FreeCAD/FreeCAD
Oct 2024 – Oct 2025
12 Months active
Languages Used
C++BashBatchQt
Technical Skills
3D InteractionGUI Development3D NavigationCamera ControlC++3D Graphics
Bas Ruigrok
PROFILE
Bas Ruigrok
Rexbas developed and refined advanced 3D navigation, camera control, and GUI features for the FreeCAD/FreeCAD repository, focusing on improving modeling workflows and user experience. Leveraging C++, Qt, and OpenGL, Rexbas engineered solutions such as dynamic camera spin sensitivity, robust camera alignment, and navigation system refactoring to ensure consistent behavior across diverse modeling scenarios. Their work addressed cross-platform rendering challenges, enhanced navigation precision, and streamlined developer onboarding through build tool integration. By systematically fixing navigation bugs and optimizing event handling, Rexbas delivered maintainable, user-centric improvements that increased stability, reduced manual adjustments, and supported efficient, reliable CAD software development and maintenance.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
70%Features
Repository Contributions
27Total
Bugs
6
Commits
27
Features
14
Lines of code
734
Activity Months12
Your Network
220 people
Work History
October 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025: Implemented cross-style navigation improvements in FreeCAD/FreeCAD, including a refactor to centralize dragger detection in the base NavigationStyle and a fix to separate drag versus interactive manipulation when using the transform tool with the OpenSCAD navigation style. These changes improve consistency, usability, and stability of modeling workflows, delivering business value through reduced edge-case bugs and streamlined maintenance.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025: Implemented cross-style navigation improvements in FreeCAD/FreeCAD, including a refactor to centralize dragger detection in the base NavigationStyle and a fix to separate drag versus interactive manipulation when using the transform tool with the OpenSCAD navigation style. These changes improve consistency, usability, and stability of modeling workflows, delivering business value through reduced edge-case bugs and streamlined maintenance.
October 2025
September 2025
1 Commits
Sep 1, 2025Concise monthly summary for 2025-09 focusing on FreeCAD/FreeCAD maintenance and bug fixing. Delivered a targeted EGL initialization fix for Coin integration, ensuring compatibility across versions and reducing runtime misconfiguration on Linux/BSD Wayland environments.
September 2025
1 Commits
Sep 1, 2025Concise monthly summary for 2025-09 focusing on FreeCAD/FreeCAD maintenance and bug fixing. Delivered a targeted EGL initialization fix for Coin integration, ensuring compatibility across versions and reducing runtime misconfiguration on Linux/BSD Wayland environments.
August 2025
6 Commits • 2 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025: Focused on delivering user-centric UI/UX improvements in Sketcher and navigation for FreeCAD/FreeCAD. Key outcomes include enhanced editing stability, rubber-band selection UX, context-menu handling, and stabilized camera/navigation behavior, resulting in smoother workflows and reduced editing friction. Technologies include C++/Qt UI, event handling, and navigation state management.
6 Commits • 2 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025: Focused on delivering user-centric UI/UX improvements in Sketcher and navigation for FreeCAD/FreeCAD. Key outcomes include enhanced editing stability, rubber-band selection UX, context-menu handling, and stabilized camera/navigation behavior, resulting in smoother workflows and reduced editing friction. Technologies include C++/Qt UI, event handling, and navigation state management.
August 2025
July 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD: Focused on navigation UX improvements and rendering robustness. Delivered two key items: navigation camera clipping improvement and NaviCube frame buffer robustness. These changes enhance user experience in 3D navigation and overall stability.
July 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD: Focused on navigation UX improvements and rendering robustness. Delivered two key items: navigation camera clipping improvement and NaviCube frame buffer robustness. These changes enhance user experience in 3D navigation and overall stability.
June 2025
6 Commits • 3 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focused on improving camera stability, accuracy, and cross‑platform rendering, while simplifying command flow to reduce maintenance and user friction. Delivered features enhance model viewing consistency, improve planar curve alignment, and strengthen Wayland compatibility; refactoring reduced redundant camera updates across GUI/Part/PartDesign.
6 Commits • 3 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focused on improving camera stability, accuracy, and cross‑platform rendering, while simplifying command flow to reduce maintenance and user friction. Delivered features enhance model viewing consistency, improve planar curve alignment, and strengthen Wayland compatibility; refactoring reduced redundant camera updates across GUI/Part/PartDesign.
June 2025
April 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focusing on delivering precision alignment and GUI navigation enhancements that drive accuracy and user productivity in CAD workflows.
April 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focusing on delivering precision alignment and GUI navigation enhancements that drive accuracy and user productivity in CAD workflows.
