Vertical UI Setup for FreeCAD Link aka FreeCAD Linkstage3
FreeCAD Link is an experimental branch of FreeCAD created by @realthunder (Patreon). It can be downloaded from his repository.
Please backup your User/FreeCAD folder first. Or backup the parameters file by opening FreeCAD, going Tools -> Edit Parameters and clicking "Export"
Watch the installation procedure via clip
- Download the repo by either:
git clone https://github.com/StudioPetrikas/FreeCADLink_VertUI
- Clicking the green "Code" button and selecting "Download ZIP"
- Extract the ZIP
- Copy the
Gui
folder to yourUser/FreeCAD
folder:- Windows:
%APPDATA%/FreeCAD
orC:\Users\[USER]\AppData\Roaming\FreeCAD
- Linux:
~/.FreeCAD
or/home/USER/.FreeCAD
or/home/USER/.config/FreeCAD
- macOS
~/Library/Preferences/FreeCAD
- Windows:
- Run FreeCAD Link
- Go to
Tools
>Edit Parameters
- Press
Merge
button >From File
- Select the
VertUI.FCParam
file - Repeat that last 3 steps again (see note below)
Important note: Loading parameters is still experimental. There are issues that can be fixed by simply re-merging VertUI.FCParam
multiple times.
I also have purposely avoided making a preset configuration, because I found it to be very inconsistent.
TBD