kbwbe:
Thanks for adding the commands that you have and for the amount of time you have spent looking at the efforts I've made to make a constraint fixer program. One reason I'm pushing for this is, at least the way I see it, if A2plus gets configurations the conflict problems are many because when moving from one configuration to another you move the constraints also, which can make a mess.
The “a2p_solversystem.solveConstraints” command is great. It retrieves the blasted constraint that causes the problem. ‘PS’ not all of my conflicts are caused by the last one and this command finds them.
Adding the ability to add some mates to a list and run just the list instead of all of them is great also. I hate to sound like a complainer but here goes anyway.
1. I like the ability to turn off the error messages. I noticed the error messages for the parts that don’t move are now popping up one at a time instead of as a list like they did before. Would you put them back into a list and perhaps give us a chance to retrieve the list so I can handle them in a different way? ( Do you like the way I said “we” and “us”?)
2. The matelist for solving constraints: When I’m solving many lists there is a lot of print flowing into the report window and it can be hard to find information that I print. Can we have an option to turn it off.
3. When the error message pops up: Many times I’m zoomed in or out and the errors are outside my screen or small or hidden. The screen is frozen because the popup locks it so I cannot find the parts. Could the form be changed so we could look around?
Lastly I’m attaching my latest poorly written attempt and a picture. The new commands saved time, coding and I did not need to change the solver file to get the conflict. I can leave the form open and work. When the cursor enters a cell in the table the information in cell highlights. Column 2 highlights both legs of the constraint, columns 3 ,4 highlights one leg at a time. Column 1 shows if the constraint is suppressed, 5 and 7 shows if the part is fixed. When a check is done and a conflict is found the program reads which two parts the constraint legs are attached to then finds the other constraints that are attached to the same parts and send the constraints to the table to be viewed. You can also manually select parts and pressing the middle top button finds the constraints attached to the selected part/s and shows these.
There are problems yet, several crashes, that I haven’t fixed. I also plan to get columns 1, 5 and 7 to toggle True/false so that constraints can be suppressed or parts fix for testing without having to open the property window but today I’m just. Just not smart enough.
Dan
PS: While looping through FreeCAD obj files sorting by 'ConstraintInfo' some mirror files slipped by. My machine? I could not find the cause.
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