!NEW! Game Changing FreeCAD 0.22 Sketcher Features
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Explore the Exciting Features of FreeCAD 0.22 - Your Gateway to a New Era!
Get ready for the upcoming release of FreeCAD 0.22, a game-changer that is bringing transformative changes to this free and open-source software. This video concentrates on the Sketcher workbench where contextually aware and auto-dimension constraints are one of the many features that have been added. FreeCAD is stepping into a new era, matching features found in leading industrial packages.
Discover powerful new tools like offset and framing that significantly reduce the need for workarounds. The introduction of new modes to geometry opens up options, supercharging your workflow. Join us as we delve into the latest features and guide you on how to make the most of them. Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your FreeCAD experience!
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All of that was developed by a new guy named Paddle. The old Sketcher dev was reviewing and merging his PRs but he decided to leave FreeCAD development a few days before Christmas. I hope that this situation will be resolved somehow and Paddle will be able to continue making those wonderful and long-awaited improvements. His new Translate (rectangular array+move+copy+clone in one tool), Scale and Copy/Paste tools are already waiting for review. Hopefully, someone will help with that.
Bravo to the new guy (and thank you for giving him credit)! This is absolutely fantastic work!
I can easily see mapping only a few buttons on my SpaceBall and being able to work significantly more efficiently with these additions. 😀
Paddle here,
Glad people seems to like these features!
It's sad that Abdullah left :(
Yes there are a few more features in the queue. I need to fix a few bugs in scale and translate before they can go in.
Copy paste probably needs a bit of additional work.
I'm just struggling to find time as I'm focusing on the assembly workbench.
@@pierreboyer9277 Great to meet you here and see how many people appreciate your efforts and enjoy the new features. Do you know who will replace Abdullah with Sketcher merges? Is there anyone who can help you with some advanced issues like he used to do?
@@pierreboyer9277 These are great improvements helping very much in everyday use. Thanks!
Superb work Pierre, thank you 🍻 and I'm really looking forward to the new assembly workbench too, what I've seen so far looks really promising 👏
I thought the title sounded like click-bait, but I've always liked your videos so I watched it.
I was wrong, it's not click-bait. These are seriously fantastic improvements!
Most of them address complaints I've seen (many of which I agree with) when people make comparisons with other (expensive commercial) CAD packages, so this may just be the best update yet!
Oh, thank God! The ability to type dimensions on the fly is the biggest holdup I'd had keeping me from moving over from SketchUp!
This is going to be great for the community. Will make the learning curve a lot flatter than what it is now. And we need to make that learning as flat as possible to attract new users of FreeCAD. Thanks for the video, and thanks to Paddle the awesome developer.
umh what r u talking about? if it werent for topological naming prob, i found freecad to be wayyyyy simpler than even the solidworks.
sure, if some capability is not there in FC, thats a different matter; but whats available - is much better than SW.
Very nice improvements in this version. I haven't been using FreeCAD too much, specifically cause of the missing offsets and really awkward constraints. Now next I'd like to see similar quick menu as ie. Fusion 360 has had for ages. Press S to type search for features, mirroring, dimensions etc.
Wow. What a hit list. Offset would've saved me *hours* on my last big project. Lots of other new features to explore. Looks like a winner for sure!
Rounded rectangles are amazing - that removes a lot of steps I'd normally need to make them.
Rounded rectangles have been in 0.21 as well, unless that's what you mean. They are indeed amazing
but the Arc Slot , and Offset and the Frame feature are absolutely the big ones. it saves a huge amount of time
Looks like some serious and well thought out quality of life improvements in the sketcher! The only slightly puzzling thing is why the auto dimension for circles is based on radius and not diameter. But it's still going to speed up creating sketches quite a lot and make FreeCAD more user-friendly.
The other day I called FreeCAD my favorite software of 2023… and it has good chances to become my 2024 fav, too. These are really awesome improvements!
