Here's an opportunity for a non-programmer with modelling skills to contribute to FreeCAD:
This is a typical milling vise. They're made by many companies, most famously 'Kurt'. The model I used for the pictures is too large and complicated and made from .STEP files that are likely copyrighted. I would like to add a feature to the Path workbench where a user can enable vise visualization so they can see a part and toolpath in the correct orientation as it will appear on the machine (second picture).
Vises and machines vary and I want to implement my feature so the user can use their own vise/machine model but having a default vise is needed. If someone wants to contribute a model, here's what I'd like to see:
1) It needs to be small and efficient. No super-complicated designs that are huge or easily broken.
2) use only core FreeCAD workbenches and features. It needs to work "out of the box"
3) Beautiful, accurate, and branded with the FreeCAD logo / Name.
4) The base and jaw should be separate parts so the jaw can be repositioned relative to the model.
5) Original work
6) Ideally, the placement of the vise would have the left top corner of the back jaw at 0,0,0
What do you think?
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