Thank you very much for saying the keyboard shortcuts while you're working. "T for tangent, A for angle" etc... a perfect teaching technique to reinforce the lessons. I switched from F360 to FreeCAD because of your videos. Keep up the good work.
@@JokoEngineeringhelp Yes, thank you very much, as yet an other F360 switcher, I can say you're a very good and qualified resource ! BTW could you tell us what is your software to show mouse clicks and keyboard keys on screen while you make your video ?
Sorry to be off topic but does someone know a way to log back into an instagram account?? I stupidly forgot my account password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me
I just wanted to say thanks for making all these in depth tutorials. Just like with Blender and Gimp, it's people like you who do this that allow a much wider range of people use these free alternatives. Without them, they'd just exist on the side and wouldn't be able to compete with the "standards".
I really like the flow of this, and it's so much faster to learn from the design of a "complex" part rather than follow an X parts tutorial going over rectangle and circles. Thank you!
The way you use FreeCAD, forecast the fully constraint state, showed me problems I didn't even knew I have. :) This is the best FreeCAD channel by an order of magnitude. Liked and subscribed.
*! Note !* If you're having problems with your boolean, go back to where he says "extrude" (c. 16:45). It is NOT the Extrude function (which is in the Part bench). It is the Pad function (from the Part Design bench). Why does this matter? Because Extrude makes its own objects (on the same level as bodies, but NOT bodies), and a boolean must be done between two bodies. Pad, on the other hand, makes sub-objects of a singular body. It took me a good hour and some close watching to figure that out. Despite that, I'm still in love with these videos. Awesome work, JE, thank you so much for making these!
Я всего 2 дня изучаю фрикад. И по вашему уроку у меня всё получилось, потому что вы замечательно объясняете и наглядно показываете. Спасибо вам, огромное.
wtf.... finally... every year I check if there were a good tutorial to understand better freecad.... FINALLY!!!! :-) I love this tutorial!!! Thanks a lot!!!
So, who was the one guy who didn't like this video? LOL . Love your instruction. Clear, to the point, and very informative. I've been struggling to do certain things in FreeCAD, but you are helping tremendously.
Thanks, after many attempts, I was able to make this part following your tutorial. Going to do it again to see if I can make it faster. Thanks again for the videos.
I'm completely new to this and only watched 3 or 4 of your videos before this one. With this one, I was wondering why you hadn't given the same overall length to both bodies...but you knew what you were doing : zero thickness explained it all. Thank you, lesson learned.
This was a great video, also great in showing what freecad is capable of. I was really scaptical coming from fusion but it can do almost everythin fusion can and I will totally switch over!
@@JokoEngineeringhelp Thank you very much! Do you know if there's a plugin or feature where I can add an Image and past it into FreeCAD and scale it accordingly to its real size like some kind of datum plane? I used this feature a lot in fusion (scan in a complex shape like eye glasses which are hard to measure with a ruler for scale) to model complex forms I'm to dumb to measure :) I haven't found it by googleing but maybe my naming of it was just off!
Thanks very much for the videos, yours are are so much more helpful because of the keyboard display. I also prefer your voice to others which is not a trivial thing, I think, when you're trying to listen closely and follow along. I'm proud to report I solved one problem by searching the FreeCad forums; when I finished the first sketch and clicked close it would disappear. Clicking: Views - Visibility - Show all objects fixed that for me. So satisfying to see that first sketch turn green when it was fully constrained! Thanks again.
Hi thanks for this tutorial it put me to the test, the constraints are testing my ability, but after about 5 days of many attempts I got your drawing done. Thanks again.
Very nice. Thank you. I've managed to create the part from your PDF before watching your solution. I did it slightly different, but I like to come up with a solution on my own, before picking up new tricks. This way I think your solution will stick better.
this is so difficult i came from onshape and so many steps. it could be how you are teaching don't know but this cad it difficult going back to onshape.
Ok, I know this is an old video, but I am not sure if I see a problem, or I am stupid. At 9:21, you put the dimension of 3 inches. but a little earlier in the video, you put the dimension of 1.25 inches so that the boolean would not cause problems. Shouldn't that mean that you should change the 3 inch dimension to 3.25 because you added the extra .25 inches to the 1 inch dimension? cool video tho.
