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Roof-like End angle control for Beams.

Anonymous
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Wouldn't it be nice if you could adjust the end angles of a beam just like roofs edges can. If you could ctrl-click two beams together and they would neatly join, it would work so much better than they do at the moment.

The picture below shows, in orange, how beams connect currently. The ends can only be vertical which means sloped beams don't join neatly.

The blue beam shows how this could look if you could adjust the angle of the ends. I faked this simple square section beam using the roof tool, but it would be good if we had a solution that used complex profiles as well.

Edit - I forgot to add that this would be seriously useful for facia and soffit boarding, and edge mouldings etc.
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Anonymous
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Thirteen shipping this week/tomorrow(16th)?
First thing I'm going to check!
There are very few instances where joining two beams/trims where you don't split the angle in half to get correct even end faces.
Either for welding or full support by other means.
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