Create sketch from section view

[lukyanenkomax]

It would be useful when designing multi-part assemblies to create an editable sketch directly from a section view. This would allow me to project the geometry of existing parts into a new 2D profile, which I could then extrude or revolve to create perfectly fitting components.

[henmedia]

@lukyanenkomax Good idea, I've built it. The section view now has a Sketch from cut button next to "Workplane here": it starts a new sketch right on the cut, with the cut's outlines already in it as lines. Holes come in as true circles and rounded corners as arcs, so you can change them, delete what you don't need or draw around them, and then finish. The body grows out of the cut towards the side that is cut away; the flip button next to the axes picks that side. It also works when the section is turned to the workplane or the view.

It will be in the next release.

If layerling is useful in your work, you can support the project here - every bit helps keep it going.

[henmedia]

@lukyanenkomax Sketch from cut is out now in layerling 1.122.0. You find it in the section view, next to "Workplane here".