Versioning FreeCAD Files with Git

Re:Versioning FreeCAD Files with Git by juliangmp on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @05:59PM (#40722548)

I've tried multiple times to get into freecad but the ux is just not for me. One time I also lost like 3 hours of work so I called it quits.

Now I usually use solvespace, though that only does 3D modeling, no CAM, ...

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Re:Versioning FreeCAD Files with Git by phkahler on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @07:09PM (#40723045)

Solvespace can export g-code. It's in the file menu, export 2d section or something. Select file type g-code.

This is an area I'd like to improve a lot when I get back to working on it!

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Re:Versioning FreeCAD Files with Git by juliangmp on Thursday June 20, 2024 @06:05AM (#40736887)

Ohh I didn't know that, thanks for letting me know. Although I won't use it because I do 3d printing and use prusa slicer.

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Re:Versioning FreeCAD Files with Git by stavros on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @06:18PM (#40722689)

To be fair, SolveSpace is tiny, capable, and pretty nifty overall. Maybe I should spend another 30 minutes to learn it again, as I forgot everything I learned the first time around, years ago.

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Re:Versioning FreeCAD Files with Git by 0x0203 on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @08:43PM (#40723578)

I love solvespace. It's a wonderful program. But I don't think I've ever been able to make a complete model of something I needed without running into model breaking NURBs errors. Maybe there's a list of known gotchya's that most users know to avoid in their modeling, but for me it seems to break on very trivial things so I've never been able to use solvespace as a tool. Which is sad, because otherwise, I quite like it.

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