So, it takes you how much longer with process #2?NewJoker wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 1:26 pm ...
It's very convenient for me in commercial software and I'd love to finally see it in FreeCAD as well. Of course, the same sketch can be created without it but there's much more tedious clicking. For example, to draw a dimensioned rectangle you have to:
1) commercial software with these tools:
- select rectangle tool
- pick starting point
- type first dimension
- press Tab
- type second dimension
- press Enter
2) FreeCAD without these tools:
- select rectangle tool
- pick starting point
- pick end point
- select horizontal dimension
- choose horizontal line
- type dimension
- press Ok
- select vertical dimension
- choose vertical line
- type dimension
- press Ok
So almost two times more steps to draw a simple rectangle.
That's just for the tool settings widget. The other feature (contextual dimension) is also very handy since you don't have to switch back and forth between the 5 dimension constraint types.
I just timed it for me, including starting and stopping the stopwatch it took 18 seconds (rounded up to the nearest integer). So, let's say, with this new feature, you cut that by 1/4, that's 4.5 seconds. To save a minute you'd need to draw and constrain 13.3 rectangles.
I don't see this savings impacting my productivity. But, that is my failing I guess.