There is a feature Solidworks has that is called Curve Driven Pattern.
I really want to design our product parametrically using Fusion 360, but currently we are unable to do this due to the complex geometry and the way it wraps around a cylinder.
Here is a link to a YouTube video utilizing this feature.
It allows you to pattern on a path normal to a curved surface.
This would keep my geometry correct; instead of following a path normal to the original plane it would follow a path and keep things tangent to the surface.
