![]() Still, I hope I’ll be able to provide some constructive feedback that perhaps explains why I can’t seem to have a good time every time I try to really get into and understand FreeCAD. I hope I’ll be able to provide some input from a user’s perspective because I really want there to be a good open-source option, and I’ll also try to provide you with a perspective on whether FreeCAD might after all be the right tool for you already.įirst of all, again, I have no intent on just bashing on FreeCAD, I think that simply wouldn’t be fair to a project that has barely any funding, is giving you their work for absolutely free, and also manages to deliver as complex of a tool as it does. But use it right and it’s actually pretty decent!Īre you tired as well, that seemingly the entire CAD landscape consists of extortionary licensing models that lure you into learning their tool for free and then slamming you with a massive subscription fee as soon as you’re hooked and start using it more? Or software that regularly removes features that you’ve grown to love? Well, worry no more, because there is an alternative, actually more than one, but for this video, I wanted to take another look at FreeCAD, a free and open-source, fully-featured CAD tool that is a perfect replacement for anything that Fusion360, Solidworks, Onshape, NX, Autocad, etc can do.Īt least that’s what I would have liked to say about FreeCAD, but while there is a fantastic tool at its core in there somewhere, the software still leaves many of the challenges unsolved that tend to plague independently developed open-source tools. Click on OK to validate the selection of the elements and then on OK again to validate the selection of the symmetry plane.FreeCAD has enormous aspirations – but it struggles to deliver. Activate the Mirrored tool and select all the elements of the tree structure (functions) previously created.ĥ.3. Use the Fillet function to round the edge of your piece.ĥ.2. Use the Pocket function to drill from the created sketch, set the Type parameter to "Through All".Ĥ.1. Use the Circle and Dimensions functions to create the sketch below and then exit the sketch (Escape).ģ.3. Use the Pad function to extrude the 90 mm sketch.ģ.1 Create a new sketch on the newly created face.ģ.2. When creating your new rectangle, you can click directly on the origin of the marker to snap it.Ģ.3. Select the top of your part (which is highlighted) and then use the "Create new sketch" function to draw the outline below on your face. Exit the sketch (Escape) and use the Pad function to extrude your 20mm sketch.Ģ.2. The sketch is fully constrained and the outline appears in green.Ģ.1. Create 3 dimensional constraints as below with the horizontal distance (Shift + H) and vertical distance (Shift + V) or dimensional (Shift + D) functions only. Create a coincidence constraint (C) between the end of the rectangle and the origin of the frame.ġ.6. The segment is no longer constrained in verticality.ġ.5. Select the verticality icon associated with the left segment of the rectangle (the icon turns green) and then delete with the Delete key or (less quickly) with a right click → Delete after having located it in the combined view. Deactivate the tool with Escape or with a right click.ġ.4. ![]() In the toolbar, select the Rectangle tool then click anywhere in your main view, stretch the rectangle then click again. To start a new part design project, go to the Part Design workshop and create a new document ( Ctrl + N).ġ.2 In the toolbar, select "Create New Sketch", select the XY plane and then "OK". The interface then switches to the Sketcher workbench in Sketch Edit mode and the software automatically creates a Body which contains a marker and your new sketch (see Combined View - Model tab on the left of the screen).ġ.3. ![]() Application of a modelling function to the previously created sketch.ġ.1. ![]() Creating a closed contour with dimensional and geometric constraints ģ. This exercise allows the FreeCAD beginner to become familiar with the following workflow:Ģ. We will model the part illustrated below by the method proposed in the tree structure.įor the dimensions of the part you can refer to the drawing below but they will be repeated in the instructions. For this we will model a basic part involving different types of functions. ![]() The objective of this tutorial will be to discover the workflow for the parametric design of a 3D object with Part Design and Sketcher. ![]()
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