Basic stock preferences and usage if no job template is specified.

src/Mod/Path/Gui/Resources/preferences/PathJob.ui

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>560</width>
-    <height>609</height>
+    <width>440</width>
+    <height>515</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@
    <item>
     <widget class="QToolBox" name="toolBox">
      <property name="currentIndex">
-      <number>0</number>
+      <number>2</number>
      </property>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="page">
       <property name="geometry">
        <rect>
         <x>0</x>
         <y>0</y>
-        <width>542</width>
-        <height>519</height>
+        <width>422</width>
+        <height>404</height>
        </rect>
       </property>
       <attribute name="label">
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
               </widget>
              </item>
              <item>
-              <widget class="Gui::InputField" name="geometryTolerance" native="true">
+              <widget class="Gui::InputField" name="geometryTolerance">
                <property name="toolTip">
                 <string>Default value for new Jobs, used for computing Paths.  Smaller increases accuracy, but slows down computation</string>
                </property>
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@
        <rect>
         <x>0</x>
         <y>0</y>
-        <width>542</width>
-        <height>519</height>
+        <width>422</width>
+        <height>404</height>
        </rect>
       </property>
       <attribute name="label">
@@ -333,6 +333,193 @@
        </item>
       </layout>
      </widget>
+     <widget class="QWidget" name="page_3">
+      <attribute name="label">
+       <string>Setup</string>
+      </attribute>
+      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_3">
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QGroupBox" name="stockGroup">
+         <property name="title">
+          <string>Stock</string>
+         </property>
+         <property name="checkable">
+          <bool>true</bool>
+         </property>
+         <property name="checked">
+          <bool>false</bool>
+         </property>
+         <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_5">
+          <property name="spacing">
+           <number>0</number>
+          </property>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QComboBox" name="stock">
+            <property name="currentIndex">
+             <number>2</number>
+            </property>
+            <item>
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>Create Box</string>
+             </property>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>Create Cylinder</string>
+             </property>
+            </item>
+            <item>
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>Extend Base Bound Box</string>
+             </property>
+            </item>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
+            <property name="orientation">
+             <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+            </property>
+            <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+             <size>
+              <width>40</width>
+              <height>6</height>
+             </size>
+            </property>
+           </spacer>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QFrame" name="stockFromBase">
+            <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_9">
+             <item row="1" column="3">
+              <widget class="Gui::InputField" name="stockExtYpos"/>
+             </item>
+             <item row="0" column="1">
+              <widget class="QLabel" name="stockExtXLabel">
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Ext. X</string>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
+             </item>
+             <item row="0" column="3">
+              <widget class="Gui::InputField" name="stockExtXpos">
+               <property name="sizePolicy">
+                <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
+                 <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                 <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+                </sizepolicy>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
+             </item>
+             <item row="1" column="1">
+              <widget class="QLabel" name="stockExtYLabel">
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Ext. Y</string>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
+             </item>
+             <item row="0" column="2">
+              <widget class="Gui::InputField" name="stockExtXneg"/>
+             </item>
+             <item row="2" column="1">
+              <widget class="QLabel" name="stockExtZLabel">
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Ext. Z</string>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
+             </item>
+             <item row="2" column="2">
+              <widget class="Gui::InputField" name="stockExtZneg"/>
+             </item>
+             <item row="2" column="3">
+              <widget class="Gui::InputField" name="stockExtZpos"/>
+             </item>
+             <item row="1" column="2">
+              <widget class="Gui::InputField" name="stockExtYneg"/>
+             </item>
+            </layout>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QFrame" name="stockCreateCylinder">
+            <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_10">
+             <item row="0" column="2">
+              <widget class="Gui::InputField" name="stockCylinderRadius"/>
+             </item>
+             <item row="1" column="2">
+              <widget class="Gui::InputField" name="stockCylinderHeight"/>
+             </item>
+             <item row="0" column="1">
+              <widget class="QLabel" name="stockCylinderRadiusLabel">
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Radius</string>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
+             </item>
+             <item row="1" column="1">
+              <widget class="QLabel" name="stockCylinderHeightLabel">
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Height</string>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
+             </item>
+            </layout>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QFrame" name="stockCreateBox">
+            <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_11">
+             <item row="0" column="1">
+              <widget class="QLabel" name="stockBoxLengthLabel">
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Length</string>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
+             </item>
+             <item row="1" column="1">
+              <widget class="QLabel" name="stockBoxWidthLabel">
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Width</string>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
+             </item>
+             <item row="0" column="2">
+              <widget class="Gui::InputField" name="stockBoxLength"/>
+             </item>
+             <item row="2" column="2">
+              <widget class="Gui::InputField" name="stockBoxHeight"/>
+             </item>
+             <item row="1" column="2">
+              <widget class="Gui::InputField" name="stockBoxWidth"/>
+             </item>
+             <item row="2" column="1">
+              <widget class="QLabel" name="stockBoxHeightLabel">
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Height</string>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
+             </item>
+            </layout>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+         </layout>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <spacer name="verticalSpacer_3">
+         <property name="orientation">
+          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+          <size>
+           <width>20</width>
+           <height>8</height>
+          </size>
+         </property>
+        </spacer>
+       </item>
+      </layout>
+     </widget>
     </widget>
    </item>
   </layout>
@@ -342,10 +529,36 @@
  <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
    <class>Gui::InputField</class>
-   <extends>QWidget</extends>
-   <header>gui::inputfield.h</header>
+   <extends>QLineEdit</extends>
+   <header>Gui/InputField.h</header>
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
+ <tabstops>
+  <tabstop>leDefaultFilePath</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>tbDefaultFilePath</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>leDefaultJobTemplate</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>tbDefaultJobTemplate</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>geometryTolerance</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>leOutputFile</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>tbOutputFile</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>cboOutputPolicy</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>postProcessorList</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>defaultPostProcessor</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>defaultPostProcessorArgs</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>stockGroup</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>stock</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>stockExtXneg</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>stockExtXpos</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>stockExtYneg</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>stockExtYpos</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>stockExtZneg</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>stockExtZpos</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>stockCylinderRadius</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>stockCylinderHeight</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>stockBoxLength</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>stockBoxWidth</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>stockBoxHeight</tabstop>
+ </tabstops>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>

