I think wood and other anisotropy should be represented by a field (can be spatially varying), and certainly not a vector defined in the material. Wood can be bent (e.g., steamed to make ribs in a boat), carbon fiber can be oriented arbitrarily, etc. Note that a vector (field) is not sufficient for...

For name conflicts, files are referred to internally using a UUID created when the model/card is created. This will make name conflicts irrelevant. It doesn't address the older version problem though. This will require some thought. I like this! A possible suggestion: have the UI selector use a dif...

Put my name on the list for the meetup! My time zone is CST. For me, 7pm UTC / 2pm CST works just fine. Just FYI, for those not familiar with FOSDEM, I see two video talks about FreeCAD specifically: * https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/cadcloud/ * https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/freecad/...

Hallo, Ich bin mit PurpleSquirrelGames, dem Herausgeber von "FreeCAD for Inventors", einem eBook über das Erlernen von FreeCAD-Konzepten und -Techniken, verbunden. Ich sehe, dass Deutsch am meisten Verkehr in diesem Forum außerhalb von Englisch hat. Also möchte ich fragen: Wäre Interesse a...

There is now FreeCAD for Inventors:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H9RV5X6

and

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/freecad-for-inventors

I don't have a generic script for such handy. But, if you don't find anything convenient that works, I could write a quick one for you. I'm not a FreeCAD expert, but I've quite a bit of experience with Python and the internals of it's objects and derived data types. Let me know if you don't find a w...