Groups breaking dependency graph

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dbecad
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Groups breaking dependency graph

Post by dbecad »

Good day,
while I was trying to organize bodies I decided to use a group, and it seems that it breaks the dependency graph, all the axes and other objects in a body will be displayed outside:
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I've reproduced it in 0.17 & 0.18, I could not find any mention in the forum. Should I file a bug?
Cheers


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OS: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.13661 (Git)
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>>>GraphViz 2.26
chrisb
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Re: Groups breaking dependency graph

Post by chrisb »

It is probably a bug. It might have been undetected because now you can use in most cases the Part Container instead of a group.
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dbecad
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Re: Groups breaking dependency graph

Post by dbecad »

I'm using containers more for functional aspect (bodies that will move together) so groups sounded like a good option to organize the library of bodies (I'm using a lot of clones of the same bodies, so having the master shapes separated is nice).

Bug submitted: https://www.freecadweb.org/tracker/view.php?id=3465

Cheers
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Re: Groups breaking dependency graph

Post by chrisb »

dbecad wrote: Tue May 08, 2018 2:55 pm Bug submitted: https://www.freecadweb.org/tracker/view.php?id=3465
I allowed myself to change the text of the backling, it said "Your text to link here...".
In case you have to reference a bug again: you can simply type the number between the bug tags available as buttons on top of the edit field:

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[bug]3465[/bug]
yielding: issue #3465.
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dbecad
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Re: Groups breaking dependency graph

Post by dbecad »

chrisb wrote: Tue May 08, 2018 3:39 pm bug tags
Thanks for the tip, I do find them as I'm going though my first project ;)
FC is still an amazing piece of free software, well worth the effort to figure out some work-around when things become a bit strange :)
Cheers
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