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FreeShape 1.8.4 — Smarter selection, planes and sketching

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@richiewillmott richiewillmott released this 30 Oct 20:43

Selection, planes and sketching all get a big upgrade, plus a way to search for any tool and new tools for cleaning up imported STEP parts.

New

  • Box selection (3D view and sketcher): drag left-to-right (blue, solid) to select what's fully inside; right-to-left (green, dashed) to also select what the box touches. Shift / Ctrl adds to the selection.
  • Select menu: choose whether clicks and boxes pick vertices, edges, faces, solids, sketches or planes. Vertices can now be selected.
  • Search tools (Ctrl+Space, Alt+C, or the top-bar box): type to filter tools and commands, Enter to start, Esc to close.
  • Space deselects everything. Arrow keys turn the view 15° per tap.
  • Plane types: Offset, Plane + point, Line + angle, Point + edge normal, Three points, Mid plane, Curve + point, Tangent. "Automatic" picks the type from your selection, and Sketch does the same.
  • Delete face (heal, cap or leave the void open), Move face and Offset surface for editing imported parts.
  • Sketch inference: yellow dotted guides when you line up horizontally / vertically with a hovered point or midpoint, and tangent snapping for lines on circles and arcs.
  • Resizable feature windows: drag the edge or corner of any feature or sketch panel.

Changed

  • A 3-point arc now keeps its three points instead of becoming a 2-point arc with a radius.
  • Version numbering is just 1.8.4 — the "r8" revision label is gone from the app, installers and file names.

Downloads

  • Windows: FreeShape-Setup-1.8.4.exe
  • Mac (Apple Silicon): FreeShape-1.8.4-mac-arm64.dmg
  • Linux: FreeShape-1.8.4-x86_64.AppImage
  • Source: FreeShape-1.8.4.zip