drmacro wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 10:35 am
What, IMO, would really be a great update would be user defined toolbars. That would allow libraries of macro/Python "features" and/or existing tools to be added, as needed, by the user, not by a random developer or a committee.
what do you mean update? This has been available in FreeCAD for as long as I can remember. At most you can ask for better UX, but that could be asked of basically everything
Jee-Bee wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 11:04 am
It is possible to use something similar that forces a straight rectangle and so that the second point is not needed(basically only point one and tree are used and two is added automatically)...
I would rather have it reversed, rectangle by two vertices by default, press a modifier to use 3 points. This is because I draw horz/vert aligned rectangles way more often than tilted rects. But if we're gonna make it work by pressing a key a mode switch key is probably better than a modifier as it would also allow for other methods, like center-vertex or possibly center-vertex-rotation for example.
NewJoker wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 11:34 am
Like the Snell's Law constraint. This thing is no niche that it shouldn't be a built-in tool that confuses users but rather a macro, in my opinion.
Agreed but past mistakes is no excuse to add everything under the sun to the main tools (note that I agree with this thread's request). Remember that you also have to think about maintainability.
Also I disagree with the notion that having functionality as macros is inherently a bad thing, the extensibility of FreeCAD is one of it's main features, it even has a manager for discovering and installing macros, IMO choosing to stay away from macros is a mistake.