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Does anyone know how to automatically hide/delete these crosshairs that appear in FreeCAD TechDraw workbench?
#FreeCAD #TechDraw
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If this isn't bureaucracy in France in a nutshell 😅
Sign outside of a relatively small wind farm giving chronology of the project, translated to English, it reads:
1998 - project starts
2002 - applied for a construction permit 🤞
🦗 ... 🦗
2018 - construction starts 😅
2020 - construction ends
2021 - commissioning and grid connection
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Messy but making progress
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#RealTimeCAD #FreeCAD writing the freaking docs takes FOREVER but is also satisfying.
Trying to follow Julian Stirling's advice for OSHW docs: don't have any photos, they will be quickly out of date 😆 (am very guilty of this)
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Engagement vs followers
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On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: Does anyone know how to automatically hide/delete these crosshai · 33 likes + reposts
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Does anyone know how to automatically hide/delete these crosshairs that appear in FreeCAD TechDraw workbench?
#FreeCAD #TechDraw
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@NUeB @marlinz008
@NUeB @marlinz008 they don't seem to be from arcs, or part origins/datums---I suspect maybe some invisible artifacts from a previous failed Exploded View attempt (not visible in the tree) --- in any case I was able to hide them using the "…
using this great video as a guide for Assembly --> Exploded View --> BOM --> TechDraw workflow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tC7O7Dja40
Messy but making progress
#RealTimeCAD #FreeCAD writing the freaking docs takes FOREVER but is also satisfying.
Trying to follow Julian Stirling's advice for OSHW docs: don't have any photos, they will be quickly out of date 😆 (am very guilty of this)
"Earlier this month, the FHWA quietly removed a set of recommendations — including bike lanes and speed cameras — from a list of "Proven Safety Countermeasures" that have been vetted by agency staff and shown to improve road safety.
A DOT …
Hmm. The unfortunate reality of the Carnot cycle and the need to not boil the fish?
"The latest French heatwave has forced the temporary shutdown of three nuclear power stations to avoid the discharge of warm cooling water into overheated …
A reminder you can literally build your own (admittedly, much smaller) wind turbine using a Piggott turbine design, with the resources and knowledge of the Wind Empowerment network at https://windempowerment.org/ . No construction permit n…
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2.3 MW turbines it seems (E-70?)
I don't know the actual history, maybe there is a good reason... but I enjoyed seeing this as someone often refreshing various french government websites to check on the status of a "depot de demande de" something or other (no construction…
If this isn't bureaucracy in France in a nutshell 😅
Sign outside of a relatively small wind farm giving chronology of the project, translated to English, it reads:
1998 - project starts
2002 - applied for a construction permit 🤞
🦗 ... 🦗
…
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Nov 2023
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🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2023 — 2 years ago.
👁️Averages 10 views per post.
📤Posts about 4.5× per week.
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🧪 Research scientist and engineer fed up with the status quo (electrochemical engineering: batteries and electrocatalysis).
⚙️ Into appropriate technology, open-source hardware, co-ops (of all kinds), solidarity economy, and that sort of thing.
🐣 Grew up across the Mississippi River from Cahokia Mounds (St. Louis, Missouri)
📍 Drôme, FR
🏕️ Distance running, bikelife, getting off-grid
🏴 In the lower left of the political compass
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