GSoC Proposal: Extended functionality of Rebar Addon

[bernd]

Should we move the topic to Arch? As it is really related to Arch and BIM?

[Suraj Dadral]

Are you both able to compile FreeCAD (Amrith and Suraj)

Yes, I compiled FreeCAD many times. But, now using its AppImage for ease.

Thanks,

[Suraj Dadral]

Should we move the topic to Arch? As it is really related to Arch and BIM?

Looks good to me.

Thanks,

[Suraj Dadral]

As @bernd already said, I would also like to allow the user to use his own stylesheet. So tree structure look like below:

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BOM_object
|__ BOM_content

The BOM_object has Template property. Default value of Template (App::PropertyLink) value default_bom_template.svg. The type of BOM_object.BOMContent is App::PropertyLinkList, with this user can also add n number of tables in same stylesheet.

The BOM_content is the data you produced and this BOM_content object has below properties:

• Placement: Control the position of data in BOM_object.Template. By default, you should calculate but if user want then he can override it.
• Font Style
• Font Size
• Table Lines
• Table Line Style

When the user clicks on BOM_object or BOM_content, the SVG file object inside the FreeCAD window.

For this, I think we can use TechDraw workbench objects.
Tree Structure:

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BOM_object
|__Template
|__BOM_content_table1
|__BOM_content_table2

Type of BOM_object: 'TechDraw::DrawPage'
Type of Template: 'TechDraw::DrawSVGTemplate'
Type of BOM_content_table1: 'TechDraw::DrawViewSymbol'

We can utilize these and add missing properties like "Font Style" and "Font Size" and maybe more as per requirements.
Sample file: https://github.com/SurajDadral/FreeCAD- ... tion.FCStd
Do we need output similar to this one.

I have some doubts.
1. Are we creating multiple tables in one shot in same template? If so, how data will be split into different tables?

According to my perception till now, I think we need one table per svg file. Please let me know if I am wrong at this point.

Thanks,

[amrit3701]

For this, I think we can use TechDraw workbench objects.
Tree Structure:

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BOM_object
|__Template
|__BOM_content_table1
|__BOM_content_table2

Type of BOM_object: 'TechDraw::DrawPage'
Type of Template: 'TechDraw::DrawSVGTemplate'
Type of BOM_content_table1: 'TechDraw::DrawViewSymbol'

Yes, reuse already existing things.

We can utilize these and add missing properties like "Font Style" and "Font Size" and maybe more as per requirements.
Sample file: https://github.com/SurajDadral/FreeCAD- ... tion.FCStd
Do we need output similar to this one.

The output looks awesome!. Related to adding missing properties to TechDraw objects, here I am not sure because TechDraw objects have no Proxy. Don't know we can extend TechDraw objects to python scripted object or not. Please test it.

I have some doubts.
1. Are we creating multiple tables in one shot in same template? If so, how data will be split into different tables?

According to my perception till now, I think we need one table per svg file. Please let me know if I am wrong at this point.

Right now, I suggest to go for one table per SVG to make things not complex. As TechDrawPage.Views property type is List and if any user wants to add more tables to TechDrawPage and he do it manually by adding it to Views.

[amrit3701]

shift it to an own workbench but keep it separated from FreeCAD master or move it into FreeCAD Arch master? What is you guys opinion about this in the future?

I also suggest to keep it separated from FreeCAD source code. During development, we can shift rebar addon to the workbench in develop branch (https://github.com/amrit3701/FreeCAD-Re ... ee/develop) and once things stable then we will merge it to rebar addon master branch.

Are you both able to compile FreeCAD (Amrith and Suraj)

I also using .dmg images (https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases) as assets regularly updated twice a month.

[bernd]

yes it looks pretty cool

How can I make this myself? How do I add my own template?

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[bernd]

shift it to an own workbench but keep it separated from FreeCAD master or move it into FreeCAD Arch master? What is you guys opinion about this in the future?

I also suggest to keep it separated from FreeCAD source code. During development, we can shift rebar addon to the workbench in develop branch (https://github.com/amrit3701/FreeCAD-Re ... ee/develop) and once things stable then we will merge it to rebar addon master branch.

ok i am fine with this.

[Suraj Dadral]

yes it looks pretty cool

How can I make this myself? How do I add my own template?

I made this manually just to see how it looks.
To do this manually:
1. Create techdraw page using your template.
2. First BOM is created without footer by modifying svg configuration while creating through ui.
3. Second BOM is created without header data.
4. And include both manually on techdraw page.

Thanks,

[Suraj Dadral]

Related to adding missing properties to TechDraw objects, here I am not sure because TechDraw objects have no Proxy. Don't know we can extend TechDraw objects to python scripted object or not. Please test it.

I tried this as I did in case of Column and Beam reinforcement objects but didn't worked.
I found one method "TechDrawObj.addExtension( ... )", I think this will do our job.
Testing it and will let you know soon.

Thanks,