I download every new version of the Dev .22 and really have enjoyed watching and trying all of the sketcher changes.
That option to enter dimensions directly is great.. This was one of my biggest productivity annoyences in Freecad tbh
Wow, I’m very excited about all these changes. These are the features I’ve missed since switching from the similar “free to hobbyists” commercial cad/cam program. Thank you for making this great tour/tutorial.
Thank you for that, wow, they have sure added some really nice features... Hard to believe its still "free".. Thanks again, Prosperous New Year to you, Darren and your family.
It's really coming on. I am not sure if they have a feature freeze now where they are just working on bugs rather than new features so not sure if anything else is going to be added. I can't wait to see this old in the wild. I have a lot of work ahead of me lol. It's been great making all these videos for such a supportive community and happy new year to you. Thank you for all your support.
@@MangoJellySolutions There’s no feature freeze yet since we are far from the release of FreeCAD 0.22/1.0. So new features still can (and hopefully will) be added. The main goal for this release is TNP fix and it’s nowhere near being completed. I guess that this release will be postponed significantly but let’s just hope it will happen this year.
Absolutely worth it. TNP fix is critical above all else. Thank you!@@Gumball_W
I would be happy with an 0.22 without tnp fix, it's got so much great stuff in it, I will just keep using the 0.22 builds this year anyway
I'd be happy to use it myself, but I teach using FreeCAD, and TNP is the main thing that trips up my students.@@pellcorp
This is a massive improvement. This is how Fusion 360 does a lot of these things. This would potentially change what I'm using if they keep down that road! Go Paddle!!!
They have done an amazing job. It's looking good, I'm going to be doing some more videos on the newer versions in the future.
Intuitive shortcuts, improved tools. 0.22 will be a big change
we got offset which is awesome ....need arc length constraint too...
These are great improvements. Will take getting used to, but it is real progress for usability.
Love the new Sketch features. I'll have to change one of the thumb buttons on my mouse to be "M" now!
Heck yeah! What an upgrade! 🎉
Oh I love the contextual dimensions tool already!
I think of the sketcher as the heart of any CAD program and as such these improvements mean a lot for FreeCAD imho.
The "Quote" button !, I never understood why they didn't do it before just like the more famous software. I like the new features. Happy New Year
The offset is the best new feature
I've been away for far too long. It's like I have to learn it all over again. LOL. Just glad you're still making videos.
Would be nifty if lines (including the ones making up polygons) included a midpoint by default. I keep sketching, dimensioning, chamfering or filleting, and then wondering where my dimensions went because I am apparently not very smart... Dimensioning from the midpoint would make that so much simpler.
Exactly, automatic symmetry constrain for line midpoints or something like that is badly needed. It has been discussed a few times on the forum and let’s hope that Paddle (the guy behind all those new features) will add it eventually.
Nice! The contextual dimensioning in particular reminds me very much of using Solidworks 20 years ago.
Man brilliant video, the offset tool long awaited, thanks to all the people who make it to be comparative to professional software, it's getting there. Thanks for the demo video brilliant.
Glad you enjoyed and I echo your thanks, the devs and community are doing a great job.
Hi Darren, yesterday I was surprised by knowing that after the 24th of August FreeCAD meeting in USA the version 1.0 will be finally release as the TNP was solved. Good news for the community don't you think? Cheers
this is coming on really great. i just hope they overhaul the constraint indications too because it can get really confusing and hard to see on complex sketches. but idk, does anyone else struggle with this? because it might very well be user error on my part lol
What a great video to start 2024. :) Thank you, Darren, for showing the new features, which look very promising. This will considerably accelerate the creation of STEMFIE parts. ;-)
Perfect updates it was really needed! 🎉🎉
i can't wait to try all those new features ! :)
Powerful improvements which mean a step forward, making the interface more friendly and easier to work with. I like them very much. Thank you for the video, you are doing a remarkable job in spreading the knowledge about Freecad.
