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by s-light
Sat Aug 19, 2023 11:14 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: [Solved] Save camera position
Replies: 9
Views: 1921

Re: [Solved] Save camera position

just tried the *Pov saver* from https://github.com/mnesarco/FreeCAD_Utils its working fine- and just does what is asked for in this thread: - save camera position - available in the three view if i had time :roll: i like to extract it to a stand-alone macro and tweak it a little bit: - switch to vie...
by s-light
Fri Oct 21, 2022 1:45 pm
Forum: Packaging
Topic: Volunteer Packagers Needed for the PPA
Replies: 100
Views: 71091

Re: Volunteer Packagers Needed for the PPA

can someone at least change the information on the ppa page? currently it reads : This PPA repository hosts stable releases of FreeCAD for all supported versions of Ubuntu in 32 and 64-Bit architecture. These packages are more up to date than those found on the Ubuntu repositories. for now i change ...
by s-light
Mon Apr 25, 2022 9:48 am
Forum: Assembly
Topic: Assembly 4 workbench
Replies: 1335
Views: 866086

Re: Assembly 4 workbench

I'm using a Link to make various copies of one fastener i just played around with this.. (zip in attachment) assembly__linkarray__tree.png it works when you do it this way: - create screw - create link (in parts group) - set link count 2 - drag drop the two sub-links into the assembly container - s...
by s-light
Sun Apr 24, 2022 1:34 pm
Forum: Assembly
Topic: Assembly 4 workbench
Replies: 1335
Views: 866086

Re: Assembly 4 workbench

mostly design separate parts in partdesign, and import the bodies as links. Putting each body in a part container is therefore just a hassle, so it would be nice to add part information to bodies also. Has this been discussed before? i did not started to work with Asm4 yet* and in all my projects i...
by s-light
Fri Apr 15, 2022 6:53 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: 0.20 import step-file with part names
Replies: 8
Views: 2082

Re: 0.20 import step-file with part names

thanks thomas.

i just hacked a bit into the Nurbs WB - and now it imports the objects with names..
but complex Brep (=not simple like a ball) objects are not working -
so for now i give up ;-)
by s-light
Thu Apr 14, 2022 9:54 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: 0.20 import step-file with part names
Replies: 8
Views: 2082

Re: 0.20 import step-file with part names

But since as far as I know the import/export for STEP is handled by the OCC kernel not sure if FreeCAD can do anything about that. yeah that is the point i think too... so in this case this would be a featurerequest against the OCC STEP import.... (that feels out of my reach at the moment) i do not...
by s-light
Thu Apr 14, 2022 9:35 pm
Forum: Packaging
Topic: PPA: Addon Manager Warning: Could not import QtWebEngineWidgets, it seems to be missing from your system.
Replies: 3
Views: 7270

PPA: Addon Manager Warning: Could not import QtWebEngineWidgets, it seems to be missing from your system.

Hello at all, for some time now i get some warnings while starting freecad-daily: Addon Manager Warning: Could not import QtWebEngineWidgets, it seems to be missing from your system. Please use your system's package manager to install the python3-pyside2.qtwebengine* and python3-pyside2.qtwebchannel...
by s-light
Thu Apr 14, 2022 6:25 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: 0.20 import step-file with part names
Replies: 8
Views: 2082

Re: 0.20 import step-file with part names

and now the import test: BallAndCube__imported.png with settings BallAndCube__import_settings.png and the same with LinkedGroup activated: BallAndCube_2__imported.png BallAndCube_2__import_settings.png OS: Ubuntu 21.10 (KDE/plasma) Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit Version: 0.20. Build type: Release Bran...
by s-light
Thu Apr 14, 2022 6:23 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: 0.20 import step-file with part names
Replies: 8
Views: 2082

Re: 0.20 import step-file with part names

i got a test file. i attached it. (and also the original Rhino source files..) with names in the step file: #29=MANIFOLD_SOLID_BREP('Big Ball',#32); #30=MANIFOLD_SOLID_BREP('The Mighty Cube',#33); #31=ADVANCED_BREP_SHAPE_REPRESENTATION('brep_rep_0',(#29,#30,#208),#199); #32=CLOSED_SHELL('',(#34,#35)...
by s-light
Thu Apr 14, 2022 11:04 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: 0.20 import step-file with part names
Replies: 8
Views: 2082

0.20 import step-file with part names

Hello community, i have a step file from my client that i base some work on.. so i import it in FreeCAD - and after i found out that i have to *disable* Enable STEP Compound merge - and played along with the other options i get all parts imported as tree. FreeCAD_0.20__STEP__import_settings.png but ...