Thomas D.

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The tooltip should be updated again. It says that the file should be open in the current session but https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/12406/commits/c9eab8618045f9a9772eef742b31fe348be6b3f0 fixes #12168 so it isn’t required anymore. > Insert a...

@PaddleStroke The correct term is “belt”, not “pulley”. It’s like using the term “wheel” for “gear”. Belts need pulleys, but pulleys have a broader use than belts. By the way,...

Is the new Pulley/Belt joint able to do this sort of thing? With multiple pulley inside out. ![image](https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/assets/2029853/d7d4f0e4-118d-4067-b67d-35022ec30ac6)

There are also timing belts (belts with teeth), which are very similar to chain drives with sprockets.

Yes. It means that it may be better to have a more generic joint with options.

I like what Solidworks do with the title bar. The menu (file, edit, etc.) lies in it and is followed by commonly used icons (new file, open file, save, undo,...

The “tape measurement” features had it: ![](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/30831735/191809788-f6534270-b665-499d-991a-b6967d0b2856.png)

An alternative way could be to use measurement annotations to make selection more obvious in 3D, with some properties attached (like point/plane/line/circle or what part is belongs to). Clicking on...

This can be long to compute so it may be best to have a checkbox to enable auto update, and provide manual update (it can be the recompute command).

@chennes Looking at the screenshots, they look pretty decent. The only problem is the background but it has already been discussed: needs #13980 to be fixed before. The themes may...