NewJoker wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 6:11 pm
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This in turn will probably result in more people joining the development of FreeCAD (more users = chance for more helpers here).
But, it has grown to this point and has not produced these hordes of helpers you describe.
And that's the primary goal, right ?
That's my point...there is no primary goal. To my knowledge there is no goals statement, no roadmap, etc.
Unless there are currently enough volunteers in this community and there's no need for more people to enhance FreeCAD but I don't think that's the case.
Yet it has grown and does collect functionality as it goes.
P.S. I know several people who could help this community a lot (due to their programming skills, experience in CAD software and the desire to share their knowledge with others) but I can't convince them to use FreeCAD and those missing functionalities are one of the reasons.
Hmm...I am all those things, am fully competent in several commercial packages and for almost a decade I've chosen to use FreeCAD...and I tutor users, share knowledge and somehow I don't find these "missing functionalities" too bothersome. Admittedly, I do not dust off my C++ skills and get into the nitty-gritty, but, I have tested many thing, tested builds on more than one platform and improved the documentation. (My point here is, those things holding back you people are apparently specific to their needs. And FreeCAD may never address their requirements.)
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