Ok, I think I have enough info. I'll extend that macro... Did you and Werner already think of the possibility to have parts of existing workbenches programmed in python? Would allow people like me to add more quickly a couple of buttons on the toolbars... Doing it would be pretty easy I suppose (jus...

Is there a way to automatically convert all imported dxf files to surfaces to then extrude, in a simple two step method? (PRO/E style) I might be interested to do that... Can you describe a bit how it works in ProE? My understanding of what would be needed is basically that you would join all lines...

Hi, The macro works half-way, I made a small correction here: # this macro inserts selected dimensions into an existing Drawing page import Drawing sel = Gui.Selection.getSelection() for obj in sel: if 'Dimline' in obj.PropertiesList: svg = obj.ViewObject.Proxy.getSVG() vdim = App.activeDocument().a...

Ok, here is how it works: You can just paste this code in a macro, I think it should run fine too... # this macro inserts selected dimensions into an existing Drawing page import Drawing sel = Gui.Selection.getSelection() for obj in sel: if 'Dimline' in obj.PropertiesList: svg = obj.ViewObject.Proxy...

You mean dimension tools? Yes, the draft dimensions are still not supported in the drawing module. I already made a svg output for them, but still need to make the "glue" to have them inserted into the drawings. In the meantime, it is already possible to insert them manually with python, b...

Hmm that's actually a very different topic. The sketcher module of freecad, which currently uses sketchflat, is made to work with complex objects, where a sketch is (or will be) only a starting part of a more complex thing. Importing a DXF file directly in freecad is made with the draft module, whic...

It's under his avatar image
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Hi, I believe the result should then be the same as with the "Create a cylinder" tool. Yes, indeed. One thing one can always do is test the type of a shape like this (for ex. you have an object called "myCylinder"): obj = App.ActiveDocument.myCylinder obj.Shape.ShapeType It will ...

Hi Normand,
Very interesting blog of yours... Subscribing right now!
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Yorik

I've been playing a bit with wiki theming, have a look at what I have now: (it's on my sourceforge wiki, did you know every sourceforge user has a wiki?) http://sourceforge.net/userapps/mediawiki/yorikvanhavre/index.php?title=Alt_Main_Page The idea is that only the sidebar and the homepage have tota...