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by onekk
Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:28 am
Forum: TechDraw
Topic: TechDraw - 3D aligned projection
Replies: 13
Views: 441

Re: TechDraw - 3D aligned projection

It is not that easy at it seems. Note that many views are not views, that are laying in the main directions. When you have views they are turned, you can unnecessary cut digits, which are important. ... For a job I'm doing, on which I have to obtain sections from STEP file to get outlines I have ha...
by onekk
Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:17 am
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: Path Development Philosophy
Replies: 15
Views: 66935

Re: Path Development Philosophy

wjr wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:53 pm ...
oh, sorry, still have to get acquainted to the way things are done around here.
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No problem from my side.

But as this topic will expand as it is Off Topic here to discuss of AppImages, will be better to move the discussion in Install/compile subforum.

Kind regards

Carlo D.
by onekk
Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:11 am
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: auto things making life "easier"
Replies: 17
Views: 825

Re: auto things making life "easier"

... Preferences are stored in user.cfg, which I backup regularly. It is a text file, but as it seems to be reordered randomly, different versions are hard to compare. I know that is difficult to manage changes from this file as being in XML is difficult to keep tracks of differences between two fil...
by onekk
Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:57 pm
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: Path Development Philosophy
Replies: 15
Views: 66935

Re: Path Development Philosophy

Ignoring the necrobumping, you can extract an AppImage and run from a stable directory, and then remade the AppImage with your modification included.

There is an article in the Wiki if I remember correctly.

Kind regards

Carlo D.
by onekk
Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:44 pm
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: auto things making life "easier"
Replies: 17
Views: 825

Re: auto things making life "easier"

A great thing would be if I could save preferences and then reload them. So in case of problems if I have saved as example a good-pref.file (what extension has a preferences file?) I could save the bad_pref.file and reload the good... then if the file is a text file a diff will tell me the "pro...
by onekk
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:29 am
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: [REQ] This is a formal request to support the USD format
Replies: 16
Views: 673

Re: [REQ] This is a formal request to support the USD format

Hello the USD format is the future of all things 3d. ... Hopefully We have seen too many foresee that have failed, many new standards that has not "taken off" and similar things. Usually it suffice to "keep calm" and see how many software will adopt it, if specification are clea...
by onekk
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:15 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Edit Controls: where did it go?
Replies: 17
Views: 11963

Re: Edit Controls: where did it go?

... It is a chicken egg situation. - official "stable" version is 0.21.2 - development version is 0.22 If you have a big workforce and update all the Wiki docs to 0.22 users that use the "stable" version will complains There is not actually a solution also because human resource...
by onekk
Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:57 pm
Forum: TechDraw
Topic: Cosmetic eraser is useless.
Replies: 7
Views: 309

Re: Cosmetic eraser is useless.

While you are working on the cosmetics: I would like to see them consistently available as other items in the tree as sub-items of the corresponding view. I also think that it's a good idea. It would just require a clever solution to avoid tree clutter. Maybe some container like for sketcher object...
by onekk
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:55 am
Forum: Python scripting and macros
Topic: Finding the would-be colors in a headless environment
Replies: 3
Views: 308

Re: Finding the would-be colors in a headless environment

It is obvious that headless has no Gui active, you asked for it invoking only the FreeCAD part and keeping deliberately out the Gui part. but FreeCAD could be started with the Gui and then you can hide the main window, and use it. This is considered the advised way to overcome the limitations. Readi...
by onekk
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:47 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to cut vertically oriented "slits" on inside face of vessel
Replies: 11
Views: 828

Re: How to cut vertically oriented "slits" on inside face of vessel

... I do not know how to upload pictures, or I would.... Thanks for any help. It simple enough see the attachment tab you will find under the buttons, there you can attach files, less than 1MB and images, but not all file type are permitted. About the question. There are many ways to skin a cat, so...