connecting freecad and inkscape/gimp

[Kunda1]

Tracking this thread via issue #3304

[regis]

Nicely done. Would it be possible to open a dedicated widget inside FC so there is no need run inkscape, AKA can it run headless inside of FC ?

If there is a possibility here, even to open it inside techdraw?? actually what if inskcape is inside freecad as a workbench?

[dcapeletti]

I love this. Now I begin to see the potential of combining these tools. Unimaginable potential. Excellent work.

[PlaneAnimal]

Very nice

[microelly2]

Nicely done. Would it be possible to open a dedicated widget inside FC so there is no need run inkscape, AKA can it run headless inside of FC ?

If there is a possibility here, even to open it inside techdraw?? actually what if inskcape is inside freecad as a workbench?

My idea was to install a server inside inkscape which sends on changes the data to freecad.
I made some experiments which often crashed inkscap. I stopped work because I had not enought time to debug and other priority tasks.
But I think this is the right way: a communication between programs using sockets
or something similar for example FreeCAD as Webbrowser can process the messages.
The main task is to install one communication end inside inkscape/gimp. This is to learn programming inkscape/gimp.

[regis]

Nicely done. Would it be possible to open a dedicated widget inside FC so there is no need run inkscape, AKA can it run headless inside of FC ?

If there is a possibility here, even to open it inside techdraw?? actually what if inskcape is inside freecad as a workbench?

My idea was to install a server inside inkscape which sends on changes the data to freecad.
I made some experiments which often crashed inkscap. I stopped work because I had not enought time to debug and other priority tasks.
But I think this is the right way: a communication between programs using sockets
or something similar for example FreeCAD as Webbrowser can process the messages.
The main task is to install one communication end inside inkscape/gimp. This is to learn programming inkscape/gimp.

I definitely think there is potential here if freecad has a good integration with Inkscape. Potential is huge and limitless.

[Kunda1]

I definitely think there is potential here if freecad has a good integration with Inkscape. Potential is huge and limitless.

Lets try to get inkscape devs to be interested in this. They recently published lib2geom and they also are working on a better 'headless' inkscape.

[microelly2]

I will restart my work on a inkscape FreeCAD commnication by a inkscape plugin which uses the web-interface of FreeCAD to run actions inside FreeCAD triggered by Inkscape object changes.

[Kunda1]

I will restart my work on a inkscape FreeCAD commnication by a inkscape plugin which uses the web-interface of FreeCAD to run actions inside FreeCAD triggered by Inkscape object changes.

[regis]

Lets try to get inkscape devs to be interested in this. They recently published lib2geom and they also are working on a better 'headless' inkscape.

Yeah so how does one go about interacting with the Inskape folks so that they program something which has a better integration with freecad. It wld be interesting if they would be interested in collaborating with freecad for certain features we might need.