Thanks for this wonderful tutorial. I'm part way through, (about 16mins in) and with the 2nd sketch, while it is saying it's fully constrained, it is only partially highlighted in bright green. When moving to the 3D view I'm only seeing that part of the object, with the rest of it missing. Any thoughts? The first sketch is fully constrained and visible, and thus working fine.
Btw....how do you managed that you can see the drawing and you can still see it when you work with FreeCAD? I'm new in CAD modeling, sorry for my dumbness.
I think he may be using an app to keep it there. While it is not something usually done there seem to be ways to do it in all major operating systems. Try searching "window always on top" and explore the results for your operating system.
Along with the other excellent replies, in Linux 18.04 with the gnome interface I right click on the window and select 'always on top'. In Windows, there is a program called deskpins that adds the functionality.
While watching the video, I was thinking that it would be handy to have a mirror feature from start with the sketch, in this video, mirroring above the X axis in real time all operations done below the X axis. Maybe it's too complicated or confusing.
@@releasethekraken5299 I had a look at the python api, and that idea sounds difficult. However a smart mirror command that adds some equality constraints should be doable. It is non-trivial to add symmetry constraints, as it is very easy to overconstrain the sketch by mistake. And it is not clear which subset of symmetry constraints should be skipped, so it is a question of design intent at that point. I might take a crack at implementing a smart mirror as a macro at some point, if I get time. It will not be perfect, as that is not possible. But it should at least be able to do some of the work.
@VorpalGun I'm grateful for people such as yourself that have a good programming ability and are willing to improve this wonderful software. Thanks for looking at that!
@@JokoEngineeringhelp I have started my investigation into this. Unfortunately the current implementation is messy and hard to use from a macro from what I can tell. See forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=53346 if you are interested.
because when I copied your proceedure, and I click on "1 degree", it shows the construction line as the 1 degree left. If I fix point on the vertical line, then I get "fully constrained". Just wondering if there is a method to choosing one over the other? Great tutorial!
@@TheRainHarvester Great question. When thinking about sketching, truly there are many ways to do the same thing and nothing is right or wrong as much as some things are better or worse for design intent. Usually in a design process you'll go back and update parts of a sketch, so a good sketch usually accommodates updating changes with as little effort as possible with as few sketch elements as possible. That's usually what I have on my mind when I think of different ways of doing a sketch, and on video I'm thinking about a lot more than just the sketch so sometimes I miss things that could have been done bettter! Hope that helps
Best FreeCAD teacher on YT ! Is there a reason to (seemingly) avoid Trim, Splines, Fillet, and Mirror in favour of Tangent Arcs and drawing 'both sides' even if symmetrical ? Boolean subtracting Bodies (not Loft to Edge) is a bit of a brain-twister to envision/learn, practise practise practice
Hi SoloSailor; There is nothing wrong with trimming or splines or anything of that nature. I draw both sides because mirroring doesn't fully constrain the sketch after the mirror so I like to capture my own 'design intent'.
@@JokoEngineeringhelp Thanks for the Reply. another JokoVid details specifically constraining to Design Intent (i'm binging) Fusion360 allows a less professional approach, so I have some bad habits to "professionalize".
I am guessing this replaces the video with a practice part that looks almost identical to this one - that was one of my favorites as it got me started in FreeCAD, why did you have to remove it? I haven't watched all of the new video yet, if you explain later I'll delete this question.
This has helped me allot, getting me started with Freecad (never used any other cad programs either). However When I try to Pad My second scetch if am getting a "Failed to Validate broken face" error.
why does the snapping on this program never seems to work for me, i click on a vert to make something then another vert moves off when I link them or make a constraint. Is there some setting I hit or am missing?
You should maybe look into using the function assignment to produce sketches that are linked to each other. instead of assigning one length twice, you can assign it once and then assign the other length to the one you already have via the constraint name. So when you change the dimension, it will reflect in the other sketch as well. It is also useful when you don't have precise measurements in your technical drawing and don't want to do the math. you just add a reference constraint and use that as as a reference in your driving constraint in another sketch. When using the polyline tool you can press M a couple of times to automatically generate arcs that are tangent to the previous line. Personally I'd have made only the lower half of the side section, extruded and then mirrored the whole thing. This thing could be done in the part workbench also using that method a little more convenient. Also eww... who uses inches for technical drawings and sketches? That's disgusting.
