Part Design - how to automate certain steps

[stefanino]

HI all,
coming from Fusion I'm used to have actions normally one-click away. Is it possible to automate Part Design such that when a feature is selected for a sketch it will automatically enables the sketch instead of waiting for the OK button to be pressed?

Cheers
Stef

[drmacro]

Fusion ≠ FreeCAD

It is a different paradigm.

Trying to force FreeCAD to be something it isn't (and other software workflows) will be a continuous source of frustration.

That said, I don't understand.

When you double click on a sketch in the feature tree, it opens the sketch.

When you click on the sketch it is selected and you can adjust it's properties in the Property pane, that now shows, for example, the sketch attachment.

When you click on an actual feature in the feature tree, for example, a Pad operation, you are selecting the Pad. And again, can adjust things in the Properties pane.

Double click on the Pad, and the dialog to adjust those properties is presented.

How would the program know/assume you wanted the sketch to be opened, when you click on the Pad?

Even harder to guess the users intent if you are suggesting clicking in the 3D view.

[freedman]

Off topic here, drmacro could you reduce the size of your emoji, it takes up a full screen. Here is an attached pic. Thanks

[drmacro]

Off topic here, drmacro could you reduce the size of your emoji, it takes up a full screen. Here is an attached pic. Thanks

Fixed...but on my screen it looks minuscule.

[chrisb]

Fixed...but on my screen it looks minuscule.

In FreeCAD style they look huge. I have made a proposal how to fix it.

[drmacro]

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In FreeCAD style they look huge. I have made a proposal how to fix it.

Ah. That explains it, I don't use FreeCAD style, I use prosilver.

[chrisb]

Ah. That explains it, I don't use FreeCAD style, I use prosilver.

The prosilver css contains a style to scale these svgs. It has to be added to the FreeCAD css.

[stefanino]

Fusion ≠ FreeCAD

It is a different paradigm.

Hi drmacro,
yes I'm well aware of that. I'm not necessarily asking to change workflow but I'd like to understand if there's a different, maybe faster, way to do some basic things I'm doing.
In my original post I was referring to a new sketch to be created, not an existing one. To create a new sketch, you have to first select a feature as a plane for the sketch AND THEN confirm with OK. The latter seems redundant.

cheers,
stef

[chrisb]

To create a new sketch, you have to first select a feature as a plane for the sketch AND THEN confirm with OK. The latter seems redundant.

There was a discussion about that, perhaps even a feature request, to confirm with a double click in the list.