I find the code snippets helpful

https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Code_snippets

Hello mstroehle;

You say your studying engineering. Are you in a class that is using Freecad? Are you teaching the class and are the one that decided to use Freecad for the class?

One reason to be able to put something arbitrary in a dimension is if you have models of the same thing in different sizes. I have seen manuals with drawings of dimensions A, B,C and a table to show the dimensions of each model.

Maybe tools like grouping/fusion and pattern feature that are in other work benches can be added to Draft WB. That may help make parking lot drawings.

getPreselection() works perfectly.

Thanks Markster

Hello; I am running version 17 on a Mac running MacOs v. 10.12.6 I am trying to select particular elements to a part (faces and edges), with a mouse click. I seem to be getting the previous element I selected. I want the one that shows up in the selection panel when I click on it. the first item I s...

there is a macro that removes the perimetric history of a shape and turns it into a dumb shape. doing this with parts that are not open you can save some space. When you open the assembly file, you would have to read all of the files in case some parts have changed while it was closed. I tried it wi...

It has a python module now

I am new to the forum as well and would also like to thank the developers. I would also like to give a shout out to the people working on the documentation. Coding can be fun; writing documentation is drudgery. I would rather shovel manure. A joke: I hate yard work. when I talk about a job I can't s...

I guess if the changes to the core of FreeCad doesn't involve SolverSpace libraries, then Assembly 3 could be released separately under GPL.