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prelininary release notes: https://wiki.freecad.org/Release_notes_1.0 https://wiki.freecad.org/Release_notes_1.0 the headliner is definitely topological naming

prelininary release notes: https://wiki.freecad.org/Release_notes_1.0 https://wiki.freecad.org/Release_notes_1.0 the headliner is definitely topological naming improvements

alright2565 2y ago
IMO the biggest thing is the auto-dimension tool. Instead of remembering 10 different keyboard shortcuts or constantly having to click on the toolbar, I just need to remember a single shortcut.
throwgfgfd25 2y ago
I would say the most significant things for most hobby CAD users are: * topological naming issue mitigations -- this is mostly solved enough that you can rely on it, though there are definitely still times when it makes more sense to use sketches offset from the base planes * the new integrated Assembly workbench (and solver) though I've not dabbled with this myself * really significant improvements in the sketcher (easier dimensioning, curved slots, polar arrays and improvements to the array tools controls, offset/scale, automatic midpoint constraints) * support for bodies with multiple non-overlapping solids in Part Design * useful subtle improvements to Part Design array tools * some support for operations (pads/revolves/pockets) on only selected shapes from a sketch in Part Design * I don't do CNC yet but I think there are improvements in the CNC workbench that would benefit hobbyists. I would put the UI improvements somewhere lower down the list, frankly, than they do, because I find them often confusing and regularly frustrating on laptop screens, but: * the new dark theme is really nice * OpenTheme's dark theme works well * quick transparency toggling is helpful * and the optional tab bar for workbench switching helps make various disparate workbench tools just that much quicker to get to, somehow, making it all feel a little closer-knit
- 9cb14c1ec0 2y ago
  Polar arrays will bring me running back to FreeCAD. There are some geometries that are really hard to sketch if you can't use polar arrays.
- rightbyte 2y ago
  > the new integrated Assembly workbench (and solver) though I've not dabbled with this myself FreeCad badly needed this. I will try it out. Any complex drawing quickly go out of hand without assemblies. Also, finaly there seem to be some real measurement ulitity! 'Std Measure'. I've gone made trying to build some parts I made in FreeCad without a sane way to measure distances. I so want FreeCad to kick some entrenched corp ass.

prelininary release notes: https://wiki.freecad.org/Release_notes_1.0 https://wiki.freecad.org/Release_notes_1.0 the headliner is definitely topological naming improvements

alright2565 2y ago

IMO the biggest thing is the auto-dimension tool. Instead of remembering 10 different keyboard shortcuts or constantly having to click on the toolbar, I just need to remember a single shortcut.

throwgfgfd25 2y ago

I would say the most significant things for most hobby CAD users are: * topological naming issue mitigations -- this is mostly solved enough that you can rely on it, though there are definitely still times when it makes more sense to use sketches offset from the base planes * the new integrated Assembly workbench (and solver) though I've not dabbled with this myself * really significant improvements in the sketcher (easier dimensioning, curved slots, polar arrays and improvements to the array tools controls, offset/scale, automatic midpoint constraints) * support for bodies with multiple non-overlapping solids in Part Design * useful subtle improvements to Part Design array tools * some support for operations (pads/revolves/pockets) on only selected shapes from a sketch in Part Design * I don't do CNC yet but I think there are improvements in the CNC workbench that would benefit hobbyists. I would put the UI improvements somewhere lower down the list, frankly, than they do, because I find them often confusing and regularly frustrating on laptop screens, but: * the new dark theme is really nice * OpenTheme's dark theme works well * quick transparency toggling is helpful * and the optional tab bar for workbench switching helps make various disparate workbench tools just that much quicker to get to, somehow, making it all feel a little closer-knit

9cb14c1ec0 2y ago
Polar arrays will bring me running back to FreeCAD. There are some geometries that are really hard to sketch if you can't use polar arrays.
rightbyte 2y ago
> the new integrated Assembly workbench (and solver) though I've not dabbled with this myself FreeCad badly needed this. I will try it out. Any complex drawing quickly go out of hand without assemblies. Also, finaly there seem to be some real measurement ulitity! 'Std Measure'. I've gone made trying to build some parts I made in FreeCad without a sane way to measure distances. I so want FreeCad to kick some entrenched corp ass.