I have content on functions but this video is meant for those of lesser experience and the function assignment would be out of scope for the intended audience. I also have content on the M key, but in videos like this hotkeys will be a lose no matter what. People tell me to use more hotkeys and other people say I don't do them enough. I try to make hotkeys as clear as possible but not overdo it. It's too bad in the latest FreeCAD they changed the hotkeys, the previous ones were one of the parts that set FreeCAD apart in my opinion.
hey man, another awesome video. 🙌 one thing. i'm going to assume your running some ubuntu flavored GNU+Linux, and that your little key caster / key display/monitor is an open source app that may take some settings. if that is the case could you set the timeout of the key display? ie. can you make the keys being pressed display a little longer. when you're in the sketcher workbench and you're mashing all the keyboard shortcuts they flash in your little monitor rather quick, i'd say probably 500ms or less than 1 sec which makes it difficult to know what it is your pressing while watching at normal speed. just a thought. like maybe a 2 second display if the little monitor key caster supports such feature.
I cannot; the material from SolidWorks is proprietary. I do have videos where I make the same part with FreeCAD and SolidWorks so you can see the differences.
Hi there! Really love your videos. I am trying to make a body in PartDesign and I would need to measure an arc. How in the world are arcs measured in FreeCAD? I can't seem to find that option anywhere. Can you help?
Arcs are typically sized using a radius. Are you saying you have a defined arc and you need to find out the radius? In that case there is a button that turns the dimension buttons blue, use the radius tool when it is blue to report a non-driving dimension
Hi Joko. I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on how to make a helmet (Mandalorian, soldier, bike something) and an an eye mask (something Night Wing would wear). I want to be able to make cospay pieces on Freecad to 3D Print and wear. Thank you.
There is something strange here. I followed your instructions and at the end of the first part (that is from the beginning to 4:0) I get an unconstrained sketch. This is because the large end can move around an axis centred at the centre point of the smaller circle. Further investigation reveals that at 2:19 you set a tangent for the two lines to the smaller circle and then you say "A for angle" followed by a several second silence. Mysteriously after that you have no constraints. I have no idea what A for angle followed by nothing does in Freecad but it seems to work for you. Did you edit the video there?
@@JokoEngineeringhelp Odd. There is quite a long silent pause just a you say "A for angle" but the video doesn't show you typing any value for the angle. Sadly I am using 0.19 and that seems to have a lot of bugs or perhaps I am just good at finding them. Anyway, shortly after I posted that Freecad refused to draw arcs anymore. In fact it also refused to draw lines, squares or circles although strangely it would draw hexagons. Actually it didn't refuse to draw arcs: It was more that it drew them all over the screen in random places and with random sizes flashing here and there when I moved the mouse. It also reported lots of errors which look very like coding errors. I can't remember the text exactly now but, it included "nan is not defined' which I suspect is "Not a Number" perhaps. I'm going to have a look an OpenSCAD as an alternative as I find FreeCAD difficult to use and buggy. Anyway, thanks for your reply and also for your videos. They are certainly better than many of the others.
@@colcol758 Consider an alternate install if you're running linux and solvespace is a fun parametric modeler too, early in development though and not as powerful as freecad yet.
@@JokoEngineeringhelp Thanks for that. Sadly I'm not running Linux. I would like to know what the shortcut key"A" does. You say "A" for angle but no dialog box appears in the video so how did you enter the angle? I wonder what angle the other people making comments saying how they got this working used. I just don't understand this. Anyway, I've given up on FreeCAD as it is too buggy and unintuitive for any real use. You can't design a complex part with a tool that can crash at any moment and corrupt your design so that you have to start again.
