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by chrisb
Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:51 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Problem with trimming custom helical thread
Replies: 8
Views: 546

Re: Problem with trimming custom helical thread

oliof wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:12 am I have looked into curve extend for runout and wasn't able to sort out how to make the G2 curve bend enough inwards for additive pipe for thread, and ran into issues with subtractive pipe going outward.
Mangojelly has a video on youtube about this.
by chrisb
Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:46 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: [SOLVED] Can't select external geometry from SubShapeBinder
Replies: 2
Views: 260

Re: Can't select external geometry from SubShapeBinder

If I try to edit the LipProfile sketch and click on the "Select external geometry" icon, I still can't select any of the desired geometry. At this point, I'm baffled. Make everything invisible except the body and the SubShapeBinder. Especially the source of the SubShapeBinder has to be in...
by chrisb
Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:01 pm
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: Feature request: Remove Torus from Part workbenchs Solids toolbar
Replies: 7
Views: 400

Re: Feature request: Remove Torus from Part workbenchs Solids toolbar

user1234 wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:10 pm a torus is very common primitive for e.g. o-rings.
Good example.
by chrisb
Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:28 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Problem with trimming custom helical thread
Replies: 8
Views: 546

Re: Problem with trimming custom helical thread

drmacro wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:41 pm Is there a reason not to use it?
No not really - except perhaps when you want to stick to the core system.
by chrisb
Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:06 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Equal constraint can't be applied to mirrored slot arcs right away
Replies: 4
Views: 353

Re: Equal constraint can't be applied to mirrored slot arcs right away

Oh these horrible gifs where I never know where they start. I cannot confirm your issue, but I found a different one: - open your sketch - select both left arcs - apply equality -> the sketch is shown as overconstrained with the newly applied equality said to be redundant. The phenomenon vanishes if...
by chrisb
Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:48 pm
Forum: UX/UI Design
Topic: Change backgroundcolor of TreeView
Replies: 1
Views: 181

Change backgroundcolor of TreeView

Is it possible to change just the white backgroundcolor of the TreeView and the property view to a light grey without changing the whole theme? I want to include some screenshots in a pdf, and a color different from the white background would be appreciated.
by chrisb
Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:10 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: External geometry (or alternative) best practices?
Replies: 4
Views: 355

Re: External geometry (or alternative) best practices?

This could be a good application for a master sketch: the master has just the square outline. You reference it from a sketch where you later delete some geometry, replace linmes by arcs, ar add new things. The other sketch also references the master, which must be simple enough to not receive struct...
by chrisb
Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:45 pm
Forum: Open discussion
Topic: Feature request: Remove Torus from Part workbenchs Solids toolbar
Replies: 7
Views: 400

Feature request: Remove Torus from Part workbenchs Solids toolbar

Would it be sensible to remove the Torus from the Part toolbar? It is very rarely used and is still available with the other primitives such as Ellipsoid, Prism, etc. via Part Primitives . It could of course remain available in the menu, where we may consider to add for consistency reasons the ellip...
by chrisb
Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:10 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Rotation about LCS and Dataplanes
Replies: 12
Views: 574

Re: Rotation about LCS and Dataplanes

It's still unclear to me what you want. If you would rotate the existing sketch around the shortest edge, then the whole edge would move out of place due to the external geometry which it has. Sidenote: You should use there the sketch edge rather than the generated pad. If you want to keep that shor...