PartDesign: Extrude Two directions

[PaddleStroke]

Proposal description

I propose fixing FreeCAD/FreeCAD#20845 and FreeCAD/FreeCAD#16175.
Currently the 'two dimensions' mode does not let you select 'up to face' (or other) and 20mm for instance.

The solution is to rework this so that two dimensions is no longer a mode. Instead it's a checkbox like 'enable second direction'. or a radio button "1 direction/2 directions". When selected you get the controls for the second direction : Type, length, reversed, taper... appear.

It would add missing basic functionality to the core of part design workbench.

Deliverables

PR fixing that.

Timeline

Prototype done and ready to PR.

Risks and mitigation

Not much risk.

Compensation

500€ paid after merge.

About you

https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3APaddleStroke+is%3Aclosed

[Reqrefusion]

To be honest, it's a feature I miss a lot. It's quite affordable in compensation, at least for the value it will add. I hope it's in the next version.

[chennes]

Thank you for your grant proposal: it is now under review for the Q2 2025 grant cycle. The technical review committee will present its analysis to the FPA in two weeks, at which point the FPA vote process will begin, concluding on or before 1 July 2025, at which point funding decisions will be announced. You are welcome to modify your proposal to accommodate feedback received from the community during that time.

[PaddleStroke]

Note that I have not specified but the proposal is for the Pad and Pocket operations. It is not including the other tools like revolution. As in the code they are separated.

[hyarion]

How do you plan to work on this, will it be discussed with the community before and during implementation or will you work on it alone?

[PaddleStroke]

Well as usual I guess. Prototype, show it, fix if needed.

[PaddleStroke]

Prototype can be tested at FreeCAD/FreeCAD#21794

[hyarion]

So the work is already done?
Is the grant just for the review process?

[Reqrefusion]

So the work is already done? Is the grant just for the review process?

Until now, in grant proposals, we have assumed that the work that has been done has not been fully done unless it has been merged with the main code. In other words, technically, the work has not been done.

[PaddleStroke]

I have a working prototype. It needs debugging and PR. Which is not nothing.
The compensation is actually very small because I thought it was going to be a small feature. But it turned out to be a quite large one.

[yorikvanhavre]

This is a good feature, and I see no problem in the work being already partially done. The compensation seems adequate for basically "a single feature" (regardless of the time being spent on it, which we know can be quite large sometimes, but the FPA cannot just yet fund devs by the hour ;) ).