Alibre Bracket
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Alibre Bracket
OK, since it's my idea, it's my duty to break the ice.
kwahoo/salceson2's video on YouTube, where he models a shape he found on an AutoCAD video tutorial, gave me this idea.
I found this nice video on Alibre.com (Alibre is a commercial parametric modeling app for Windows geared toward hobbyists as well as professionals) explaining what parametric modeling is.
I reproduced the bracket that is modeled, and of course converting the inches units to mm. I used mostly the Sketcher and Part Design workbenches, but had to go to the Part workbench to make a boolean cut for the slot, since the sketch was made on a plane not connected to a face.
File exceeds 256KB, I'll try to find a sharing service. Hey I've got a 5GB free Ubuntu One account with nothing in it (if you've got a Launchpad account, you already have a Ubuntu One account!), so here we go: alibre_bracket.fcstd
FreeCAD v0.12 bzr4427 from Daily Builds PPA on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 64-Bit.
kwahoo/salceson2's video on YouTube, where he models a shape he found on an AutoCAD video tutorial, gave me this idea.
I found this nice video on Alibre.com (Alibre is a commercial parametric modeling app for Windows geared toward hobbyists as well as professionals) explaining what parametric modeling is.
I reproduced the bracket that is modeled, and of course converting the inches units to mm. I used mostly the Sketcher and Part Design workbenches, but had to go to the Part workbench to make a boolean cut for the slot, since the sketch was made on a plane not connected to a face.
File exceeds 256KB, I'll try to find a sharing service. Hey I've got a 5GB free Ubuntu One account with nothing in it (if you've got a Launchpad account, you already have a Ubuntu One account!), so here we go: alibre_bracket.fcstd
FreeCAD v0.12 bzr4427 from Daily Builds PPA on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 64-Bit.
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Very nice!
I think we will have the boolean operations in PartDesign as well. In my company
they are quit often used (to model milling steps)..
I think we will have the boolean operations in PartDesign as well. In my company
they are quit often used (to model milling steps)..
Stop whining - start coding!
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Great! in a short while I'll have some cool stuff too, I hope.
I'll dig out the splash screen files too... Ah talking about that we need a new one...
I'll dig out the splash screen files too... Ah talking about that we need a new one...
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Yea!!
We should think midterm about a 0.12 release, since the great progress!
We should think midterm about a 0.12 release, since the great progress!
Stop whining - start coding!
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Indeed. I should start attacking my loong list of bugs to solvejriegel wrote:We should think midterm about a 0.12 release, since the great progress!
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Yes, its always more fun to implement features. But I realized we start only really tackling bugs
if a release is on the way! Its a kind of self trickery
if a release is on the way! Its a kind of self trickery
Stop whining - start coding!
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There is new splashscreen on start page when you start FreeCAD. You can use that one. It seems good to meyorikvanhavre wrote:Great! in a short while I'll have some cool stuff too, I hope.
I'll dig out the splash screen files too... Ah talking about that we need a new one...
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Very true... There is some truth in the "release soon, release often" motto...jriegel wrote:Yes, its always more fun to implement features. But I realized we start only really tackling bugs
if a release is on the way!
Yes, but it's old already! We need a bleeding-edge new one!pperisin wrote: There is new splashscreen on start page when you start FreeCAD. You can use that one. It seems good to me
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Hey! Stop hijacking my thread!
I agree about a v0.12 release. There's a lot of new stuff: Start Page, Arch, and Sketcher / Part Design.
BTW can the Start Page be translated? I've meant to log in to Crowdin, haven't in a while.
I agree about a v0.12 release. There's a lot of new stuff: Start Page, Arch, and Sketcher / Part Design.
BTW can the Start Page be translated? I've meant to log in to Crowdin, haven't in a while.
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So far not, but thats doable.BTW can the Start Page be translated? I've meant to log in to Crowdin, haven't in a while.
At the moment the content is defined in a script. But maybe we can scrape out the literal stuff in a html file
again which is dependend to the language. e.g. StartPage_de.html and so on .....
Yorik, what do you think?
Btw, your StartPage is really gorgeous!
Stop whining - start coding!