VandalFan77

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[–] VandalFan77 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You don’t even have to touch any “advanced” modeling features for FreeCAD to be useful. I primarily use extrudes and revolves of sketches in the Part Design workbench. The workflow is exactly the same as what I do at work every day in SolidWorks.

FreeCAD doesn’t let you be as loosey-goosey with geometry as some commercial software. That’s because they don’t have an army of developers paid to work on “nicety” features like that.

I can break SolidWorks models the same way that I can break FreeCAD models. No CAD software is immune to this. Some fail more gracefully than others. It doesn’t mean it’s unusable. You should have seen the repairs I had to make to a SolidWorks model today because I needed to convert a generic extruded feature into a sheetmetal feature…. It took a few minutes, but it’s no different than fixing things in FreeCAD because you changed the design.

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submitted 3 months ago by VandalFan77 to c/themassive
 

Glad to see the team get a win tonight, even if KC isn’t exactly the toughest opponent. Cucho’s hat trick was a nice bit of icing on the cake. It’s really sad to see Morris go. He’s the epitome of what a player should be. Who will have to step up to replace him, Cheberko? Matan?

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Back on the Winning side (self.themassive)
submitted 4 months ago by VandalFan77 to c/themassive
 

Glad to see the team get a win in league play!

Hopefully this will wash away the disappointment from the FCC match and get us back on track. Good to see Farsi and Ramirez back in action.

The biggest question to me is: Why didn’t Cucho make the trip? More disciplinary issues that Nancy doesn’t want to talk about?

I looked for news this morning, but didn’t see anything. Anyone have any insight?

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submitted 5 months ago by VandalFan77 to c/themassive
 

That was a frustrating match to watch. The squad we put on the pitch didn’t feel cohesive. I feel for Morris because he was nearly the only star not getting rest. It’s too bad that our starting lineup didn’t come in until the 75th minute because the pace of the game changed so drastically.

I suppose we get a point and remain unbeaten at home, but we could have had 3.

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What up with Cucho? (self.themassive)
submitted 6 months ago by VandalFan77 to c/themassive
 

I wasn’t able to watch the CONCACAF match with Tigres, but I was following along with match updates. I noticed that Cucho wasn’t in the lineup at all, which I thought was odd.

I found this article from the Dispatch that makes me wonder whether he’s being benched for being upset with the assistant coaches in the Charlotte loss? If so, Nancy is really showing that he’s walking the walk when it comes to focusing on being a team. It also shows that ownership backs him if he’s able to bench an expensive star for two straight games.

https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/mls/columbus-crew/2024/04/02/columbus-crew-tigres-cucho-hernandez-concacaf-match-soccer-mls/73164474007/

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A tough point (self.themassive)
submitted 6 months ago by VandalFan77 to c/themassive
 

It was pretty evident that we were missing our stars tonight. I’m curious about the Cucho decision, but the injuries to Ramirez and Matan don’t help. The pace just wasn’t quite there tonight without them. If only Rossi hadn’t missed that penalty….

[–] VandalFan77 2 points 6 months ago

I just hope none of the injuries are serious.

[–] VandalFan77 2 points 6 months ago

It was a massively frustrating match. I completely agree that the officiating of this match was pathetic. I can’t blame the guys for feeling like they were playing against an extra man. The ref and VAR unnecessarily inserted themselves into the game and just flipped it on its head. So disappointing.

[–] VandalFan77 2 points 6 months ago

I think I heard that the ref has been in the league for 13 years. I’m not sure how given how awful he was.

Reminds of this classic clip of Jerry Glanville letting a NFL ref know how he feels 😂

https://youtu.be/vxGEOEOylNA?si=7byN1YtOMDuQCN0T

[–] VandalFan77 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It was a ton of fun to watch! I’m so glad Morris got that goal. He deserves to score for how often he makes plays happen for others. Yeboah’s pass for Cucho was a thing of beauty.

Doesn’t anyone know why Matan wasn’t in the lineup?

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Crew Win!! (self.themassive)
submitted 6 months ago by VandalFan77 to c/themassive
 

Hustle won that match against Chicago. The guys gave it their all until the end. I’m so glad that Mo Farsi isn’t seriously injured because he deserves to be the hero of this match. Of course, you can’t take anything away from Aidan Morris and his defense at the very end. Glad to see Jacen Russell-Rowe having an impact. This team is so good.

