The Newest FreeCAD 0.22 General Features! A Good Step Forward!
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- Explore the latest advancements in FreeCAD 0.22 and learn how to leverage its capabilities. The development of FreeCAD is rapidly progressing, and in this video, we delve into the key enhancements, including enhanced support for multiple screens with dockable and combinable panels and tabs. Experience a more streamlined workflow with additional preferences, edge, vertex, and face selection filters, reminiscent of those found in Blender 3D, and much more.
Watch as we guide you through the general improvements and features that make FreeCAD 0.22 a standout release. But that's not all - the Sketcher workbench has undergone significant enhancements, deserving its own dedicated video. Join us as we take a deep dive into the Sketcher workbench, exploring new features and constraints that elevate FreeCAD's usability to new heights. It's a must-watch for anyone interested in
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For anyone wondering about the TNP fix and release date - work on TNP sped up but they still need a few more months. Another team is working on a built-in assembly workbench. In February (during the Hackathon) they should decide whether to release 1.0 when both milestones are reached or release something like 0.99 with the currently implemented features for now. They concluded that it depends on when 1.0 can be ready. If in a few months, meaning around a year from the release of 0.21 (August 2023) then it doesn’t make sense to release an intermediate version. Hopefully, that will be the case and TNP or assembly works won’t extend significantly beyond that time. They are also working on a large overhaul of the material system but most of that is done. The next release after 1.0 will focus on UI improvements and smaller missing features which makes sense to me.
Thank you :) I have pinned your comment so should stay at the top :)
I downloaded a weekly build as soon as I watched your last "new features" video. Wow the freecad devs are knocking it out of the park lately. Looking forward to the sketcher vid.
I hope I'm still alive when Freecad has mature enough to be used in a real professional environment
It will get there, if it isn't there already. I'm glad they named it FreeCad in case they get any idea$ to start charging
@@JustinDeane1979
FreeCAD is already professional ready.
Let us support all the developers financially and with our codes and libraries.
DIY Makers are using it every day to design, 3D Print and CNC their own parts. So it is possible.
It's great that FreeCAD exists so people like myself can learn how to use these types of programs, for free, and create our own things at home.
There are so many different operations I've yet to utilize I figure it will take me at least another year to get through it all.
What Professional Grade CAD/CAM program would you recommend someone upgrading to, moving from FreeCAD?
@@brianbates7490 whatever your employer uses. DesignSpark Mechanical and Fusion 360 are free and closer to Solidworks or Catia, if you want to step up.
I'm using it for professional design already. It's been here. Just because it's free doesn't mean it's useless or not professional.
I think a really good feature in the new 0.22 version is the text justification. For example, the draft->ShapeString can now be centered as Middle-Center. This is so good! :)
I am really happy that the team is working on a lot of UI improvements.
I donated to the freecad developers. This program helped me out so much. Its an unbelievably powerfull tool.
We all should donate to show our appreciation.
I'm still using the "Link branch" version by RealThunder mostly. It just working when I split the Body in two or more part is so helpful. As is the "pad to face" in Part Design which doesn't stop at a single plane while extruding past it into infinity, but stops "at where something else sits in its path".
I'm curious as to what will make it into 0.22. Same for the topological nameing - RealThunder isn't perfect, and I can imagine it is not good enough yet - but it is a great improvement.
Pad "up to face" works in 0.21. You can select a face or pad "to first", "to last" etc.
As always, very educational and perfectly explained. Looking forward to the final 0.22 version.
Same here
As an update to my comment I can say that I'm using the weekly dev 0.22 for some time now and it works waaaay better than the 0.21. Yes I know there's a risk involved but all my designs are automatically backed up so if anything fails I can go right back to a previous version and open it in 0.21 without problems.
Please continue this series, thanks 🤩
Excellent video....as usual. The Freecad team really scored big with this update!
Thanks Darren, great as usual, I am excited to try these out. Happy Holidays to you and yours.... I so enjoy your concise videos, right on subject...
Thank you for all the kind comments and support. Happy new year to you to. And all the best.