src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathJob.py

@@ -125,7 +125,11 @@ class ObjectJob:
 
         self.setFromTemplateFile(obj, templateFile)
         if not obj.Stock:
-            obj.Stock = PathStock.CreateFromBase(obj)
+            stockTemplate = PathPreferences.defaultStockTemplate()
+            if stockTemplate:
+                obj.Stock = PathStock.CreateFromTemplate(obj, json.loads(stockTemplate))
+            if not obj.Stock:
+                obj.Stock = PathStock.CreateFromBase(obj)
         if obj.Stock.ViewObject:
             obj.Stock.ViewObject.Visibility = False
 

src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathPreferences.py

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ PathLog.setLevel(PathLog.Level.INFO, PathLog.thisModule())
 class PathPreferences:
     DefaultFilePath           = "DefaultFilePath"
     DefaultJobTemplate        = "DefaultJobTemplate"
+    DefaultStockTemplate      = "DefaultStockTemplate"
 
     PostProcessorDefault      = "PostProcessorDefault"
     PostProcessorDefaultArgs  = "PostProcessorDefaultArgs"
@@ -163,3 +164,10 @@ class PathPreferences:
         pref = cls.preferences()
         return pref.GetString(cls.PostProcessorOutputPolicy, "")
 
+    @classmethod
+    def defaultStockTemplate(cls):
+        return cls.preferences().GetString(cls.DefaultStockTemplate, "")
+    @classmethod
+    def setDefaultStockTemplate(cls, template):
+        cls.preferences().SetString(cls.DefaultStockTemplate, template)
+

src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathPreferencesPathJob.py

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 import FreeCAD
 import FreeCADGui
 import PathScripts.PathLog as PathLog
+import PathScripts.PathStock as PathStock
+import json
 
