Part Design


  • FreeCAD – Simplifying your Sketches, with Patterns.

    For this tutorial I will be using a simple Flange/Gasket design to show how the Part Workbench can vastly simplify your designs by using Polar Patterns. As a newer user […]

  • Part Design – Additive Helix

    Making threads or cutting threads just got a lot easier with Additive and Subtractive Helix in the Part Design Workbench. This tool adds the ability to easily sweep a sketch […]

  • Part Design – Shape binder

    How to link Sketches, Edges and Faces to Another Sketch ( without formulas. ) For a careful fully detailed explanation of the Shape Binder head over to: https://wiki.freecadweb.org/PartDesign_ShapeBinder. The article […]

  • Part Design – Map a Sketch to a Face

    In sketch based modelling, sketches are attached, or placed on the face to which they will ad or subtract the feature the sketch is modeling. Mapping a sketch to a […]

  • 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 […]