Object rotation widget sporadically working / not working

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dgersic
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Object rotation widget sporadically working / not working

Post by dgersic »

I'm relatively new to FreeCAD. The problem I'm having is that the object rotation widget that shows up in the upper right corner of the screen only works occasionally. This seems far to obvious to be a bug, but a search of the forum doesn't turn up anybody else having this problem.

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OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed (GNOME-Classic:GNOME/gnome-classic-xorg)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.2.Unknown
Build type: Release
Python 3.10.9, Qt 5.15.8, Coin 4.0.0, Vtk 9.2.5, OCC 7.7.0
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
Screenshot of sample object open:
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This is the widget I'm referring to:
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By experimentation, I've found that I can get it working briefly by moving the mouse cursor away from it, right clicking on the background to open the menu, then closing that and going back to the rotate widget. It then works for a few seconds / three to five mouse clicks.
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Re: Object rotation widget sporadically working / not working

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And why is this important?

Maybe have a look at mouse models:- Mouse_navigation
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Re: Object rotation widget sporadically working / not working

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Because basic features should work reliably? I'm not sure how to interpret your question here.

The other navigation options are interesting, and I'll explore them as well. Thanks.
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Re: Object rotation widget sporadically working / not working

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dgersic wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 4:07 am Because basic features should work reliably? I'm not sure how to interpret your question here.
Because I suspect you are using it as a primary means of object manipulation, for which I don't believe it was intended.
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Re: Object rotation widget sporadically working / not working

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dgersic wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 4:07 am Because basic features should work reliably?
Actually that is an add-on that has never worked well for fine manipulation. Using one of the rotation modes in your favorite mouse model is much more precise.

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Re: Object rotation widget sporadically working / not working

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Suggest that maybe this add-on should be removed then? If it doesn't work reliably, it seems like presenting it right up front in the UI isn't helpful.
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Re: Object rotation widget sporadically working / not working

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dgersic wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 1:33 am Suggest that maybe this add-on should be removed then? If it doesn't work reliably, it seems like presenting it right up front in the UI isn't helpful.
As usual for newbie.

FreeCAD Terminology.

You are showing in first post the navicube, that is a standard thing.

calling if "object rotation widget" is not helping to point out the problem.

Whath is not working?

And you have tried to change mouse navigation mode?

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Re: Object rotation widget sporadically working / not working

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dgersic wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 1:33 am Suggest that maybe this add-on should be removed then? If it doesn't work reliably, it seems like presenting it right up front in the UI isn't helpful.
It works in the intended manner. If you abuse it there might be problems. :lol:

Gene
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