If the hole tool allows to set a diameter, why using a sketch with just a point does not work?
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If the hole tool allows to set a diameter, why using a sketch with just a point does not work?
Yes. If I have the option to define the diameter of a hole in the Hole tool (Part Design), why cant I define a hole with just a point as its center?
Model overview. Sketch with a point. Selected the sketch, hole tool, everything disappears and no hole in sight. If I just put a circle instead, it works:
Model overview. Sketch with a point. Selected the sketch, hole tool, everything disappears and no hole in sight. If I just put a circle instead, it works:
Re: If the hole tool allows to set a diameter, why using a sketch with just a point does not work?
There are several answers:
- because that's not the way it is implemented
- to allow points could be convenient, but when the hole was introduced, the point geometric element was not visible as real geometry.
- I don't know if a point can be distinguished from the endpoint of a line or arc.
- it is often very useful to have a hole at the center of a curvature.
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- adrianinsaval
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Re: If the hole tool allows to set a diameter, why using a sketch with just a point does not work?
tldr; nobody coded it
if you can make a PR it would be very welcomed
if you can make a PR it would be very welcomed
Re: If the hole tool allows to set a diameter, why using a sketch with just a point does not work?
Looks like an interesting way of getting my feet wet.adrianinsaval wrote: ↑Sun May 15, 2022 12:12 am tldr; nobody coded it
if you can make a PR it would be very welcomed
Re: If the hole tool allows to set a diameter, why using a sketch with just a point does not work?
I was also going to request that. It would be less confusing (currently you draw a circle with an arbitrary radius and then define the actual radius in the Hole feature). Also, it could be quite convenient, especially once the paddle’s tool settings widget will be introduced allowing for the placement of points by just specifying their coordinates.
Re: If the hole tool allows to set a diameter, why using a sketch with just a point does not work?
Wouldn't it be simpler (and more logical) to make hole tool to use diameter defined in the sketch?
Re: If the hole tool allows to set a diameter, why using a sketch with just a point does not work?
This would be less confusing but would also make the tool much less convenient than it is now. In commercial CAD software the possibility to sketch just the points and then create holes of any size at their locations is very handy. In FreeCAD you must draw circles instead. Having to dimension them would make it much more tedious and you wouldn’t be able to change the diameter directly in the Hole tool instead of editing the sketch.
Re: If the hole tool allows to set a diameter, why using a sketch with just a point does not work?
Make it better than "commercial CAD software" then
allow use of either points and circle created in sketch as an option in the hole tool...
so:
1 - create sketch with just points > use hole tool > confirm points as a source > use hole tool as it is at the moment
2 - create sketch with just dimensioned circles > use hole tool > select "circles" as source > use hole tool with circle diameter as a hole diameter
and everybody is happy (apart from confused ones )
allow use of either points and circle created in sketch as an option in the hole tool...
so:
1 - create sketch with just points > use hole tool > confirm points as a source > use hole tool as it is at the moment
2 - create sketch with just dimensioned circles > use hole tool > select "circles" as source > use hole tool with circle diameter as a hole diameter
and everybody is happy (apart from confused ones )
- Shalmeneser
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Re: If the hole tool allows to set a diameter, why using a sketch with just a point does not work?
NO,
Because you can use any sketch or body to Hole it.
Every arc / circle will be used for the center of these holes.
So this Hole tool with just Points would be a regression.
Because you can use any sketch or body to Hole it.
Every arc / circle will be used for the center of these holes.
So this Hole tool with just Points would be a regression.
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Re: If the hole tool allows to set a diameter, why using a sketch with just a point does not work?
Then we could just add free points to supported geometric entities and thus avoid the regression.Shalmeneser wrote: ↑Sun May 15, 2022 9:36 am NO,
Because you can use any sketch or body to Hole it.
Every arc / circle will be used for the center of these holes.
So this Hole tool with just Points would be a regression.