Help on TechDraw source code

[triplus]

Hi Franck.

You created a dedicated Forum thread and that is great. This forum section is used for announcing features:

https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewforum.php?f=9

And highly likely your new feature will get featured in Release notes for FreeCAD 0.19.

[bitacovir]

I creted a PR here: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/2013

Thanks for this. I was missing this feature.
Maybe in the future, you could add:
1) Option to change the arrow for a dot.
2) Option to change the radius of the balloon to 0. This way the arrow line can be used with a text block https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/TechDraw_NewAnnotation

[fjullien]

@bitacovir: sure, I'll add a lot of features once I get the main code upstream.

AppVeyor gives error on my PR. It says:

"Build execution time has reached the maximum allowed time for your plan (60 minutes)."

Any clue ?

Franck.

[wandererfan]

AppVeyor gives error on my PR. It says:

"Build execution time has reached the maximum allowed time for your plan (60 minutes)."

Not to worry. AppVeyor builds time out regularly. Your Travis builds worked so you are good to go.

[HoWil]

Hi,
I tried to use the balloons for a drawing today.
The thing i struggled most with was the positioning of the end of the arrow/dot. Ist there some trick how to position it by mouse?
I finally used the x/y coordinates in combo-view which is a bit cumbersome.
Thanks in advance,
HoWil

[fjullien]

Hi,

Yes, there is a trick. I don't know how/where to document this but you need to CTRL + label drag to move the ballon symbol.
If it doesn't work, please post your file is possible.

Franck.

[wandererfan]

I don't know how/where to document this ...

TechDraw_Dimension_Balloon and TechDraw_Module

I've made placeholders.

[vocx]

TechDraw_Dimension_Balloon and TechDraw_Module

I've made placeholders.

Can you decide on a name for this tool?

Currently, the source says this

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sWhatsThis = "TechDraw_Balloon";

Therefore the wiki page should be called "TechDraw_Balloon", and not "TechDraw_Dimension_Balloon".

The icon image is also "TechDraw_Balloon.svg".

However, it can still be changed.

I personally think it would make sense for it to be something like "TechDraw_Annotation_Balloon", as it's more like an annotation than a dimension.

[chrisb]

If no other Balloons have to be documented separately: I'm always thinking of "TechDraw Balloon" as its natural name.

[fjullien]

I've made placeholders.

How can I create an account on FreeCAD's wiki ?