Samuel

[Here is the branch.](/knipknap/FreeCad/tree/toolbit-library-9466) This is actually half way there already, some parts of what we discussed is finished: The dock is gone, everything works from directly within the library...

One problem with the "tool icons/thumbnails" I noticed during the implementation: The only way to display them is by creating a temporary tool in an active document. That is a...

@sliptonic I am mighty confused by "class _TableView" in BitLibrary.py. This [class implementation has references to self.toolModel()](https://github.com/knipknap/FreeCAD/blob/48ef2cf37de98b8ab2a039f79344212d00cf7197/src/Mod/Path/Path/Tool/Gui/BitLibrary.py#L190), but I don't see it being defined anywhere. Is this monkey-patched somewhere? I...

Since this issue was stalled, I implemented all features [as an Addon](https://github.com/knipknap/better-tool-library), In case somebody want to still do something like it in FreeCAD directly, maybe there is something useful...

Can you try if the problem also exists in Version a48030c?

Every version since does ;-), but the question was whether you have the same problem with the version from this particular commit. Because there were some changes after that that...

Yeah, I doubt this can or should be solved without a major redesign of the whole queuing mechanism. By now, Python comes with good support for pooling, and the whole...

> The addon provides some nice utility but it isn't suitable for merging upstream for a few reasons. First, it's re-incorporating some of the existing tool shapes but with a...

@jamwaffles If old files are not automatically translated from the previous values, it would be good to at least let the user edit/update the direction. As of now, it seems...

Hey, thanks for the report - I don't have access to my PC for the rest of the year unfortunately, so I am afraid I can't provide a short term...