathe a CutOut
One Rail Sweep = One Rail Sweep CutOut
Two Rail Sweep = Two Rail Sweep CutOut

I understand that most of these options would not be needed as much as the basic tool, so either they could be options of the root tool, or options for the CutOut tool. I just want to avoid extruding a solid, then boolean cutting it away from another solid creating unnecessary steps and history that is difficult to modify at a latter point.
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Tim Olson  
#2 Posted : Thursday, February 13, 2014 11:18:32 AM(UTC)
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>>and history that is difficult to modify at a latter point.

Yup.

I think this is a great idea. I need a consistent way to add to the UI.

Tim
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ZeroLengthCurve  
#3 Posted : Thursday, February 13, 2014 4:51:38 PM(UTC)
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In that vane/vein vain, how about a "girder maker"

Sweeping a wire or surface profile of a girder's web and flange in ONE step would be an immense time-saver.

Even more of a time-saver would be some sort of way to in numerical input manipulate th dimensions of the web and flange by surface or wire value.

An auto-perpendicular-realign of the wire T of a girder against a surface or solid start point through end point along a curve (especially a projected curve that becomes a spline in or on the surface or solid) would be nice, too, to speed up sweeping girder-like profiles.
Tem  
#4 Posted : Tuesday, February 18, 2014 10:41:27 PM(UTC)
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You could call these tools "Cuts" such as "swept cuts", "Cut along spline", "Cut by extrusion", "Cut along Helix" and so on?
NickB  
#5 Posted : Friday, July 18, 2014 6:13:23 PM(UTC)
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Tim,
Any chance of getting this into V9?
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Tim Olson  
#6 Posted : Monday, July 21, 2014 8:24:24 PM(UTC)
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In the next upload I added a third option called "Along Path". So the Cutout Solid tool now has the following options;

Vector
Distance
Along Path

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Tim Olson  
#7 Posted : Tuesday, July 22, 2014 10:26:24 AM(UTC)
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I also added an Along Path option for the Protrusion Solid tool.

Vector
To Face
To Body
Distance
Along Path

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NickB  
#8 Posted : Tuesday, July 22, 2014 11:35:20 AM(UTC)
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Thanks Tim.
I will make sure to test them in the next beta.
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Tem  
#9 Posted : Saturday, July 26, 2014 12:49:39 PM(UTC)
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Thanks, Tim!
Great!
I'll test them next week.
Have a great weekend!
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