FreeCAD Beginner #10 - Creating a complex model

10 mils is 0,245 mm. mils is NOT short for mm, it's inch. very informative video thanks for that.

I was surprised you dimensioned the hole with a figure of 30

If the important factor is that the hole is 10mm from each edge, surely that is best to constrain. Because if you change the height from 80 to say 100 then the hole breaks

Just an observation

Why make the second extrusion from the same plane, rather than from the face of the first up by 80

Thanks for the video. Coming from CREO and solid works, I must say I'm quite disappointed that the developpers didn't work on extruding/sketching on a selected face. This is really a basic requirement for CAD. Still, developping that software is a massive amount of work, so a massive applause for those who developped it. But if they do upgrades, they should work on this before anything else. Working from existing faces/geometries is a MUST.

Appreciate it, like your metric system too. Best regards

I thought you were in the UK.

"Even though I live in the United States, I'm doing all stuff in milimeters..."

You got me dude :)

Thanks for the tut, dude, very helpful in getting familiar with the tools! FC is kinda counterintuitive as it comes to moving and joining objects compared to in tinkercad (which is why I have been struggling), but obviously the power is on another level. I am not much of a RTFM guy but after spending the last night trying and failing, trying this was really worth it.

My second draw (this one was advanced in my point of view :) )! I reproduced it perfectly with some mistakes in the middle but I've corrected the alignment. Thanks a lot !

Terimakasih banyak bro.

Setelah muter muter nyari video tutorial freecad. Akhirnya nemu yang penjelasan nya mudah dimengerti, tidak terburu buru dengan hasil gambar, tapi lebih menjelaskan bagaimana gambar tersebut terbentuk.

Pokoknya mantap 👍👍👍👍

Terimakasih 🙏🙏🙏

Neat, thanks.

I’d you work in inches, than you need to get your head examined! Because the metric system is superior for design.

Instead of using the tangent formula for the datum plane, can you set the face of the cut post as the sketch plane?

I like seeing your technique, and highlighting some tools I didn't know about or how to use before!

Thanks for the video, it was nice to see it. I would suggest to do part of the process in an alternative way, using more planes, and cross references and giving names to the constraints so editting the model in the future will not turn into a problem, and the model itself will be less prone to errors.

About the datum plane, is there no way to attach it directly to the surface ? I'm thinking solidworks, where I would draw directly on the surface.
Because as I see it, if me modify the height of the models, we have to calculate everything again, it is not dynamic

why is math useful

Rather than the complex formula to add the angled plane, why can't you just attach the plain to the top surface of the post?

Creating a plane on a surface seems stupidly complicated in FC compared to Fusion 360. Having to perform the calculations etc for what should be a simple click.

Didn’t know about the create edge link to an external geometry. Thanks exactly what I wanted to do for my design!

Lowe's has a good variety of metric fasteners.....screws, bolts, nut, etc.
I find it difficult to understand why so many Europeans have problems using the imperial system....I work in both and have no issue.
BTW, we don't normally use "fractions" for precision work, we use decimals...

Thankyou very much
Could you please tell where I could get more information on setting the height of datum (90 -tan(35)*15).....

fractions will get you to the moon ...... JK I'm American and def enjoy the metric system.

Well, I asked a question about why you calculated the datum plane location rather than choosing the face, and all I had to do was watch your next video and it was answered. Awesome. Thank you for your videos I am learning a huge amount.

If you now make a part list you will be disappointed with the 90 mm, if in reality it should be 80 mm.
but once I got to the Datum plane section, I knew this was the solution!
thanks for this tutorial in getting familiar with the tools!

sorry I had problems with version 20.1, and couldn't cut, copy and paste!
it's finally solved, I installed version 18.4 and it works without any problems.

May I ask how your dimensions look thin, black and tidy instead or thick and green as it is by default? I've looked in the options and didn't see a way to change it. Thanks?..

Why do you make creating the datum plane so hard? You just select the face that is at the 35deg angle and create a datum plane.!!

In your videos, you create a part first, then put the body in the part. Bodies can be created without being in a part; what advantage do we gain from starting with a part?

thanks, very helpful in understanding relation between parts, bodies and how to use external geometry.

ur hole is fully constrained, i bet that hurt 🤣🙂😂

also you can click on any face and select datum plane and it will be on that face.

Can that offset calculation formula to move datum plane be done more simplistically without that mathematical formula?

This might be dumb question, but I'm relatively new to CAD, so... instead of positioning datum plane, wouldn't it be faster and simpler to select the angle face on the body and then hitting sketch?

Do you have advice on when to make a new part vs when to make another body in the same part? I use FreeCAD for woodworking and struggled with this choice, but I've landed on making every board its own part, and putting them together in the assembly workbench. Tedious and fragile to change, but it's the only way I've been able to plan for allowances like shelf grooves and make tech drawings for each board to be cut. I too came to FreeCAD recently from TinkerCAD, which was fine for 3D printing, but couldn't help me plan joinery.

Metric is the best method of measurement. I am an American and own a metric tape measure. So easy to measure- no more fractions.

Funny, I made parts on my router for a long time using inch and most of the drawings I got where in mm, and I converted them for the longest time before trying it in mm. I haven't gone back to in yet, I now convert in to mm!

Thanks for the video, it was very helpful!

Thumbs up for using MM!

Thanks. As a newby to Freecad, I picked up a couple useful tips. Mich appreciated!

My toolbox has more metric tools than SAE, and I use them on US vehicle too. It just makes sense. Some things refuse to die for no good reason.

Excellent video. As a CAD beginner, your videos have been very helpful. You explain every little click which matters a lot when objects can seem to disappear into thin air.

Nice tutorial going over some useful basic tools. Out of curiosity, why did you create a datum plane for the angle top bracket, versus just selecting the angled top face of the post for your drawing plane of reference?

Awesome! Would be interested in videos from you on Ondsel.

In the latest FreeCAD, you can create a datum plane directly off the angled plane at the top by clicking that face then the "datum plane" button. Much easier though the origin point isn't set to the center of the face.

Amazing this lecture sir

Hello dear teacher, I would say that the video should be called : "Simple model in a complex way", jajajaja, just kidding, the calculation part using the formula is very interesting, but I am sure that many people do not understand where the formula comes from. I had to take pencil and paper and remember that the tangent of an angle is the opposite leg divided by the adjacent leg.
I did the exercise creating the Datum Plane using three points of the inclined plane at the top... with exactly the same result.
I congratulate you and hope you to continue uploading such excellent videos.
Best Regards from Venezuela...

Hi, can you please explain why you always start a new sketch from the origin instead of sketching directly on a selected face? For example, when you built the tower off the base, you started from the XY plane and added the initial 10mm thick base to your 80mm tall tower, rather than sketching and building from the face 80mm up. Similarly, when creating a datum plane, you added a formula to position it exactly where needed, instead of simply selecting the face at a 35-degree angle and creating the datum plane there.

I'm just learning and I'm curious if there's a beneficial reason for doing it the way you've shown, or if there has been an update allowing a simpler method since this video is 3 years old. Thank you!

I am learning freecad because I want to do some simple lab fixtures and don't want spend money on SW or F360, but man TNP makes for a hell of a roundabout way of doing things.