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shaise / FreeCAD_SheetMetal

A simple sheet metal workbench for FreeCAD
http://theseger.com/projects/2015/06/sheet-metal-addon-for-freecad/
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
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[feature] fold wires (cylindrical surfaces) #297

Open Anthony-Gaudino opened 7 months ago

Anthony-Gaudino commented 7 months ago

It would be very nice if we could use SheetMetal to fold and unfold wires (cylindrical surfaces).

Wire

shaise commented 7 months ago

In case of wires its much more easy to just sketch the wire then loft it with a circle.

Anthony-Gaudino commented 7 months ago

Yes, it's easier, but I believe it would be useful.

In my case for example, I have a wire that has bends and some other complex things that would be much easier to model if I start from a flat wire.

So I could model the complex stuff on the flat wire and then bend it using sheet metal. Also I would avoid creating "3D sketches".