[LinkStage3] SplitDark and Pie menu's installing using the Preferences presets functionality.
At the moment, these preferences presets are intended to be used with Realthunder’s FreeCAD LinkStage3 development branch that can be downloaded from here: https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD_assembly3/releases
Both the preferences presets and the Linkstage3 release are considered unstable and intended for testing purposes so please do a backup of your FreeCAD configuration and don’t use it for important work.
You can already find builtin presets as of FreeCAD Linkstage3 2021.09.16 Release. They can be accessed in menu 'Tools -> Preset configurations.
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Backup your FreeCAD settings folder.
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As a prerequisite, you must be using Realthunder’s experimental LinkStage3 branch
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Clone or download this github repo: https://github.com/oficinerobotica/FreeCAD-Preferences-Presets
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Within the downloaded repo locate the
src
directory. It contains 2 important folders namedGui
andsettings
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Copy the
src/Gui
andsrc/settings
folders to your local default FreeCAD settings folder. Note: reference the list below for your OS.macOS:
/Users/[YOUR_USER_NAME]/Library/Preferences/FreeCAD/
Windows:C:\Users\[YOUR_USER_NAME]\AppData\Roaming\FreeCAD
Linux:/home/[YOUR_USER_NAME]/.FreeCAD/
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Restart FreeCAD
Download or clone oficinerobotica/FreeCAD-Preferences-Presets to a convenient location.
Within the repository you'll find the:
FreeCAD-Preferences-Presets
folder. These are the main presetsMods
folder which is reserved for experimentation. The presets in this directory are intended to be merged with a previous configuration. Use these only if you know what are you doing.
In FreeCAD, head over to Tools → EditParameters
menu and click the Add
button selecting the .FCParam
file of your choice from the FreeCAD-Preferences-Presets
folder.
To apply the the preferences pack select it in Tools → Preset Configurations
To revert to your previous configuration CTRL
+Click the preset in Tools → Preset Configurations
Open a ticket in this repo or discuss in the FreeCAD forum.
If you are benefitting from these efforts and want to show your appreciation/support, check out my Patreon or Liberapay. Also consider donating to @Realthunder's efforts on his Patreon.
Presets package authored by @oficinerobotica.