Another excellent video. Thanks!
Thank you for these news!
Excellent video. Transform needs a way to change its origin. Personally, I use Draft WB for moving/rotating objects as you can also snap to many different control points as well as limiting any change to lie on the current workplane set in Draft WB.
thanks for your explanation.
there is no such filtering in Revit, but there is! That's great! see more often the drawing method in ARCHICAD!
The coders need to simplify some functions. I used an old version of Bobcad (just after DOS). In a crowded drawing you could move the cursor near a what you wanted to select, press P to highlight a point then left mouse button to select, 1 click, press L for line, A for arch, etc Freecad really needs this for the point selection. Also the array function was super simple, you selected the object, clicked which side you wanted the array copy, a box popped up the asked for the INCREMENTAL distance how many iterations up/down, left/right, and done..basically the same for the offset command too.
UA-cam is the wrong place, to state your improvement wishes. If you want, that your wishes come to reality, you should post them in the FreeCAD forum.
Thank you! I move between CAD programs so often that I can't keep track of this stuff myself. That new default location for the Tasks window. Ugh, why?! (are GNOME developers slipping in to FreeCAD development? lol)
Excellent video 😍😍😍
Thank you! Cheers! 👍👍👍
thank you very much
I've started binge watching your FreeCAD tutorials, and it seems much further forward than when I looked at it years ago, I started thinking it might be good enough to let me consider not renewing my SketchUp Pro licence next year, then I learned about the topology naming problem, and RealThunder's branch, I'm amazed this isn't treated as an "all-hands-on-deck" issue?
🙄🙄
> _"I'm amazed this isn't treated as an "all-hands-on-deck" issue?"_
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
There aren't that many hands - I believe it is 7 full time devs
When will FreeCad support assemblies properly without needing to install a specific linux distribution though?
Oh wow, I really like the transparency mode. The freecad team has been making great progress the last year or so. Is there a release date for .22, does anyone know?
Thanks for covering this mango!
FreeCAD has had transparency for a very long time, the difference is that it's easier to get to now.
In pre-0.22 versions, you select the part and type control-D to get to the color and transparency dialog.
It's not a big change, but it's a very welcome one as being able to toggle it via a hot-key means a SpaceBall button can be assigned to it as well. :)
A lot of what the devs have been doing are making using FreeCAD a lot more efficient.
@@glabifrons Thanks for the reply! I'll have to try that in the meantime. I had no idea.
Glad you enjoyed :)
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
I am very excited for these updates. Do you know when this is going to be released ?
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 could maybe be handy to colour the planes (or at least the names of planes XY, YZ, XZ) blue, red and green in accordance with the transform tool (11:28 on the video’
Thanks!
Thank you so much 😊😊👍👍
Does anyone know if the topological naming problem is still relevant or being worked on? I'm currently using real thunder but want to try out these new features
yep, still a pain in the ass (id call that relevant 😂 )
It is currently worked on (with the help from Real Thunder) and it is aimed to be released by FOSDEM 2024 (in February) as FreeCAD v1.0
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
@@MangoJellySolutions I would have missed that comment otherwise. Thank you!
@@GabrielAlejandroZorrilla
Python scripting in FreeCAD is so powerful. Perfect for IA integration
Although I’ve been playing around with a recent build, still a lot of new stuff to learn here 😊. You mentioned changing the point size - have been looking for that quite a while, Is somebody willing to give me a hint where to modify that please?
Edit - Preferences - Part/Part Design Workbench - Shape Appearance - Vertex Size
or for individual shapes without changing the rest
Select shape - right click -Appearance - scroll down to display section - point size
Both can change colours too so they stick out from the lines even clearer.
Yes, just pulled the video link for you. ua-cam.com/video/pAtQ5o9lEC8/v-deo.html I believe it's in there along with the pick radius. Or was it point size of Sketcher. I do have a link on my blog for making freecad easier to use which includes point size mangojellysolutions.blogspot.com/2022/12/settings-and-resources-to-help-with.html
@@MangoJellySolutions A really big thumbs-up, it really was the display -> 3D view -> marker size which I was looking for 😅
I see you manage to install on Linux, the dev version. Did you just download the package and install locally?
