So there just needs to be a more user friendly way to place the vertex in relation to other entities in the drawing (lines, other vertices , etc) and to also use model units instead of drawing units (so say +X mm in the X direction from this other entity, +Y mm in the Y direction from this other en...

Find attached a macro which is an extended test version of the createHorizChainDimension tool. TechDrawCreateHorizChainDimension.FCMacro Usage: - select several vertexes, edges or circles. - start the macro A horizontal dimension chain is created. The used points are: - all selected vertexes - start...

Find attached a script to decrease the vertexes: ''' Decrease the value of the global VertexScale parameter ''' document = App.ActiveDocument if document: hGrp = App.ParamGet("User parameter: BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/TechDraw/General") scale = hGrp.GetFloat("VertexScale")-1.0 if s...

I can confirm that issue. To solve the issue, the algorithm which defines the position of a dimension should be changed. --> wandererfan The position of any dimension item is defined by the position of its value label. The PositionHorizontalChainDimension tool equals the y values of all selected dim...

OS: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (ubuntu:GNOME/ubuntu) Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit Version: 0.21.0.32927 (Git) Build type: Unknown Branch: CmdTechDrawEdgeSymbol Hash: 3aebe166b4b3b7a70f2a586d3750322507e05a73 Python 3.10.6, Qt 5.15.3, Coin 4.0.0, Vtk 7.1.1, OCC 7.5.1 Locale: German/Austria (de_AT) When tryin...

There is another post to this area of concern: https://forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.php?t=78566 My idea is the following: 1. Create new preferences for the attributes used in the TechDraw_Extension tools. These preferences will be saved in the user.cfg file and their values will be the defaults. The ...

How do I add a custom image to a button? See https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/tree/master/src/Mod/TemplatePyMod file Commands.py method GetResources class TemplatePyMod_Cmd1: "Example command class" def Activated(self): print("TemplatePyMod_Cmd1 activated ;-) ") def GetResourc...

Hallo Thomas, bei mir OS: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (ubuntu:GNOME/ubuntu) Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit Version: 0.21.0.32927 (Git) Build type: Unknown Branch: CmdTechDrawEdgeSymbol Hash: 3aebe166b4b3b7a70f2a586d3750322507e05a73 Python 3.10.6, Qt 5.15.3, Coin 4.0.0, Vtk 7.1.1, OCC 7.5.1 Locale: German/Austr...

The line you see is no center line, it is the generating straight line of the cylinder. You can make it invisible.

... though naming convention is a bit confusing for me sometimes we call it Property sometimes attribute and access it with diffrent methods A python or C++ class defines attributes and methods . An attribute is a class-variable, while a method is a class-function, having parameters. Property is a ...