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by DrC
Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:35 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: docking the combo view again
Replies: 22
Views: 11302

Re: docking the combo view again

This 2017 post is the answer to a very annoying problem. It is now 2024 and I still had to spend ages trying to search through variations of horizontal split window before I found the combo panel docking thread, then scrolling down through the non-answers of other frustrated users before finding thi...
by DrC
Sun Aug 29, 2021 7:55 pm
Forum: Users Showcase
Topic: Tablet stand
Replies: 5
Views: 3922

Re: Tablet stand

Replying to Shalmeneser:

In case you teach mathematics or physics, the parabola is not an exact solution. It is the best fit I found using the FreeCad tool set.

DrC
by DrC
Sun Aug 29, 2021 5:01 pm
Forum: Users Showcase
Topic: Tablet stand
Replies: 5
Views: 3922

Re: Tablet stand

Can you give a hand-drawing sketch showing where is the tablet and its gravity center ? Gladly. The shaded area is the tablet in three different positions, with its centre of gravity shown by the three red dots. The blue lines are the FreeCad construction lines and the green is the outline of the s...
by DrC
Sun Aug 29, 2021 9:15 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Parameter changes break the model even when no change is made.
Replies: 8
Views: 2047

Re: Parameter changes break the model even when no change is made.

Spell out exactly what you want to accomplish, along with a sample file, and you will get answers. Gene Thanks Gene - I'm a user rather than an expert, so that is really appreciated. Usually I have no problem but this model excited so much comment from friends and family that I thought I would publ...
by DrC
Sun Aug 29, 2021 8:37 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Parameter changes break the model even when no change is made.
Replies: 8
Views: 2047

Re: Parameter changes break the model even when no change is made.

Shalmeneser wrote: Sat Aug 28, 2021 8:24 am For Rosie, there is a redondant constrain in Profile sketch. I just have to try to shake the sketch then it's ok. :lol: :ugeek:
Sounds like you have discovered 'Parameter changes mend the model even when no change is made' !!

Something changes. Why?
by DrC
Sat Aug 28, 2021 6:35 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Parameter changes break the model even when no change is made.
Replies: 8
Views: 2047

Re: Parameter changes break the model even when no change is made.

Thank you for being there and responding. I have looked into all that. Turning auto-compute off helped me to make some progress ... Converting every sketch to exclude reference points from earlier stages breaks much of the value of a parametric modelling system but I did it anyway - still got proble...
by DrC
Fri Aug 27, 2021 10:43 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Parameter changes break the model even when no change is made.
Replies: 8
Views: 2047

Parameter changes break the model even when no change is made.

I have what I believe is a pretty robust design for a lump of plastic. It was designed from the ground up to match a set of dimensions that would change for each user. There are a couple of constants used for wall and shelf thicknesses, and to provide mechanical stability, but the rest is user defin...
by DrC
Fri Aug 27, 2021 10:26 pm
Forum: Users Showcase
Topic: Tablet stand
Replies: 5
Views: 3922

Tablet stand

Want to stand your tablet up at a particular angle - no problem. This tablet stand is designed to put the centre of gravity of your tablet at the same height whatever angle you put it in at. As a result there is no tendency for it to fall forwards or backwards. Put it in at any angle and it stays pu...
by DrC
Thu May 13, 2021 10:46 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Using Loft
Replies: 3
Views: 1029

Using Loft

I am trying to design a sheath for a pair of scissors to stop them poking a hole in my pocket. My design is an elliptical hollow cone but I'm having a lot of difficulty making it. So I am starting with a solid ellitical cone and will 'subtract' a similar one once I have sorted out how to do it. Half...
by DrC
Fri Feb 05, 2021 6:23 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Bug submission guidelines
Replies: 45
Views: 2447537

Re: Bug submission guidelines

Hmm ... Quote: Bugs reported on the forum can be easily missed so post them there. Bugs posted there seem to stop with "Where's the forum thread". I am in awe of what you guys and gals do, and I appreciate the need to separate rtfm issues from coding errors and UI design faults, but taking...