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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0001711 | File formats | Feature | public | 2014-08-25 10:47 | 2016-01-31 18:55 |
| Reporter | mf | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | feature | Reproducibility | N/A |
| Status | closed | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Summary | 0001711: global data variables for using in constraints | ||||
| Description | i work for a couple of months with freecad macros to generate automatically new meshes with changed constraints. when i need a data constraint twice or more, i have to change all occurrences of that model. it's annoying but feasible. but when i model a new part, it's additionally error-prone because forgetting some occurrences. next thing is, if have some basic construction measure, e.g. edge length of a solid. example: construct a solid with edges a*b*c with b = 2*a , c = 1.5*a - create a sketch with the rectangle a*b - extrude with length c at the moment it's not possible to construct a part directly with that constraints. i have to write a small macro which changes the constraints b and c depended on a. in solid works i can use within an part (not really within a assembly) variables and equation to define constraints, but the implementation is halfhearted. i propose a global variable database for freecad where i can define some variables with atomic values (or python code snippets). this variables are usable within sketches and part feature, and later also in assemblies. in my opinion this would simplify modeling increase ease of use. | ||||
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Isn't this a duplicate of 0001437 ? |
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Any thoughts on how long this would take and how involved it would be? I'd be willing to work on it, but I'm mostly comfortable in Python, not C++. Is this something that would likely have to be implemented in C++? |
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Well in a way it's already done. In current development release Python implementation is already available in Spreadsheet WB. Simple example: http://www.freecadweb.org/tracker/view.php?id=1709 Additional example as infographic: http://www.freecadweb.org/tracker/view.php?id=1703 I would say you could work on and improve current Python implementation but as soon as FreeCAD 0.15 will be released it will be superseded by C++ implementation: http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6360 Therefore i guess you should wait for next version and see if you can help improve it in any way (using Python). |
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Cool - I was going to test out the latest dev build on OSX, but it seems to be crashing with: Spreadsheet workbench activated *** Abort *** an exception was raised, but no catch was found. ... The exception is:SIGSEGV 'segmentation violation' detected. Address 8 Is there a good place to file a bug, or perhaps get more crash info? |
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Yes generally speaking you would open new bug report but in this case: - If you are talking about current Python Spreadsheet WB it is quite unlikely it will get additional bug fixes. Ask on the forum and it might happen Yorik will fix it (for OSX) if there is something to fix. - If you are talking about new C++ Spreadsheet WB you should mention this first on the forum: http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6360 |
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This is now possible in master (to be 0.16), so I think this ticket can be closed now. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2014-08-25 10:47 | mf | New Issue | |
| 2014-08-25 13:24 | wmayer | Relationship added | related to 0000800 |
| 2014-08-26 23:36 | normandc | Note Added: 0005013 | |
| 2015-02-09 22:09 | recurse | Note Added: 0005772 | |
| 2015-02-10 01:29 | triplus | Note Added: 0005773 | |
| 2015-02-11 21:10 | recurse | Note Added: 0005786 | |
| 2015-02-11 23:39 | triplus | Note Added: 0005787 | |
| 2015-09-09 22:02 | savio araujo | Issue cloned: 0002250 | |
| 2015-09-10 19:15 | yorik | Relationship added | has duplicate 0002250 |
| 2015-10-06 21:06 | eivindkvedalen | Note Added: 0006485 | |
| 2016-01-31 18:55 | yorik | Status | new => closed |
| 2016-01-31 18:55 | yorik | Resolution | open => fixed |
