PreForm request : Improvements to the Hole Tool

Feature Requests & Ideas
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Hi everyone,

I’d like to suggest a few improvements for the Hole tool in PreForm:

  1. Keep parameters persistent – Currently, the settings (diameter, countersink, etc.) reset every time the tool is used. It would be really helpful if PreForm remembered the last used values, so we don’t have to re-enter them for each hole.
  2. Allow multiple holes before validation – At the moment, only one hole can be placed at a time before confirming. Being able to position several holes and then validate them all together would make the workflow much faster.
  3. Flexible orientation – Holes can only be created perpendicular to the selected face. It would be great to have the option to orient them in other directions.
  4. Batch editing – The ability to select and edit multiple holes at once (e.g., change their diameter) would be a huge time saver.

I believe these changes would significantly improve efficiency and usability when preparing models in PreForm.

Thanks for considering this request!

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Thanks for the suggestions, I’ll pass this feedback on internally!

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This please. If I’m looking at my model from the top-down I want the hole to go in that same direction. It’s very seldom that I need a hole perpendicular to a selected face, but I do need holes straight through a part.

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Please, these suggestions are soooo necessary:

2 - Allow multiple holes before validation – At the moment, only one hole can be placed at a time before confirming. Being able to position several holes and then validate them all together would make the workflow much faster.

3 - Flexible orientation – Holes can only be created perpendicular to the selected face. It would be great to have the option to orient them in other directions.

Thanks @AtelierDZT

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