freedman wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 2:07 pm
Let's change that "100% sure" to 99% sure since the firewall is just another piece of software. I know a IT guy at a school and the words trust and software don't go together very often. In these times, I presume nothing is secure unless it's not powered.
I was just thinking that if you had awareness, that might prompt a few more code comments.
Thank you
Hi, even if you are wary of the firewall, you can disconnect it from the internet and use it on an intranet since not only FreeCAD can connect to the outside but hundreds of operating system programs that start much earlier or even programs that you use daily, such as office or graphic design programs.
There are programs and hardware that if they don't connect to each other don't make much sense on their own, but there are things that do make a lot of sense to be connected.
What I/we are looking for with this functionality is to create a kind of Input/Output API for bidirectional communication with FreeCAD and the outside world. That FreeCAD can serve as a hardware state representation system showing in 3D view the reality and at the same time as an interface to control the machines. That is, it can receive signals from the outside (sensors) or send signals to controllers to move motors, hydraulics, etc.. All this is reflected in the 3D model. This makes a lot of sense in many industries like IOT or Digital Twins, home automation, robotics where it is important that the 3D model reflects the state of the hardware and processes, see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVS-AuSjpOQ
You even want to connect FreeCAD with Libreoffice or Blender, you could do it through this functionality.
Regards