Search found 12911 matches

by yorik
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:40 am
Forum: Draft, Arch & BIM
Topic: BIM WB: shapes very distant from the origin, in the imported DXF file
Replies: 2
Views: 450

Re: BIM WB: shapes very distant from the origin, in the imported DXF file

Indeed that problem happens quite often... I think the best way here would be a kind of "relocate to center" tool. This could be a macro. It could do something like this: - Get the selected objects - Add the bounding boxes to make one big bounding box - Get the center of that bounding box ...
by yorik
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: Developers corner
Topic: Version Control Support in FreeCAD
Replies: 72
Views: 38872

Re: Version Control Support in FreeCAD

Another thing that is IMHO very important, the main motivation for cloud services, specially those attached to a CAD application, is basically to make your files hostage so you keep paying the subscription forever. You stop paying, you loose your work. The "there is no file any more" conce...
by yorik
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:05 am
Forum: Google Summer of Code (GSoC)
Topic: GSoC 2024 mentoring orgs announced
Replies: 1
Views: 321

Re: GSoC 2024 mentoring orgs announced

And once again, at this point, we need two things: 1) People wanting to be mentors . Mentoring is not hard, it does not require big technical skills, but it requires dedication. You should be ready to spend around 2 or 3h/week with your student, possibly with some video meetings. Projects can run fo...
by yorik
Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:22 am
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: North American Meetup August 2024?
Replies: 16
Views: 3328

Re: North American Meetup August 2024?

Not sure yet of what I'll be able to do in august, but in principle I'm interested, by any of these locations :)
by yorik
Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:26 am
Forum: Google Summer of Code (GSoC)
Topic: GSoC 2024 - Open for proposals
Replies: 6
Views: 1259

GSoC 2024 - Open for proposals

GSoC 2024 is around the corner! Applications are now open for orgs, and we are applying. I'm starting a https://wiki.freecad.org/index.php?title=Google_Summer_of_Code_2024 wiki page for it. Feel free to edit and add your ideas! This is also a call for mentors. If you are interested in mentoring a GS...
by yorik
Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:48 am
Forum: Announcements & Features
Topic: The design group
Replies: 167
Views: 300817

Re: The design group

I said the forum CAN BE toxic. Not that it always was or that it does not have totally nice people and discussions too. Both can be true at the same time. Sorry if anyone felt directly criticized, it's just how I sometimes feel myself there, and many others say so too. And I'm as much a culprit as a...
by yorik
Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:56 pm
Forum: Announcements & Features
Topic: The design group
Replies: 167
Views: 300817

Re: The design group

Yes you're right. And indeed I understand of course that changes sometimes irritate existing users, and that sometimes it's unavoidable, if it's for the greater good. Just that I think we should always keep caring for existing users. Some people have put a tremendous amount of work here, they also d...
by yorik
Mon Jan 22, 2024 12:11 pm
Forum: Draft, Arch & BIM
Topic: Crash (SOLVED) in 0.22 when importing ifc
Replies: 51
Views: 4693

Re: Crash in 0.22 when importing ifc

Oh that's weird... python3-lark is the correct one and it appears to be correctly installed. What happens when you type import lark in FreeCAD's python console?
by yorik
Mon Jan 22, 2024 12:09 pm
Forum: Draft, Arch & BIM
Topic: Create empty wall opening
Replies: 27
Views: 3806

Re: Create empty wall opening

Yes, but note that just anything can be used to create an opening in a wall. You can create a sketch, extrude it (with Part Extrude or for ex. Arch Structure ), then use that object as a subtraction (use the Arch Remove tool). So the functionality actually exists already. In IFC terms, also, an open...
by yorik
Mon Jan 22, 2024 12:01 pm
Forum: Wiki
Topic: Donations tax-deductable
Replies: 11
Views: 2248

Re: Donations tax-deductable

If it's the same as in Belgium, you cannot pretend to a tax reduction just by donating to anyone. It must be a "charity" org, and the charity status is something only given to a very defined list of org types like hospitals, philantropic NGOs, etc, which we are not. And to pretend to tax r...