Release notes 0.15/it

FreeCAD 0.14 è stato rilasciato il giorno 8 Aprile 2014. Questo è un riassunto dei cambiamenti più interessanti. L'elenco completo delle modifiche è disponibile in Mantis changelog. Versioni precedenti in: 0.14 - 0.13 - 0.12 - 0.11

Spark Plug Plane by r-frank

Casella di ricerca nella Vista Selezione
La finestra Selezione permette agli utenti di cercare al suo interno gli oggetti selezionati. Inoltre ora si ha la possibilità di selezionare una sola entità, deselezionare l'entità, adattare la vista all'entità e evidenziarla nella vista ad albero.



Ampliamento del supporto delle unità
Il nuovo sistema di unità di misura di FreeCAD, introdotto con la versione 0.14, ora è utilizzato da quasi tutti i moduli di FreeCAD, compresi Sketcher, Draft e Arch. Solo poche aree non ne fanno ancora uso, ma in generale, si può ora contare sul supporto delle unità di misura in tutto il flusso di lavoro.

Altre migliorie

 * Import/Export now has an own section in the Edit > Preferences section. Now all file formats are grouped into their own tab, which makes it easier for new users to find the right options.
 * Customized keyboard shortcuts now accept up to 4 keys.
 * FreeCAD now supports the VR Occulus Rift device.
 * Support of custom global toolbars: Aside from adding custom toolbars with your own tools to any workbench, it is now also possible to add custom toolbars which will stay present on all workbenches.
 * New Lib Pack for Windows, with the latest OCE 0.17

Ambiente Part

 * Sono stati aggiunti alcuni nuovi elementi geometrici: Parabola, Arco di parabola, Iperbole e Arco di iperbole

Ellissi
Ora Sketcher possiede un adeguato supporto per le ellissi. Esse possono essere costruite in vari modi, e possono essere utilizzate per qualsiasi tipo di operazione successiva.



Strumenti di selezione avanzati
In Sketcher è stata implementata una serie di nuovi strumenti per facilitare la diagnosi, ottimizzare o risolvere i problemi negli schizzi. Ora è possibile, ad esempio, selezionare facilmente gli elementi associati a un vincolo, o selezionare il vincolo associato ad un elemento, oppure trovare i vincoli in conflitto o ridondanti.

All'interfaccia utente di Sketcher sono stati aggiunti alcuni nuovi pannelli, e ora è visibile un elenco selezionabile degli elementi dello schizzo.

Unire schizzi
Ora, cliccando semplicemente su un pulsante, è possibile unire diversi schizzi in uno solo.

Enhanced sketch properties
The properties view of sketch objects has also been enhanced, and named Datum constraints (distance, horizontal distance, vertical distance) inside the sketch will now appear and be editable directly in the properties view of the sketch, without the need to enter edit mode.

Minor improvements

 * Added more regular polygons to sketcher
 * Added new constraint: Symmetry constraint perpendicular to axis of symmetry

Spreadsheet Workbench
The Spreadsheet Workbench has been completely recoded. FreeCAD now possesses a state-of-the-art, robust, feature-rich spreadsheet editor. A couple of functionalities found in the previous version of this workbench have been removed, such as the property controllers, but this is a complex issue requiring more time to design properly. At the present time, however, the new spreadsheet already offer far better possibilities to gather data from your model.



Allow sticky fonts in ShapeString
For the nostalgic of old CAD software, sticky fonts (in which letters are made of simple lines, not filled shapes) can now be used with the ShapeString tool.



Minor improvements

 * Lines can now be defined by their length and angle in the current working plane
 * Relative extension lines for dimensions
 * Support for sketcher ellipses
 * Array objects can now be fused

Export drawing pages to DXF
The system used to export Drawing pages to DXF until now used a very complicated hack to convert the SVG code to FreeCAD object then back to DXF with the Draft exporters. Now, the export is done internally inside the Drawing module, which gives much faster and reliable results. DXF export now uses a template system similar to SVG sheets. If your Drawing page uses a certain SVG template, and a DXF template with the same name is found at the same location, it is used to generate the DXF file.



In the DXF file, the different views are placed as scaled blocks. This allows to quickly restore the 1:1 scale.

Minor improvements

 * It is now possible to reuse projection settings from an existing view when creating new draft views.

Updated IFC importer/exporter
FreeCAD's IFC importer has received a lot of work and testing, and a massive upgrade. The old, python-based importer, has been disabled (it is still usable from the python console, though), and FreeCAD now uses exclusively and intensively the newest, bleeding-edge version 5 (read more about it) of IfcOpenShell that is now available on all main platforms (be sure to download the version that matches the python version used by your FreeCAD installation). We now benefit from a much faster and reliable import and export, a much simpler and cleaner code (read: easier to extend), and already a few additional goodies, such as better support for curve-based objects and IFC properties.

New feature: Cut object with plane
This new functionality makes it possible to cut an object according to a plan defines by the face of another object. It is possible to cut the object behind or in front of the plan chooses.



New roof tool
The Roof tool was completely remade and now makes it possible to define slopes different for each sides from roof, moreover it is possible to define a thickness of roof, the length of the overflow.



Panels
A new Panel object has been added to the Arch Workbench. It allows to create all kinds of panel-like objects, and will be specially useful for panel constructions such as the wikihouse or popup house projects.



Furniture
The new Arch Equipment object is designed to add all kinds of non-structural standalone objects to your architectural projects, such as lighting appliances, sanitary equipments or furniture.

Minor enhancements

 * The Basepoint of Arch Frame object can now be set to a specific vertex of the profile.

External modules
There has also been some very interesting work on new workbenches and macros, that are not integrated into the FreeCAD source code (yet!), but are easy to install on an existing FreeCAD 0.15 installation. Instructions are provided on the pages linked below:

Assembly2
The Assembly 2 workbench provides tools to create multi-part assemblies, and is a very good alternative for the official Assembly workbench which is still under development (see forum thread).



Drawing Dimensioning
The Drawing dimensioning workbench adds powerful dimensioning and annotation tools to the Drawing workbench (see forum thread).



Work Features
The WorkFeature macro adds a wide range of helper objects such as alignment planes or axes, and tools to help you to position and align objects along those helper objects (see forum thread).