Release of v0.17

[wmayer]

It would be nice if v0.17 was released the same day

People keep adding bugfixes..

Is there still something to do? IMO, we should finally make the release in this week.

[Kunda1]

It would be nice if v0.17 was released the same day

People keep adding bugfixes..

Is there still something to do? IMO, we should finally make the release in this week.

@wmayer recent crash bug issue #3416

[ulrich1a]

ulrich1a wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:18 pm
There is a problem in the Tools/Save picture... function in regard to datum planes and datum lines. Both are always shown in front of the model in the produced picture, regardless of the position in the 3D-view.
The problem was reported here: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 93#p225362

Ulrich

Works for me without problems. So, I assume it's because of the semi-transparency which your driver doesn't support properly.

The problem is not in the 3D-View of FreeCAD but in the produced picture needed for documentation, which gives the wrong view. So we will get confusing images in the forum, that were taken with the internal FreeCAD function. Did you check a picture taken with the function: Tools/Save picture...?

I got the problem in a Windows installation with an NVidia driver and a Debian installation with a Radeon graphics card.

Ulrich

[peterl94]

I believe only OCCT,nglib, and VTK debug libs need to be updated. I can work on VTK if you want to do nglib?

Do we need OCCT compiled with VTK? If so, I would need the debug VTK libs first. Otherwise, I can go ahead and build nglib.

[sgrogan]

Do we need OCCT compiled with VTK? If so, I would need the debug VTK libs first. Otherwise, I can go ahead and build nglib.

No, this causes unnecessary bloat that FreeCAD does not use.
Actually all we need for the 0.17 release, are the release versions of OCCT 7.2 and nglib for x64/x32, The debug libs can catch up after the release.
I'm not convinced that a debug Libpack is even necessary for x32? My hope is after 0.17 to provide a complete 11.x-vc12 Libpack with debug libs then switch to 12.x-vc14 based on conda.
Thanks in advance.

[sgrogan]

@sgrogan
what version of ccx and gmsh will be included in win release?

ccx is 2.12, I'll see if I can update gmsh to 3.0.6.

IfcOpenShell in win builds is quite outdated. They had a release some weeks ago. version 0.5 we may include this binary?

Hmm, let's see if I remember how to build this

[NormandC]

The problem is not in the 3D-View of FreeCAD but in the produced picture needed for documentation, which gives the wrong view. So we will get confusing images in the forum, that were taken with the internal FreeCAD function. Did you check a picture taken with the function: Tools/Save picture...?

I got the problem in a Windows installation with an NVidia driver and a Debian installation with a Radeon graphics card.

Ulrich

The images I created for the PartDesign command pages were made with FreeCAD's save picture utility. Check the subtractive primitive pages. My graphics card is an NVidia and I'm using the nouveau driver.

EDIT: the issue is with leaving the background to "current". There is no issue if the background is set to transparent.

[jmaustpc]

It would be nice if v0.17 was released the same day

People keep adding bugfixes..

Is there still something to do? IMO, we should finally make the release in this week.

Hi Werner, I notice a post about a crash bug here
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27764

Don't know if you think it needs to be fixed before release or not.

It happens when a 0 is entered.......

Jim

[wmayer]

The problem is not in the 3D-View of FreeCAD but in the produced picture needed for documentation, which gives the wrong view. So we will get confusing images in the forum, that were taken with the internal FreeCAD function. Did you check a picture taken with the function: Tools/Save picture...?

Yes, of course. I used the Tools/Save picture function.

I got the problem in a Windows installation with an NVidia driver and a Debian installation with a Radeon graphics card.

I have also have an NVidia card namely: GeForce GTX 680 MX

[ulrich1a]

Yes, of course. I used the Tools/Save picture function.

NormandC confirmed the problem here: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 34#p225462
I can report, that it does only occur with the setting of the current background. It does not occur with white or transparent background.
Tested with a NVidia card Quadro K1200. Just to add this information, in case its a part of the problem. Driver 369.39

Ulrich

OS: Windows 10
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.17.13433 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: b45bc4889d390eb50022a49a58c6af80f4a328f5
Python version: 2.7.14
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.1.0
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