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by TheMarkster
Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:49 pm
Forum: Tutorials and videos
Topic: Animating a four bar linkage using Free-CAD sketcher and animator macro
Replies: 5
Views: 6614

Re: Animating a four bar linkage using Free-CAD sketcher and animator macro

Select the animator object, not the sketch. Then use Ctrl+Shift+P.
by TheMarkster
Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:07 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Mesh Remodel: Create coplanar points object
Replies: 4
Views: 371

Re: Mesh Remodel: Create coplanar points object

@racx Does Ed's suggestion fix the error?
by TheMarkster
Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:08 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to "drill" a honeycomb in side walls
Replies: 7
Views: 654

Re: How to "drill" a honeycomb in side walls

If you temporarily set the radius property to a high value it will speed up recomputes because there won't be as many hexagons to make each time.
by TheMarkster
Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:38 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to "drill" a honeycomb in side walls
Replies: 7
Views: 654

Re: How to "drill" a honeycomb in side walls

Hi. I am the author of the Honeycomb macro. You and I shared comments on youtube. Read up on TNP . Avoid attaching sketches to generated faces. Attach instead to one of the base planes and use the Z attachment offset to position them as desired. Avoid creating links to external geometry to generated...
by TheMarkster
Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:31 pm
Forum: Python scripting and macros
Topic: Licensing your macros
Replies: 12
Views: 1337

Re: Licensing your macros

It would be better to just list as unavailable or "see addon for licensing details" where the tag is missing. You don't want to mislead unintentionally or create a situation where there is a legal argument to be made that FreeCAD listed the addon as having a certain license, and therefore ...
by TheMarkster
Mon Feb 12, 2024 6:02 pm
Forum: Python scripting and macros
Topic: Licensing your macros
Replies: 12
Views: 1337

Re: Licensing your macros

Okay. I think I have LGPL 2.1 or later in all of my code as a comment or sometimes it might be LGPL2.1 or later (without the space). It would be convenient if there could be a text search to find that in cases where the __License__ is missing. Also, is __license__ valid?
by TheMarkster
Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:53 pm
Forum: Python scripting and macros
Topic: Licensing your macros
Replies: 12
Views: 1337

Re: Licensing your macros

Wouldn't FreeCAD's license be more appropriate for a default?
by TheMarkster
Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:56 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to specify the axis of rotation of an object in the Part workbench
Replies: 10
Views: 1033

Re: How to specify the axis of rotation of an object in the Part workbench

In MeshRemodel workbench there is a tool to rotate an object about the selected subobject. For example, select the edge of a cube, click the icon, and the object rotates about that selected edge. This function simply modifies the object's placement property to achieve the rotation. Snip macro screen...
by TheMarkster
Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:28 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Meshing Multiple Surfaces with Matching Nodes and Exporting as Separate STL Files
Replies: 8
Views: 744

Re: Meshing Multiple Surfaces with Matching Nodes and Exporting as Separate STL Files

Install MeshRemodel workbench. Select the Walls object, use the Make boundary wires tool. It will give you the matching mesh end pieces, which can then be merged with the original in the Mesh workbench. After using Merge tool, run the analyze and repair mesh tool, removing duplicated points first, t...
by TheMarkster
Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:42 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How can I close an open mesh?
Replies: 4
Views: 1077

Re: How can I close an open mesh?

Take a look at MeshRemodel workbench. I have a tutorial in the tutorials section.