New Forum Suggestion

yes, the “confirmation page”, if we can avoid-skip it

and i didn’t see, the “likers” are show in small size under, so that ok, let’s keep.

it’s just % thing number, if we can disable it.

Look better every time I come back.
:+1:

Ok, what confirmation page are you talking about? Do you have a screenshot?

it was with the old “rating” system

but can you put somewhere a “full icons legend-description” please ?

i saw some of the themes display a “partial icon legend”
but the currend them i chose don’t have it,
plus the legend was “partial”.

also, one great feature from the old “forum we shouldn’t say his name”

was the “return-reading from the last vew” a post.
i know tere is the quick link to “the last post”
but it force us to scroll up to search and return where we was last-reading,
to continue our read.

it was great pleasant feature.

maybe there is a plugin that can do the same ?

Yeah, I’m going to make a legend of images, but that is going to take more time. Plus, there is some difficulty, since some of the styles/themes/skins use different icons and colors than others. I plan to also make a tour video once the features have kind of settled down.

i have to make a “remark” for the “solidworks” sub-category (N-1)

inside this sub-category, there are other sub-categories (N-2)
ok, no problem with that,

but for new user, some will not notice there are sub-categories (N-2)
so they will never enter to see what’s inside.

the problem is there are “thread” in the N-1,

it should be better to disable the possiblity to create thread in that N-1 (solidworks)
and move all existing thread into appropriate N-2 categories.

have an intermediate sub-category mixed with threads, sub-sub-category,
will result in a futur mess.

because when a new user will create a new thread, if he won’t the correct N-2, will create it in the N-1.

i hope what i tried to explain will be understand, sorry for my medium english.

Yeah, I think I understand. There are a couple things I’d like to be able to do. First would be a top level indented outline of all of the categories and forums. I don’t have a way to do this currently. A side bar would be nice, but I don’t have a way to do that. I’m keeping my eyes open.

Second, there is already something of what you are asking for, I think. In the screenshot, you can see that there are sub-forums, and they are accessible from the top level. The only way to fix that would be to make a General forum under the SW forum, so the SW forum becomes a sub-category of the CAD category. Content and structure at the same level isn’t best practice, I guess.

and here is a schematic i thaugh abou it, by being in differents forum,
but this is specific for cad-forum,

it’s to avoid double, triple same question, and separate baby-question, to serious-question.

to work it need a “sandbox”, and some power-users/mods will check this sandbox,
and estimate if it’s a real question, a baby-question, or not,
and if it already have been asked, or not.

to avoid multiplication of the same question,

how add mate to a line and a cylinder
how add mate to cylinder and a line
hey dude, i have a cylinder-thingy and want mate it
etc…

example of “baby question”
how to create a line,
how to create a sketch,
how to add mate
how do i check the path for my newfile (DOT) ?
hey can someone modelise my school homework ?

so for baby-question we can simply answer by linking the online-sw-help

and for real-question
the power-users can investigate it.

so there are :

  • temporary sandbox
  • baby-question
  • real-interesting-question

but maybe a third kind of question can be added (or not, if not needed)

Content and structure at the same level isn’t best practice, I guess.

that’s it

but i’m talking about N-2 / N-3
look here :

N-2 contains plenty threads,
but it exists N-3 sub-folders…

the important is to have a correct sub-folder, sub-sub-folder, etc…

if a folder seems missing, study it wisely to if it have to become a new sub-folder

avoid clone-like folder in french “doublon”

and the most important for a CAd forum, to avoi it become a mess,
the system of “is it a real new question” validation, to avoid asking the same thing multiple of times…

Suggetion:

How about some kind of a general “Engineering” or “Design” subforum to discuss thing related to the engineering work as a whole without software-perspective?

Or does it belong to off-topic? :smiley:

EDIT: Now that I was looking around I came to conclusion that Kitty dump is fine place for my question :slight_smile:

Here, try General Engineering and Design

https://cadforum.net/viewforum.php?f=49

oa oa

That was quick! tu