TODO - make a proper page

2015-05-02 ∞

FreeCAD-0.15.4671_x86_setup on Windows 8.1, updated recently.

"Getting started" does not cover what to do about that big confusing opening dialog.
A browser is built in.. uh, neat?
I guess I have to exit and re-start the application to get that opening dialog again.
I'm not sure what to select, but I'm trying with "Part Design".
For some reason, it doesn't begin with "Create sketch" or some such. I'm expecting a viewport.
Why would I want some wacky plane to sketch on? Is that for crazy people?
I figured out how to make a rectangle, but how do I snap to grid?
Middle-click, hold, then left-click to rotate view. Uh, wut. Now how do I return it to sanity?
Their documentation specifically keeps stuff for a shitty older version.
Oh, the start page is a tab at the bottom.
- Tabs should be at the top.
I can't figure out how to get my grid back. Starting a new project doesn't work.
- Oh, it's Part Design > Create sketch
When creating a line, I had no clue how to snap to grid. But I see afterwards that it automatically has constraints and a snap to grid feature on the left.
When resizing my line, the grid disappeared. Unselecting and re-selecting the Show grid on the left did not solve this. Is this a bug?
- Making a new line attached to my first line revealed the grid again. I don't understand what's going on..
Isn't there a simple way to make a box?
- Oh, found it.
How do I turn my manual box into a cube?
How do I move a square? It only resizes.
Oh gods, control-y to re-do.

Well at this point it fails. I'll check out the tutorials.

"Click on the the box button".. but where is it?
- Part > Primitives > Cube is greyed out.
"This document is in editing mode and thus cannot be closed for the moment." What the fuck?
- Oh, pressing escape exited whatever the fuck mode I was in.
New stuff > on the left under "Create Geometry", click "Cube"
I have no grid, and I see a square not a cube. I can't rotate my view.

Ok, I'm going to stop here.

FAIL - unfinished, complicated.

Curious, I uninstalled it.. which worked, except I still had the program open. I wonder what it left hanging around.

spiralofhope