A milestone of openBrain which I had saved but forgot to post, until now.

Sorry for this question from a non native english speaker: is "rocker box cover" the same as "cylinder head cover" (the rockers controlling the valves) Yes, sometimes people also refer to the covers as "valve covers" and the rockers as "rocker arms". As anoth...

You have to include the inch units in the formula; otherwise you're working with millimeters. 20200220a.png OS: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS (ubuntu:GNOME/ubuntu) Word size of OS: 32-bit Word size of FreeCAD: 32-bit Version: 0.19. (dated 2020-02-12) Build type: Release Python version: 3.6.9 Qt version: 5.9.5 ...

After making a sketch and I exit out of it to make another sketch, how can I see the first sketch's dimension as a reference to work off of with out leaving the sketcher mode I'm in. As an example I made a quick model file by creating a Sketch (named Sketch), making Pad from Sketch, and creating a ...

bgoodr wrote: ↑Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:32 pm I’m leaning toward #2

I think you could just write a ticket for the feature request, and in it reference the topic you linked to in #2. After you submit the request, edit the post in #2 again to include the number of the ticket.

vocx wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 9:52 am I missed this thread completely.

I can't keep up with the forum myself any more. Thanks to both you and realthunder for the explanations and for looking into this.

I am a starter with freeCad and suddenly have a problem with highlighting. When trying - for instance - to achieve symmetry of a square to an axis the cursor won't allow me to just highlight the points but the lines are highlighted every time which makes the symmetry-function unworkable. I don't re...

f3nix wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2020 11:31 am Here is my next project. Modular welding/work table. At last my knees and back will be able to rest!

And you can get your tools off the floor! Nice project.

7 days of radio silence on this one, Hmm... I thought you were the person who was going to write the ticket... The pre-FR has grown to be way too broad to implement Maybe, but this discussion originated from a simple desire to be able to select vertices using Box Selection as input for a Measure to...

Penguin-Guru wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2020 1:25 am do you know of any tutorials or examples of simple Python use in FreeCAD?

Hi, and welcome: Here's another option using Python to turn gears: