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To replace my lightweight linked dipole antenna for #POTA I am iterating on a #FreeCAD design for a winder that works with wire that shouldn't be bent sharply around the edges of a more typical winder.
This design allows either figure-eight or circular winding with a minimum repea…

Over the past couple weeks, I've been designing a spool with some particular features in #FreeCAD, encompassing 6 parts to 3d-print. I've been manually re-orienting them when I print them.
Now that it's working, I realized that I could use the FreeCAD Assembly workbench to create a good packing of the parts in the right orientation for printing, saving anyone else who wants to prin…

Is there a concept of attaching the exact program used to create a file to the file? Like: I created this 3D model with this #SolveSpace or #FreeCAD version, with these patches applied, I want to do something so I can re-open this exact model with that exact version , without glitches, 5 years later.…

In #FreeCAD, what can I do from the UI and from Python macros to cause all the topological naming links to be recreated in the current shape?
I have a Part Design Body that for which I can mark it to recalculate and then recalculate and it's fine, but if I modify a driving parameter trivially, including by an inconsequential .001mm, suddenly it tells me that I have an invalid edge …

I just discovered that the "prefix group name" option for #FreeCAD VarSet properties was removed a couple months ago. That feature was such a wonderful affordance for reducing typing and now it's gone. I missed the discussion when it was being axed and it makes me very sad. It looks like "I don't like the aesthetics so you shouldn't have it" won the day. ☹

Happy #FreeCADFriday! This week I've been working on re-modelling the case for the Morserino M32 Pocket. At least four different people had worked on the case. It was initially made in FreeCAD, but then was modified with other software, and the current case that QRP Labs is shipping was edited in s…