Hello,

How do you set the material properties of a model?
FreeCAD's Shape property of models shows that objects DO have material properties defined somewhere but how do I see what material a model is, and how would I set the model to have any particular material?

I found a solution that works well enough for me but will require you to make a macro open the python console, and then export your model(s), copy and paste the code into a .py file to use as a macro, and before the export function for your export type is called, add the following line above it. __o...

drmacro wrote: ↑Sat Dec 17, 2022 11:23 am Why not Sverchok nodes in Blender. They can read (and write) the FreeCAD files. No conversion needed.

I used blender for my example for export since its available on linux and shows a model's origin clearly. I don't want to use another CAD to use this CAD >.>

Is there a setting I need to change to fix this or is this a bug? I am not aware of a setting, only of workarounds. It may in this case not be convenient for you, but I don't think it's a bug: If multiple separate objects are exported, they should keep their original places on import. I just tried ...

Hello, EDIT: model file it self urdfmodel.FCStd I'm trying to export the individual models below with their origins relative to their FreeCAD origins model.png ^- both models have their own origins, and the wheels are not children of the BodyBase model Exporting one of the attached wheels as an exam...

I know that this have been a few years since originally posted. However I was having the same problem and solved it by copying the collada folder to $/home/snap/freecad/22/.FreeCAD/Macro and then running the import collada from the python terminal in FreeCAD. I hope this helps someone. EDIT: That s...

I've seen that a lot of macros use pyside and I know Qt's "mainwindow" class has a key-press event handler inside it, is there a way to detect key-presses inside the FreeCAD window like you can with other apps that have without having to create a new qt widget?

BUG: When attempting to import FreeCAD in python, I get the error, "ImportError: DLL load failed while importing FreeCAD: The parameter is incorrect." Do you encounter this issue only when creating a virtual environment or does it also happen otherwise? I think I only got that error when ...

so, not on a quest to hack new interop ways for fc... but introspection of what is there. your choice if you want to travel a muddy road during rain season or the smooth paved path. recommendation is to go the paved path... hard to tell if you understand how these things work or not (i'm leaning to...

what are you trying to get done? (apart from the obvious...) just asking, since the approach of importing fc into a standalone std-python is more cumbersome than the other way around, i.e. install whatever you want in the bundled fc-python... (which knows fc by heart from the getgo) or use conda? I...