Thanks for the heads up on some real useful improvements
Love freecad, but its QoL feature set is just a shocker, having played around with onshape for awhile. Glad to see my preferred CAD catching up
Good job! I can't wait for the official one.
I actually only use 2D sketch.
I ask myself: Is it now easier to make 45 degree fillets in sketches?
I think that would make drawing much faster for many people.
Thank you very much to everyone who is committed to Freecad.
And best wishes for the coming year.
Interesting that you only use the sketcher. I am guessing you making plan drawings? I am not sure if the 45 degree filter is easier with these new additions. If your only using sketcher it may be worth getting ahead and downloading the dev version. There is a link in the descriptive to a video of how to download and set them up. If you don't know how. No compiling necessary.
Thanks for your reply, and you're right I draw in 2D to use in my CNC router.
I watched the video and that was exactly my problem, I couldn't extract it without errors.
But that's fixed now.
And it's true: It's much easier to add dimension. But 45 degree fillet or chamfer is still a problem takes a lot of time and you have to trim and give it a new dimension.
Why is a round fillet very easy and 45 degrees chamfer not?
Sorry another irritation, separating decimal with a Comma instead of a Point.
Make it possible to do both without increasing the size 10 times if you make a mistake.
I will continue to follow Freecad and your channel, maybe one day it will be perfect for me and for many people, thanks again to everyone.
we all know what freecad feature we all are waiting for
Better usability like fusion360 is what I’m waiting for.
in terms of engineering functionality it’s one of the best. In terms of usability and intuitive ui and snaps it’s garbage ( -♾️/10). It is so bad it makes me wish the repo shuts down and is reborn with the original devs forced to watch, while the program gets warped in a way it actually makes sense for the end user. I’d rather convince the devs to use their brain. But they haven’t thus far.
Offset?! woot!
I don't understand how not every other sketching software has dimensions on the go. For a profane like me it seems a must for intuitive drawing...
Sounds like sketcher is getting to be similar to autocad. Which is great in my opinion.
Wow, you weren't kidding about game changing. These were the features I missed most when I came over from fusion 360. Is there a way to activate points other than the origin for live offsets? Something like hover to activate?
These are little-huge updates. Flow was always pain of FreeCAD (before topology naming problem). "Exploded" UI is something user can adapt to if software tries to "cooperate" with user. Really appreciated!
Thanks for the informative video, and thanks to the Freecad team for all their hard work. I can hardly wait for the stable version to be released. Just one question, how's the naming problem coming along?
I have just pinned one of the freeCAD contributors post to the top of the comments as it has a wealth of information regarding releases.
I don't know if you have any sway with the developers, but it would be awesome if they had a mode key (say 'm') that would jump to a spreadsheet reference on those new dimension things (this very first thing you showed). It IS and awesome feature just as it is though!
05:20 but surely, since the rectangle you dropped is green, it's also fixing the position of the rectangle with respect to the origin, without have to set additional constraints?
FINALLY , offset. to say I hated sketcher was an understatement. I could never understand why a "cad" drawing workbench had drawing methologies different to other 2d cad ( im thinking librecad ) I ( just me) found it easier to draw 2d in librecad ( because of offset ) Thanks paddles !
It's been one of my pet hates as well, it's speed up my build times tenfold 😊
Looks like great improvement
Great new features!!!!
Have they set up anything like a FreeCAD Foundation kind of like what blender has with the Blender Foundation, where some of the larger large companies or individuals can donate funds (or even some resources, like sponsoring via providing coders to help the project, etc) so we can see some more dedicated development?
This is starting to make FreeCAD what I am looking for. Looks like someone knows how to design a GUI.
The red color dimensions are extremely hard on the eyes
You should be able to change the colour of these in the preferences.
@@MangoJellySolutions for the sake of the tutorials you should change them.
Been reading about these improvements can't wait for a formal release of this. To be honest can't wait till they release FreeCAD 1.0 with features from the RealThunder branch.