@@colcol758 Pressing the A key and then two lines sets a dimensional angle between the lines. It's too bad you're seeing bugs, a lot of people make complex things without any problems. Good luck
I am deaf, I am trying to learn with the captions what you are doing.. I see that you discuss things about doing it "proper", but you are moving the pointer and clicking stuff and not explaining what it is you are doing.. also it would help if you would be more concise with your pointer movement instead of swirling it around all over the place. If you click on something.. tell people what you are clicking on and why.. go step by step.. I will admit that I have already learned better with you than some of the others. But if you really want to be good.. attention to detail will get you there.. also.. your play list, there is no order to them.. it is too random.. if your list was from beginner, intermediate to advance, so that folks would progress in a proper fashion and order, will greatly make you a better teacher! Keep up the hard work, make them better.. I for one would be a fan.. thank you for trying to help those that don't know where to start.
Thank you very much for saying the keyboard shortcuts while you're working. "T for tangent, A for angle" etc... a perfect teaching technique to reinforce the lessons. I switched from F360 to FreeCAD because of your videos. Keep up the good work.
Thank you happy to help
@@JokoEngineeringhelp Yes, thank you very much, as yet an other F360 switcher, I can say you're a very good and qualified resource ! BTW could you tell us what is your software to show mouse clicks and keyboard keys on screen while you make your video ?
@@Alomphega Sure the keyboard monitor is called keymon available for linux
@@JokoEngineeringhelp Thank you very much (again !)
Sorry to be off topic but does someone know a way to log back into an instagram account??
I stupidly forgot my account password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me
I just wanted to say thanks for making all these in depth tutorials.
Just like with Blender and Gimp, it's people like you who do this that allow a much wider range of people use these free alternatives.
Without them, they'd just exist on the side and wouldn't be able to compete with the "standards".
The zero thickness warnings and then final demonstration where the part disappears is very smart teaching. Thank you for that heads up.
The two downvotes are from people who can't afford FreeCAD and feel that it is too expensive. Great job on the tutorial!
Ha! Thank you
My guess is that it is disgruntled F360 Sales engineers!😉
Absolutely incredible channel for studding freecad !!!
I really like the flow of this, and it's so much faster to learn from the design of a "complex" part rather than follow an X parts tutorial going over rectangle and circles. Thank you!
The way you use FreeCAD, forecast the fully constraint state, showed me problems I didn't even knew I have. :) This is the best FreeCAD channel by an order of magnitude. Liked and subscribed.
Many thanks
@@JokoEngineeringhelp In the meanwhile... Just fixed fillet issues on my model. Thanks again.
*! Note !*
If you're having problems with your boolean, go back to where he says "extrude" (c. 16:45). It is NOT the Extrude function (which is in the Part bench). It is the Pad function (from the Part Design bench). Why does this matter? Because Extrude makes its own objects (on the same level as bodies, but NOT bodies), and a boolean must be done between two bodies. Pad, on the other hand, makes sub-objects of a singular body.
It took me a good hour and some close watching to figure that out. Despite that, I'm still in love with these videos. Awesome work, JE, thank you so much for making these!
You just gotta love dis guy. Heard what I said, Ton'?
I said you gotta love dis guy.
Я всего 2 дня изучаю фрикад. И по вашему уроку у меня всё получилось, потому что вы замечательно объясняете и наглядно показываете.
Спасибо вам, огромное.
Nice learning through practice! Thank you, especially for paying attention to the learning curve and making things explicit to be comprehensive!
wtf.... finally... every year I check if there were a good tutorial to understand better freecad.... FINALLY!!!! :-) I love this tutorial!!! Thanks a lot!!!
That Boolean Common Command is a life saver
Always helpful and top notch!
As usual, just great. Didn't even knew the common boolean function!
So, who was the one guy who didn't like this video? LOL . Love your instruction. Clear, to the point, and very informative. I've been struggling to do certain things in FreeCAD, but you are helping tremendously.
Probably some guy from Autodesk....lol.
@@Vindix007 LOL
Wow, this was really helpful. I have been drawing in FreeCAD incorrectly for a while. Thank you!
Thanks a lot for this video. The zero thickness "feature" explanains why I was having problems with a previous design.
I like the simplicity and clarity of explanation for this lesson
How funny, been watching a bunch of your old video's and now, you know how to mirror.
Thanks, after many attempts, I was able to make this part following your tutorial. Going to do it again to see if I can make it faster. Thanks again for the videos.
