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by frwi5432
Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:06 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: SOLVED: additive loft calculation differs from subtractive loft calculation
Replies: 4
Views: 372

Re: additive loft calculation differs from subtractive loft calculation

papyblaise wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:42 am you must have the same number of segments in each scketches: so make the circle with 4 arcs
and they must all be in the same direction
Thanks. It works fine now.
by frwi5432
Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:48 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: SOLVED: additive loft calculation differs from subtractive loft calculation
Replies: 4
Views: 372

Re: additive loft calculation differs from subtractive loft calculation

Bance wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:39 am Split the circles into four arcs, loft likes to have the same number of elements per profile.
Thanks for your hint
by frwi5432
Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:22 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: SOLVED: additive loft calculation differs from subtractive loft calculation
Replies: 4
Views: 372

SOLVED: additive loft calculation differs from subtractive loft calculation

Hi community! Just to get familiar with the loft tool I created an additive loft with a circle (XY-plane), slot (45 degree, datum-plane), rectangle (XZ-plane, 90 degree) and after that I created a subtractive loft on the same planes with smaller geometries. While the additive loft looks ok the subtr...
by frwi5432
Wed Jul 08, 2015 9:49 pm
Forum: Python scripting and macros
Topic: Ticket #2187 - Unusable Wire from Section
Replies: 24
Views: 7075

Re: Unusable Wire from Section

the solidworks guys have gone the easy way: with a circle as profile the profile orientation becomes irrelevant and always works. Your sweep does work with frenet=false flawless, so you could easily reproduce the solid works example. Of course with your triangle profile orientation becomes relevant...
by frwi5432
Wed Jul 08, 2015 6:33 pm
Forum: Python scripting and macros
Topic: Ticket #2187 - Unusable Wire from Section
Replies: 24
Views: 7075

Ticket #2187 - Unusable Wire from Section

Hello, attached you can find a macro creating eventually two sweeps. The sweep result with the standard helix is ok, but trying to use the special helix, created by a section, ends in an ugly structure. What are the exact steps to get a correct wire (path) for the sweep out of a section? Or is my ap...
by frwi5432
Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:42 am
Forum: Python scripting and macros
Topic: Gui not updated
Replies: 1
Views: 584

Gui not updated

Hello, I'm a newbie to FreeCAD and Python and want to show the visible parts of the active document from different sides with a short pause in between. The attached macro don't produce an error but only the last specified view is visibly executed at the end of the macro. What am I doing wrong? Thank...