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Padding along an edge from the model.
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There is a new option to Pad along the direction of an edge in the 3D model.

Pull request #4685

When Distance and Angle is specified in the Chamfer tool and faces are selected, the distance will be applied along the selected faces. Likewise if two distances are specified then Size 1 will be applied along the selected face.

This behaviour can be swapped to the other face using the flip direction button. Forum discussion, Pull request #5039


A loft with multiple sections, the final one is a vertex.
It is now possible to create an Additive or Subtractive Loft, or an Additive or Subtractive Pipe towards, or from, a Vertex of either a sketch or a body. This allows to create pyramids for example.
Note: Vertices in sketches are created as construction geometry. To use them as endpoints of lofts, you must first change them to normal geometry.

Pull request #5170 (for lofts), Pull request #5193 (for pipes)


A tapered pocket within a non-tapered pad.
The dialog for Pad and Pocket offers to set a taper angle for the extrusion.

Pull request #5357


Pocketing along different directions.
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It is now possible to specify the direction for the Pocket extrusion.

Pull request #5164

The dialog to edit Cylinders (additive and subtractive) now allows to specify an angle relative to the normal of the chosen attachment plane. This way one can create skew cylinders. Pull request #4708
The Helix feature has the new mode Height-Turns-Growth to create flat spirals.

Forum thread Pull request #4590


A single Pad and a single Revolution with nested profiles. The base block is only there to ensure that the part is a single solid.
All PartDesign features that can extrude sketches can now handle sketches with nested profiles that form islands. For example it is possible to Revolve a sketch consisting of 3 nested circles with the same center point.
Note: Extruding nested profiles only works if the result is still a single body.

Pull request #6381


Effect of the new option Length along sketch normal.
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There is a new option to Pad a certain length along the direction. The length is either measured along the sketch normal or along the custom direction.

Forum discussion, Pull request #3893

The Hole feature can now model true threads.

Forum thread Pull request #4274