Thanks for producing videos on FreeCAD!
This was great. I am learning so much. Sorry you had to redo it but the video is appreciated.
I'm completely new to this and only watched 3 or 4 of your videos before this one. With this one, I was wondering why you hadn't given the same overall length to both bodies...but you knew what you were doing : zero thickness explained it all. Thank you, lesson learned.
You have an epic username. I love it.
Your videos are really awesome, I can't thank you enough for those. I have learned a lot from them!
This right there just added another quantum to my knowledge of CAD.
Man, your videos are the best, really...
Thank you very much for this advanced videos, please keep uploading!
Yay, it's back. Thank you for doing this.
Wow, thank you very much! I have searched for "easy" or beginner practice videos for FreeCAD....thank you so much....subscribed!
This was a great video, also great in showing what freecad is capable of. I was really scaptical coming from fusion but it can do almost everythin fusion can and I will totally switch over!
Welcome to the open source side! There are many add-ins that do things unique to the platform too. Curved shapes is a really fun one.
@@JokoEngineeringhelp Thank you very much! Do you know if there's a plugin or feature where I can add an Image and past it into FreeCAD and scale it accordingly to its real size like some kind of datum plane? I used this feature a lot in fusion (scan in a complex shape like eye glasses which are hard to measure with a ruler for scale) to model complex forms I'm to dumb to measure :)
I haven't found it by googleing but maybe my naming of it was just off!
@@exactpause9218 Sure, see here.
th-cam.com/video/v48Z5L-MyGw/w-d-xo.html
Thanks very much for the videos, yours are are so much more helpful because of the keyboard display. I also prefer your voice to others which is not a trivial thing, I think, when you're trying to listen closely and follow along. I'm proud to report I solved one problem by searching the FreeCad forums; when I finished the first sketch and clicked close it would disappear. Clicking: Views - Visibility - Show all objects fixed that for me. So satisfying to see that first sketch turn green when it was fully constrained! Thanks again.
Nice work!
Excellent !!
Short and precise.
Thank you very very much.!This is the definition of learning by doing .
This was very helpful. Thanks for your time in putting this together.
Wow, neat. Thanks for help.
Thanks again made the part following this tutorial that zero thickness stuff was great advise
Hi thanks for this tutorial it put me to the test, the constraints are testing my ability, but after about 5 days of many attempts I got your drawing done. Thanks again.
It gets much easier over time. Good on you for sticking with it!
your help and explanations are excellent. Many many thanks!
cool
Very nice. Thank you. I've managed to create the part from your PDF before watching your solution. I did it slightly different, but I like to come up with a solution on my own, before picking up new tricks. This way I think your solution will stick better.
Great video, thank you, learned a lot. Also at 9:09 according to drawing, length shouldn't be 3.25 not 3? :)
He explains why to make it longer when he talks about "zero thickness" at the end, and why it's needed to combine the extrudes.
Great tutorial. Keep them coming!
Thank you so much for this. Watching your workflow really helps me optimise mines
this is so difficult i came from onshape and so many steps. it could be how you are teaching don't know but this cad it difficult going back to onshape.
Ok, I know this is an old video, but I am not sure if I see a problem, or I am stupid. At 9:21, you put the dimension of 3 inches. but a little earlier in the video, you put the dimension of 1.25 inches so that the boolean would not cause problems. Shouldn't that mean that you should change the 3 inch dimension to 3.25 because you added the extra .25 inches to the 1 inch dimension? cool video tho.
Don't move! The secret police are coming to erase this intel! But seriously that's a good insight
Thanks for the highly detailed instruction video.
absolutely fantasitic
How would you go about making this exact part except the two rings are different sizes?
Thanks for this wonderful tutorial. I'm part way through, (about 16mins in) and with the 2nd sketch, while it is saying it's fully constrained, it is only partially highlighted in bright green. When moving to the 3D view I'm only seeing that part of the object, with the rest of it missing. Any thoughts? The first sketch is fully constrained and visible, and thus working fine.
Thank Sir, Your videos helps a lot! Thank you!
Awesome video, thanks very much
Thank you.
