Nice. I've always been in the habit of using the mesh workbench to convert my final model to mesh before export. Then it allows you to set the deviation for export. That way you can use a larger deviation for a weaker PC but still export fine deviation for printing.
I wasn't aware until I watched this video, that it's possible to export a .stl file directly, by this avoiding to change to the mesh workbench, create a mesh/stl structure and export that one later on. Tried that export and found another interesting feature for 3D Print, which is a direct export to .3mf, "3D manufacturing Format". That format is used by the slicer I'm using, the PrusaSlicer, when saving projects. From now on, I'll focus on using the .3mf format for 3D printing in FreeCad, because it seems to be much more efficient and quicker than the .stl format, which consists basically of a huge number of triangle definitions.
3mf is still triangles though. Ever since PrusaSlicer directly supports STEP, I've been using that. Leaving the tessellation on the slicer usually works better, in my experience.
@@MangoJellySolutions Santa decided I have to work all weekend. But it will pay for my HVAC repairs happening right now. LOL. I drew the short straw last night. But at least I still had heat. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years.
@@MangoJellySolutions Oh, I know that one. You are aware that you don't need to do it in dialog windows in FreeCAD and most other software since the 1990s? OK already implies Apply. Hitting Apply before OK is redundant.
@@olavl8827 lol yep I know that but so used to applying settings whilst the window is open and seeing the changes take effect so I don't have to reopen the settings again to make minor changes that I forget each time I demo to just use OK as I am just showing on thing.
What I'm wanting is a way to set the colors that get used to *ONE*, no matter what I'm doing. I've got projects that chose ungodly color combinations (One is an electric blue body color, with almost glowing red lines - HIDEOUSLY bad - due to the long-known optical illusion that happens when you put bright red on bright blue, the whole darn thing looks like it's vibrating/buzzing/shivering anytime I'm not looking DIRECTLY at it. INCREDIBLY distracting and annoying. Another one decided it wanted to be a nasty dark olive-greenish-brown, making it nearly impossible to see ANY lines or details. I can't find a way to say "I want the body to ALWAYS be THIS color when idle, and when highlighted, this other color, nothing else, ever, and I want my lines to be this other color (and a partner color when highlighted/selected) and never anything else." Instead, I seem to be stuck with FreeCAD picking colors at random, and WAY too often, the colors that it picks *JUST* *PLAIN* *SUCK*.
This is weird as me and @freecadguy was talking about this the other day as he saw me colouring different models as mine are set as default to be grey. He pointed me to the random colour checkbox in the settings which I never knew existed. You may want to turn this off. Top menu-> Preferences->Part/Part Design->Shape Appearance. That may help you. Let me know if it helps as it sounds like you been struggling with this. And from someone who has a sight disability I know how problematic that kind of thing is.
@@MangoJellySolutions Worth trying - This is (just like for you. it sounds like) a setting I've never encountered before. I'd be perfectly happy if every body I create were to be shown like on "thingiverse" or similar - That pale bluish shade, (FWIW, it's ALMOST the exact color of MatterHackers regular blue PLA - not the "royal blue", the "regular" blue) with black lines and vertices gives decent-to-excellent visibility and makes details easily seen. Some of the combinations that have shown up on my screen have been so bad it's effectively impossible to do anything but throw up my hands and start over from scratch when they get picked - purely because I can't *SEE* the model to be able to work with it. No real vision problems here - being 50+, I wear bifocals for my nearsightedness, but beyond that, my vision is good enough for pretty much any purpose - as long as the color combination isn't so bad that it's effectively invisible.
@@felsinferguson1125 That is odd because 'random' is definitely not default, I've set it for myself for easier work with multiple shapes, and I like the look. I did tweak lines/vertices colours too to keep them visible, and after this video found Preferences>3dView>Marker size (means vertices size in Sketcher for some reason) and under it there is Pick Radius, which is for 3D view, not Sketcher, and will highlight objects more readily. With bigger vertices I have much less trouble hitting them, almost as good as snapping Sketcher sadly doesn't have.