There is a link in the description of that video showing how to install on Linux. It's the app image which can be run but make sure you change the permissions to allow for execute.
@@MangoJellySolutions thanks, I see the link and I will try it!
Great stuff to look forward to...thanks.
10:15 Again: RGB stands for XYZ. Here these colored planes let you move an object along as plane with a fixed -color- coordinate. E. g. the green plane alters X (red) and Z (blue) but not the Z (blue) coordinate of the selected object. - Nice feature. I also like the "fast transparency" because it savey a lot of key strokes ans mouse clicks.
I remember you like your short cut keys. I guess you been setting up your own from the customise menu option as well?
@@MangoJellySolutions Actually not, just for the buttons of my space mouse. I mostly use shortcuts within sketcher, where all the most needed functions already have pretty good shortcuts. In the other workbenches, toolbars are okay. I just arranged all toolbars so that they are fully expanded.
Any guesses on when or if we can get FreeCAD on Fedora 39? Quit working after 38 - not in repos and won't compile
Try the Flatpak version?
I'm just getting started with fc and at the start, still even, it annoys me with calling extrude "pad". I use many modelers and parametric packages and have never seen this. It behaves oddly as well which i believe sets it back. I really can't take the increasing prices of fusion and the others out there, so I'm putting in the time to learn this approach. I do hope to see this grow like blender did and give fusion and creo a run for their money. With that said, i will be donating to this project in hopes that it does.
Yes coming from other 3D packages myself I found this odd. Freecad is going places especially with the progress of 0.22 more commercial companies moving over. I have consulted with a few lately to help with projects which I have never done before.
I didn't understand why you showed the different unit systems (metric, US, imperial). Tell us what situation was before. Or even better: show us.
Thanks for the videos, Mr. Solutions. :)
Mangojelly I need your help. Can you make a video on how to make a female and a male bayonet mount? I have been scouring the internet for freecad versions I haven't found any.
Would this be for say a camera lens or just standard bayonet light fitting (or both)
@@MangoJellySolutions for in general like a camera lense or like how some vacuum clean hoses twist on
@@powerfulgryphon1260 got it, great idea 😊 keep an eye out
I seldom need to select faces or vertices, so the selection filter will be VERY handy to help me select edges instead of faces when applying fillets and chamfers. Thank you for the clear FreeCAD explanations and for describing which version you're using as the user interface and features changed frequently in the early versions as FreeCAD was being developed. Thanks also to the FreeCAD developers. I donated some money to the project a few days ago, and I'll continue to do that as long as I'm using FreeCAD.
Is there a reliable source I can get 0.22.x Windows binaries/installers from? (sorry for the duplicate comment)
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.
Always avoided FC because the Space mouse driver was always so poor (flickering all the time)I tried this 0.22 the other day and it worked like a dream; I can't do without it so now I've no excuse!
Never had any problems w/ my space mouse since I started using FreeCAD 2 in 2022.
@@NUeB_net Hi. Mine just flickered zooming/rotating all the time no matter what driver I used. I read quite a few people had the same issue. I tried few ‘fixes’ that didn't work, so I gave up. No such issue with any other application. It's just been added to Plasticity 1.4 too, so I’m off to the races with that and FC too.
@@NUeB_net
I started using FreeCAD in 2016, I think it was version 0.14.
It is my favorite software since then. I can’t believe all the improvements during these 8 years.
Posting to bump engagement
Release date known??❤
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
@@MangoJellySolutions many thanks!
Thanks for the vid and thanks to the developers....but....fix the topological naming issue above all else..!!!
Just to let you know I have just pinned one of the freeCAD contributors posts to the top of the comments which holds a wealth of information regarding the new version which includes TNP.
sterling review
I use turntable as my rotation mode since that is what 99% of slicer software uses. So I have zero need for the rotate under mouse feature.