This week in FreeCAD development:
Sketcher
- chennes fixed the Fit All command so that it can zoom in, not just zoom out (PR#33080) and patched the code to retain constraint names on auto-scale (PR#32947).
- alfrix fixed two crashes (PR#32804 and PR#32989).
- flaviut improved fonts discovery on Linux and Windows (PR#32729).
Part and PartDesign
- PaddleStroke exposed recently added circular, path, and point pattern tools in the user interface (PR#33072). He also added interactive pattern suppression controls (PR#33071).
- UnKabaraQuiDev added a control to Thickness to control how the dressup is applied: full inside, fully outside, or somewhere in between (PR#32935).
- maxwxyz implemented axis projection for Revolution and Groove (PR#32747).
Assembly
PaddleStroke fixed a rack-and-pinion bug (PR#32922) and the inability to delete an orphaned group of joints after an assembly has been deleted (PR#32924).
CAM
29 PRs merged this past week, ladies and gents. Here are some of the patches:
- tarman3 patched profile to combine connected faces (PR#31074), added Spiral Circular pattern to MillFacing (PR#31887), and added a talk panel for SimpleCopy (PR#32450). He also patched Toolbit shape to allow using the Transform tool (PR#32818).
- sliptonic pushed the next step towards workplace handling for multi-axis (PR#32903) and added a machine-based postprocessor for Fanuc (PR#33069).
- jffmichi added a new ramp method without backtracking to improve the cut quality (PR#32838).
BIM
- furgo16 added tooltips for the most common BIM objects’ task panel boxes (PR#32904).
- yangyu0330 patched the workbench to be able to use external defining sketch geometry (PR#30086).
TechDraw
- WandererFan prevented failures on equal projected points (PR#32880) and improved templates to conform to Finnish standards (PR#32701).
- PaddleStroke restored dynamic properties of rich annotations (PR#32915).
- pavltom added a new algorithm to improve face finding by handling voids and islands (PR#28046).
Other changes
- ILoveBuns patched Draft to use global coordinates for Trimex so that it works inside translated Parts (PR#31995).
- pieterhijma adapted Part code to support the future OCCT 8.1 release (PR#33062).
- maxwxyz added a fuzzy matcher for expression autocompletion (PR#30531).
- marioalexis84 added moment of inertia of area unit and properties for mass and area moment of inertia (PR#31972).
Additional improvements and fixes were contributed by 007stevendigar-lgtm, 3x380V, alfrix, awgrover, chennes, Connor, davidgilkaufman, Dimitris75, ElementW, flaviut, jffmichi, jlewin, ipatch, kazan417, kevenwyld, Lgt2x, M3mL34k, maxwxyz, mnesarco, novalis, oursland, PaddleStroke, ryneeverett, sean-de-courcy, SeaPickle754, sliptonic, tarman3, tritao, UnKabaraQuiDev, and wwmayer.
If you are interested in testing the latest weekly build, you can grab it here.
Activity stats
PR stats: since the previous report, 103 pull requests have been merged, and 60 new pull requests have been opened.
Issue stats: overall, there are 3437 open issues in the tracker, down by 9 from last week.