One of the tools that I use the most is the cut-out solid tool, or as I tend to think of it the extrude negative tool. An addition that I would like to see is to make negative versions of the other extrude tools:
Extrude MidPlane = CutOut MidPlane
Lathe = Lathe a CutOut
One Rail Sweep = One Rail Sweep CutOut
Two Rail Sweep = Two Rail Sweep CutOut

I understand that most of these options would not be needed as much as the basic tool, so either they could be options of the root tool, or options for the CutOut tool. I just want to avoid extruding a solid, then boolean cutting it away from another solid creating unnecessary steps and history that is difficult to modify at a latter point.

In that vane/vein vain, how about a "girder maker"

Sweeping a wire or surface profile of a girder's web and flange in ONE step would be an immense time-saver.

Even more of a time-saver would be some sort of way to in numerical input manipulate th dimensions of the web and flange by surface or wire value.

An auto-perpendicular-realign of the wire T of a girder against a surface or solid start point through end point along a curve (especially a projected curve that becomes a spline in or on the surface or solid) would be nice, too, to speed up sweeping girder-like profiles.

Tim,
Any chance of getting this into V9?

I also added an Along Path option for the Protrusion Solid tool.

Vector
To Face
To Body
Distance
Along Path

Tim

Thanks, Tim!
Great!
I'll test them next week.
Have a great weekend!
Tem