> On Oct 9, 2026, at 12:59 PM, maurice e heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ...I'm used to seeing the editable src code in the left pane, but did not > succeed in finding such a display option. The engine block shown is far > from finished, as is the back hoe arm. The display was dead stable, although > noticeably slow on this N95 powered machine. But w/o the ability to SEE (& > assuming I could edit it) the src code that generated those images,
Ho, this might be the source of your misunderstanding. Thinking there is some kind of “source code” that makes the images. Sorry. There is none. It is not that you cannot edit or find it. The image is the “real thing” or “truth,” and if ever there is some text file it was created from referencing that picture. Think of it this way: You are Michelangelo carving a statue of David from a rock. There is no text file, only rock. Then 500 years later someone uses a laser to digitize the statue. This is how 3D CAD works: you make an object, then maybe you need an STL file so you can print it; the software uses lasers or whatever to measure the object and make an STL file. The object ithe object inside the computer is real, just like the money you have in the bank is “just numbers in a computer” but, no it’s real. I think many people miss this: 3D CAD makes the actual object, not some description of it that has to be converted to the object. Finally, what is confusing perhaps is that objects do not have “time order”; there is no “do this first and then that and finally do this.” That statue of David is just David, all at the same time. I can see where CAD would seem very confusing if you did not see that you were making something in the same way you would make something with a scroll saw or drill press. In FreeCAD that “source code” is a dependency tree. It tracks what depends on what. I make a diaper 12mm and then another “0.1mm less,” so this last dimension depends on the fit. A good model can have thousands of dependencies. It is not source code; it is not something you could run. Next problem is the FreecAD just happens to have the worst user interface of any 3D CAD system. It works, but the user experience is poorer than with other systems. _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
