Feature Request - Snap flanges to horizontal/vertical/other specified plane

[david.vladar]

I would love to have an easy way to snap sheet metal flanges to the horizontal or vertical.  It would take the leg work out of figuring the angle needed, and would allow the models to update more accurately.

An example use case:  

When designing a Square to Round with a pan on the square side, the angle the flanges require change as the hole location, height and sizes all change.  Being able to snap a flange to the vertical would maintain the pan while being able to modify other parameters, and with a more accurate angle.  

Below I posted 2 photos: the first one is a Square to round designed with a 4" height change from the square to the round.   The second image is changed to have a 5" height change.  You can see how the pan corners are now intersecting because the flange angle needs to be adjusted to accommodate.

Thanks.

@ClintBrown3D 

  

[Phil.E · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the request, it's logged as FUS-169931.

Does this capture the essence of it?

[david.vladar]

Thank you. I believe you have the right idea.  I mentioned snapping to horizontal or vertical, but even being able to pick any axis/plane/face to reference the angle from could work.  this way a person could, for example, have a perfectly vertical flange by going 90 off the horizontal axis/plane.  Alternatively, it would allow a flange to maintain parallel/perpendicular or other angle from any axis/plane/face referenced in the model as chosen by the designer.

[Phil.E]

Disclaimer: I'm no user experience designer, so take my idea above as only a thought experiment. I use sheet metal regularly and have wanted this ability on many occasions. Thanks for bringing it up, this post is linked in the improvement request so it can be reviewed as part of the process.