From 2069e799bb028eabacfd62cb0540fc570457e15a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel <knipknap@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 21:11:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] CAM: Load preferences before activating the workbench
 (#21981)

---
 src/Mod/CAM/InitGui.py | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Mod/CAM/InitGui.py b/src/Mod/CAM/InitGui.py
index d9f92c86b7..259bf310d5 100644
--- a/src/Mod/CAM/InitGui.py
+++ b/src/Mod/CAM/InitGui.py
@@ -22,11 +22,39 @@
 # *                                                                         *
 # ***************************************************************************
 import FreeCAD
+from PySide.QtCore import QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP
+import Path.Dressup.Gui.Preferences as PathPreferencesPathDressup
+import Path.Tool.assets.ui.preferences as AssetPreferences
+import Path.Main.Gui.PreferencesJob as PathPreferencesPathJob
+import Path.Base.Gui.PreferencesAdvanced as PathPreferencesAdvanced
+import Path.Op.Base
+import Path.Tool
 
 
 FreeCAD.__unit_test__ += ["TestCAMGui"]
 
 
+if FreeCAD.GuiUp:
+    import FreeCADGui
+
+    FreeCADGui.addPreferencePage(
+        PathPreferencesPathJob.JobPreferencesPage,
+        QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("QObject", "CAM"),
+    )
+    FreeCADGui.addPreferencePage(
+        AssetPreferences.AssetPreferencesPage,
+        QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("QObject", "CAM"),
+    )
+    FreeCADGui.addPreferencePage(
+        PathPreferencesPathDressup.DressupPreferencesPage,
+        QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("QObject", "CAM"),
+    )
+    FreeCADGui.addPreferencePage(
+        PathPreferencesAdvanced.AdvancedPreferencesPage,
+        QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("QObject", "CAM"),
+    )
+
+
 class PathCommandGroup:
     def __init__(self, cmdlist, menu, tooltip=None):
         self.cmdlist = cmdlist
@@ -66,13 +94,10 @@ class CAMWorkbench(Workbench):
         import Path.Tool.assets.ui.preferences as AssetPreferences
         import Path.Main.Gui.PreferencesJob as PathPreferencesPathJob
 
-        translate = FreeCAD.Qt.translate
-
         # load the builtin modules
         import Path
         import PathScripts
         import PathGui
-        from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
 
         FreeCADGui.addLanguagePath(":/translations")
         FreeCADGui.addIconPath(":/icons")
@@ -89,19 +114,6 @@ class CAMWorkbench(Workbench):
         import subprocess
         from packaging.version import Version, parse
 
-        FreeCADGui.addPreferencePage(
-            PathPreferencesPathJob.JobPreferencesPage,
-            QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("QObject", "CAM"),
-        )
-        FreeCADGui.addPreferencePage(
-            AssetPreferences.AssetPreferencesPage,
-            QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("QObject", "CAM"),
-        )
-        FreeCADGui.addPreferencePage(
-            PathPreferencesPathDressup.DressupPreferencesPage,
-            QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("QObject", "CAM"),
-        )
-
         Path.GuiInit.Startup()
 
         # build commands list
@@ -291,14 +303,6 @@ class CAMWorkbench(Workbench):
         if curveAccuracy:
             Path.Area.setDefaultParams(Accuracy=curveAccuracy)
 
-        # keep this one the last entry in the preferences
-        import Path.Base.Gui.PreferencesAdvanced as PathPreferencesAdvanced
-        from Path.Preferences import preferences
-
-        FreeCADGui.addPreferencePage(
-            PathPreferencesAdvanced.AdvancedPreferencesPage,
-            QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("QObject", "CAM"),
-        )
         Log("Loading CAM workbench... done\n")
 
     def GetClassName(self):
@@ -314,8 +318,6 @@ class CAMWorkbench(Workbench):
         pass
 
     def ContextMenu(self, recipient):
-        import PathScripts
-
         menuAppended = False
         if len(FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection()) == 1:
             obj = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection()[0]