 from FreeCAD import Units
 from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
@@ -61,6 +63,31 @@ class JobPreferencesPage:
         path = str(self.form.leOutputFile.text())
         policy = str(self.form.cboOutputPolicy.currentText())
         PathPreferences.setOutputFileDefaults(path, policy)
+        self.saveStockSettings()
+
+    def saveStockSettings(self):
+        if self.form.stockGroup.isChecked():
+            attrs = {}
+            attrs['version'] = 1
+            typ = [PathStock.StockType.CreateBox, PathStock.StockType.CreateCylinder, PathStock.StockType.FromBase][self.form.stock.currentIndex()]
+            attrs['create'] = typ
+            if typ == PathStock.StockType.CreateBox:
+                attrs['length'] = FreeCAD.Units.Quantity(self.form.stockBoxLength.text()).UserString
+                attrs['width'] = FreeCAD.Units.Quantity(self.form.stockBoxWidth.text()).UserString
+                attrs['height'] = FreeCAD.Units.Quantity(self.form.stockBoxHeight.text()).UserString
+            if typ == PathStock.StockType.CreateCylinder:
+                attrs['radius'] = FreeCAD.Units.Quantity(self.form.stockCylinderRadius.text()).UserString
+                attrs['height'] = FreeCAD.Units.Quantity(self.form.stockCylinderHeight.text()).UserString
+            if typ == PathStock.StockType.FromBase:
+                attrs['xneg'] = FreeCAD.Units.Quantity(self.form.stockExtXneg.text()).UserString
+                attrs['xpos'] = FreeCAD.Units.Quantity(self.form.stockExtXpos.text()).UserString
+                attrs['yneg'] = FreeCAD.Units.Quantity(self.form.stockExtYneg.text()).UserString
+                attrs['ypos'] = FreeCAD.Units.Quantity(self.form.stockExtYpos.text()).UserString
+                attrs['zneg'] = FreeCAD.Units.Quantity(self.form.stockExtZneg.text()).UserString
+                attrs['zpos'] = FreeCAD.Units.Quantity(self.form.stockExtZpos.text()).UserString
+            PathPreferences.setDefaultStockTemplate(json.dumps(attrs))
+        else:
+            PathPreferences.setDefaultStockTemplate('')
 
     def selectComboEntry(self, widget, text):
         index = widget.findText(text, QtCore.Qt.MatchFixedString)
@@ -120,6 +147,60 @@ class JobPreferencesPage:
         self.form.defaultPostProcessor.currentIndexChanged.connect(self.updateDefaultPostProcessorToolTip)
         self.form.tbOutputFile.clicked.connect(self.browseOutputFile)
 
+        self.loadStockSettings()
+
+    def loadStockSettings(self):
+        stock = PathPreferences.defaultStockTemplate()
+        index = -1
+        if stock:
+            attrs = json.loads(stock)
+            if attrs.get('version') and 1 == int(attrs['version']):
+                stockType = attrs.get('create')
+                if stockType == PathStock.StockType.FromBase:
+                    index = 2
+                elif stockType == PathStock.StockType.CreateBox:
+                    index = 0
+                elif stockType == PathStock.StockType.CreateCylinder:
+                    index = 1
+                else:
+                    index = -1
+        if -1 == index:
+            attrs = {}
+            self.form.stockGroup.setChecked(False)
+        else:
+            self.form.stockGroup.setChecked(True)
+            self.form.stock.setCurrentIndex(index)
+
+        # this either sets the default value or the value from the template for each field
+        self.form.stockExtXneg.setText(attrs.get('xneg', '1 mm'))
+        self.form.stockExtXpos.setText(attrs.get('xpos', '1 mm'))
+        self.form.stockExtYneg.setText(attrs.get('yneg', '1 mm'))
+        self.form.stockExtYpos.setText(attrs.get('ypos', '1 mm'))
+        self.form.stockExtZneg.setText(attrs.get('zneg', '1 mm'))
+        self.form.stockExtZpos.setText(attrs.get('zpos', '1 mm'))
+        self.form.stockBoxLength.setText(attrs.get('length', '10 mm'))
+        self.form.stockBoxWidth.setText(attrs.get('width', '10 mm'))
+        self.form.stockBoxHeight.setText(attrs.get('height', '10 mm'))
+        self.form.stockCylinderRadius.setText(attrs.get('radius', '5 mm'))
+        self.form.stockCylinderHeight.setText(attrs.get('height', '10 mm'))
+
+        self.setupStock(index)
+        self.form.stock.currentIndexChanged.connect(self.setupStock)
+
+    def setupStock(self, index):
+        if 0 == index:
+            self.form.stockFromBase.hide()
+            self.form.stockCreateBox.show()
+            self.form.stockCreateCylinder.hide()
+        elif 1 == index:
+            self.form.stockFromBase.hide()
+            self.form.stockCreateBox.hide()
+            self.form.stockCreateCylinder.show()
+        else:
+            self.form.stockFromBase.show()
+            self.form.stockCreateBox.hide()
+            self.form.stockCreateCylinder.hide()
+
     def getPostProcessor(self, name):
         if not name in self.processor.keys():
             processor = PostProcessor.load(name)