I think I need some hand holding. I tried to follow your instructions. I create the part with the new model macro. I create the assembly wih the new model macro; create the sketch with LCSs and import the part with the insert external part macro. When I try place the part, it highlights the part but...

Here is a thread about a box making script that could be generalized to help model cabinetry joints.

https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=31795

That is still too early to tell. We still need a solver with suitable license first. But at least asm3 can run in official FC if my PR is merged. Can you distribute a workbench under a different license? Then you can just have your workbench with the same license as the solver you use. I guess you ...

I remember someone drew a man made of screws and nuts and was discussed as possible mascot.

Hello all;

can I use a form made with Qt Quick in Qt5. It gives a QML file. will version 0.18 work with this? how would I do that? I can not find much about QML files in FreeCAD.

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I figured it out. GetPoints returns a tuple of Vectors. so

point = pre.GetPoints

point[0] will be the vector I want.

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it appears GetPoints gives a tuple of 1 item. It is not a string. I don't know what type it is. for example

points = pre.GetPoints

ponts = (vector (2 ,5, 7),)

how to I extract the point from it . I could convert to a string and parse it.

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I would like to get the point that shows up on the status bar when you click on a face. I tried I tried pos = FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getPoint(mouseposition) I hope you can help Thanks, import Part, FreeCAD, PartGui, FreeCADGui from FreeCAD import Base, Console #App.newDocument() #This ...

I thought about the possibility of a cabinetry workbench, You could specify different kinds of joints like dovetail, mortis and tenon, biscuit joints, etc. There would be dialog boxes like yours for each kind where you would specify the parameters of the joint, and Freecad would make it. This looks ...

I find the code snippets helpful

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