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by edwilliams16
Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:06 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Reusing pockets
Replies: 3
Views: 81

Re: Reusing pockets

You should be able to use PartDesign LinearPattern
by edwilliams16
Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:25 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Cone - How to Flatten shape
Replies: 1
Views: 100

Re: Cone - How to Flatten shape

Mesh WB|Flatten Face should handle it - but it doesn't like a periodic surface, so I sliced it in half and flattened that.
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Curves WB requires the face to be flattenable without distortion.
by edwilliams16
Sat Apr 20, 2024 12:39 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Rotation about LCS and Dataplanes
Replies: 17
Views: 741

Re: Rotation about LCS and Dataplanes

How do you get a blank support system here? I don't recommend to use unattached sketches in PartDesign. You can achieve via RMB menu->"Attachment Editor" and there you clean all input fields They aren't unattached - but apparently on opening an 0.22 generated file in 0.21 the Support prop...
by edwilliams16
Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:33 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Problem making simple cut work (Part WB, Helix)
Replies: 7
Views: 302

Re: Problem making simple cut work (Part WB, Helix)

You don't need to leave Part Design. You can use PartDesign SubtractiveHelix. Sweeps a sketch around a helix and subtracts it.
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by edwilliams16
Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:12 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Rotation about LCS and Dataplanes
Replies: 17
Views: 741

Re: Rotation about LCS and Dataplanes

As you can see from Roy_043 's file, the complications of siting your wedge sketch came from a poor choice of Origin of your padded sketch. However, in a more complicated model, you might not have this option of a better choice. Suppose we are stuck with siting your sketch 22 mm above the mid-point ...
by edwilliams16
Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:26 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Help making object solid - Solved (bad version of slicer)
Replies: 9
Views: 673

Re: Help making object solid

The video is about modifying an existing stl. You just want to make one. Create your body by padding a sketch. It is a solid. Select Body , go to the Mesh Workbench and "Create Mesh from shape". Select the created mesh, go to File|Export and export it as an stl. It will print as a solid. S...
by edwilliams16
Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:50 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Help making object solid - Solved (bad version of slicer)
Replies: 9
Views: 673

Re: Help making object solid

Body was created in FreeCAD (in Part Design WB, create body, create sketch). Tried to convert it to solid using several of the YouTube 'how to make solid' tutorials. No luck. If you just created a sketch inside a body - it is a 2D object, not a solid. You need to pad it to give it thickness. The fi...
by edwilliams16
Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:06 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Mesh Remodel: Create coplanar points object
Replies: 7
Views: 498

Re: Mesh Remodel: Create coplanar points object

@racx Does Ed's suggestion fix the error? It works for me, of course. It seems it is numpy at issue >>> import numpy as np >>> v <Vertex object at 0x60000a588820> >>> np.array(v.Point) array([ 0.29561883, -1.97803175, 10. ]) >>> t0 =np.array(v.Point) >>> t0 is None False >>> t0 == None array([False...
by edwilliams16
Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:02 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: When working with 2 documents, unexpected switch from one to the other
Replies: 47
Views: 4335

Re: When working with 2 documents, unexpected switch from one to the other

>>> from PySide import QtWidgets >>> >>> QtWidgets.QApplication.style() <PySide2.QtWidgets.QCommonStyle(0x60000286aa50, name = "macintosh") at 0x3399cfb80> >>> QtWidgets.QApplication.style().metaObject().className() 'QMacStyle' >>> is my default (broken) setup.
by edwilliams16
Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:10 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Curves workbench
Replies: 1839
Views: 444420

Re: Curves workbench

Yes, there are these 3 parameters : https://github.com/tomate44/CurvesWB/blob/master/freecad/Curves/GeomInfo.py#L387 This worked nicely - thank you. But I was somewhat mystified that I had to add the GeomInfoFontSize parameter by hand. Your code appears to read it - how did it do that before I crea...