My only complaint about this match is the announcers rooting for the referees 😂

[–] VandalFan77 2 points 7 months ago

I like how we never stop attacking and hustle. That’s the thing that impresses me most about this team: hustle.

You can also see in other teams that they rely on one player to carry them. With this Crew squad, everyone is dangerous and gives it their all.

[–] VandalFan77 2 points 7 months ago

Great win for the good guys today. Hope Farsi’s injury isn’t bad. Glad to see Schulte get a clean sheet to start the season and Cucho already with his first goal. Too bad it wasn’t two with the penalty.

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Happy Crewsmas! (self.themassive)
submitted 7 months ago by VandalFan77 to c/themassive
 

Here we go!

[–] VandalFan77 1 points 7 months ago

When I want to extrude text in FreeCAD, I will create it as a SVG in Inkscape and import the SVG. I then make Shape binders of the SVG bodies and extrude them.

I’ve used Shapestrings for text, but it’s no fun. I find it easier to make in Inkscape.

[–] VandalFan77 1 points 7 months ago

Every CAD program has buttons for functions you may never use for the types of objects you design. A lot of commercial CAD has taken the approach of defaulting to a basic limited set of buttons that most people use. You can usually customize the interface to add any extra functionality you need. FreeCAD puts everything out there by default and you also have the option to customize to your needs. How can they possibly know what you need? As soon as they leave something out, they’ll be crucified for it. Damned if they do, damned if they don’t.

With respect to tutorials “droning on about useless shit”, I’ll bet there are a lot of fundamentals being explained that are critical to understanding typical CAD workflows. It’s not just FreeCAD. These same fundamentals apply to SolidWorks, Creo, Onshape, F360, etc… It’s all generally the same.

The people that I see complain about FreeCAD often say they have no experience and that it’s because FreeCAD is somehow bad. I use SolidWorks every day at work and I use FreeCAD at home. I had no trouble learning FreeCAD because the modeling methods are the same. All CAD shares some common problems that you learn to avoid by experience. However, you need to learn the basics and make some mistakes to get good at it.

Many people start with intensely complex parts and get upset when they can’t make what they want. Practice with easy parts and experiment with different methods. Often, there is more than one way to make something in CAD. Some might be better than others, but it’s situationally dependent.

Learn the basics, practice, and keep learning and you’ll be fine regardless of what CAD you use.

[–] VandalFan77 1 points 9 months ago

If the filament comes in a resealable bag, I simply store the spool in there with some desiccant. For everything else, I use resealable 2-gallon bags with desiccant. My basement humidity is very stable around 30%, and I don’t really have issues. I’ve never dried filament before printing. That’s going on 6 years.

[–] VandalFan77 1 points 9 months ago

I feel like I saw something today that had the tone that he might not be back next year, which would be a bummer. He was so good at swinging corners in.

[–] VandalFan77 2 points 9 months ago

I really have enjoyed their style of play this season. Their time of possession was astonishing and the absolute hustle out of all of them was so great to watch. The number of times that opposing defenders would be outrun on long balls was awesome. I can’t get over how fast our guys are, especially Farsi and Yeboah.

This is a TEAM, and not a collection of individuals.

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Can we keep our stars? (self.themassive)
submitted 9 months ago by VandalFan77 to c/themassive
 

Now that this fabulous team has won MLS Cup, there are a few players that have been re-signed already. What does everyone think about our chances of keeping this squad together?

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submitted 10 months ago by VandalFan77 to c/themassive
 

What a performance by the team tonight! They flat out out-hustled Cincinnati tonight all the way to the end.

I cheered so loud that my Apple Watch warned me about sound levels above 90 decibels in my living room!

Can’t wait for next Saturday.

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submitted 1 year ago by VandalFan77 to c/themassive
 

Why, oh why, do coaches feel the need to make substitutions at the most crucial moments of the match? If we had a 2 goal lead, maybe. Not with only one goal.

We totally snatched defeat from the jaws of victory tonight.

 

Glad to see the Crew get 3 points on the road against NE. It was going to be a close match, regardless. Sucks that Amundsen will be out against Atlanta on Saturday. Hopefully, Camacho can fill in?

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