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by kevinz
Sat Jan 21, 2023 9:12 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: BRep_API: command not done trying to create a thickness
Replies: 11
Views: 1878

Re: BRep_API: command not done trying to create a thickness

Hello, all, Here's another example of the same error, generated when trying to create a thickness. I've attached my file. it was generated by creating one-quarter of the body, then using MultiTransform to mirror it about two planes (see https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?p=655071#p655071). I...
by kevinz
Sat Jan 21, 2023 8:40 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: PartDesign: Mirroring a mirrored body? [SOLVED]
Replies: 4
Views: 946

Re: PartDesign: Mirroring a mirrored body?

@Shalmeneser , @chrisb, @drmacro , worked like a champ. Thank you so much. I wasn't even aware of the existance of the MultiTransform tool.

-Kevin
by kevinz
Sat Jan 21, 2023 6:09 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: PartDesign: Mirroring a mirrored body? [SOLVED]
Replies: 4
Views: 946

PartDesign: Mirroring a mirrored body? [SOLVED]

Hello, all, I'm trying to model a body that's symmetrical in both left-to-right and front-to-back dimensions. My thought was to only design one-quarter of the body, then mirror it along one plane, say the YZ plane, then mirror that mirrored body along the XZ plane. Can this be done? I get the messag...
by kevinz
Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:34 pm
Forum: Install / Compile
Topic: Current best practices to solve the 'pivy' problem?
Replies: 8
Views: 1814

Re: Current best practices to solve the 'pivy' problem?

@wmayer , thanks so much!

-Kevin
by kevinz
Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:00 pm
Forum: Install / Compile
Topic: Current best practices to solve the 'pivy' problem?
Replies: 8
Views: 1814

Re: Current best practices to solve the 'pivy' problem?

adrianinsaval , thanks so much for the suggestion. Minor frustration (that I don't expect you to solve or answer): wmayer is so helpful and posts so much that they have almost 2000 pages of mentions, and searching for 'wmayer' as an author and 'pivy' as a term is rejected because 'pivy' is too comm...
by kevinz
Sat Jan 07, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: Install / Compile
Topic: Current best practices to solve the 'pivy' problem?
Replies: 8
Views: 1814

Current best practices to solve the 'pivy' problem?

Hello, all. Happy New Year! I'd like advice on how to best solve the 'pivy' problem with Text Draw. I think this also affects Draft->Shape from Text. It mostly manifests itself in error messages like, "<built-in function SoFieldContainer_getField> returned a result with an exception set." ...
by kevinz
Wed Dec 21, 2022 1:48 pm
Forum: TechDraw
Topic: Can't make circle centerpoints appear
Replies: 8
Views: 1487

Re: Can't make circle centerpoints appear

Can you change vertex size or line width? If not, and you got FreeCAD from the PPA, then it is probably 6698 . Yep, I installed it with: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freecad-maintainers/freecad-stable sudo apt install --install-recommends freecad I can't find any options in TechDraw Preferences labe...
by kevinz
Wed Dec 21, 2022 1:32 pm
Forum: TechDraw
Topic: Can't make circle centerpoints appear
Replies: 8
Views: 1487

Re: Can't make circle centerpoints appear

@Shalmeneser , thanks for fully constraining it. I'll work with it later when I have time to see if this makes a difference in the TechDraw output.

-Kevin
by kevinz
Tue Dec 20, 2022 8:03 pm
Forum: TechDraw
Topic: Can't make circle centerpoints appear
Replies: 8
Views: 1487

Re: Can't make circle centerpoints appear

Thank, wandererfan , for your suggestion. Had Edit->Preferences... TechDraw Scale set as: Vertex Scale: 1; Center Mark Scale 2. No matter how much I zoomed in, I couldn't see any centerpoints. Set Vertex Scale: 5 Center Mark Scale 0.5, as you did. Grabbed a new View and placed it on the TechDraw pag...
by kevinz
Tue Dec 20, 2022 6:41 pm
Forum: TechDraw
Topic: Can't make circle centerpoints appear
Replies: 8
Views: 1487

Can't make circle centerpoints appear

Hello, all, I'm trying to layout the front panel of a cabinet for the cut-outs for components. No matter what I try, I can't get the centerpoints of the circles to appear. I want to take the 1:1 drawing and stick it to the actual front panel and mark the corners and centers of holes with a punch, th...