The Shalmeneser reply did the work by pointing to the https://wiki.freecad.org/TNP which I read carefully. By avoiding the TNP "Topological naming problem" I could overcome my problem (with additional steps). I used a datum plan for each new body (including holes, pockets, boxes) by which ...

Hi, I use a threaded rod from the fasteners workbench as the base body for a part. After cutting out some voids (boxes, holes, pockets), I wish to add a circular pad to one end of the screw (the one far from the origin). For that, I added a shape-binder to the edge, (or a plan) but for some reason t...

Hi, The issue has been (temporarily?) solved by letting Windows override (accept) this "virus". From previous experience I suspect the problem will return at a later time. If I am the only one to experience the problem, it probably is something in my Windows Microsoft antivirus. If others ...

Hi all, OS: Windows 10 Version 2009 Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit Version: 0.20.1.29410 (Git) Build type: Release Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-20 Hash: f5d13554ecc7a456fb6e970568ae5c74ba727563 Python 3.8.10, Qt 5.15.2, Coin 4.0.1, Vtk 8.2.0, OCC 7.6.3 Locale: English/United Kingdom (en_GB) Installed mo...

Hi, I have a 3D body out of which I wish to make a standard 2D drawing, but with 5 possible faces. (Front (main), Rear, Right, Top, Bottom). I can easily make the first 3, but with the Front being the main projection, the Rear is always being drawn on top ot the Front. I can move it in the X directi...

Hi, Being the originator of this thread, my issues were partially solved thanks to some remarks made mainly by Laurie Hartley. Thanks Laurie. Yet, with planeCoinsident (as with any other), there is more than one possible direction to the attachement and one has to be creafull or use several constrai...

Thanks chrisb Although I have been using FreeCad for some time (sporadically), I am far from being a knowledgeable user. The question was not in the sketch domain but rather in the A2Plus, where faces that I expected to join did not beave that way. I found ways arround, but the question still remain...

OS: Windows 10 Version 2009 Word size of OS: 64-bit Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit Version: 0.19.24267 +148 (Git) Build type: Release Branch: Branch_0.19.4 Hash: 476ecf091941bead59b14e44afa6064d5a66afa3 Python version: 3.8.6+ Qt version: 5.15.2 Coin version: 4.0.1 OCC version: 7.5.3 Locale: English/Un...

Hi, OS: Windows 10 pro (10.0) Word size of OS: 64-bit Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit Version: 0.19.24267 (Git) Build type: Release Branch: master Hash: b2ca86d8d72b636011a73394bf9bcdedb3b109b7 Python version: 3.8.8 Qt version: 5.12.5 Coin version: 4.0.0 OCC version: 7.4.0 Locale: English/United Kingdo...

Thanks anyone who bothered.
I found a better installation and was successful installing the 0.19.
try: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/rele ... g/0.19_pre"