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docs(cad): fix the CockpitPanels install steps for FreeCAD 1.1 #350

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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions .claude/skills/cad/SKILL.md
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Expand Up @@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ and `docs/hardware/cad-workflow.md`. Update this skill once D8 is resolved.
## Panel blank + plate stack (CockpitPanels workbench)

Panel bases come from the **Cockpit Panels** FreeCAD 1.1+ workbench, a separate repo:
`OpenSkyHawk/CockpitPanels` (LGPL-2.1+; install via Addon Manager → custom repository,
branch `main`). Its README is the reference. Three tools, in order:
`OpenSkyHawk/CockpitPanels` (LGPL-2.1+). Install: FreeCAD 1.1 custom repositories are in
Preferences → Addon Manager page (not the Addon Manager's ⚙ menu; the page appears only after
the Addon Manager has been opened once) → + → URL above, branch `main`; it lists as
"CockpitPanels" until it reaches the official catalog. Its README is the reference. Three tools, in order:

- **Panel Blank**: Dzus-grid outline + mount points + clearance holes, centred on the origin
on XY, driven by the `PanelBlank` sheet. No ControlPoints sketch: the user makes their own.
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Expand Up @@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ turns it into the plates you cut. It lives in its own repository,
[OpenSkyHawk/CockpitPanels](https://github.com/OpenSkyHawk/CockpitPanels), because the
panel grid is common to many aircraft, not only the A-4.

To install it, open **Tools → Addon Manager → ⚙ → Custom repositories**, add
`https://github.com/OpenSkyHawk/CockpitPanels` with branch `main`, then install
**Cockpit Panels** and restart FreeCAD. Updates arrive through the Addon Manager like any
other addon. Everything the workbench creates is a plain FreeCAD object, so a panel file
Install it through FreeCAD's Addon Manager: add `https://github.com/OpenSkyHawk/CockpitPanels`
(branch `main`) as a custom repository in the Addon Manager preferences, then search the list
for **CockpitPanels**. The
[CockpitPanels README](https://github.com/OpenSkyHawk/CockpitPanels#install) has the
step-by-step install. Everything the workbench creates is a plain FreeCAD object, so a panel file
opens and recomputes on any FreeCAD 1.1+, with or without the workbench installed.

The workbench has three tools, used in order. Their buttons sit on the Cockpit Panels
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