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by jango
Thu Sep 21, 2023 9:46 pm
Forum: Install / Compile
Topic: gentoo install Segmentation Fault
Replies: 0
Views: 761

gentoo install Segmentation Fault

Hello! I'm running Freecad 0.20.2 from source in Gentoo Linux, it is currently a stable version; that means for other users work properly in this distribution. When I try to open a file, initially get the following error and Freecad closes: freecad: /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/coin-4.0.0/work/coin/s...
by jango
Sat Aug 26, 2023 8:24 pm
Forum: TechDraw
Topic: TechDraw ordinate dimensioning
Replies: 34
Views: 8812

Re: TechDraw ordinate dimensioning

Make use of ordinate dimensios is convenient when we need to specify location and tolerances of certain features of an object respect to a central point, in example the guide pins and cavities of an injection mould need to be aligned respect to a central axis like this: Plastic-Injection-Mold-Struct...
by jango
Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:00 am
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: [Feature Request] TechDraw black mode
Replies: 31
Views: 4014

Re: [Feature Request] TechDraw black mode

I believe every person conditions and diseases are particular, techdraw and other modules should have different colours and contrast modes to select. My aunt said that white on black is fine for him, maybe with time we can find a colour blind person to adjust the patterns for them; most important is...
by jango
Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:52 pm
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: [Feature Request] TechDraw black mode
Replies: 31
Views: 4014

Re: [Feature Request] TechDraw black mode

Speaking about accessibility I just want to make you notice that FreeCad can run almost on any machine, and this is an advantage. We're improving company process by implementing technical drafts, with other programs anyone who wanted to contribute would need to upgrade computer, acquire licenses and...
by jango
Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:16 pm
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: [Feature Request] TechDraw black mode
Replies: 31
Views: 4014

Re: [Feature Request] TechDraw black mode

I know how to implement this for the screen display, but I'm still wrestling with how to print a black page with white writing. It is hard to imagine that anyone would actually want to print a black page on paper . I thought the issue was trying to make the screen easier to look at for those people...
by jango
Tue Dec 06, 2022 10:46 pm
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: [Feature Request] TechDraw black mode
Replies: 31
Views: 4014

[Feature Request] TechDraw black mode

Technical drawing is a time consuming task, bright colors prolonged exposure fatigue our eyes, it will be helpful a color inverter in TechDraw that turns whites into dark and vice versa, including other colors scales . My aunt have a chronic disease that impede retina to adapt easily to light change...
by jango
Sun Apr 04, 2021 2:47 pm
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: make easy things simpler
Replies: 2
Views: 641

Re: make easy things simpler

I've use lock and endpoint snap. I'll give a try to that macro, but we need to use default tools; working a long period of time with diverse people in the same files and projects will become a mess if each one use different configurations. To explain my poin better: There are different kind of softw...
by jango
Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:25 am
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: make easy things simpler
Replies: 2
Views: 641

make easy things simpler

Hello everyone, happy to be in here another time. I was using Freecad 0.19.1  to make a plant draft and thought the following. In general we have to use polygons to draw, I was attemting to do an irregular polygon surface. I made one with the draft/polyline function and other with the draft/line fun...
by jango
Sun Nov 22, 2020 11:04 pm
Forum: Python scripting and macros
Topic: Unfolding Complex Shapes
Replies: 13
Views: 6164

Re: Unfolding Complex Shapes BUG

Actually there is a method, nevertheless the current developing version FreeCAD_0.19-23074-Linux-Conda_glibc2.12-x86_64.AppImage have some bugs. The tools listed below are based on this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Q0zdT4Ug8 Part - create a Cylinder. Draft - creates a facebinder objec...
by jango
Sun May 10, 2020 6:18 pm
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: test on machinery design: feedback and feature request
Replies: 3
Views: 818

test on machinery design: feedback and feature request

I'm experimenting with Freecad-appimage-0.19 to make the technical drawings of a real 3 axis CNC machine of medium size: 2.5 m x 4 m x 1 m; the aim is to produce more of those machines. For the developers I don't want to sound like giving orders, I only want to share my experience as CAD user in wha...