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From:
"Heppler, J. Scott" <shep971@spectrum.net>
Subject:
FreeCAD org.freecad.FreeCAD.desktop
To:
ports@openbsd.org
Date:
Mon, 11 Aug 2025 12:00:06 -0700

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First off, thanks for all the effort in porting FreeCAD.  I followed the
development and the skill and effort was evident.

CAD drafting and 3D printing is a rapidly growing, competitive area with
essentially non-existent design rights in Cloud based solutions.  Worse
yet, some slicing programs upload to a LAN 3D printer via off-shore
servers.  OpenBSD privacy and security features make it a very attractive
platform for device engineering and development.


I did notice that FreeCAD does not start via the *.desktop file.

To test, I copied the file to ~/.local/share/applications and edited
Exec=FreeCAD - --single-instance %F
to
Exec=freecad - --single-instance %F

The ~/.local version works.  I also checked "FreeCAD" is in the upstream
code base.

Not sure if we're missing a FreeCAD start script or upstream is
incorrect.

-- 
J. Scott Heppler

Penguin Innovations

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