General opinion:
I think that the program has reached a great level (about arch module). It was very simple and fluid the process of modelling. The tutorial provides a very useful way to understand the main FreeCAD features. Now I feel that the program is more friendly in its interaction with the user.
Problems detected:
The only problem observed was the lack of stability in the program which crash several times along the whole process. In general these fails were related with actions of surface extrude to create volumes from flat geometries. There were a lot of them, but fortunately the program offers other methods to do the same task. For example use structure command to create 3D shapes from 2D drawings. With that I could continue with the tutorial.
Suggestions:
Aside from the unstable condition of the program (which I think will be resolved with the time) I would recommend improve the arch tutorial (more detail steps in the roofs and windows stages) and elaborate additional tutorials (maybe shorter).
Another suggestions is to include in the Arch Module a tool to generate parametric arrangements of timbers as a grille. This could be very useful for structures of roofs, wall, ceilings, floors. Something that can use any flat surface as base to quickly generate structures like this:
Anyway the work made in FreeCAD is a valuable contribution to architects. Thanks and keep going!
Bitacovir-Rafael
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