March 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focusing on key accomplishments and business value.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focusing on key accomplishments and business value.
March 2025
February 2025
3 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 (2025-02) monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focusing on delivered features, major accomplishments, and business impact. This period prioritized developer onboarding efficiency and UI interaction quality. Key outcomes include streamlined environment setup for contributors via Pixi toolchain scripts and navigation/camera UX improvements that reduce friction and enhance user experience.
February 2025
3 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 (2025-02) monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focusing on delivered features, major accomplishments, and business impact. This period prioritized developer onboarding efficiency and UI interaction quality. Key outcomes include streamlined environment setup for contributors via Pixi toolchain scripts and navigation/camera UX improvements that reduce friction and enhance user experience.
January 2025
1 Commits
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 (2025-01) monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD. Key features delivered and bugs fixed focused on improving camera manipulation reliability and UX. The highlight is a robust Camera Rotation Center Stabilization that eliminates unexpected camera position shifts when initiating rotation. This was achieved by refactoring the camera reorientation logic to preserve the rotation center and by explicitly passing the rotation center when rotationCenterMode is active, resulting in smoother, more predictable camera behavior during manipulation.
1 Commits
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 (2025-01) monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD. Key features delivered and bugs fixed focused on improving camera manipulation reliability and UX. The highlight is a robust Camera Rotation Center Stabilization that eliminates unexpected camera position shifts when initiating rotation. This was achieved by refactoring the camera reorientation logic to preserve the rotation center and by explicitly passing the rotation center when rotationCenterMode is active, resulting in smoother, more predictable camera behavior during manipulation.
January 2025
December 2024
1 Commits
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focusing on stability and usability of the Sketcher navigation. Implemented a targeted GUI fix to ensure panning/zooming modes reset to idle when the mouse button is released, preventing unintended continuous actions and improving responsiveness during sketching. The change aligns Sketcher navigation behavior with user expectations and cross-application navigation contexts (Blender/Revit).
December 2024
1 Commits
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focusing on stability and usability of the Sketcher navigation. Implemented a targeted GUI fix to ensure panning/zooming modes reset to idle when the mouse button is released, preventing unintended continuous actions and improving responsiveness during sketching. The change aligns Sketcher navigation behavior with user expectations and cross-application navigation contexts (Blender/Revit).
November 2024
1 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024: Delivered a targeted improvement to 3D navigation in FreeCAD/FreeCAD by stabilizing camera rotation and turntable behavior when the rotation center is far from the object. Implemented a new flag to track if the rotation center is the scene point at the cursor, refined spin projector sphere adjustments, and fixed a regression that affected turntable navigation speed. The changes reduce interaction friction, improve precision, and enhance overall user productivity in model inspection workflows.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024: Delivered a targeted improvement to 3D navigation in FreeCAD/FreeCAD by stabilizing camera rotation and turntable behavior when the rotation center is far from the object. Implemented a new flag to track if the rotation center is the scene point at the cursor, refined spin projector sphere adjustments, and fixed a regression that affected turntable navigation speed. The changes reduce interaction friction, improve precision, and enhance overall user productivity in model inspection workflows.
November 2024
October 2024
1 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2024Monthly summary for 2024-10: Delivered a feature to scale 3D view spin sensitivity based on the scene's sphere scale in FreeCAD/FreeCAD, enhancing consistency of 3D navigation across zoom levels and improving rotation feel. Implemented through GUI sensitivity adjustments with commit 1cf5b23927ee8b42ba1db3dfeb67991ef2d64fdd. This work adds business value by delivering a smoother, more intuitive user experience for 3D modeling workflows and reduces the need for manual sensitivity tweaking across different project scales.
October 2024
1 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2024Monthly summary for 2024-10: Delivered a feature to scale 3D view spin sensitivity based on the scene's sphere scale in FreeCAD/FreeCAD, enhancing consistency of 3D navigation across zoom levels and improving rotation feel. Implemented through GUI sensitivity adjustments with commit 1cf5b23927ee8b42ba1db3dfeb67991ef2d64fdd. This work adds business value by delivering a smoother, more intuitive user experience for 3D modeling workflows and reduces the need for manual sensitivity tweaking across different project scales.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness86.8%
Maintainability86.6%
Architecture80.8%
Performance80.8%
AI Usage20.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
BashBatchC++Qt
Technical Skills
3D Graphics3D Interaction3D Modeling3D NavigationAnimationBuild SystemsBuild Tool IntegrationC++C++ DevelopmentCADCAD SoftwareCAD Software DevelopmentCamera ControlCamera ManipulationComputer Vision
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