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regis wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 1:45 am Any link? Qt5 is not in the software manager by defaults\ as qt4. So I tend to be skeptical already when I see you must purchase anything on their website.

What platform/distro + version number are you running ?

regis wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 1:45 am Any link? Qt5 is not in the software manager by defaults\ as qt4. So I tend to be skeptical already when I see you must purchase anything on their website.

I'm not 100% sure I follow you but just to jump in here, I think you might be wanting sudo apt install qt5-default.

Kunda1 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 2:19 am What platform/distro + version number are you running ?

OS: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.15592 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: a7c0f4bc5b62ec304a5855796ca3d10a42c7a46e
Python version: 2.7.6
Qt version: 4.8.6
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: English/Canada (en_CA)


Okay I think i installed it already from software manager, Anything else I might need from here? qt4 looks more complete and fairly straight forward. What is the file extension of qt5 in the folders? Generally when something installs well, you get to see it here the in start menu, but qt5 is no where to befound.

I did use qt's qml language to build the UI, you can find everything here:
https://github.com/ickby/FreeCAD_sf_mas ... rc/Gui/Qml

Some stuff is done on the c++ side, like splitting property dialog from the combo view or exposing all freecad panels to qml.

ickby wrote:

In this thread: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6676 you talked about poor performance of this interface if scene gets big.

ickby wrote: ↑Thu Feb 19, 2015 2:45 pm Performance. The alternative Interface is drawn together with the scene graph, so redrawing one means redrawing the other. This means the interface gets slow if the scene gets big.

Did this change with Qt 5?

ickby wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 5:41 am I did use qt's qml language to build the UI, you can find everything here:
https://github.com/ickby/FreeCAD_sf_mas ... rc/Gui/Qml

Some stuff is done on the c++ side, like splitting property dialog from the combo view or exposing all freecad panels to qml.

Oh boy, the rabbit hole is getting deeper. I'm already completely lost. I've cloned you repo but nothing makes sense as of yet with all these qt5 attempts to install. For now I'll keep things simple with what works on my end. I'll just focus on qt4 and gradually learn it. I don't know what and how to use qml and now I hear c++ is in the air aswell. I think I'll stick with qt4 and python that I currently don't know. Tooo many tangents already to keep track off.

based on some of the youtube interface design it seems like the qt4 designer that i have will work?

regis, why not just use qt5-designer ? what's with the attachment to qt4 ?

Kunda1 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 5:22 pm regis, why not just use qt5-designer ? what's with the attachment to qt4 ?

hey if you can show how to get started, I don't mind. I have no attachment at this point as i've barely started using qt4. But if you can show me how to get qt5 running until I can open @ickby's files with and reverse engineer what he's been doing, i don't mind. that's all i'm asking.

ok i found this link and installer And also this one https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/linux.html
Hehe fellows I think we are in buisness
The about me says that it's qt5 this time, but the interface seems to be the same as qt4