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Finaly a clear explanation! Sometimes it a bit searching because eiI work on a newer version, but that doesn't matter! I really like the way you explaining things!
Nice, I have been going over freecad, and got all familiar with most of the tools and the workbenches. I start a new part and then after I create a few changes I become lost. However you are the first one to give instruction on the order for a new project, when to create a body, when to rename, and then to create a new sketch... watching your first 5 videos really made a major difference!!! Thanks and I subscribed too.
Mr. hardwareguy: I don't know how often you check these comments being the age of these tutorials, with that said I have a high and quick learning curve for the most part and must say your method of teaching these are not only easy to follow but probably the most simplest to understand of any tutorials out there on any platform. (Not just FreeCad) but any Cad Programs in general. I wanted to take the time to thank you for your time and hope you continue in your endeavors to help others. Again Thanks.
Really great mate and thank you for taking the time to create these. It is very rare nowadays on the tube that we come across a person who is doing these videos out of passion and desire but I must say your passion and desire comes across very easily so please don't change, you are doing a great job. If you happened to have the desire to do this professionally I would certainly pay up for this type of guidance so if you do decide to get some cash then go ahead but please DO NOT change your style it works and remember, "Passion and Desire always win".
100% agree, the symmetry constraint makes more sense to use, and creates less clutter. On a similar note, after mirroring the circle and loosing the constraints, instead of recreating the horiz. and vert. constraints on all 3 circles, you could also use the symmetry constraint to make the other circles symmetric to the first, and then if you move the first, the 3 others will move with it as well. That one will be particularly amazing at removing clutter of constraints everywhere on your sketch
I love this series on FreeCad! I have been trying to learn this application but I hadn't found any good tutorials on it till now. Thanks for your help.
Loved this series. Just received my first 3D printer(ender 3) a couple days ago and have been making, well... everything. Shower rod brackets, 'I survived the Coof - 2020' keychains, tiny brushed motor mounts for micro aircraft etc etc. I bought it to make boxes/housing for all my naked circuits but so far that's about the only thing I *haven't* made. I'm gonna need a couple more of these printers I believe, slow is no fun! All this using FreeCAD and this playlist you put out. Thank you!
You are my top FreeCAD tutorial channel, and I have referred your tutorias to most of my friends. You really rock! I also wanted to ask you how I can get rid of the lines from the surface that was used for the mirror operation. It would be nice to know how to clean up the part. Thanks again.
ive been watching vidoe after video after video on how to learn this mess..... down the rabbithole i go and come to your vidz.......and im actually learning this.... Thank you , ... i almost gave up.. ive already started goofing around and actually able to create objects that i can 3d print.. again, Thank You .
Outstanding Tutorials! I agree with other viewers about your style and "don't change it"! Thank you for the great tutorials and keep making them! I will be getting my MK3S+ kit in a few weeks and I am getting ready to print! I am looking forward on the next topic. Cheers! Nikos
For MacOS on v0.18, it's the option/alt button instead of control when making the mirror references. To select more than one circle, use the command button and then use the option/alt then click the line reference. FYI to all.
nice video thanks skipping the obvious steps it made the video fast and to the point also hope freecad improves on that mirror feature, I think they might consider changing it in the future update fingers crossed
Is it better to mirror or just cut paste and copy if its a full part ? Ive followed along with these videos and two days later I can actually get things to work and get things done , great set of videos ,,, now its sheet metal next .I play with sheet steel in real life so I hope theres a video on the sheet metal workbench too.
Hi. Is there any drawback in using other type of constraints to the mirrored circles instead of repeating all those dimensions? Something along the lines of the symmetry constraint and eventually some construction lines (the blue ones)?
Is there a way to MERGE this last 2 mirrored squars with the holes into one object? Because then you could work around the mirror problem of FreeCad :-)
Hi, in all of the videos relating to mirror and linear pattern tools, it seems that all that can be patterned or mirror are simple pads or pockets. Is it possible to mirror or linear pattern a more complicated shape? That is, if you sketched a circle, but then swept it out above the plane along some arbitrary path, can that shape be mirrored or linear patterned? Also, does patterning or mirroring depend on the selected sketches being fully constrained? Alternatively, can one linearly pattern a sketch, and then sweep all of the linear patterned or mirrored elements simultaneously? Thanks for your excellent video!
Your explanation is very helpfull. Meanwhile there is a newer version of freecad, so a lot of tools have changed place or are joined together. It would be very helpfull if you could give a download link to the version of freecad you are discussing or create such a link yourself. Anyway thanks a lot for all your work!!
Thanks for the tutorial! I design 3D Printed rockets, and I was wondering if there is a way to mirror 3 objects (fins) perfectly around a cylinder? This would really help me, thank you in advance.
Thats why the sketcher is lacking...while making mirror without constraints is just the same as drawing circles quickly manually and applying constraints. Sketcher needs badly improving, no patterns, no offset, troublesome copying, simple sketching takes ages. Freecad is a briliant piece of software with huge functionality, but the lacking basics in sketcher make it really difficult. I'd wish the developers could stop for a bit with adding new gimmics and focus on the basic blocks. Anyway, freecad is still great!
