The tapping operation that is under development will supply the appropriate G74/G84 command based on the active Tap tool attribute setting (left hand / right hand). The release will provide a tap shape and example tap bit. Users will be able to create tap tool bits just like what is currently availa...

Opened PR #8018 to add G84/G74 Tapping Operation to Path:

https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/8069

I completely agree with that diagram. But I must kindly disagree with the point your making. I've gone through this code forward and backword and this is not how I'm reading it. The tool rapids to clearance height, lowers to R height, feeds to the surface to begin cut. Retracts to safe height (R), r...

I have a graphic from my control's programming book that shows exactly how a 1st and 2nd reference plane should work. I believe the strategy in FreeCAD is that "W" is the same as "Retract height" and "O" is the same as "Safe height". All of these are related ...

Interesting result using RDP from a macbook or pc to a linux host. The wallpaper becomes the background. Is this correctable or inherent to RDP protocol?

I have a graphic from my control's programming book that shows exactly how a 1st and 2nd reference plane should work. I consider the "safeHeight" and "clearanceHeight" to be fully representative of this concept but obviously not coded in Path to match. For me it requires manual i...

During the canned cycle (G81,82,83), at least one if not both safe and clearance heights should be included as a retraction height plane as part of the operation. I don't think this make sense for all situations. Consider holes at the bottom of a pocket: PickupPocketWithHolesAtBottom_2_20221214.jpg...

First, let's define the two types of clearance associated with drilling ops, or more specifically canned cycles. Clearance Height: The height needed to clear clamps and obstructions Safe Height: The height above which Rapid motions are allowed. (Rapid safety height between locations) During the cann...

Found a work around for this error in case anyone has this issue in the future and needs a quick fix. For whatever reason Boost is reporting its include directory as /include. This is obviously wrong and I was not able to find where this is being set. So on a whim I created a symlink from /include t...

Hi All, First attempt at compiling FreeCAD on an Ubuntu 20.04 system and the latest source code from github. I was able to download and install all of the required libs, etc with the exception of pyside2uic? Any idea where that can be had? The main issue I'm having has to do with the following Boost...