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FreeCAD

Is a Software that can be used for 3D Print

Usage

  • Create a Body
  • Create a Sketch
  • Create a Pad

Workbench

  • Different, independent workbenches
  • Can be switched with the drop-down list

Generic

  • 25x24 Variable Set
    • Available in the Model

Part Design

  • Similar to Autodesk Fusion 360 or SolidWorks
  • Can work on parts
    • Pad
      • Add material
    • Pocket
      • Remove materials
      • "Symmetric to plan" to make it both + and - of the plane
    • Chamfer
  • Can create new parts
    • Mirror
      • Great for symmetrical objects

Usage

  • Create Body
    • Origin
      • Create coordinate system
      • View/Hide with eye icon or Space
  • Create Sketch
    • Switch to a 2D view to sketch
  • With a Sketch selected
    • Create Pad
      • Will make the sketch 3D

Sketcher

  • Toolbar
    • White tools: drawing
      • Polylines
    • Red tools: constraint
      • Select object to constraint then constraint type - use the Selection View if needed
      • Dimension
        • Variable Set can be use1 by clicking the fx icon
        • Use VarSet.size for a variable set VarSet
          • VarSet.size+20mm
      • Symmetric
        • Select in order: Start, End, Middle
    • 26x31 Create external Geometry
      • "Import" data in the sketch
    • Construction line
      • Hide/Show a line outside the sketch view
    • View Sketch / View Section
      • "Cut" the current body where the sketch surface is
  • View
    • Green: fully constraint

Assembly

  • Create an Assembly
  • Insert Component
  • Create (fixed) joint to link pieces

Fastener

  • Community Addon
  • Contains screws and similar
  • Properties contains screw size
  • Thread is optional as computationally expensive

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