Recreating a Libre/Open Source Otoscope in FreeCAD

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Re: Recreating a Libre/Open Source Otoscope in FreeCAD

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tarek wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:54 am Thanks for this. Interesting problem. I think at least it will work for some (I tested and it works on GNU/Linux), whereas with absolute paths it will work for none, right? Any other proposed solutions?
I expected it to work so probably something is buggy under windows. If @ChrisB could test under Mac it is probably worth reporting a bug.
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Re: Recreating a Libre/Open Source Otoscope in FreeCAD

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tarek wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:56 am
eddriesen wrote: Wed Aug 28, 2019 5:50 pm Ow cr#p, there 'll be no fun left for me when I return home... :(
Hi Ed,
I think this is what we'd call a "good problem to have" :lol:
@eddriesen : you can ever review the models, do them better and throw stones to original designers... :lol: :lol: :lol:

In case it may be helpful to somebody, here how I "check" my FreeCAD models once done :
  1. Open the .OBJ file of the original object as alias mesh and go to Part WB
  2. Convert it to shape with Part -> Create shape from mesh
  3. Convert shape to solid with Part -> Convert to solid
  4. Refine the solid with Part -> Create a copy -> Refine shape
  5. Align the refined solid with the FreeCAD model using the Aligner tools of the Manipulator WB
  6. Use Inspection WB / Inspection -> Visual inspection. Select as "actual" the FreeCAD model and as "nominal" the refined solid. You can change the search range later in the property editor, starting with 100 or 200 µm is generally good.
Below are 2 examples obtained respectively with button lock part (20 µm search range) and handle cover one (50 µm search range, where the approximation of spline with arcs is visible in the groove) :
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Re: Recreating a Libre/Open Source Otoscope in FreeCAD

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kisolre wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:02 am I expected it to work so probably something is buggy under windows. If @ChrisB could test under Mac it is probably worth reporting a bug.
Relative paths don't work on the mac for the font selection; well, not if they are relative to the model. I faintly remember models back in 0.17 (or was it even 0.16?) where I used to pack models and fonts together in the same directory.
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Re: Recreating a Libre/Open Source Otoscope in FreeCAD

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chrisb wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2019 10:38 am Relative paths don't work on the mac for the font selection
I meant if you select a file with file selection dialog and then recompute and font is Ok. Then you edit the font field by hand and change the path to be relative to the file (here there is assets 'sub folder where font is located so "assets/asimov.otf") and recompute the document does it pick the font again or throws an error?
TheMarkster wrote: Wed Aug 28, 2019 4:34 pm Those are the 3 I did
In the file "name_plate" the two shape strings have different paths - one is relative other is Windows absolute. Since the list shows you as the author does relative path work under your windows install? Here I tried several FreeCAD versions and several font locations (freecad bin folder, Draft.py folder, relative to freecad file path, ...) and nothing works as relative path.
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Re: Recreating a Libre/Open Source Otoscope in FreeCAD

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kisolre wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2019 1:48 pmThen you edit the font field by hand and change the path to be relative to the file (here there is assets 'sub folder where font is located so "assets/asimov.otf") and recompute the document does it pick the font again or throws an error?
That's exactly what I had done, relative to the model, and it throwed an error. If you are interested I can do it again and post the error.
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Re: Recreating a Libre/Open Source Otoscope in FreeCAD

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Ok, so we have indeed a regression. I tested with the slightly outdated version below and it can handle a font path of the form
myFontDirectory/fontfile.ttf which uses myFontDirectory below the current directory of the FreeCAD file.

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Re: Recreating a Libre/Open Source Otoscope in FreeCAD

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The maintainers at github in charge of the project are the ones who changed it to a relative path. I had it in e:\downloads\fonts when I made the model.
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PRed the button holder : https://github.com/GliaX/Otoscope/pull/12

Code: Select all

battery_holder <GlouGlou>
handle_cover <openBrain>
name_plate_locks <TheMarkster>
button_block <openBrain>
head_lock <TheMarkster>
name_plate <TheMarkster>
button_holder_bottom <eddriesen done>
inner_head
neck <openBrain>
button_holder <openBrain>
lens_holder_bottom
outer_head
button_lock <openBrain>
lens_holder_top
specula_holder <openBrain>
handle_coupler <eddriesen wip>
lens_jig NEEDS TO BE UPDATED FIRST
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Re: Recreating a Libre/Open Source Otoscope in FreeCAD

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TheMarkster wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:30 pm The maintainers at github in charge of the project are the ones who changed it to a relative path. I had it in e:\downloads\fonts when I made the model.
tarek wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:54 am
kisolre wrote: Wed Aug 28, 2019 2:29 pm Also relative path to font file does not work under windows. I tried "assets/asimov.otf" and "./assets/asimov.otf"
Thanks for this. Interesting problem. I think at least it will work for some (I tested and it works on GNU/Linux), whereas with absolute paths it will work for none, right? Any other proposed solutions?
chrisb wrote: Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:21 pm Ok, so we have indeed a regression. I tested with the slightly outdated version below and it can handle a font path of the form
myFontDirectory/fontfile.ttf which uses myFontDirectory below the current directory of the FreeCAD file.
This is all related to: issue #3254
Wrong paths to fonts occur when you exchange models between different systems. An 'Embed' option would be useful
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Re: Recreating a Libre/Open Source Otoscope in FreeCAD

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In June 2018 I had written that font files respect relative paths. I don't remember if I had written so after a new test or if I wrote so from previous experience. So maybe the regression occurred between June last year and now.
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