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First let me remind that this is a discussion. It's purpose was to discuss the pros and cons of the idea. Maybe it is not a good idea, but maybe it is. It is the point of this discussion. Eight pages of posts would make it a protracted discussion if anything, specially when we look at the progress ...

I have a feeling that this is a trick question. class SketcherExport Constraint: public Base::Persistence double originalDrivingValue; Then this value would be parsed the same way Value is currently saved. I do not see why a deactivated constraint could save the value and we could not save a value ...

I had due a "veterans vs newbies vs developers vs users". So what is a veteran? Often a veteran is of a certain age, at least relative to a newbie. However, I would not discard there can be relatively younger veterans. A veteran is associated with a certain experience. A newbie can be a ne...

If this were possible, flexible group settings would perhaps eliminate all the issues. In addition to what is shown in the picture, it would be possible to change the position of the icons. Everyone could do with the group what is most convenient for them. But I don’t know the capabilities of the p...

Hmm...this might be possible if all users had the same workflow, used the same pointing device, all were right handed, and none were color blind...and a long list of other caveats. 8-) I think there are two aspects to it: (a) maximise the breadth of user workflows seamlessly supported without custo...

For the record I have no strong feeling about grouping these tools. Imo both functionalities can be merged without loosing much (again only the question of re-applying original driving value or not). But if they stay as they are I would probably let them be. As you insist, let's forget for a second...

So back on topic. Would it make better sense to group into a menu style toolbutton rather than attempt to merge or send one of these off to live only in a top menu? The functions are clearly different, but a drop down button leave it easily discovered and accessed. This of course would also not pre...

This has a nice consequence: * Probably we can use some other algorithm for solving. In my sketcher, I use BiCG or Ldlt: https://github.com/andre-caldas/FreeCAD/blob/d772703400396f7e65b4b348fd67e1420c36d454/src/Mod/NamedSketcher/App/gcs_solver/linear_solvers/BiCG.cpp#L32 https://github.com/andre-ca...

Recently, I tested several cases that were reported to have problems by everyone. It seems that currently only the redundancy recognized by the solver in "Gourd" is incorrect, and when I tried to drag the sketch, the solver recalculated and gave the correct result. Gourd_error.png Gourd_c...

paddle wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:29 pm I still need to figure out the best solution.

I love well thought solutions and implementations