Or elsebejant wrote:1. Your FreeCAD version better be current.
Hi Jim! Your pets are giving you a little time off I see?jmaustpc wrote:Hi everyone
Yes, I do agree this info is important, but I feel that currently most new users don't read it, we need to find a way for more of them to (I recognize that no matter what we do, some will never read it).jmaustpc wrote:The information is important but how to best display it is another question.
We'll try to find a way!
Maybe Yorik added it when he included the PDF format not long ago.jmaustpc wrote:About the images being attached the docx format, I was surprised because I thought that the doc x file extension was not an approved file extension in the settings.
How about the reverse:chrisb wrote:I would add one further link in the search recommendation:
(...) The 3 (perhaps 4, not more than 5) most common questions are covered here.
Search the forum first.
Chances are other users had the same problem as you before. The 3 most common questions are covered here. Also have a look at our exhaustive wiki FAQ, the FreeCAD Manual and the Documentation.
Thanks! That's much better.bejant wrote:and paste its content in the text input area.
OK, let's recap on these common questions:chrisb wrote:Everyone has an FAQ and everyone has seen too often that the FAQ contains questions which someone thinks might be interesting but aren't. So let's do something that looks more worth reading.
The 3 (4, 5) most common questions
- Q. I exported my model to STL but all the holes are filled up?
A. Don't select All or use Ctrl + A to export for 3D printing. You typically only need to select the last object at the bottom of the Model tree. - "If the feature (Pad or Pocket) you added doesn't show make sure that only the last element in the tree is visible." That one is tricky, sometimes it's due to a forked model...
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