I wish I had Catia at home, but freecad seems to be pretty similar in its basic function.
Hi Joko: the clone icon is an (orange) sheep. Sheep as in "Dolly", the first cloned mammalian.
18:43 for the beginning of the zero thickness explanation
Hi guys im having trouble at 1:37 because the keyhole is slanting how do I get it come out evenly cheers
I'm not sure exactly what the problem is, you should be able to download the part from the link in the description to compare
Enjoyed thanks
Thanks, was looking for a great tutorial.
Absolutely awesome tutorial, thanks
Good stuff.
why does the fillet issue happen when you don't overextend? it's kinda weird that it happens. even worse is that it doesn't say why it fails
Can't get past 1:48, conflicting restraints, I don't understand as I am almost 100% certain I followed the video exactly
Make sure you have "Auto Remove Redundants" on, and you're running the latest version
How did you make the reference drawing?
See the techdraw workbench. you can add/create views.
Bakkerman73 is correct, that's what I used.
th-cam.com/video/SbKWf7MalAk/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/cggBR1Ghq7k/w-d-xo.html
Awesome!
that is sic bro ! my next lesson! Thanks.
Btw....how do you managed that you can see the drawing and you can still see it when you work with FreeCAD?
I'm new in CAD modeling, sorry for my dumbness.
I think he may be using an app to keep it there. While it is not something usually done there seem to be ways to do it in all major operating systems. Try searching "window always on top" and explore the results for your operating system.
In most linux desktop environment you can choose to keep a window above the active window.
@@paulreader1777 ..thanks.
@@dieterdodel1974 Thank you for asking the question - I benefited from researching the answer.
Along with the other excellent replies, in Linux 18.04 with the gnome interface I right click on the window and select 'always on top'. In Windows, there is a program called deskpins that adds the functionality.
It would be nice if sketch mirror would add the required equality and symmetry constraints. Seems it shouldn't be too difficult of an algorithm.
While watching the video, I was thinking that it would be handy to have a mirror feature from start with the sketch, in this video, mirroring above the X axis in real time all operations done below the X axis. Maybe it's too complicated or confusing.
@@releasethekraken5299 I had a look at the python api, and that idea sounds difficult. However a smart mirror command that adds some equality constraints should be doable. It is non-trivial to add symmetry constraints, as it is very easy to overconstrain the sketch by mistake. And it is not clear which subset of symmetry constraints should be skipped, so it is a question of design intent at that point.
I might take a crack at implementing a smart mirror as a macro at some point, if I get time. It will not be perfect, as that is not possible. But it should at least be able to do some of the work.
@VorpalGun I'm grateful for people such as yourself that have a good programming ability and are willing to improve this wonderful software. Thanks for looking at that!
@@JokoEngineeringhelp I have started my investigation into this. Unfortunately the current implementation is messy and hard to use from a macro from what I can tell. See forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=53346 if you are interested.
Is it possible to modify the radius of any of the dimensions without remodeling the entire part?
It is! I recreated the part and tried it.
6:10 How did you know that was the final constraint?
because when I copied your proceedure, and I click on "1 degree", it shows the construction line as the 1 degree left. If I fix point on the vertical line, then I get "fully constrained". Just wondering if there is a method to choosing one over the other? Great tutorial!
@@TheRainHarvester Great question. When thinking about sketching, truly there are many ways to do the same thing and nothing is right or wrong as much as some things are better or worse for design intent. Usually in a design process you'll go back and update parts of a sketch, so a good sketch usually accommodates updating changes with as little effort as possible with as few sketch elements as possible. That's usually what I have on my mind when I think of different ways of doing a sketch, and on video I'm thinking about a lot more than just the sketch so sometimes I miss things that could have been done bettter! Hope that helps
Best FreeCAD teacher on YT !
Is there a reason to (seemingly) avoid Trim, Splines, Fillet, and Mirror in favour of Tangent Arcs and drawing 'both sides' even if symmetrical ?
Boolean subtracting Bodies (not Loft to Edge) is a bit of a brain-twister to envision/learn, practise practise practice
Hi SoloSailor;
There is nothing wrong with trimming or splines or anything of that nature. I draw both sides because mirroring doesn't fully constrain the sketch after the mirror so I like to capture my own 'design intent'.