There's not really a need to wait - and by the way it is not a "sold" product so it may never get that '1.0' release.
In any case the RealThunder things are being ported over. But I'm also mostly using RealThunder ATM.
@@pizzablender Fully aware that parts of RealThunder are already being ported; personally I'm sticking with the standard branch so I'll just wait and I don't like messing with development versions.
I really love that Free CAD is advancing in this way. This is exciting!
I have a question, sorry for my ignorance on this matter. Has the naming problem been fixed as of this latest release?
Thank you!
I just saw the answer to this question in previous comments. GO FREE CAD!
I'd love to know that, as well. Last I checked, there was a branch somewhere that had a proposed fix, and this is one of the reasons I've been holding off on adopting freecad, the sketcher's ease of use being the other - which seems (mostly) resolved by recent updates - minus midpoints.
Great update😊
I just can't believe we're finally getting these basic convenience tools into FreeCad...
I would LOVE to switch to FreeCAD from Fusion 360, and I'm happy to have maybe a less polished experience with the CAD, but at the moment the gap is just way too wide.
Improvements like this really make A LOT of difference.
The other part that needs MASSIVE improvement is extrusion. So that we can have a complex sketch and extrude parts of it from different faces etc.
And the third painful point is to support an actual modelling history with automatic re-compute (I know there are attempts being made to at least solve toponaming issue).
I'd say, for me I'm never going to use about 3/4 of the features that are currently present in FreeCAD, but all those features require maintenance etc. It's probably worth considering to splitting the functionality into the core modelling and "the rest" in the form of plugins, where separate teams would be able to maintain those plugins. It will just allow to speed up and stabilize the development of the core features.
If it was me, I'd say streamlining core part modelling experiences is the key priority. Reduce the usability gap with industrial software for simple scenarios, and the added audience will automatically speed things up. The traction and adoption are the key factors in my view.
Going forward there are some new direction in the FreeCAD arena. 0.22 is bringing more and more features and Ondsel are pushing in their changes into the FreeCAD main branch to bring more and more functionality. Hopefully 1.0 will be released towards the end of the year. Fingers crossed. When it does it would be worth re-evaluating.
Oh this looks so helpful!! Will I regret using a development version? What is the risk history?
A lot of people use development versions and just keep them updated throughout the life cycle util they are released. They are quite stable.
I'm really keen to see these in the stable release - any idea how long that might be? (I.e. are we talking weeks, months, sometime this year, etc?)
One feature I'm used to in CAD software that id love to see in FreeCAD is a quick command window. The hotkeys are great, but if i couldnt remember the hotkey for a shape or constraint or tool then it would be great to just start typing it anywhere and get a list of suggestions.
But i guess a feature like that would require the command window be implemented in base FreeCAD and then hooked into by each workbench, which would be a lot of work 😞
Do dates as of yet, all I know is they are trying to aim for this year. I know exactly the feature you are talking about, I used to use the same in Rhino3D. Made it so much easier to use. I haven't heard of any such feature though unfortunately :(
Is mouse hovering not implemented fully? maybe a quick cheatsheet into the Help Menu can help
I wouldn't have any use for this functionality, I always draw the circle or line or box or shape "roughly" at first and then progressively constrain it with dimensions and relations.
Then, I can update and/or delete dimensions and relations (for example, delete dimension from origin and instead dimension off another feature).
So are you going to make a new video with the new version? absolute beginner to Advanced professional !!!?, an all in one video
That's a must do for me :)
Finally, freecad becomes more and more usable! I hope I'll be able to switch to it from fusion360, and finally delete my win10 virtual machine!
fantastic
I am happy with these features. Feels like some good progress for Freecad.
Possible video idea or just a question:
I recently started designing a 3d printer build in Fusion and adopted the workflow of designing every part in a separate file and combining them in a master assembly file. I am also using the "derive" function to make versions of the parts "printable" (mouse ears and single layer bridging holes and stuff) without changing the base part. How would you adapt this workflow for Freecad?
