Select an Edge, Face or Body from an Active Body???

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Re: Select an Edge, Face or Body from an Active Body???

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MMSN wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 1:42 am ...
Probably you must learn correct terminology prior to make posts.

And learn a little more of FreeCAD prior to emit judgements or advices.

CAD is not Paint or a program that could be learned simply by "trials and errors".

It is like playing and instrument, how to play has to be learned and if you make bad sounds it rarely the instrument maker that have to be blamed.


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Re: Select an Edge, Face or Body from an Active Body???

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onekk wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 8:38 am Probably you must learn correct terminology prior to make posts.

And learn a little more of FreeCAD prior to emit judgements or advices.

CAD is not Paint or a program that could be learned simply by "trials and errors".

It is like playing and instrument, how to play has to be learned and if you make bad sounds it rarely the instrument maker that have to be blamed.
I think you are making a wrong judgment.
I have already made sophisticated models in this program, but I would like certain concepts that cause confusion to be corrected. For example, before the volumes in yellow were the parts that started based on primitive geometric shapes and the ones in blue were the parts that started based on a sketch or a series of the sketches.
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Re: Select an Edge, Face or Body from an Active Body???

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MMSN wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 2:19 pm ...
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Probably I have guessed wrong but in FC (FreeCAD for short) you have Pad that is specifically a feature of PartDesign WB and extrude that is in Part WB (the only things confusing in FC is Part WB name, but you can live with it. Speaking of code Part module is not confusing at all)

I agree that some revision in terms on some area will be advisable, to reduce confusion, but in CAD there are many habits and sadly not unified way to describe operations, as different vendors use different names.


Part WB or better Part module can do both CSG and BREP and more complicated things too. (I mostly code my drawings so I use rarely the GUI to model things.)

But as you speak about yellow and blue I suppose you are referring to icons. There have been some discussion about revising some icons so probably in near future some thing will change, but changing is always problematic as for sure someone will complains.

Being in an international context maybe is not helping in understanding other people thought, but from others answers I'm not alone in having misunderstood your post.

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Re: Select an Edge, Face or Body from an Active Body???

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MMSN wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 2:19 pm before the volumes in yellow were the parts that started based on primitive geometric shapes and the ones in blue were the parts that started based on a sketch or a series of the sketches.
I think you are mistaken here. If memory doesn't fool me, since 0.13 and probably before, Part>Extrude was always blue and was always based on sketches.
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Re: Select an Edge, Face or Body from an Active Body???

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MMSN wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 2:19 pm before the volumes in yellow were the parts that started based on primitive geometric shapes and the ones in blue were the parts that started based on a sketch or a series of the sketches.

If you refer to the icons (not parts, volumes or anything else) in the tree, then yes, this is atm not consistent. But also this is nagging on a very high level.

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Re: Select an Edge, Face or Body from an Active Body???

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user1234 wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 5:05 pm If you refer to the icons (not parts, volumes or anything else) in the tree, then yes, this is atm not consistent. But also this is nagging on a very high level.

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onekk wrote: Sat Jan 28, 2023 4:04 pm Being in an international context maybe is not helping in understanding other people thought, but from others answers I'm not alone in having misunderstood your post.

Kind regards.

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Thanks all for you clarifications and participation in this interesting topic that for sure has demonstrated to be important for future FreeCad release.
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