It is definitely good to think things through and organize before charging off to create a model. Often I consider how to approach the model, then after doing a bit, I realize, a different approach will be easier or more robust. Sometimes it is best to fix the earlier things before going too far. Th...

It means the mesh was not manifold to begin with.

You could try a Part WB Refine on the shape (this is a guess...never tried it).

Did you use the Mesh workbench Analyze and Repair to check the mesh.

If the mesh bad enough you may not be able to repair it.

Not a regression, but a change to the behavior.

Yes I am comfortable with the Sketcher WB. and have completed some good CAD & some CAM work with it. But I cannot figure the purpose of the Draft WB if you cannot, other than primitively, simply 2D draft with it? Does it have a significance I have not realised? I am genuinely new to Freecad hav...

Had a go at using the Draft workbench. Have been using CAD for more than 45 years with many different programmes, but I could not find a way to do simple 2d drawings which required basic tangent lines or snapping to tangent, for instance. I seemed to require the normal FC constraints as I am quite ...

You first need to confirm the mesh is manifold with the tools in Mesh workbench. And possibly decimate it the mesh to minimize the triangles. Then use Part workbench Create shape from mesh. Then confirm the shape is valid with Part workbench Check geometry (with BOP check enabled) to confirm the sha...

In build 36807 and 36822 Appearance settings don't work.

Same for attempts to set appearance from Properties View tab.

... I already have all that AFAICT. A few Sverchok nodes in Blender and I can read (and write) FreeCAD .FCStd file directly. Update from a changed FC file happens with a single click. (Note: the Sverchok FC node code open source, so could serve as an example for anyone wishing to read FC files into...

Have you tried changing the overlay properties in Preferences? Or, disabling overlays?

Create the sketch, then use Shapebinder or Subshapebinder for each Body.

The binder can be use in a Pad/Pocket/etc. feature.