FreeCAD Legacy Migration: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
==Python 3 Features== | ==Python 3 Features== | ||
* [https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484/ Type Hints] - Greatly increases the quality of our code and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentation_generator generated documentation] | * [https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484/ Type Hints] - Greatly increases the quality of our code and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentation_generator generated documentation] | ||
=Costs of Not Using the Latest FreeCAD Version= | |||
* Less help on the FreeCAD forums | |||
** According to the [https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2264 FreeCAD Forum Rules], you must "Make sure your FreeCAD version is up to date" before posting. | |||
** My first post for help on the forums, I was told that I need to use the latest version of FreeCAD and try my issue before posting. [https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=42697#p362953 See the following post and reply]. | |||
=Python 2 Is No Longer Supported!!!= | =Python 2 Is No Longer Supported!!!= | ||
Revision as of 01:58, 4 May 2020
Introduction
This page is meant to document the motivation of why OSE should migrate away from FreeCAD 16 or FreeCAD Legacy.
Motivation
The is motivation for migrating away from FreeCAD Legacy.
FreeCAD 17 Features
- Addon Manager - Vastly simplifies installing additional workbenches and macros
- Part: Attachment - Links, or attaches objects parameterically which means that if the attached-to object's placement changes, then the attached object will update it's position automatically.
FreeCAD 18 Features
- Part: Explode Compound - Explode a compound into it's individual parts
- New Style Workbenches - Multiple reasons, but the big one is integration with The Python Package Index (PyPi) and pip
FreeCAD 19 Features
- Link - Finally can make assemblies a reality
Python 3 Features
- Type Hints - Greatly increases the quality of our code and generated documentation
Costs of Not Using the Latest FreeCAD Version
- Less help on the FreeCAD forums
- According to the FreeCAD Forum Rules, you must "Make sure your FreeCAD version is up to date" before posting.
- My first post for help on the forums, I was told that I need to use the latest version of FreeCAD and try my issue before posting. See the following post and reply.
Python 2 Is No Longer Supported!!!
Python 2 was sun-setted on January 1, 2020. That means the Python Software Foundation will not improve it anymore after that day, even if someone finds a security problem in it. You should upgrade to Python 3 as soon as you can.