[Solved]How can I turn off auto recompute?

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pathfinder
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[Solved]How can I turn off auto recompute?

Post by pathfinder »

Hello,

I sometimes have functions (mostly Path related) that take considerable computing time. When I go into the properties window and change some things around, FreeCAD does a recompute after every change, which can be annoying when I have to change multiple things and every change results in multiple minutes of computation. I'd rather do my changes, then let FreeCAD compute for a while and come back later.

Is there a way to turn auto updating/recompute off temporarily?


TIA

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OS: Arch Linux (XFCE/xfce)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.28872 (Git) AppImage
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Python 3.9.12, Qt 5.12.9, Coin 4.0.0, OCC 7.5.3
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Re: How can I turn off auto recompute?

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Right click on the document in the tree view and select "Skip recomputes".
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Re: How can I turn off auto recompute?

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drmacro wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 12:19 pm Right click on the document in the tree view and select "Skip recomputes".
Solved, thanks!
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