@@JokoEngineeringhelp Thanks for the Reply. another JokoVid details specifically constraining to Design Intent (i'm binging) Fusion360 allows a less professional approach, so I have some bad habits to "professionalize".
I am guessing this replaces the video with a practice part that looks almost identical to this one - that was one of my favorites as it got me started in FreeCAD, why did you have to remove it? I haven't watched all of the new video yet, if you explain later I'll delete this question.
My guess is a douchebag move from whoever did the original drawing.
@@funkysod Right you are Funkysod
This has helped me allot, getting me started with Freecad (never used any other cad programs either).
However When I try to Pad My second scetch if am getting a "Failed to Validate broken face" error.
why does the snapping on this program never seems to work for me, i click on a vert to make something then another vert moves off when I link them or make a constraint. Is there some setting I hit or am missing?
Which version of FreeCAD are you using? Try this th-cam.com/video/suFp5-SWSA4/w-d-xo.html
@@JokoEngineeringhelp V.018 I'll try to update it and see that works
You should maybe look into using the function assignment to produce sketches that are linked to each other. instead of assigning one length twice, you can assign it once and then assign the other length to the one you already have via the constraint name. So when you change the dimension, it will reflect in the other sketch as well. It is also useful when you don't have precise measurements in your technical drawing and don't want to do the math. you just add a reference constraint and use that as as a reference in your driving constraint in another sketch.
When using the polyline tool you can press M a couple of times to automatically generate arcs that are tangent to the previous line.
Personally I'd have made only the lower half of the side section, extruded and then mirrored the whole thing. This thing could be done in the part workbench also using that method a little more convenient.
Also eww... who uses inches for technical drawings and sketches? That's disgusting.
I have content on functions but this video is meant for those of lesser experience and the function assignment would be out of scope for the intended audience. I also have content on the M key, but in videos like this hotkeys will be a lose no matter what. People tell me to use more hotkeys and other people say I don't do them enough. I try to make hotkeys as clear as possible but not overdo it. It's too bad in the latest FreeCAD they changed the hotkeys, the previous ones were one of the parts that set FreeCAD apart in my opinion.
hey man, another awesome video. 🙌
one thing. i'm going to assume your running some ubuntu flavored GNU+Linux, and that your little key caster / key display/monitor is an open source app that may take some settings. if that is the case could you set the timeout of the key display? ie. can you make the keys being pressed display a little longer. when you're in the sketcher workbench and you're mashing all the keyboard shortcuts they flash in your little monitor rather quick, i'd say probably 500ms or less than 1 sec which makes it difficult to know what it is your pressing while watching at normal speed.
just a thought. like maybe a 2 second display if the little monitor key caster supports such feature.
That's a great suggestion, unfortunately my keyboard monitor isn't capable of delays. I think I'll work on a cheat sheet.
Would you consider tutorials using exercise file from SolidWorks and teaching the difference between the two applications
I cannot; the material from SolidWorks is proprietary. I do have videos where I make the same part with FreeCAD and SolidWorks so you can see the differences.
@@JokoEngineeringhelp thanks for your reply..i will have a look at your videos
Why not use the "symmetric geometry" command in sketcher along with the fillet command to more easily sketch profiles.
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Speed is a factor
Hi there! Really love your videos. I am trying to make a body in PartDesign and I would need to measure an arc. How in the world are arcs measured in FreeCAD? I can't seem to find that option anywhere. Can you help?
Arcs are typically sized using a radius. Are you saying you have a defined arc and you need to find out the radius? In that case there is a button that turns the dimension buttons blue, use the radius tool when it is blue to report a non-driving dimension
Hi Joko. I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on how to make a helmet (Mandalorian, soldier, bike something) and an an eye mask (something Night Wing would wear). I want to be able to make cospay pieces on Freecad to 3D Print and wear. Thank you.
I would probably go with Blender for something like that - where it's more about cosmetics and organic shapes than exact measurements.
When I try to combine both programs it says failed to validate broken face. What do I have to do to fix problem?
Hi Stephen, it means that two lines or a line and an arc are not connected, or there is an extra line or arc that shouldn't be there.
