... I don't see the argument "this is why test versions are for" is valid here since IMO there needs to be a very specific awareness of such issues as they can get very sophisticated... Taken out of context. I didn't mean to downplay the seriousness of the issue, I meant it's asking for t...

While this is certainly a serious issue - considering the fact that apparently a developer spent considerable time as a productive member in a project to gain enough trust from the original owner (similarly to "classic spies") and more project responsibility - it probably (and hopefully) o...

...The point is, that Integrated Assembly workbench is in it's very early stages of development, with no instructions available yet. That's all that is available at the moment: https://ondsel.com/blog/assembly-wb-prerelease/... There's more than just that. The FreeCAD dev version (Windows .zip and ...

I do not think it is currently possible. But that would be a question for @wmayer. Is it possible to save in the document the object that is currently under edit, so that when the user open again the document the edit mode is automatically started? See @Svet message above. Thanks Unrelated if it's ...

Maybe an expert can answer that here. I assume the main part is calculation and the smaller part is reading data Even the best filesystem can't make your disk faster than it is. ZFS can increase throughput by parallelizing I/O across multiple disks and multiple adapters. If there aren't any of thes...

Binders are the parametric carbon paper to pause geometry from one Body to another.

E.g if you have a feature on one body that you need on others as well, you won't try to copy sketches around but rather use Binders.

I find this very interesting. Would you have time and desire to carry out this test, Put the 6 standard view changes in a macro and measured the elapsed time using Python: Desktop: 11,2 sec Thinkpad x13: 9,67 sec MacMini M2: 4,55 sec So it's even more than twice as fast. On the Mac, i can (albeit n...

I also own an M2 powered MacMini.

Much faster than my x86 based computers so it's basically a different league (large STEP file load completes in about half the time). Unfortunately, the Mac version has other quirks still, so I don't use it that often.

I didn't know that various file systems affect this. Which file system is recommended for this? I don't know what's currently en vogue, but it should definitely not be encrypted, and logging may also take some time. Don't think that's that relevant. I run FreeCAD on my desktop system (standard Debi...

The Corel Draw example you show above is not direct modelling as I understand it. Direct Modelling is more advanced in that it tries to guess design intent (features) from unparametrized geometry to decide on the intended change. Your Corel Draw example basically starts with constrained (parametrize...