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Re: Curves workbench

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Is there a way to use the "sketch on surface" function to engrave the sketch into the surface of a cylinder? Setting the thinkness to a negative value was my first guess, but that didn't do it.

My setup: FreeCad 0.20, OpenSuse 64bit
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Re: Curves workbench

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This is how to create the attached model:
- create the cylinder
- create the sketch (don't forget the construction rectangle
- map sketch to the surface of the cylinder
- apply Curves->Map sketch to surface
- set the following properties:
- - FillExtrusion=true
- - FillFaces=true
- - Offset=0
- - Thickness=-0.2
- make a Part->Boolean Cut from Cylinder and Sketch_On_Surface
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Re: Curves workbench

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@chrisb

When I do Curves|SketchOnSurface the sketch has the construction rectangle created and appropriately dimensioned - in your file version it isn't. Are we using different versions? Mine is 0.5.2
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Re: Curves workbench

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edwilliams16 wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 1:47 am When I do Curves|SketchOnSurface the sketch has the construction rectangle created and appropriately dimensioned - in your file version it isn't.
I admit: I was lazy and didn't dimension the construction rectangle. I just wanted to show how it works. (And I prefer to leave thing unconstraint instead of bad constraining.)
Are we using different versions? Mine is 0.5.2
My version is 0.5.1, and according to AddonManager this is the latest.
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Re: Curves workbench

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chrisb wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:19 pm
edwilliams16 wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 1:47 am When I do Curves|SketchOnSurface the sketch has the construction rectangle created and appropriately dimensioned - in your file version it isn't.
I admit: I was lazy and didn't dimension the construction rectangle. I just wanted to show how it works. (And I prefer to leave thing unconstraint instead of bad constraining.)
Are we using different versions? Mine is 0.5.2
My version is 0.5.1, and according to AddonManager this is the latest.
Hmm. https://github.com/tomate44/CurvesWB/co ... bb0b3f6e68. Says this feature was added back in April and my addon manager says 0.5.2 is the latest.
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Re: Curves workbench

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@chrisb are you regularly updating your local cache in AddonManager?
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Re: Curves workbench

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Syres wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 1:06 pm @chrisb are you regularly updating your local cache in AddonManager?
An aside: this would be a nice feature to implement to avoid confusion:
FEATURE] Check if there are updates for 3rd party workbench (even if Addon Manager is not invoked)
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Re: Curves workbench

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edwilliams16 wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:57 pm Hmm. https://github.com/tomate44/CurvesWB/co ... bb0b3f6e68. Says this feature was added back in April and my addon manager says 0.5.2 is the latest.
Syres wrote: Fri Aug 05, 2022 1:06 pm @chrisb are you regularly updating your local cache in AddonManager?
I had done a "Check for updates" before posting, which I guessed would do the update.

Now I have cleared the cache and checked again. Still no update available. I will update to the latest master and recheck.
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Re: Curves workbench

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I did nothing but an update to FreeCAD master, and now it says I have 0.5.4, updated today. Looking at the files, they are all from november 2021, except for a __pycache__ file from june 18 2022.

Should I open a new topic? I admit that I didn't follow Chennes' topic on AddonManager.
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chrisb wrote: Sat Aug 06, 2022 7:51 am... and now it says I have 0.5.4, updated today ...
Hmmm, strange. Mine just said it had 0.5.2 and newest. After cache update (nothing else done) it said 0.5.4 as well?
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