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by Olav
Fri Jul 14, 2023 10:54 am
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: Add Slot creation in the Hole feature
Replies: 15
Views: 3244

Re: Add Slot creation in the Hole feature

M4x wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2023 4:20 am Regarding modifying the current dialog: adrianinsaval is currently working on it
That's great. Looking forward to seeing the results!
by Olav
Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:34 pm
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: Add Slot creation in the Hole feature
Replies: 15
Views: 3244

Re: Add Slot creation in the Hole feature

probably discussion is ended long time ago. Perhaps it's not such a bad idea to open the discussion again. I recently had to explain the Hole tool to someone and we both agreed that it's a great tool, but a bit intimidating at first. Basically the tool is just a single form full of parameters, it t...
by Olav
Thu Feb 23, 2023 8:40 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to model this roller cam drive screw?
Replies: 10
Views: 1114

Re: How to model this roller cam drive screw?

The profile should not be rectangular, it is for a gear..... As Workshop_Notes mentioned, this is for a roller cam drive. You can see one in action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKYAOe1Bzho&t=28s Obviously these mechanisms are very much alike, but not exactly the same. Thank you for you...
by Olav
Thu Feb 23, 2023 8:33 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to model this roller cam drive screw?
Replies: 10
Views: 1114

Re: How to model this roller cam drive screw?

with Part Wb the file is much smaller Thank you for your efforts! I hope you had fun with it. The first one has an artefact inside the groove on the left side. It's visible in the picture you posted, too. I'm not sure what's going on there. The second file is almost correct, I think. You are using ...
by Olav
Thu Feb 23, 2023 8:20 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to model this roller cam drive screw?
Replies: 10
Views: 1114

Re: How to model this roller cam drive screw?

Syres wrote: Thu Feb 23, 2023 4:36 pm Attached is the BSpline created from the folowing (older) Parametric Curve macro:
Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure how to use the macro to achieve the result from the video. Can you explain? Thanks in advance!
by Olav
Thu Feb 23, 2023 3:59 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to model this roller cam drive screw?
Replies: 10
Views: 1114

How to model this roller cam drive screw?

Hello all, here's a challenge. I was watching this video which shows the creation of a toolpath and the subsequent machining of a roller cam drive screw : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhT1niomS7I Without the rollers it's called a double enveloping worm screw . You can look these terms up to see m...
by Olav
Mon Dec 26, 2022 8:38 pm
Forum: Install / Compile
Topic: My recipe for building FreeCAD master with BlobFish OCCT 7.6.3 on Debian and Ubuntu
Replies: 2
Views: 725

Re: My recipe for building FreeCAD master with BlobFish OCCT 7.6.3 on Debian and Ubuntu

better to configure with qt5ct some theme that is available for both gtk and qt Thanks for the tip, I will look into this further (but it may have to wait a few days). for convenience you could create a symlink to this (I do this) sudo ln -s /opt/freecad/bin/FreeCAD /usr/bin/freecad-opt sudo ln -s ...
by Olav
Sun Dec 25, 2022 10:35 pm
Forum: Install / Compile
Topic: My recipe for building FreeCAD master with BlobFish OCCT 7.6.3 on Debian and Ubuntu
Replies: 2
Views: 725

My recipe for building FreeCAD master with BlobFish OCCT 7.6.3 on Debian and Ubuntu

Hello and merry Christmas if you're someone who celebrates that. I usually build my FreeCAD from master, according to the instructions on https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Compile_on_Linux. Last week I caught on to the fact that this practice left me with an outdated version of the OCCT libraries, and som...
by Olav
Fri Dec 23, 2022 3:02 pm
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: *Why* can't I fillet this edge? (Part Design wb)
Replies: 16
Views: 1719

Re: *Why* can't I fillet this edge? (Part Design wb)

What kind of documentation are you looking for? So far I have used the recipe for building as laid out in https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Compile_on_Linux but this doesn't mention compiling OCCT with the patches. So I guess I was wondering if there was a more recent version of this document. I suppose ...
by Olav
Fri Dec 23, 2022 8:02 am
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: *Why* can't I fillet this edge? (Part Design wb)
Replies: 16
Views: 1719

Re: *Why* can't I fillet this edge? (Part Design wb)

GeneFC wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 9:43 pm There is no requirement for you to [...]
Again I'm unsure what you mean. Have I insulted you or something?