You can create links to parts in another file. I have a whole library of parts I use commonly (like certain buttons, connectors) or need as reference (like 18650 lion cells and their holders), that I link into my main file.
To "derive" a part without changing the original, I would go with a clone ("part design" or "draft" workbench). That's then your base shape (that stays in sync with the original) you can modify to your liking.
@@superdau I tried the clone and it works exactly like derive. Awesome. The links to parts thing I am going to need a bit more explanation for, but if that is just called linking I might be able to do my own research. Thanks :)
@@Giekeme
Yes, it's just called a link. It's described on the FreeCAD wiki, found under "Std LinkMake". Or the first Google search result for me for "freecad link object".
Found it. That was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks again!
I just installed the weekly build. I´m very interessted in the offset feature (sketcher). Is it correct that I can not ust the offset feature with spline-curves? This would be very useful, especially if I create a contour with the spline function and then want to construct a wall for it. Now I have to create the offset in "part"
14:30 I wonder what it would to to a line you previously constrained to be 45 deg (but deleted that constraint)?
The sketcher dimensions are a big improvement - although I'd prefer 'diameter' for circles but 'radius' for arcs - does the 'M' key do this?
Yes, the M key cycles through them in 0.22, but the feature you describe is already in FreeCAD 0.21. If you use the automatic mode ("constrain arc or circle") instead of selecting specifically diameter or radius, it uses diameter for circles and radius for arcs by default.
@@glabifrons Thank you - I hadn't noticed that!
@@philip_fletcher Glad to be able to help. :)
Happy New Year!
Thanks!
Thank you so much, much appreciated 😊😊👍👍
This looks really good. Stable enough to use?
Yes people are using it at this time and the new Ondsel FreeCAD will be building on top of this as well.
Egads, homebrew is installing like a hundred new packages. Maybe I should have just waited for it to be released normally.
Do you know if it will be updated to accept parametric parameters while drawing shapes? When I hit the equal sign, it does not bring up the dialog that lets me enter .something. Thanks for the exciting video!
I don't know but that would be a very useful feature.
It's still set out of the box to the default Windows 3.0 style toolbars instead of using ModernUIs tab style for workbenches? I thought they were adding it to next release. Hopefully they default to tab style at release time. ModernUI made my migration to FreeCAD painless. Don't think I would have migrated if that dinosaur toolbar style was the only option. Using it is painful and watching videos with constant switching via the pull-down menu equally painful. Lol...exaggerated a little, maybe. But it did lead me to watch videos at 2x speed and found I actually comprehend more at that speed, so there was a silver lining. 😂
Fusion360 starting to get just a little worried now, lol
😂👍👍👍
Can the tool bars be scaled up or down
Good video! When the topology issue is planned to be solved?
It's high up on the list and they are working on it. Once that's solved then we will be moving into a new era.
Any news on this because it’s been 3 months and pretty sure it’s not in the standard version?
There working on 0.22 as we speak which will probably be released as version 1. I have been taking with a freecad Develoer lately and I will update when I can.
Hi Do we have a better icon set and can the screen pointer and dimensioning text be altered in the parameters as its all a little garish and the icons are .. meh is the only word
I have changed the theme to make it easier to see the demonstration but there are a number of themes to choose from which make it look like more modern day software.
A video on preferences, setting up tool icon menus and themes etc might be beneficial to new users like me !@@MangoJellySolutions
Hi, 2:00 Is possible to input data from spreadsheet? Nice changes.. But Gamechanging? 😁
Can you make a video of how to compile this build
In the video there is a link to a video already. But you don't need to compile. 😊
I am trying to learn from scratch it’s overwhelming I am wondering can you go from freecad to universal gcode sender then to arduino for a plasma cutter or am I wasting my time I can’t find any videos simple and straightforward thanks for any help
The path workbench allows you to do GCode for CNC milling. You can setup your tool paths and cuts from there and export out the GCode of the finished project. But, with my limited knowledge of plasma cutters, I believe in some cases you need lead in where the cut is slightly oversized ? I am not sure you can count for this in this workbench.
