Please report any problems. Let me know if you can make the
installation process easier.
All Platforms:
If a dialog asks you to select an assembly or a part or a sketch that
is not visible in the Graphics view, do so in the Tree view.
If an error message comes up, click on "Continue" to let Smalltalk
recover. You can usually continue if you avoid the offending steps.
Every error is logged in a file called error.log. Email that file to
the author for debugging. Patches and workarounds will be posted as
soon as possible. Thank you in advance.
'Invalid zip file'.
Check that the download files have the exact number
of bytes shown above.
'freecad8.im cannot be opened'.
Use Winzip to
unzip freecad8.zip and patch8*.zip.
'ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND'.
Unzip did not preserve subdirectories. Reunzip,
preserving subdirectories. Otherwise move all *.sdoc files into a
subdirectory
/resource/explain
'ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED'.
'freeCAD' cannot run from CD-ROM or write protected
media. Copy the freecad8 directory and its contents to a writable hard
disk.
On Windows:
Sticky submenus:
On some machines the submenus may not open reliably. Move the cursor
out of the menu item through the side and reenter from the side. This
may make the problem go away.
Right clicking on some mice does not bring up the correct menu. Try
right clicking while holding the ctrl key down.
On Windows 98, the help dialog for motion and force-torque dialogs will
not close when the X button is clicked. Close with ESC key.
On machines with low memory, desktop icons may become white when
'freeCAD' exits. Reboot to recover. Internet Explorer 5.5 seems to be
the cause. Upgrade to Internet Explorer 6.
If resizing the window is very slow to repaint, disable 'Show window
contents while dragging' found in Start/Settings/Control
Panel/Display/Effects.
File dialog always opens to A: drive. 'freeCAD' does not recognize
networks. Run it from a local harddrive.
On Macintosh:
On Linux:
'Out of Memory' error at startup. The probable cause is having too
many fonts. Execute with the following command to start freeCAD
./visual -h10M freecad8.im
Animation is jerky when the graphics window is very large. Reduce the
window size.
Please report problems to
Aik-Siong Koh
askoh@askoh.com