Create sheetmetal from surface body

[luzpaz]

Discussed in #380

^{Originally posted by rmdug October 10, 2024}
This proposal is linked to this non-issue : #378

In sheetmetal design it can be very handy to create first a surface body and then turn it to a sheetmetal:

• surface creation
  For example:
  

• sheetmetal creation:

  • set thickness;
  • set bend data (radius, K factor,…);
  • set corner data and free edges joints,

• selection of bent edges
  For example (bent edges in red):
  

This way of doing proved to be very efficient to do tricky shapes including unusual bend angles with the commercial software I use.
Thank you for your great work : )

[EstebanFPV]

• 1 I would greatly appreciate this being a feature. square to round transitions even square to square or round to round transitions are nigh impossible to make with the sheetmetal workbench, but with Alibre's built in one, they are a breeze.

[ma00aem]

We use this type of workflow in another cad system (multibody sheet metal). It is fantastic as you can have one reference part and everything follows that part.

[shaise]

On my list.