FreeCAD plugin (official thread)

[thopiekar 46]

Open some FreeCAD files in Cura using the plugin. Previously there were some difficulties with files, which have multiple bodies or other shaped objects. The macro should go through all objects within the FCstd file and export them all.

[UbuntuBirdy 56]

Ok, now I can understand, what this macro is good for. WOW, that would really be a killer feature!

 

But, I can not open any FreeCAD file in Cura using the modified plugin:

Datei kann nicht geöffnet werden
{0} konnte nicht geladen werden. Die Datei könnte fehlerhaft oder unzugänglich sein.

And uninstalling, deleting the plugin folder an reinstalling the plugin does not solve this issue. Could probably be something else. I'm not sure, which version of the plugin I had installed before...

 

BTW: I'm working with the PPA version of FreeCAD, which you mentioned some posts earlier.

[thopiekar 46]

This could be the problem eventually. Can you tell me which version of FreeCAD is installed and which OS and version you are using?

Would like to reproduce it 🙂

 

Many thanks so far!

- Thomas

[UbuntuBirdy 56]

OS: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.4.
Build type: Release
Python version: 3.8.2
Qt version: 5.12.5
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: German/Switzerland (de_CH)

 

[Jenny1234 0]

Hello thopiekar, I installed the plugin freeCAD Integration but I don't know how to use it. I can't find the plugin in cura and I also don't know how to use it in freeCAD.

 

Can you help me please? 

Thank you

[herrdeh 0]

Hello, I tried to open a FC file with CURA 4.11.0. Files produced from these FC versions:

 

OS: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS (ubuntu:GNOME/ubuntu)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.25065 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 4de2ad46b2b9c78ac2721a0dbea7c19306261095
Python version: 3.9.4
Qt version: 5.12.9
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.5.2
Locale: German/Germany (de_DE)

 

as well as:

 

OS: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS (ubuntu:GNOME/ubuntu)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.
Build type: Release
Branch: unknown
Hash: dfa62af40f2955d73c6ff48ee73f238bce7d0db2
Python version: 3.8.10
Qt version: 5.12.8
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.5.2
Locale: German/Germany (de_DE)

 

With both, I get the (German) message "could not be loaded, could be damaged, inaccessible or does not contain any models".

What am I doing wrong?

 

Cheers,

Wolf