Thanks the info !
Did freecad already fix its topological naming problem?
Not yet but they are focusing on that issue as we speak :)
when is next version of Freecad planned for release...?
They should spend some time fixing bugs in Sketcher instead of adding features.
For example: we can't disambiguate a selection when two lines are on top of each other.
You can only select whatever line is drawn on top, and it' s arbitrary.
Only way around is to go hunt for it in the Elements dock and hope you find it.
Also the elements dock is broken.
You have to make two clicks to check or uncheck the checkboxes, you HAVE to pre select them. --
Also, you can't use the keyboard in this list because it's a weird descendant from a checkboxlist.
Worse than that, if you're in " Constraints' and try to go down past the last element, you end up in Elements, which has no useful keyboard control.
If you type space bar in Constraints, something happens ( a random element now draws in White in the 3d view) and it doesn' t deactivate or hide the constraint as you would expect.
This keyboard problem is a big problem for people who like to quickly go through a list while NOT looking at the list, but what is changing on the 3d view.
I have just pinned a reply from one of the freeCAD contributors so it appears at the very top of the comments. The post has a wealth of information and includes TNP
It's worth reporting those issues back to the developers and then they can take a look into them.
i not has test yet new version but old version has test many time, whit raspberry pi4 my table computer and debian linuxcnc 2.8.4 version computer and NOT working not can use because come alltime if try start new work, black big triangle to display,and then not see any buttons etc drawing sheet, can thats use at linuxcnc or raspberry pi4 ? i not believe can.
Is it possible to deactivate auto constraints from preferences because I couldn’t find this option in 0.21.1. Auto constraints is on by default and it prevents you from completing some of your tutorials when using Draft to Sketch.
Yes, is possible.
No, it isn’t.
Is there a reliable source I can get 0.22.x Windows binaries/installers from?
If you have a look in the description of the video you will see two links. One is for a video showing where to download and how to run the weekly builds on both windows and linux. Hope that helps.
@@MangoJellySolutions Man, I might be slowly loosing my sharpness ;) Not only I did take a look in the description previously and missed the video link. I also have visited guthub dev builds page and somehow missed the 7z pacjage! Thank you for patiently pointing me into the right direction! You're doing the god's work with your training. Top notch quality there. One thing I might suggest is putting more emphasis on setting up the initial options right after you click Create Sketch. I mean those deciding on relationships etc. / As for the dev 0.22. The sketcher improvements are simply too juicy to pass on and I'm already learning using a bit outdated 0.20 tutorials on my 0.21 installation. Just started learning. I used to use UGS NX a decade ago...
@@Tome4kkkk lol don't worry. I just this minute spent half an hour trying to figure out to upgrade some software at work ...... on the front screen it says 'upgrade plan here'.... Yep missed that one, time for a coffee! Not too bad 0.20 - 0.21 but 0.22 I am going to have a lot of (welcomed) work on my hands :) Already ear marking older 0.20 tutorials for review and re-record with some extra juicy bits lol. Glad your enjoying. Ah Simens NX. I was at that point still using direct 3D with studio max but have heard of the package. Well liked.
@@MangoJellySolutions I figured the changes are pretty big and rather long-lasting in the 0.22 sketcher. Hell! In case of most of them even a fresh FC student like mee could see FreeCAD is in dire need of those!
There would be nice to have some not eye-melting theme which not looks like software from 2000's.
There are custom themes or preference packs including dark themes. Maybe you would like one of them.
Be careful about what you wish for - it might as well come true :-) On my part, I like how straight-forward and systematic the windowing GUI's were by the end of the nineties. From that point on, I've seen many developments that I can only call decadent, backward and inefficient - even if they were sold as Progress by the Marketing dept. That feeling on my part is likely a sign that I'm getting real old.
