user1234 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:35 pm
I must say, even this is a nice feature, i will never use it (and i am pretty sure, the most CAD users with experice in other "newer" (with new i mean newer then 2000) CADs will also not use it). Also (i think) this is a feature for people who can not get rid of the old AutoCAD input schematic, so i think it should be optional (and i also would say switched off per default).
I have not used it yet for a new design (I have no time to design things lately). When reproducing objects, I found it often in the past the situation of having to create a circle at a given position and size. It was not uncommon to need rectangles (or frames) of given dimensions (at given positions).
For these tasks there is a huge gain in terms of mouse clicks. I comment on this because I did not like the 80's-90's AutoCAD workflow (never used a 2000 version of it or later), but I do not think this is it. It is just a way to get certain tasks faster, while keeping the FreeCAD workflow over the design.
I will not be surprised if some user starts using this feature as a sort of turtle graphics object (which funnily can be done), using only keyboard input and no mouse. But, that is not the aim of the development. The aim of the development is to improve the productivity of current FreeCAD.
This said, I have no idea of the real improvement this could actually bring to the average project. That information must come from the users here who design cool staff on a daily basis and can share if this is a UI bloating useless feature, or if there is an actual net gain from using it in their projects.
Anybody wanting to use this in a real design and sharing the experience?
user1234 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 6:35 pm
- Also it take too much important space in the taskview, even in a 4K screen. The advanced solver is more important for me.
- The jumping of the taskview (tool settings appear, tool settings disappear) is also a reason, why i do not like it.
I open a list of drawbacks with these two items. I am not sure if there is a way to mitigate them (other than not activating it), but it is worth not to forget them when deciding further.