In sheet metal design, it is often needed to make flanges to follow certain planes or surfaces that were predefined, usually for enclosing or to support existing geometry. A workaround would be to draw walls at the precise dimensions so that SMMakeWall or SMFoldWall draw it perfectly where it should but it is not a practical workflow.
Other programs allow to use planes or surfaces as references. Usually, they need to cross the base wall. In other word, the base wall need to go further than the supporting geometry. The workbench would greatly benefit from this. It would be a mix between SMFoldWall and SMMakeWall because the workflow is similar to fold on line but it needs the parameters of the normal flange: leg length, chamfers, miters, etc. (except angle obviously).
In sheet metal design, it is often needed to make flanges to follow certain planes or surfaces that were predefined, usually for enclosing or to support existing geometry. A workaround would be to draw walls at the precise dimensions so that
SMMakeWallorSMFoldWalldraw it perfectly where it should but it is not a practical workflow.Other programs allow to use planes or surfaces as references. Usually, they need to cross the base wall. In other word, the base wall need to go further than the supporting geometry. The workbench would greatly benefit from this. It would be a mix between
SMFoldWallandSMMakeWallbecause the workflow is similar to fold on line but it needs the parameters of the normal flange: leg length, chamfers, miters, etc. (except angle obviously).