Google Summer of Code 2021 - Call for ideas

[amrit3701]

Also, who is interested in mentoring this year?

I am interested

Ideas:

• Add automatic reinforcement tool for footing and slab similar like column and beam reinforcement tools.
• Improvements in reinforcement drawing generation tools:
  • Front, top and left view automatically placed on a single sheet
  • Draw symbols (like a circle with dot, cross etc) for longitudinal bars rather dot. From these symbols, the user knows the type of bar and it's the diameter.
  • Improve dimension and annotation stuff in drawings.
• Make Rebar shape cut list and bar bending schedule visible inside FreeCAD window.

[jtm2020hyo]

Hi @jtm2020hyo, Could you brief your idea a lit bit more?

I think in 2 ways

1 create generative design for primitives, (slabs, column, beams, etc) I mean create automatic rebar depending to FEM loads, maximizing load efficiency.

2 create generative design for maximize material efficiency, i mean add rebar just where the FEM loads request it.

[watsug]

[General] An tool searcher that can be brought up to search by name for functions, instead of navigating menus or finding icons.

Like blender has: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/late ... earch.html This is super useful for quickly finding the lesser used but essential tools that you only remember the name of. This also has to include some UX work to determine and test different ways to do it.

bonus Points:
- Make it contextual, ie if a sketch is selected tools/functions that can be applied to the sketch is shown.
- Search by tool descriptions as well, not just name.

[jolugama]

[general] In saveAs

shortcut in easy saveAs and in its box, if you press the + key it adds a number (the next one). If you don't have it, it would be 001. This is done by blender and saves a lot of time. Example:
The file is called myPiece, if I press "+" it writes myPiece_001, if I write it again, myPiece_002.

It seems silly but it saves a lot of time.

[flynth]

-sketch2macro feature: You draw some sketch, click and you have it available as macro just like slot, hexagon etc now, ready to be inserted into another sketch.

I second this idea. Including writing usage wiki page this sounds like a cool project for a month of student's time.

Also, IMO the idea of writing developer documentation as a student project is a good one too. Good technical documentation writing in general is a very useful skill in software development and if described properly could be interesting.

[kkremitzki]

Although there have been some rule changes that may have affected this, in previous years one of the things they often repeat is that the primary product has to be code. I do agree with you re: documentation though.

[hmk]

Although there have been some rule changes that may have affected this, in previous years one of the things they often repeat is that the primary product has to be code.

There is also Season of Docs: https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs

[keithsloan52]

-sketch2macro feature: You draw some sketch, click and you have it available as macro just like slot, hexagon etc now, ready to be inserted into another sketch.

I second this idea. Including writing usage wiki page this sounds like a cool project for a month of student's time.

Also, IMO the idea of writing developer documentation as a student project is a good one too. Good technical documentation writing in general is a very useful skill in software development and if described properly could be interesting.

Have started to add this facility to toSketch workbench https://github.com/KeithSloan/toSketch
Currently only recognises Geometries with Points, Lines, Circles, will add more when I can get more details on the addGeometry function

[keithsloan52]

-sketch2macro feature: You draw some sketch, click and you have it available as macro just like slot, hexagon etc now, ready to be inserted into another sketch.

I second this idea. Including writing usage wiki page this sounds like a cool project for a month of student's time.

Also, IMO the idea of writing developer documentation as a student project is a good one too. Good technical documentation writing in general is a very useful skill in software development and if described properly could be interesting.

Out of interest what would sketch2macro achieve that you could not arrive at by using the sketch CarbonCopy facility?

[keithsloan52]

-sketch2macro feature: You draw some sketch, click and you have it available as macro just like slot, hexagon etc now, ready to be inserted into another sketch.

toSketch workbench see https://github.com/KeithSloan/toSketch creates Geometries for Points, Lines, Circle, ArcOfCircle, Ellipse, BSpline

Do you require that current constraints are also created by the macro?