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by bronson
Sun Feb 21, 2016 12:25 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Display dimensions in feet?
Replies: 25
Views: 8290

Re: Display dimensions in feet?

That makes sense. Gotta say, other than display, imperial units are working great. Very impressive. A good fix could be to just display feet instead of yards. Would that be an easy change to make? I'm happy to make it, but I'm new to FreeCAD and could use a little guidance... Is that something I can...
by bronson
Sat Feb 20, 2016 10:58 pm
Forum: Developers corner
Topic: Mac pre-release download way behind Windows version
Replies: 160
Views: 40006

Re: Mac pre-release download way behind Windows version

I have a SpaceMouse Wireless but I can't seem to get it to work in the latest FreeCAD 0.16... It works in other apps. When I go to Tools -> Customize -> Spaceball Motion, it just says "No Spaceball Present". Anyone know what else I can try? Thanks! OS: Mac OS X Word size of OS: 64-bit Word...
by bronson
Sat Feb 20, 2016 10:12 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Display dimensions in feet?
Replies: 25
Views: 8290

Display dimensions in feet?

I'm trying to do some architectural work in the US. Everything works great -- entering dimensions in feet, setting grids, constraints, etc -- but I just can't get my sketches to display in feet. If I set my prefs to "Imperial Decimal", then everything displays in inches, and if I set them ...
by bronson
Sat Feb 20, 2016 9:57 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: (it was constraints) can't create dimension less than 1 inch
Replies: 12
Views: 3385

Re: can't create dimension less than 1 inch

FreeCad won't let me create any dimension less than one inch. "Constraints": you have to type in the leading zero before the decimal point. So "0.125in" is good, ".125in" is not. Just curious, why is this? I also wouldn't have guessed that leading 0 is required. Just t...