Until it can really copy the constrains too I find this not that useful because 80% of the time you already spend on creating the constrains. The time you saved by just mirroring the circles is so marginally that I would not consider that tool . I would even contend that creating the circles one by one is even faster than using the mirror tool :) Okay, that might not be true for really complex shapes as you already said.
After 4! minutes of 7:48 you start to talk about the subject of the video? I'm in my 50's. I don't have the nerves and the time for that. If it can be done in 3:45 why don't you do it in perhaps 4 minutes?
I can't believe you are criticizing the length of this video, the thing that makes this channel great is that he explains things from the beginning so you don't miss anything.
▶If you find my videos useful, kindly consider supporting me: www.thehardwareguy.co.uk/membership
You can also support the channel in other ways by giving this video a thumbs up and sharing it everywhere!
-Gareth
Finaly a clear explanation! Sometimes it a bit searching because eiI work on a newer version, but that doesn't matter! I really like the way you explaining things!
Best FreeCAD videos on TH-cam!
new to CAD, and these videos are the best I have come across on TH-cam, thank you for your effort and please keep the series going
Nice, I have been going over freecad, and got all familiar with most of the tools and the workbenches. I start a new part and then after I create a few changes I become lost. However you are the first one to give instruction on the order for a new project, when to create a body, when to rename, and then to create a new sketch... watching your first 5 videos really made a major difference!!! Thanks and I subscribed too.
Great to hear! thank you for watching Gary
Mr. hardwareguy: I don't know how often you check these comments being the age of these tutorials, with that said I have a high and quick learning curve for the most part and must say your method of teaching these are not only easy to follow but probably the most simplest to understand of any tutorials out there on any platform. (Not just FreeCad) but any Cad Programs in general. I wanted to take the time to thank you for your time and hope you continue in your endeavors to help others. Again Thanks.
Really great mate and thank you for taking the time to create these. It is very rare nowadays on the tube that we come across a person who is doing these videos out of passion and desire but I must say your passion and desire comes across very easily so please don't change, you are doing a great job. If you happened to have the desire to do this professionally I would certainly pay up for this type of guidance so if you do decide to get some cash then go ahead but please DO NOT change your style it works and remember, "Passion and Desire always win".
Thank you very much David. Really appreciate those kind words in your feedback!
Your format is perfect. I like you moving quickly on steps covered in previous videos, shortening the overall length of the specific tutorial.
Excellent tutorials! Please use the Symmetry constraint to center the rectangle. This is much better than specifying "half width"
100% agree, the symmetry constraint makes more sense to use, and creates less clutter.
On a similar note, after mirroring the circle and loosing the constraints, instead of recreating the horiz. and vert. constraints on all 3 circles, you could also use the symmetry constraint to make the other circles symmetric to the first, and then if you move the first, the 3 others will move with it as well. That one will be particularly amazing at removing clutter of constraints everywhere on your sketch
Excellent tutorial, very easy to follow and no frills! I Like it.
Amazing series!
Many thanks, your videos helped me greatly getting started with Freecad
It looks like you have a lot on your plate. Your Freecad tutorials are spot on for a noob like me. I want to say thank you.
You can use constrain symmetrical though so that you ensure your other circles stay in the same position if the size of the square is changed
I love this series on FreeCad! I have been trying to learn this application but I hadn't found any good tutorials on it till now. Thanks for your help.
Thanks for the excellent tutorials, keep up the fantastic work.
Loved this series. Just received my first 3D printer(ender 3) a couple days ago and have been making, well... everything. Shower rod brackets, 'I survived the Coof - 2020' keychains, tiny brushed motor mounts for micro aircraft etc etc. I bought it to make boxes/housing for all my naked circuits but so far that's about the only thing I *haven't* made. I'm gonna need a couple more of these printers I believe, slow is no fun! All this using FreeCAD and this playlist you put out. Thank you!
Hi, thanks so much for these videos! I can’t get enough of them... so useful, a booster rocket into freeCAD!
Thanks bro. Saved me a lot of time
Great as always
Thanks a lot, mate.
It is going really good
I am starting to use FreeCAD to design my new pan car all my design
Thanks for your help!!
Excellent!!!
Awaiting your next videos!
Excellent series
Could you do a video on creating a spring?
You are my top FreeCAD tutorial channel, and I have referred your tutorias to most of my friends. You really rock!
I also wanted to ask you how I can get rid of the lines from the surface that was used for the mirror operation. It would be nice to know how to clean up the part. Thanks again.
Keep these coming. You're doing great work that is very valuable.
Much appreciated! more to come
@@thehardwareguy I'm actually about to buy Alibre CAD Expert in like a week or so -- excited
My guy you are a life saver.
ive been watching vidoe after video after video on how to learn this mess..... down the rabbithole i go and come to your vidz.......and im actually learning this.... Thank you , ... i almost gave up.. ive already started goofing around and actually able to create objects that i can 3d print.. again, Thank You .