@@xrysf03 Well the 2000's software has quire a number of distractions, shadows etc. We are used to a more flat look. And I agree with some of the posters here, the first impression matters. And if I try new software and the looks are really old, I might guess it is not maintained. Which of course is far from the truth.
Just to add that I change my theme to the light version, up my font's and change the size of the icons as I have a lot of followers, including myself, who have a visual disability. This also helps with clear demonstrations. There are a number of themes that you can choose from to suit your needs. Trust me you can make it look more towards the main stream solutions out there just by changing the theme.
If not now then when ?
If not today then
Why make your promises ?
I haven't promised anything?
@@MangoJellySolutions Sorry, that's a very fair point. You'll have to excuse my frustration with the current long-delayed release of FC 0.22 / 1.0. I expect you feel the same way, once again, apologies.
I just cant get into free cad its just no user friendly
It's not the features that stop me from using FreeCAD..
It's the Boomer UI.
The UI can be changed by just enabling a different theme.
When will that fundamental, big feature propagation bug that prevents Freecad from being used be fixed? Those little cosmetic updates are lipstick on a pig...
I love all these upgrades. Especially dimensions and being able to enter values while drawing an object. Great implementation of the Mode key.
I must be getting older because I was GENUINELY excited to see new sketcher tools! Offsets! Finally!
I think your not the only one :) So glad that's been added!
@@MangoJellySolutions me too
@@MangoJellySolutions I'm new to free cad. I believe I have the latest Version. I just wanted to know, is there a way in settings so it automatically updates and downloads the newest version? and how to go about setting those settings? if they exist
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Thank you for the video! Those usability improvements are looking great, especially all the M key mode switching, and that arc slot tool will save so much time for modelling such shapes ^__^
Looking forward to the release of .22. Definitely worthwhile sketcher improvements. Offset is huge. Hopefully they will improve error reporting - I still find it tedious to chase down problems. And, clipping/trimming is still pretty tedious and error prone.
I find freecad really struggles with going back to fix things. I end up having to redraw from scratch, or make massive retreats on the tree. In some ways kit kind of sucks that it's the only real option for hobbists and small businesses that don't want to rent software.
The upcoming topology fixes will help with that and also in the pipeline is a push by a group to make freeCAD more accessible to large businesses. So the future is changing whilst still advancing the software as a free solution. It's going to be interesting.
@@MangoJellySolutions When I get to be a better programmer I hope I can contribute. If my business is able to make money with freeCAD I also hope to contribute. Your videos have been incredibly helpful for me to learn freecad, even though I find it frustrating compared to inventor or fusion. Please don't stop what you're doing!
@@NavySturmGewehrthank you for the kind comments, it's great to hear that I'm helping with the videos. Like yourself I want to start contributing to the code. If I can make it as a youtuber I will quit my job and go full time including freecad Dev. It's people like us who have a dream and are looking for the break to make it reality.
Is it still not in 0.22dev?@@MangoJellySolutions
your channelquality @@MangoJellySolutions is absolutely remarkable even if you don't have milion followers. there are other three channels I follow that show FreeCAD stuff in advanced mode to do very fun stuff and your channel is brilliant with the videos well crafted to make easy everyone to understand what's going on. well done.
Oh wow! This is so nice :)
I'm learning FreeCAD for 3D printing at home and I've done a number of things already, I'm liking it a lot! But it is clunky, this changes make it so much simpler!
I have used weekly and daily builds exclusively for years. My experience is that they are very stable with few , if any , bugs .
Is there a way now to make a coincident point on Bsplines?
Attaching to a bspline you can use point on object constraint, if your attaching to the ends you can use the coincident constraint.
Can we see construction and or reference geometry when the sketch is closed so we can reference them in other sketches? This is standard in other software.
Finally offset is implemented
Doesn't work on windows 10, I will have to wait until it's launched!!!
Great job, Paddle!
I had wait for offset and dimensions so long...