This project provides a pack of FreeCAD utilities:
- Camera POV Saver
- 8D+ FreeCAD HyperController
- Direct Scripting with exported bindable functions and variables
- Custom python paths configurator
- Bindable Timers
- Physical external KeyPad (Macro keyboard)
- Dynamic SVG Import with re-sync, selection, grouping, ...
- Python 3.8+
- FreeCAD 0.21+
- pyserial (if you will use HyperController)
Use the Addon Manager, search for:
- Filter -> Addon Type = Any
- Search = Utils
Download this repository as a zip file, and extract into your FreeCAD extensions dir:
- Old FreeCAD versions:
$HOME/.FreeCAD/Mod - New FreeCAD versions:
$HOME/.local/share/FreeCAD/Mod
Then restart FreeCAD.
Clone this repository inside your FreeCAD extensions dir:
- Old FreeCAD versions:
$HOME/.FreeCAD/Mod - New FreeCAD versions:
$HOME/.local/share/FreeCAD/Mod
cd ~/.local/share/FreeCAD/Mod
git clone https://github.com/mnesarco/FreeCAD_Utils.git
Then restart FreeCAD.
- Main Thread: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=55511
- Keypad: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=55374
- 8D Space Controller: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=54367
- Scripting utilities: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=54026
- Svg Dynamic Import: https://forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.php?t=55511&start=40#p780479
- Scripting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnlR2qCRbKI
- Python Path config: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkiOFCtvPws
- Camera (POV) saver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGuCerRy0vE
- HyperController: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9VPcpPox0Q
- Remote Control: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc3DguSp8wA
HyperController is a hardware device for 3D space navigation and manipulation inside FreeCAD. It features 8+ DOF capabilities.
https://github.com/mnesarco/HyperController.git
HyperController requires pyserial, if you are running an installed version of FreeCAD using system's python3, just install pyserial in your system using your prefered method. But if you are using an AppImage, it probably will not have pyserial installed and system libs will not be used. In that case, you can use the custom Python path configurator (included in this pack) to search for pyserial from an arbitrary directory, just download and extract pyserial into a directory and then add its path to the additional python paths and restart FreeCAD.
- Official pyserial source: https://pypi.org/project/pyserial/#files
- How to install it in FreeCAD (the easy way): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkiOFCtvPws