In 16e01ceaa a couple of things above are solved, plus I introduced a "notes" section (enable it in preferences). The contents of the notes area is saved across FreeCAD sessions using the browser's localStorage (a feature introduced in HTML5, that works a bit like a "supercookie"...

I was thinking also of adding a kind of "notepad", a place where you can write some stuff, to do tasks, etc... that would stay there across sessions. If FC incorporates more collaboration features in the future, then the right place to display them would be the Start WB. I do not know if ...

Most are crystal clear... indeed that FreeCAD icon is not. But I realize now that this icon is the thumbnail stored inside the file.. There is something wrong in FreeCAD, the first time you save a file the thumbnail is not correctly saved. On next saves, all is normal. I'll investigate. In windows ...

Okay, the new start page is now merged in master. Things to know: - The start WB now has a preferences page, where you can customize all the colors - You can use a custom background image - You can also use your very own HTML file and therefore fully customize your start page (for ex. for schools o...

yorik wrote: ↑Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:17 pm Yes, that's the one. They even posted about it on this very forum, a year or two ago.. But then we haven't heard of it anymore, hard to know if it's still being developed...

What about your secret plan to import FreeCAD into Blender with Python3? Maybe this way FC can just steal eevee.

This happened many times with Blender, too. They say the best strategy to deal with this is ignoring these cases. And of course let the people know that FreeCAD is available to download by free in freecadweb.org

Why switch from SketchUp to Blender? 20 reasons.
Maybe one day we will have a video about why switch from XXX to FreeCAD.

Science Advances Magazine published an article about a development of an educational kit using FreeCAD. The article includes a link to a folder with the FreeCAD files. BioBits™ Bright: A fluorescent synthetic biology education kit http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/8/eaat5107 Some screenshots ...

paullee wrote: ↑Thu Aug 09, 2018 11:59 pm Quantity Surveyor (British tradition only?) ...

Also in Australia...

First, you must include in your post the FreeCAD version Info. Open the Help --> About FreeCAD menu See this: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2264 Now, I don't have problems with an error message or the 3D window. I select other Fonts but the text in the 3D view does not change....