labels for Sweep and Loft operations
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labels for Sweep and Loft operations
After 18 months using FreeCAD I have just figured something out, or at least think I have.
With respect to the "Utility to Sweep" and "Utility to Loft" operations of the Part Workbench, when making a Sweep or Loft operation through the GUI, there are two selection panels with 4 movement arrows between them. The labels above the two panels are:
"Vertex/Edge/Wire/Face Loft"
and
"Vertex/Edge/Wire/Face Sweep"
These labels never made sense to me until this morning I was working on a question posted on the forum. I had figured out how they worked but couldn't make any sense of the actual wording.
Might I suggest that the label over the lefthand panel read:
"Vertices/Edges/Wires/Faces"
or possibly better:
"Items available for Loft operation:
(Vertices/Edges/Wires/Faces)"
And over the righthand panel:
"Items selected for Loft"
With the Sweep operation the same label text but the word "Sweep" substituted for the word "Loft"
I think this change would make the intent and purpose of the selection panels more obvious.
Dean
With respect to the "Utility to Sweep" and "Utility to Loft" operations of the Part Workbench, when making a Sweep or Loft operation through the GUI, there are two selection panels with 4 movement arrows between them. The labels above the two panels are:
"Vertex/Edge/Wire/Face Loft"
and
"Vertex/Edge/Wire/Face Sweep"
These labels never made sense to me until this morning I was working on a question posted on the forum. I had figured out how they worked but couldn't make any sense of the actual wording.
Might I suggest that the label over the lefthand panel read:
"Vertices/Edges/Wires/Faces"
or possibly better:
"Items available for Loft operation:
(Vertices/Edges/Wires/Faces)"
And over the righthand panel:
"Items selected for Loft"
With the Sweep operation the same label text but the word "Sweep" substituted for the word "Loft"
I think this change would make the intent and purpose of the selection panels more obvious.
Dean
Re: labels for Sweep and Loft operations
I think the correct term for these would be "profiles", at least with a Sweep they are called "profiles" and a sweep of course also has a "path".piffpoof wrote:"Items available for Loft operation:
(Vertices/Edges/Wires/Faces)"
The list in theory at least, only provides "valid" profiles but there are exceptions and complications, for example a vertex/point can only be a first or last profile not for example 2nd of 3.
Re: labels for Sweep and Loft operations
thanks Jimjmaustpc wrote: I think the correct term for these would be "profiles", at least with a Sweep they are called "profiles" and a sweep of course also has a "path".
The list in theory at least, only provides "valid" profiles but there are exceptions and complications, for example a vertex/point can only be a first or last profile not for example 2nd of 3.
I amend the suggestion to have the labels read:
On the lefthand Loft panel:
"Profiles available for Loft operation:
(Vertices/Edges/Wires/Faces)"
And the righthand Loft panel:
"Profiles selected for Loft"
On the lefthand Sweep panel:
"Profiles available for Sweep operation:"
And the righthand Sweep panel:
"Profile selected for Sweep"
Re: labels for Sweep and Loft operations
I agree with this proposed change. But create an issue on Mantis because this topic will be overlooked/forgotten. Mantis' whole purpose is to track bugs, feature requests and proposals such as this one.
Re: labels for Sweep and Loft operations
Done as issue #0002429
Listed as a "Feature Request" which seems a bit grandiose but there wasn't really any other option (Proposal might be a better fit)
Thanks for the reminder, I must admit I had forgotten about this one myself...
Listed as a "Feature Request" which seems a bit grandiose but there wasn't really any other option (Proposal might be a better fit)
Thanks for the reminder, I must admit I had forgotten about this one myself...
Re: labels for Sweep and Loft operations
Thanks @piffpoof of the Mare Nostrum, this was always confusing to me and a lot of other users I know! Thought is was one of those "Lost in Translation" things.
Bravo!
Bravo!
Re: labels for Sweep and Loft operations
soft bump
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Re: labels for Sweep and Loft operations
Do you still agree with this proposal ?NormandC wrote:I agree with this proposed change. But create an issue on Mantis because this topic will be overlooked/forgotten. Mantis' whole purpose is to track bugs, feature requests and proposals such as this one.
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Re: labels for Sweep and Loft operations
Absolutely.
Re: labels for Sweep and Loft operations
Care to weigh in?yorik wrote:ping
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