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PR #3794 - pad in any direction
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Re: PR #3794 - pad in any direction
If upto face can be extented to pipe connect option(in part work bench), it will be useful for multiple faces support.
Re: PR #3794 - pad in any direction
OK, it strongly depends on the direction. Here another example that works:
I have no clue yet, what causes this. I'll have a look as soon as I find the time.
If you change there the x coordinate to -1.000 (testfile ) then "to first still works, while "to last" fails.I have no clue yet, what causes this. I'll have a look as soon as I find the time.
Re: PR #3794 - pad in any direction
As previously said it's problem that has existed before. The point is that a ray is used to find an intersection with the nearest/farthest face and when the supposed face is too small the chance is low to find this intersection. If a custom direction is used the chance is even lower.
Re: PR #3794 - pad in any direction
I am new in this field. I just thought one goes into the pad direction and check step by step for a face. Therefore I wondered why the area of the face is important. But OK, since OCC does not support multiple bodies the pad must hit the face to form a single body.
Re: PR #3794 - pad in any direction
Well, I see now that the limitation in finding the faces is already documented: https://wiki.freecadweb.org/PartDesign_Pad#Limitations