Call for Participation: Modeling Challenge

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Re: Call for Participation: Modeling Challenge

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GeneFC wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 9:06 pm
sliptonic wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 8:49 pm BTW, smoking and gambling are 'vices' but 'vises' squeeze. :lol:
One of the language quirks is that the British workshop squeezer is usually spelled "vice". :shock:

This is often seen in model engineering forums.

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Re: Call for Participation: Modeling Challenge

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Smartened it up a bit with a few fillets and used a sub-shapebinder to bool the logo to the screw. :D
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Bravo!
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That's looking really good. I love it. Visually it's perfect unless we want to throw some FreeCAD-red in there for style points. :lol:

I would still like to have the entire vise/vice appear in the tree as a single Part with the base, jaw, and screw nested underneath. That way the visibility of the whole thing could be controlled with one space-bar click and the whole assembly could be added to a document with one link.
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Re: Call for Participation: Modeling Challenge

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sliptonic wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 8:49 pm I changed it by moving the parameters to a propertybag instead of the spreadsheet. I like the propertybags because the user can adjust the values in the task panel instead of needing to open/switch to the spreadsheet. It makes the object feel more like a parametric 'thing'.
PropertyBag !!!!?!?!?

What an unsexy name. Why not call it ... dunno ... Variables ? And store their your .... variables ?
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Re: Call for Participation: Modeling Challenge

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Okey dokey, I found a couple of errors which I've fixed. I need to figure out the logo, looks like it's a part fusion of two bodies, I need to scale it to fit the screw. I'll spend some time over the W/E. Going to the pub now :lol: :lol: :lol:

I agree with Zolko about the name sounds like it keeps unmentionables :oops:
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How about calling it a sporran?
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Zolko wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 3:53 pm PropertyBag !!!!?!?!?

What an unsexy name. Why not call it ... dunno ... Variables ? And store their your .... variables ?
Nobody ever said we were good at naming things. :D
It was written as a Path specific thing to facilitate the parametric toolbits. It's more than just a list of variables. It's a pythonfeature object with some other tricks up its sleeves. Unlike spreadsheets, It can support enums and propertygroups.

Weird name, cool feature.

I like sporran! That's great.
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