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New feature idea? Missing functionality? Look here first.

Open ruevs opened this issue 4 years ago • 3 comments

Commonly Requested and Discussed Features and Enhancements to SolveSpce

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Features already "planned" for a future "4.0" version

Constraints

  • [ ] Parametric sketches, parametric constraints, variables. inequality constraints etc. Examples: x=2 y=3 z=x+5 3*x+z x <7https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/77 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/81 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/422 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/80 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/166 (duplicates https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/273 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/542 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/931 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/1030 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/1253)
  • [ ] "Angle Ratio" and "Angle Difference" - covered by parametric constraints https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/1023
  • [x] Constrain multiple objects simultaneously, batch constraints https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/573 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/921 (pull requests https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/pull/530 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/pull/836 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/pull/1314)
  • [x] Tangent constraints on lines and curves with no common points https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/937

Construction tools, solids etc.

  • [x] Extrude at an angle or skewed? It is already possible. See here https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/453#issuecomment-642508274
  • [ ] Loft, extrude along arbitrary path https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/439
  • [ ] Chamfer, fillet https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/149 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/577
  • [ ] Mirror tool https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/72
  • [ ] Hole tool https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/955
  • [ ] Spiral (probably not happening) https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/426

User Interface

  • [ ] Navigation Cube https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/70 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/1006
  • [x] Suppressing some solid models? Already possible, but see here https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/1007
  • [x] Having trouble selecting what you want? Too many overlapping entities? https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/pull/1003#issuecomment-813511851

Export

  • [x] Export STEP files as solids instead of as surfaces https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/206
  • [ ] Export "blueprints" https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/143
  • [ ] DXF export problems? Comment here https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/361
  • [ ] Bill of materials https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/24

Import, Link

  • SVG import https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/245 convert the SVG to DXF with Inkscape and import the DXF
  • STL or OBJ import https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/724
  • STEP files https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/88
  • DXF DWG import problems? https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/326

Problems with solid geometry? Red lines and missing surfaces in your model?

  • Look here first https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/738. New simple examples are always welcome as new issues.
  • Edges have "see through" dotted lines? Yes they do. https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/379 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/378

Parts model library

  • https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/330
  • https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/793

Technical drawing fonts (ISO, ГОСТ etc.)

  • https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/1164

OS Support

  • Windows XP unofficial releases here https://github.com/ruevs/solvespace/releases/. Officially deprecated.
  • OpenGL 1 unsupported, but still works https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/1036. Unofficial build same as above.
  • Older macOS https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/1086
  • Fonts not visible in the Text tool on Windows? https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/1050#issuecomment-985541058
  • Linux distributions, FreeBSD, NetBSD packaging status https://repology.org/project/solvespace/versions
  • Haiku - https://github.com/realtaraharris/solvespace/issues/1

SolveSpace is slow? Performance problems?

Alternative UI toolkit/framework?

  • Dear ImGui - https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/263
  • Qt - https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/401
  • FLTK - https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/1117 A FLTK port was added on 2013-10-28 in c60e3dd34 and removed (in favor of GTK3 and Cocoa) on 2015-07-10 in d0c0a7ae5a9181d66b1eb272f083ba28f0ef2887.
  • GTK 4 - https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/853
  • Haiku native - https://github.com/realtaraharris/solvespace/commit/0e44892bc3c132d4afafaa2de45ee1063b77a35c#r107319428 https://github.com/realtaraharris/solvespace/issues/1

Donating crowdfunding

https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/265 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/716 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/788 https://solvespace.com/forum.pl?action=viewthread&parent=1590&tt=1618728484

ruevs avatar Apr 22 '21 10:04 ruevs

https://ltnr.ca/Lib/solvespaceTips.html a nice list of useful hints (slightly outdated in places, because it was written for 2.3)

ruevs avatar Sep 08 '21 18:09 ruevs