[Feature Request] Part Design - Vertically/Horizontally equidistant constraint

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Re: [Feature Request] Part Design - Vertical and Horizontal symmetry.

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I'm usually the one to be against minimalists that don't want to have tools in their toolbars but here I have to say: this tool would be just clutter, there's already a very straightforward way of achieveing this, adding a point in the desired axis is very simple and is even more useful than the feature for just vertical and horizontal axis since it can be used on an arbitrary line.
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Re: [Feature Request] Part Design - Vertical and Horizontal symmetry.

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drmacro wrote: Sun Oct 10, 2021 12:56 am Please provide a reference for symmetry that does not define it as a the mirror image across a line of symmetry.
This is the stuff of crystallography, solid-state physics, group theory, etc.

The requested operation above would be two-fold rotational symmetry about the center position.

As I said, I do not plan to pursue this. Existing tools allow any placement needed.

(At the same time I find it almost hilarious that some folks want three-key "shortcuts" to provide the same sort of reduction in time spent working on a design.)

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Re: [Feature Request] Part Design - Vertically/Horizontally Equidistant constraint.

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GeneFC wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 7:15 pm (At the same time I find it almost hilarious that some folks want three-key "shortcuts" to provide the same sort of reduction in time spent working on a design.)
Hmm, I see.

Well. this topic was started to generate a discussion. There is no need to say something like this. If you think this discussion is not important, so why are you participating anyways?

I am not an expert in this field but I am using Freecad for 4 years already. Every time I use Freecad I need to apply some kind of constraint that makes points equidistant to a reference. Sometimes the Symmetry that already exists works fine. Sometimes it doesn't.

So, with that being said, I was thinking that I could call the case I have presented "symmetry". But it looks like I cannot do it. I will rename the post to fix this issue.

I am not pretending to violate the laws of physics or any mathematical rules. I am questioning if it is interesting to have such a feature. I need such a feature a lot. But it is fine, I always invent something to solve my issues. I was just thinking that having a tool, that creates such an equidistance constraint would be a valid addition "for me". It is also interesting if you think that projects have more than one single Sketch. My projects use to have more than 20 Sketches easily.

If such a feature is not interesting for the community I will understand. Sorry to even have started this discussion.
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Re: [Feature Request] Part Design - Vertical and Horizontal symmetry.

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I think there's a misunderstanding here. leoheck, could you share some examples and your workarounds? Maybe some people are going to change there mind, maybe you're going to learn something new. Either way, everybody wins. :)
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Re: [Feature Request] Part Design - Vertical and Horizontal symmetry.

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Please, allow me to write a few words for this case.

FreeCAD is a general CAD with for no specialist division, like many CADs. If FreeCAD offer every kind of operation(sequence) tool per default, the GUI would be only menus and the overview would be bad. Some compromise must be done. But if people need some special operation(sequence) tool, then people can use scripting.
leoheck wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:53 pm If such a feature is not interesting for the community I will understand. Sorry to even have started this discussion.
A request per se is not invalid. It is good, that you asked. If you never asked, we had never a result for this question. Now we know. No need to say sorry for that case.

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Re: [Feature Request] Part Design - Vertically/Horizontally Equidistant constraint.

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leoheck wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:53 pm Well. this topic was started to generate a discussion. There is no need to say something like this. If you think this discussion is not important, so why are you participating anyways?
I am utterly confused by that response. Nothing I wrote was intended to say the discussion was unimportant.

I was just pointing out the irony that the general trend in responses is that this request is deemed unimportant by many while at the same time in another topic exercising digital gymnastics to avoid a click or two is considered essential.

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Re: [Feature Request] Part Design - Vertically/Horizontally Equidistant constraint.

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GeneFC wrote: Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:49 pm I was just pointing out the irony that the general trend in responses is that this request is deemed unimportant by many while at the same time in another topic exercising digital gymnastics to avoid a click or two is considered essential.
Fair point, I might be guilty of this myself.
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