Utility to inspect OpenCascade models

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Ah, great to hear news regarding 7.3.0! This was also nice to see:
The development of the new algorithm was supported by Sony Global Manufacturing & Operations Corporation.
:shock: That sounds like a good client to have. Good news for OPEN CASCADE SAS!
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bernd wrote:ping...
This should be a great feature to use in FEM since holes and other small stuff making meshing far more difficult as needed!!
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This kind of feature is a must have, commercial CAD programs have it. It is exciting news to learn it's coming to OCCT.

Very impressive! I'm hoping we can see this in action in FreeCAD at some point. :)

BTW is 7.3.0 still following schedule (04/27 planned release), or may it be delayed?
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Re: Utility to inspect OpenCascade models

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kkremitzki wrote: Tue Mar 27, 2018 4:44 pm Ah, great to hear news regarding 7.3.0! This was also nice to see:
The development of the new algorithm was supported by Sony Global Manufacturing & Operations Corporation.
:shock: That sounds like a good client to have. Good news for OPEN CASCADE SAS!
That this company supported this development (financially or otherwise) and is willing to let other customers and the open source users benefit from it is also to be commended.
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Re: Utility to inspect OpenCascade models

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NormandC wrote: Wed Mar 28, 2018 1:39 am BTW is 7.3.0 still following schedule (04/27 planned release), or may it be delayed?
As far as I know, there are no changes in the release schedule. Unfortunately, it's quite usual that release should wait for integration of some fixes.
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Re: Utility to inspect OpenCascade models

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BTW, this face removal feature is available in the inspection utility (I have updated the first post for a valid link), so you can give it a try. Essentially, this is a global operation based on Booleans and face maximization. It should work fine for canonical geometry and parts of moderate size.

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Re: Utility to inspect OpenCascade models

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Quaoar wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 2:04 pm BTW, this face removal feature is available in the inspection utility (I have updated the first post for a valid link), so you can give it a try. Essentially, this is a global operation based on Booleans and face maximization. It should work fine for canonical geometry and parts of moderate size.
This looks like the Defeaturing Workbench capability that is available and based on OCC7.3: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=29506
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Kunda1 wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 2:48 pm
Quaoar wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 2:04 pm BTW, this face removal feature is available in the inspection utility (I have updated the first post for a valid link), so you can give it a try. Essentially, this is a global operation based on Booleans and face maximization. It should work fine for canonical geometry and parts of moderate size.
This looks like the Defeaturing Workbench capability that is available and based on OCC7.3: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=29506
Sorry, did not know that this feature has already found its way to FC. Glad to know this!
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Kunda1 wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 2:48 pm This looks like the Defeaturing Workbench capability that is available and based on OCC7.3: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=29506
the defeaturing improvements have been addressed by @Chris_G here
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 23#p241870
and included in Part standard WB
My Defeaturing WB is including these improvements too as python calls.
Quaoar wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 3:04 pm Sorry, did not know that this feature has already found its way to FC. Glad to know this!
Thank you for your work in improving OCC.
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Quaoar wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 3:04 pm ping
Would an issue like this be a good test case to improve OCCT? https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 90#p261497

Also, would it be possible and make sense to bring Analysis Situs directly in to FreeCAD, as a workbench or add-on for example?
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