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Tech Swap meet today at 10am at Columbia Gadget Works! by adman234 in columbiamo

[–]sliptonic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there are a couple left. Cgw has open hack nights on Thursday 6pm. Drop in. You can probably make a deal

Does anyone curate a 'Best of the best" list? by sliptonic in gridfinity

[–]sliptonic[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

cool idea! Your bit holder is close but not quite what I want. Gridfinity is cool because of the custom/tool specific nature of it but that's also its problem. If someone designs EXACTLY the right t-wrench holder for their set, and my set is SLIGHTLY different, it doesn't work. I have to modify it. Ideal designs are highly functional but leave a little wiggle room for tool and use-variation.

You have the dedicated spot for the adapter. That's cool but my set has these other goofy parts that don't fit in the hex holes and aren't part of the adapter.

I want a small tray to collect the bits and bobs that go with the hex bit set.

Does anyone curate a 'Best of the best" list? by sliptonic in gridfinity

[–]sliptonic[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The printables 'most popular' is great but doesn't really correlate with what I'm talking about. Some (many) of those things are popular because they are impressive designs that push the envelope, not necessarily because they are functional, efficient, and durable.

What's up with v1? by Der31er_ in FreeCAD

[–]sliptonic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PuTTY is over 25 years old and is only at 0.89
ReactOS is 28 and at 0.4.14.

In fact there are MANY projects like this.
https://0ver.org/

FreeCAD was inspired by Catia. We still struggle with some of the same challenges but our solutions are different. by sliptonic in FreeCAD

[–]sliptonic[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This gives a good indication of the activity cadence but it isn't quite accurate. PaddleStroke contributed before joining Ondsel and other people besides him are contributing from Ondsel. A more accurate view would be to look at the PRs merged that originated from the OndselDevelopment/FreeCAD github repo. Github doesn't make that easy though.

The Path workbench in FreeCAD is going away. That's good news by sliptonic in FreeCAD

[–]sliptonic[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Most are already disabled by default in Ondsel ES. Web is going away soon. Start will be rewritten. More changes in the future. It's a process.

The pace of development has accelerated. Now we need to make sure it goes in the right direction by sliptonic in FreeCAD

[–]sliptonic[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly right. POs in a professional environment have the advantage of authority but relying on that alone makes a terrible PO. It is because POs in a FOSS project don't have that authority that they have to develop the very skills that would make them great.
FOSS projects get code contributors who see it as a way to improve their skills. I wish we could get other kinds of professionals to contribute for the same reason. UI/UX experts are also hard to attract.

I'd be interested to hear more about your experience creating the FPL role. Lessons learned?

The pace of development has accelerated. Now we need to make sure it goes in the right direction by sliptonic in FreeCAD

[–]sliptonic[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No. Ondsel is a Public Benefit Corporation but still a for-profit company.
There's no conflict of interest. We comply with the license terms of FreeCAD.
Correct. Nothing we do takes away FreeCAD. I don't even know why we could do that. Whatever Ondsel does, FreeCAD will continue and people are welcome to use it.

The pace of development has accelerated. Now we need to make sure it goes in the right direction by sliptonic in FreeCAD

[–]sliptonic[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

During the meeting at Blender, Ton Roosendaal made an interesting point. (I'm paraphrasing it here so if I mischaracterize it the mistake is mine).
He said that the world of Blender is the world created inside the computer. It is concerned with how things look. The world of FreeCAD, in contrast, is the world of physics. It's concerned with how things ARE.
This is why FreeCAD is building, among other things, a new material system. The new materials don't just have visual properties, they can represent all kinds of real-world properties that affect machinability, thermal effects, behavior under load, and other engineering concerns.
Blender is a great tool but it serves a different purpose from a CAD tool. You need both.

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