This was really helpful for me! Thank you!
Outstanding Tutorials!
I agree with other viewers about your style and "don't change it"!
Thank you for the great tutorials and keep making them!
I will be getting my MK3S+ kit in a few weeks and I am getting ready to print!
I am looking forward on the next topic.
Cheers!
Nikos
I appreciate that! You must be excited to get your printer, good times man!
@@thehardwareguy for sure!
thank you very much for these turtorials. they have helped heaps
Glad you like them! thanks for watching
Loving this tutorial!😃
Thank you! Your series helped me a lot!
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing. I'm so much happier learning with you, it's way less stressful!
Glad you enjoy it!
So helpful!!! Thank you so much!!
Great series - excellent help!
very helpful!
For MacOS on v0.18, it's the option/alt button instead of control when making the mirror references. To select more than one circle, use the command button and then use the option/alt then click the line reference. FYI to all.
thanks for this!
Same works for linux. Control to select multiple objects, alt to select reference line.
Great series, if you could create one for metal sheet workbench plugin and combine it with standard workflow of free cad it would be awesome.
Many thanks, your videos helped me greatly getting started with Freecad, and can you please show us how to generate drawings
This was very helpful. Is it possible to mirror a body on 2 axis? nevermind, I did it with the "multitransform" (which is not easy to use)
nice video thanks skipping the obvious steps it made the video fast and to the point
also hope freecad improves on that mirror feature, I think they might consider changing it in the future update fingers crossed
you're the best
thanks you sir!!
Is it better to mirror or just cut paste and copy if its a full part ?
Ive followed along with these videos and two days later I can actually get things to work and get things done , great set of videos ,,, now its sheet metal next .I play with sheet steel in real life so I hope theres a video on the sheet metal workbench too.
Great!
Thank you for all those so precious tutorials!
Btw, is there not a way to symmetrize the object through an axis?
End; Does it make mirror extension to the part only, or can it also make a mirrored separate secondary part ?
Hi.
Is there any drawback in using other type of constraints to the mirrored circles instead of repeating all those dimensions?
Something along the lines of the symmetry constraint and eventually some construction lines (the blue ones)?
Is there a way to MERGE this last 2 mirrored squars with the holes into one object? Because then you could work around the mirror problem of FreeCad :-)
I wonder if the constraints not being mirrored is a bug 🪲
Hi, in all of the videos relating to mirror and linear pattern tools, it seems that all that can be patterned or mirror are simple pads or pockets. Is it possible to mirror or linear pattern a more complicated shape? That is, if you sketched a circle, but then swept it out above the plane along some arbitrary path, can that shape be mirrored or linear patterned? Also, does patterning or mirroring depend on the selected sketches being fully constrained? Alternatively, can one linearly pattern a sketch, and then sweep all of the linear patterned or mirrored elements simultaneously? Thanks for your excellent video!
After mirroring the PAD, if you exported the new part as an STL file would those 2 halfs be fused together
even though there is a line between them?
Your explanation is very helpfull. Meanwhile there is a newer version of freecad, so a lot of tools have changed place or are joined together. It would be very helpfull if you could give a download link to the version of freecad you are discussing or create such a link yourself. Anyway thanks a lot for all your work!!
FreeCAD 0.18
Thank you, should have found this myself. Sorry
Thanks for the tutorial! I design 3D Printed rockets, and I was wondering if there is a way to mirror 3 objects (fins) perfectly around a cylinder? This would really help me, thank you in advance.
You'd use the same feature he shows at the end of the part 4 video. Think its called Polar Pattern
why do you always start with "creating a part" and not just start with "create a body"?
instead of centering it using parameters - you should have simply used the symmetry function
If you missed anything you missed the videos for beginners. One always has to start at Adam and Eve. Not everything on TH-cam Academy has to be a 101.
Thats why the sketcher is lacking...while making mirror without constraints is just the same as drawing circles quickly manually and applying constraints. Sketcher needs badly improving, no patterns, no offset, troublesome copying, simple sketching takes ages. Freecad is a briliant piece of software with huge functionality, but the lacking basics in sketcher make it really difficult. I'd wish the developers could stop for a bit with adding new gimmics and focus on the basic blocks. Anyway, freecad is still great!
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Mirror only works for pockets not for pads!
Until it can really copy the constrains too I find this not that useful because 80% of the time you already spend on creating the constrains. The time you saved by just mirroring the circles is so marginally that I would not consider that tool . I would even contend that creating the circles one by one is even faster than using the mirror tool :) Okay, that might not be true for really complex shapes as you already said.
After 4! minutes of 7:48 you start to talk about the subject of the video? I'm in my 50's. I don't have the nerves and the time for that. If it can be done in 3:45 why don't you do it in perhaps 4 minutes?
I can't believe you are criticizing the length of this video, the thing that makes this channel great is that he explains things from the beginning so you don't miss anything.
CRAPPY video - blurry and unreadable
Thousands of other people disagree.