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Magic Drill overwrites parametric panel dimensions #32
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I guess this issue is not only related to single tool, I think this should be general testing with expressions. |
OK - Agree not urgent - but very painful if you have a lot of holes etc.
My design required several hundred manual corrections which took many
hours to rectify.
…On 02:59, Tue 16 Jan 24, Darek L wrote:
I guess this issue is not only related to single tool, I think this should be general testing with expressions.
Well, I am not sure this is urgent issue but I will look into this. So leave it open.
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Can you add sample freeCAD file, with simple scenario, this will be easier to determine how to fix it |
2 files. First magic_drill.FCSd contains a simple spreadsheet controlling panel size |
I have improved the main Cube to Pad function. So now all the conversions should keep the expressions. Feel free to re-open this issue if there still problem related to this issue. Thanks. |
Thanks - great response and I liked the video! Maybe there is an argument for X and Y remaining unchanged but I'm not sure you would often want the holes to stay in the same position if you change the face Z value. I dont know if that is possible as I suspect might you lose that upon the cube to pad construction based on what the dialogue values where at the time. However if they could retain some essence of the spreadsheet expression from the face then any small adjustments can be made with a lot less manual editing of constraints. Maybe something for some further development? Thanks |
If you use a spreadsheet to size a panel using parameters and then add holes through the magic drill then the sizes that were defined as formulas get replaced by the current size values when the part is created.
ie you lose all the elements of the design and need to edit these in manually as constraints on the sketches or attachment coordinates.
The magic drill script should preserve any parametric entries when the part and sub-components of it are created
I suspect magic dowels does the same.
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