Month: June 2020

  • Part Design – Subtractive Groove ( Revolution )

    The Subtractive Groove uses a Sketch to remove material from a Body. The selected sketch is rotated around an axis and removes material that it intersects. To complete a successful […]

  • Part Design – Origins, Placements and Positioning.

    Part 1 – Sketches and Bodies. Positioning objects in FreeCAD can become confusing, when the Objects origins are not clear. This can become confused by the fact that there are […]

  • Part Design – “Draft on Face” Tutorial.

    The “Draft on Face” tool is similar to a chamfer. Some of the differences are in how it is constructed. The Draft is applied to a single face and the […]

  • Part Design – Simple Pipe Tutorial

    This simple tutorial will walk through creating a pipe in the Part Design Workbench using additive and subtractive tools. The tutorial is meant to teach the Additive and Subtractive tools […]

  • Part Design – Additive Cylinder

    The Additive Primitive tool is a way to add certain solids to a model without having to sketch. the tool is adds shapes with mouse selection and dialog in the […]

  • Part Design – Additive Primitive Box

    The Additive Primitive tool is a way to add certain solids to a model without having to sketch. the tool is adds shapes with mouse selection and dialog in the […]

  • Create a FreeCAD Workbench – Command Code

    This article will be referring to the code run from the Command Class as the “Command Code.” I the code included, the execute command adds a simple shape to the […]

  • Part Design – Your First Sketch

    In FreeCAD, as many other CAD systems, we use Sketches to draw out features of a 3D shape. When the feature is defined we use a 3d tool like Pad […]

  • FreeCAD FEM Solver

    This post will cover the Calculix solver used in conjunction with FreeCAD

  • Create a FreeCAD Workbench – Command Class

    The Command Class is intended to be setup and called by the InitGui.py of your workbench make sure you have created this class first. The “Command” Class When called the […]

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