FCCircularText Issues

[chrisb]

This is how it should look like in the AddonManager, but your manual installation should do as well:

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On Execute a dialog should be opened.

I guess there is something wrong with your installation. Check for messages in report view.

[kajoyner1]

chrisb: I apparently extracted the wrong file earlier from the download. When I did it again, I was able to install it manually (though it still did not show up under AddonManager). It is running in FreeCad now and I will attempt to get it to do what I need. Thank you so much!

[chrisb]

I had only a subset of all macros available in AddonManager until I installed GitPython on my system.

[Dick_Morris]

I have spent several days trying to learn how to use Circular Text. I am starting to understand it and really like what it does. I appreciate the work done to develop it.

I have several questions but I'll send them one at a time so I can make sure each has the relevant information included with the question.

In a post by mario52 Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:40 am post was the comment:

calcul in internal 4 decimal
leoheck wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 7:13 am
3. After clicking on Run, it is resetting the fields, this is not good when you are experimenting with different designs. )

I think this is a suggestion on how to stop the macro from returning the variables to their default values each time it is run. If so, could you explain further? I still have a lot to learn about Freecad and don't know anything about Python and don't understand the explanation.

I am using Circular Text in "Mode Flat" to place text on outer edge of a flat disk.

I primarily use LinkStage 3 -
OS: Windows 10 Version 2004
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 2021.717.24301 +3627 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: LinkStage3
Hash: f63a5ea7b459872a3798027df0ff25e776524859
Python version: 3.8.6+
Qt version: 5.15.2
Coin version: 4.0.1
OCC version: 7.5.0
Locale: English/United States (en_US)

I also repeated some of the test using the stable release verify that it acted the same. and it did.
OS: Windows 10 Version 2004
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.24291 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-19
Hash: 7b5e18a0759de778b74d3a5c17eba9cb815035ac
Python version: 3.8.6+
Qt version: 5.15.2
Coin version: 4.0.1
OCC version: 7.5.0
Locale: English/United States (en_US)

My Circular Text is Ver : 0.20 2021/04/05 (rmu)

[mario52]

Hi

3. After clicking on Run, it is resetting the fields, this is not good when you are experimenting with different designs. )

you have choice Reset or not Reset, by default: Reset all

you work normally with Reset or not Reset if the result is not good or "hieratic" click on Reset button

mario

[Dick_Morris]

Mario,

Thank you for the quick reply. I don't know how I missed that check block.

I notice that when "Not Reset" is used the text alternates between regular and reverse every other time the macro is run in "outdoor" configuration but not in "indoor." That is a small price to pay to avoid entering all the variables each time.

An example of how I used the macro and Shape String for the lettering that will go onto a cover plate. Thank you!

[mario52]

Hi

the macro is run in "outdoor" configuration but not in "indoor."

work as requested with or without Reset

An example of how I used the macro and Shape String for the lettering that will go onto a cover plate. Thank you!

good , one photo when it is finished (for Users Showcase if you want)

i am fan of steam locomotives

4-8-8-4 Big Boy illuminated by Pyle National Electrical Equipment (photo by Fan Railer / Wikipedia)



(photo Wikipedia UP_4014_Gurdon,_Arkansas by Fan Railer)

thanks

EDIT 10/03/2022 18h42 Paris: adding credit of the beautiful photo

mario

[Dick_Morris]

Mario,

I'm involved in the overhaul of a full-sized USATC S-160 locomotive (Alaska Railroad #557) to operation as well as a seemingly endless project to make a 1/8 scale operating model of one. About 2,000 of them went to Europe during WWII. I learned to use Freecad to model a number parts at 1/8 scale So I could cast them in silicon bronze. I've even cast a few small parts for the full-sized locomotive which were also modeled in Freecad. The cover plate is for a working model of a steam generator that I am working on. The Facebook page (which I maintain for the organization) is "557 Restoration Company." I will post a photo of one of the parts I have finished and the generator when it is done.

[mario52]

Hi

j'ai le vertige

i am happy that my little macro is used for this project ... my little contribution

(Alaska Railroad #557)

this Engine 557 Restoration Company

USATC S-160 locomotive (Didier Duforest/Wikimedia)

I learned to use Freecad to model a number parts at 1/8 scale So I could cast them in silicon bronze. I've even cast a few small parts for the full-sized locomotive which were also modeled in Freecad.

you must open one post in the Users Showcase or in From FreeCAD To The Real World with FreeCAD project and real creation

mario

[Dick_Morris]

Mario -

That's it. About 16 S-160s remained in the U.S. at military bases and on the Alaska Railroad and most of them were modified at the factory with knuckle couplers, power reverse, pilot ('cow catcher"), air operated fire box door, bell, and electric lights and generators. The stack was also a few inches higher since the bridges and tunnels here have more clearance. This is the builder's photo for the version that met U.S. specifications. Baldwin only did one builder's photo for a class or sub class of locomotive. This one became Alaska Railroad #555.

I posted some photos of my work in the User's Showcase.