Work Feature workbench with parametric objects

[rentlau_64]

Hi everybody,

I am please to inform that Work Feature Workbench is just born.

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Quite all objects created with functions from this workbench are parametric. That mean if the "parent" object change, all children objects will change accordingly !

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github :https://github.com/Rentlau/WorkFeature-WB

Rentlau

[HarryGeier]

Looks promising.. i like and used the former macro version.. i will test right ahead

[chrisb]

I am please to inform that Work Feature Workbench is just born.

No time to test now. Is it Body and Part aware?

[HarryGeier]

I just tried in 0.17 13247

it basically works.. creates points and planes. Did not manage to get lines to show up.

Then i was not able to move elements or sets into a body, only to the top level of the part . It´s possible to create a shapebinder from each object and access the element via the shapebinder..

unless i am not missing something.. not for 0.17 as it is..

@rentlau_64 .. was it ment to work in .17 ?? if not you should please clearly state that

[hammax]

...Win10-32 and FC0.17.13340.
Addonmanager is not able to upload/install WorkFeatureWB.
A problem I encounter since I use FC.17.
(I suppose it has something to do with Linux-resistance of Win....)

[chrisb]

...Win10-32 and FC0.17.13340.
Addonmanager is not able to upload/install WorkFeatureWB.
A problem I encounter since I use FC.17.
(I suppose it has something to do with Linux-resistance of Win....)

Do you see any messages in report view?

[triplus]

I am please to inform that Work Feature Workbench is just born.

Great news!

[hammax]

...using Addonmanager I only see/saw something like "downloading".
Waiting for a while, nothing more happens and it looks like freezed.
Controlling in appdata... there is a new File "workfeature" with actual datum.
But no WorkfeatureWB in Customize-Workbenches or Macros.

[triplus]

Hi @hammax.

When a FreeCAD module is not yet available in Addon manager. Or Addon manager isn't working for whatever reason. It is easy to download a FreeCAD module and install is manually. There are general instructions on FreeCAD Wiki and module developers usually provides install instructions on GitHub. Or wherever they host their code.

[sgrogan]

...using Addonmanager I only see/saw something like "downloading".
Waiting for a while, nothing more happens and it looks like freezed.
Controlling in appdata... there is a new File "workfeature" with actual datum.
But no WorkfeatureWB in Customize-Workbenches or Macros.

From the add-ons installer, it is trying to install the WorkFeature Macro
It installs a "workfeature" folder in %appdata%/freecad/Mod
Then it tries to create a start_WF.FCMacro symlink in your macro folder. This fails because on Win you need admin privileges to create a symlink. If you have report view activated you should see the error. There is a pending pull request to fix this for Win10 https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/1337

Alternatively you can run FreeCAD as admin and then using the add-ons installer should work (it did for me after deleting the workfeatures folder from the Mod directory, otherwise it thought it was already fully installed) Then re-start FreeCAD and in your macros you will have the start_WF.FCMacro. The macro works tabified, you will see its tab next to the Combo View tab.

This new work is a true workbench. For now you can just clone @rentlau_64's repo into the Mod folder, it installs a "WorkFeature-WB" folder in %appdata%/freecad/Mod. Then re-start FreeCAD and you will have a WorkFeature Workbench in the dropdown WB selector.

Quick tests show that the macro and workbench can both be active at the same time. I didn't test yet mixing the tools in the workflow.