Did it!!! Thanks!!!
You changed the 1 inch to 1.25 but then left the 3 inches as they were. When the boolean operation happened didn't the 3 inches become 2.75?
I'm not sure I completely follow, which time are you referring?
This was so cool!!
Thank u sooo much for yr work😊 Let me know what prog u use for ref ?)) Thanks😊😊😊
The program is FreeCAD, available at freecadweb.org. It's open source, so you don't have to pay anything.
Thank you very much
hi, how did you keep the drawing window stay on top?
Linux has a feature to right click on a window and select always stay on top
There is something strange here. I followed your instructions and at the end of the first part (that is from the beginning to 4:0) I get an unconstrained sketch. This is because the large end can move around an axis centred at the centre point of the smaller circle. Further investigation reveals that at 2:19 you set a tangent for the two lines to the smaller circle and then you say "A for angle" followed by a several second silence. Mysteriously after that you have no constraints. I have no idea what A for angle followed by nothing does in Freecad but it seems to work for you. Did you edit the video there?
I don't recall making an edit there at all. You can download the part to check for differences as well
@@JokoEngineeringhelp Odd. There is quite a long silent pause just a you say "A for angle" but the video doesn't show you typing any value for the angle. Sadly I am using 0.19 and that seems to have a lot of bugs or perhaps I am just good at finding them. Anyway, shortly after I posted that Freecad refused to draw arcs anymore. In fact it also refused to draw lines, squares or circles although strangely it would draw hexagons. Actually it didn't refuse to draw arcs: It was more that it drew them all over the screen in random places and with random sizes flashing here and there when I moved the mouse. It also reported lots of errors which look very like coding errors. I can't remember the text exactly now but, it included "nan is not defined' which I suspect is "Not a Number" perhaps. I'm going to have a look an OpenSCAD as an alternative as I find FreeCAD difficult to use and buggy. Anyway, thanks for your reply and also for your videos. They are certainly better than many of the others.
@@colcol758 Consider an alternate install if you're running linux and solvespace is a fun parametric modeler too, early in development though and not as powerful as freecad yet.
@@JokoEngineeringhelp Thanks for that. Sadly I'm not running Linux. I would like to know what the shortcut key"A" does. You say "A" for angle but no dialog box appears in the video so how did you enter the angle? I wonder what angle the other people making comments saying how they got this working used. I just don't understand this. Anyway, I've given up on FreeCAD as it is too buggy and unintuitive for any real use. You can't design a complex part with a tool that can crash at any moment and corrupt your design so that you have to start again.
@@colcol758 Pressing the A key and then two lines sets a dimensional angle between the lines. It's too bad you're seeing bugs, a lot of people make complex things without any problems.
Good luck
muito bom!! da hora...
Sir awesome
I am deaf, I am trying to learn with the captions what you are doing.. I see that you discuss things about doing it "proper", but you are moving the pointer and clicking stuff and not explaining what it is you are doing.. also it would help if you would be more concise with your pointer movement instead of swirling it around all over the place. If you click on something.. tell people what you are clicking on and why.. go step by step.. I will admit that I have already learned better with you than some of the others. But if you really want to be good.. attention to detail will get you there.. also.. your play list, there is no order to them.. it is too random.. if your list was from beginner, intermediate to advance, so that folks would progress in a proper fashion and order, will greatly make you a better teacher! Keep up the hard work, make them better.. I for one would be a fan.. thank you for trying to help those that don't know where to start.
Try books too.. I have hard time learning from videos... sitting with books.. alone really makes my brain work.
Reakky cool. Thanks
Hai Joko, Where are you from ? Indonesia ?
AZ, USA How about you?
thanks
May Allah guide u
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very hepful :)
Great video! I'm just guessing the creator of the original drawing wasn't a firm believer in sharing ip :)
Exactly
@@JokoEngineeringhelp THANKS for re-making it, your tutorials are pretty much the best available and you are doing a great job to promote FreeCAD :)
@@JeremieFrancois Thank you. Sometimes I worry I can't do this great software the justice it deserves
Great video!
You should have mirrored it
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Is it just me who's hearing the constant sinusoid or what..?