I love it! I've been having trouble with the helix tool and I needed something better. This tutorial helped me design a trapezoidal induction coil. It took a lot of trial and error and a whole lot of clicking But I managed and the coils look amazing!
Hey Mango! i think you have the most comprehensive set of videos on the web for using FreeCAD. Thank you for supplying the video collection. Keep up the fantastic job. From a long time subscriber.
A great feature to have would be a choice to employ only curves that create surfaces that have a flat pattern and the further option to generate that flat pattern.
Thank you for all of the videos. I learned a lot and am still learning. I've been working on a project for a while now and can't quite seem to make it work. It's a pistol grip, a fairly complicated one with many curves and pockets of various sizes. The only way I've been able get the main body of the grip to work right is to use the Surface Workbench. The shape comes out spot on using the Surface tool. But then comes time to put the pockets in. I've tried several methods (Boolean operations, Slicing, etc.) and can't seem to get it to work. I usually end up with a message saying that there is no body to pocket. Is there any way to take an object that has been created by surfaces only and turn it into a Body/Solid so pocket/cutting operations can be done to it? Thanks again for the great tutorials!
Great to hear your making use of the videos, always good to get feedback. With your project It sounds like you haven't got a solid body but a shell. One of your surfaces may have a gap somewhere. In your part workbench use the check geometry tool and that will pin point the problematic faces and edges.
Hi, Nice job. The curves workbench is getting better and better. I would like improvement to fillet tool too. I have a query. Is it possible to embed a macro as a feature at a particular location in model tree? For example I write a macro that calculates mass before applying a fillet. I need this macro to always run before fillet is recomputed so that the mass of a body without filleting is reported. Is it possible make macro as a feature in model tree? Thanks and Regards Anirudh
Thanks for the comments, the curves wb is coming on leaps and bound. I have never heard of anyone doing what you have described with the macro, I have experimented over today and I can't find a way of doing what you described. If I find a way I will let you know.
I'm trying to blend two solids, both tubes the same size. I can get a square and circle to work , two squares, but not tubes. I am drawing a gas can spout and have two revolves to blend to bend the spout. Maybe I am going about it all wrong. New to Freecad.
I do have one request if you don't mind. Could you please demonstrate how to design enclosures for small printed circuit boards with mounting holes and external features. As i find this process very daunting and have no idea how to start. Thank you for all you do brother. Long time subscriber.
Challenge accepted 😁I was trying to find a subject for shape binders and part design threaded holes for the Beginners Freecad series and I think this would be a good example to use.
Thank you for the tutorial. Using FreeCAD 0.20.2 - I managed to replicate a couple of the things you've shown, but I am having a lot of trouble just blending two sketched circles that are padded out and made into a compound (slightly different sizes, just spaced out directly facing each other.) In fact, I need to split them, as one edge doesn't work at all. But even then, I find it leaves an open "seam" of sorts in the resulting solid on one edge. Frustrating!
I was not able to using the "Blend Solid" function. I used an "Additive Loft" as a work-around instead, which worked out alright for the part I had in mind. Good luck!
Sorry missed your comment, I was just dragging the lines with the mouse, no keyboard. When you see the mouse pointer change to a timer freecad was recalculating the rest of the model underneath
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You are a brilliant teacher! Every lecture is comprehensive but to the point and your examples are very illustrative.
I really appreciate your feedback. Thank you so much for such kind comments.
Dont stop teaching - please, really helpful vlogs, thankyou (:
Thank you, loads more to come :)
I love it! I've been having trouble with the helix tool and I needed something better. This tutorial helped me design a trapezoidal induction coil. It took a lot of trial and error and a whole lot of clicking But I managed and the coils look amazing!
Glad you managed to get there in the end and the video was useful.
Literally binge watching ur vids. Excellent tutorials !!
u have some ninja skills with these curves
Hey Mango! i think you have the most comprehensive set of videos on the web for using FreeCAD. Thank you for supplying the video collection. Keep up the fantastic job. From a long time subscriber.
Thank you for your kind words. Great that you have been following all this time
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A great feature to have would be a choice to employ only curves that create surfaces that have a flat pattern and the further option to generate that flat pattern.
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Thank you for all of the videos. I learned a lot and am still learning. I've been working on a project for a while now and can't quite seem to make it work. It's a pistol grip, a fairly complicated one with many curves and pockets of various sizes. The only way I've been able get the main body of the grip to work right is to use the Surface Workbench. The shape comes out spot on using the Surface tool. But then comes time to put the pockets in. I've tried several methods (Boolean operations, Slicing, etc.) and can't seem to get it to work. I usually end up with a message saying that there is no body to pocket. Is there any way to take an object that has been created by surfaces only and turn it into a Body/Solid so pocket/cutting operations can be done to it? Thanks again for the great tutorials!
Great to hear your making use of the videos, always good to get feedback. With your project It sounds like you haven't got a solid body but a shell. One of your surfaces may have a gap somewhere. In your part workbench use the check geometry tool and that will pin point the problematic faces and edges.
Hi,
Nice job. The curves workbench is getting better and better. I would like improvement to fillet tool too.
I have a query. Is it possible to embed a macro as a feature at a particular location in model tree?
For example I write a macro that calculates mass before applying a fillet. I need this macro to always run before fillet is recomputed so that the mass of a body without filleting is reported. Is it possible make macro as a feature in model tree?
Thanks and Regards
Anirudh
Thanks for the comments, the curves wb is coming on leaps and bound. I have never heard of anyone doing what you have described with the macro, I have experimented over today and I can't find a way of doing what you described. If I find a way I will let you know.
I'm trying to blend two solids, both tubes the same size. I can get a square and circle to work , two squares, but not tubes. I am drawing a gas can spout and have two revolves to blend to bend the spout. Maybe I am going about it all wrong. New to Freecad.
I do have one request if you don't mind. Could you please demonstrate how to design enclosures for small printed circuit boards with mounting holes and external features. As i find this process very daunting and have no idea how to start. Thank you for all you do brother. Long time subscriber.
Challenge accepted 😁I was trying to find a subject for shape binders and part design threaded holes for the Beginners Freecad series and I think this would be a good example to use.
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Thank you for the tutorial. Using FreeCAD 0.20.2 - I managed to replicate a couple of the things you've shown, but I am having a lot of trouble just blending two sketched circles that are padded out and made into a compound (slightly different sizes, just spaced out directly facing each other.) In fact, I need to split them, as one edge doesn't work at all. But even then, I find it leaves an open "seam" of sorts in the resulting solid on one edge. Frustrating!
Yeah same here; did you ever resolve this ?
I was not able to using the "Blend Solid" function. I used an "Additive Loft" as a work-around instead, which worked out alright for the part I had in mind. Good luck!
Can you do it maintaning pocket?
At about 11:30 you were moving sketch lines with a keyboard and mouse combo. What is that combo?
Sorry missed your comment, I was just dragging the lines with the mouse, no keyboard. When you see the mouse pointer change to a timer freecad was recalculating the rest of the model underneath
I am getting this error: : 'BlendSurface' object has no attribute '_params
Please help.
Got to try sq to round transformation in ducting...with this . Cheers keep up the good work.
Thanks, glad your enjoying and I always appreciate comments with what viewers are looking to use the technique for. Thank you :)