Zolko wrote: ↑Mon Dec 17, 2018 4:34 pm many small(-ish) reusable parts, each editable separately

They are editable, parametrically in fact.

While the Parts design workbench in FreeCAD is usable, I think that FreeCAD is absolutely unusable for any CAD work as long as there is no Assembly workbench. I beg to differ. Please see an example: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=29354 When a part is inserted into an assembly...

cut out a corner on a part...Is there a simple way to do this ? Using PartDesign, if you know the coordinates of the vertices: 1. Attach datum points to each edge and then use attachment offset as required. 2. Attach the sketch to the three datum points Picture2.jpg corner_pocket.FCStd You can do s...

roerich_64 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 26, 2018 9:51 pm Can everyone make high quality drafts with FreeCAD as 'ppemawm' does?

Of course you can! Well done.

cinetech wrote: ↑Sat Nov 24, 2018 6:17 pm The wiki doesn't mention anything about working on your model with a clipping plane active.

Try Sketcher>View Section in V0.18 which clips everything in front of the sketch plane:
https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Sketcher_ViewSection

DeepSOIC wrote: ↑Tue Nov 06, 2018 4:20 pm I hope to attack it circa end of November.

OK, thanks. Patience I am.

PR #1771 OK, so the attachment of sketches to edges, faces, or vertexes seems to work properly again. Thanks. However, attachment to datum vertex, plane, or line now yields an error in the model tree. But, I can recompute or use the sketch to create a feature and the error clears. OS: Windows 10 Wo...

Freecad make me an error with an attachement Appears to be the same problem discussed here: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31931 Note DeepSOIC's workaround until the bug is fixed: "As a workaround, switch to model tree, mark sketch for recompute, and recompute. This clear...

Harry has used "cooling" of rebars to simulate prestressing of concrete beams. Ah, OK. That is how I have been doing it. Btw: the external momentum (moment?) of a prestressed bolted flange does not raising the force in the bolts (only a very little...) Depends heavily upon the relative st...

With "Auto Update" checked, it will not allow me to do another one as it does the brief flash and is gone -- again. Hmmm, if it walks like a bug and it quacks like a bug, it must be a ...BUG. This should not be expected behavior. Probably should submit a bug report if Dev's agree. I can c...