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Commonly Requested and Discussed Features and Enhancements to SolveSpce

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Features already "planned" for a future "4.0" version

Constraints

• Parametric sketches, parametric constraints, variables. inequality constraints etc.
  Examples: x=2 y=3 z=x+5 3*x+z x <7
  Parametric sketches #77 Inequality constraints #81 Add point on line segment constraint #422 Hierarchical sketches #80 refresh file from the CLI #166 (duplicates Min/Max constraints for angle #273 Algebraic constraints #542 Named parameters (Feature request) #931 Parametric Template Components #1030 variables #1253)
• "Angle Ratio" and "Angle Difference" - covered by parametric constraints Feature Request: "Angle Ratio" and "Angle difference" #1023
• Constrain multiple objects simultaneously, batch constraints Allow constraints to apply to multiple objects #573 "Variadic" constrain equal #921 (pull requests >=2 objects in eq and parallel constraints #530 Batch constraint editing #836 Sync multiconstraint with current state #1314)
• Tangent constraints on lines and curves with no common points Allow tangents on curves/arcs/lines without coincident endpoints (Was: "Arc of circle tangential to line segment kind of works but is broken") #937

Construction tools, solids etc.

• Extrude at an angle or skewed? It is already possible. See here Suggestion: New Extrude type Skewed #453 (comment)
• Loft, extrude along arbitrary path Feature request: Extrude along an arbitrary path / Loft #439
• Chamfer, fillet make chamfers as easy as fillets #149 Add chamfer and fillet tools #577
• Mirror tool Mirror groups #72
• Hole tool Hole Tool - feature #955
• Spiral (probably not happening) Feature - New Group: Spiral (flat spiral) #426

User Interface

• Navigation Cube Orientation arrows in lower left corner would be more useful as part of a viewcube #70 Feature request: Navigation Cube #1006
• Suppressing some solid models? Already possible, but see here Feature request: Supress solid model in property browsers #1007
• Having trouble selecting what you want? Too many overlapping entities? Add an exploded view to sketches #1003 (comment)

Export

• Export STEP files as solids instead of as surfaces Feature Request: Exporting (better) solid STEP #206
• Export "blueprints" Export 2D View as Blueprint #143
• DXF export problems? Comment here DXF Export "Correctness" #361
• Bill of materials Export of Bill of Materials #24

Import, Link

• SVG import Add SVG import support #245 convert the SVG to DXF with Inkscape and import the DXF
• STL or OBJ import Link OBJ and STL files #724
• STEP files Linking STEP files #88
• DXF DWG import problems? Interest in replacing libdxfrw with libredwg? Esp. for constraints and dwg #326

Problems with solid geometry? Red lines and missing surfaces in your model?

• Look here first All NURBS and mesh bugs and their test models in one place #738. New simple examples are always welcome as new issues.
• Edges have "see through" dotted lines? Yes they do. Solid edges drawn with glitches #379 All solid edges shown as occluded #378

Parts model library

• Model library #330
• Suggestion: Parts Library #793

Technical drawing fonts (ISO, ГОСТ etc.)

• Add "osifont" as default built-in TrueType font #1164

OS Support

• Windows XP unofficial releases here https://github.com/ruevs/solvespace/releases/. Officially deprecated.
• OpenGL 1 unsupported, but still works Windows error in SolveSpace 3.0 for windows 10. (Support for old video cards/drivers a.k.a. OpenGL 1) #1036. Unofficial build same as above.
• Older macOS Feature Request: Backwards compatibility for macOS 10.14.5 #1086
• Fonts not visible in the Text tool on Windows? Custom TTF fonts not showing up on Windows 10 #1050 (comment)
• Linux distributions, FreeBSD, NetBSD packaging status https://repology.org/project/solvespace/versions
• Haiku - Suggestion on porting realtaraharris/solvespace#1

SolveSpace is slow? Performance problems?

• Look through these first
• Performance testing models (slow speed benchmarks) #1186

Alternative UI toolkit/framework?

• Dear ImGui - Use dear imgui for user interface #263
• Qt - Qt5 UI for SolveSpace #401
• FLTK - Add FLTK GUI (alternative frontend) #1117
  A FLTK port was added on 2013-10-28 in c60e3dd and removed (in favor of GTK3 and Cocoa) on 2015-07-10 in d0c0a7a.
• GTK 4 - Prep for GTK4 #853
• Haiku native - realtaraharris/solvespace@0e44892#r107319428 Suggestion on porting realtaraharris/solvespace#1

Donating crowdfunding

#265 #716 #788 https://solvespace.com/forum.pl?action=viewthread&parent=1590&tt=1618728484

[ruevs]

https://ltnr.ca/Lib/solvespaceTips.html a nice list of useful hints (slightly outdated in places, because it was written for 2.3)