[Problem] Assembly: Possibility to Inspect the Assembly

[maxwxyz]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Problem description

There should be some possibilities to inspect the assembly:

• display degrees of freedom (DoF) for the parts (maybe in the property view, maybe in an inspection dialog, maybe display them directly in the 3D view (e.g. arrows)
• alternatively an option to wiggle/animate the assembly in all open degrees of freedom, to see if the assembly is working correctly and all joints were made.
• Check for intersection of parts / collision (clash) detection. But also allow a maximum/minimum distance input and analyze if no parts have a closer or larger distance to each other
• Assembly Hierarchy and Structure: Displaying the organization of components within the assembly hierarchy is crucial for managing complex assemblies. The WB should provide tools for displaying the relation of all components, maybe like the dependency graph

To add from the FreeCAD Day 2024 Complaint Session:
No way to get the mass of a sub assembly. Material properties are not handled properly assemblies, you cant get aggregate properties

Full version info

OS: Windows 11 build 22631
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.22.0dev.35966 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: main
Hash: 7f5d89fa1942fec79222e4d173655744037164dc
Python 3.10.13, Qt 5.15.8, Coin 4.0.2, Vtk 9.2.6, OCC 7.6.3
Locale: German/Germany (de_DE)
Installed mods: 
  * 3DfindIT 1.2.0
  * BIM 2021.12.0
  * CfdOF 1.25.1
  * CurvedShapes 1.0.5
  * Curves 0.6.23
  * Defeaturing 1.2.2
  * fasteners 0.5.2
  * FEMbyGEN 2.1.0
  * freecad.gears 1.0.0
  * freecad_metal_workbench 0.0.1
  * OpenDark 2023.12.17
  * sheetmetal 0.4.0
  * woodworking 0.21.2.33771

Subproject(s) affected?

Assembly

Anything else?

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[maxwxyz]

@PaddleStroke is this issue ok or should I split it up for each point?

[pierreporte]

Assembly Hierarchy and Structure: Displaying the organization of components within the assembly hierarchy is crucial for managing complex assemblies. The WB should provide tools for displaying the relation of all components, maybe like the dependency graph

Isn’t that what the tree view is for?

[maxwxyz]

also found an older post how A2 displays DoF with labels: https://forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.php?p=553768#p553768