FreeCad Tutorial :Combine Draft and Sketch to simplify Modeling. "Don't get stuck in 2D, explore 3D"

Introduction to draft workbench. Also, demonstrate how to use draft and sketch workbenches together to build models. Sketch is limited to 2D space only. With Drafting you could expand to 3d space with out creating multiple sketches. This Video was made using V 0.18.
* Use of datum line and datum plane
* Multi sector sweep
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[@JosephStory]

This has been very helpful. There are too many ways to get the same thing done in FreeCAD and this was by far the best explanation of how to use the draft workbench to accomplish my goal.

[@saultigh4103]

This was actually a quite good tutorial. I didn't know that I could use draft with other workbenches in this manner. Please make more tutorials, prefarably about curved surface and model since they are quite a challenge in FreeCAD

[@9brian99]

Great video. A good demo of draft and sketch working together. Thanks very much. Going to try it myself as I can see it could be the solution for modelling cable runs.

[@cadzis673]

Thanks for the comment. Good Luck.

[@Nick-ye5kk]

Excellent video

[@gabrielb.8518]

Hi CADZiS! Thanks for sharing your knoledge. When you want to make a datum plane sometime it's easier as you think. I wish to have a deep understanding of how it works and how to choose between so many options.

[@andypuempel2570]

Thanks for sharing. Nicely done.

[@cadzis673]

You are welcome!

[@Elephantine999]

I learned a lot. :)

[@wessholders9699]

Thank you for this tutorial, I am using it to make a sort of curved funnel shape. When I go to attach the datum line I have the reference 1 selected as BSpline and when I go to use my last vertex, I get an OCC error. What am I doing wrong?

[@channelcadfree]

👍👏

[@yakdaymar6659]

thanks

[@cadzis673]

Welcome

[@JustinDeane1979]

really great tutorial. How come the sketch workbench doesn't have a spline tool? I would prefer if the drafting WB was purely for 2D drawing and the sketch WB didn't have to rely on the draft WB for extra tools to help build complex models. I am trying to see the logic behind the setup, but maybe it has to do with the fact that the sketch WB was a much later addition. I need ot see more videos where the two work in tandem

[@cadzis673]

Thank you for your comment. Drafting in most of other CAD packages is for 2D drawing. It seems Freecad is taking a different approach...

[@yash1152]

sketch, at least in FC_v0.19 do have a spline tool

[@ZulfikarAbdulaziz]

Guys this guy is sleepy, please watch this in speed 1.25.

[@chrisBruner]

I tried padding the rectangle like at 8:15 but it complains "Cannot use selected object"... What could I be doing wrong?

[@cadzis673]

I think you are using the Freecad 0.19. This is no longer possible in v0.19. The video is from V0.18.
walkaround is to drag and drop the rectangle into the body so that Rectangle is child of the body. Now you should be able to Pad it. V0.19 structure is more strictly enforced.

[@chrisBruner]

@@cadzis673 Thanks, I'm using Freecad 20, but I figured it out. Still a useful tutorial though.

[@InscrutableObjects]

Thank you for this! Coming from a non-CAD background (Maya/Blender/Illustrator, etc) I'm still having trouble figuring out why sketch is missing so many of the Draft tools (like snapping, rotating, and scaling). Why separate useful tools into 'Workbenches'. It all seems very obtuse.
That being said, I really appreciate your tutorial! This has really helped me out.

[@cadzis673]

Great... I am glam it was helpful... I will be putting more videos.. Appreciate you could subscribe to my channel.

[@yash1152]

One thing different for freecad, the reading material is much more useful (i.e. not worth ignoring) which is not the case in context of other softwares. read the freecad documentation on freecad wiki - it's very very awesome written. and it contains so many tips which you will never find on youtube.
But still if you want to miss out from that gold mine, here's summary:
* the basic thing is the method of storing of data
* so, each workbench create objects which contain data specific to that particular workbench.
* that is, objects from different workbench contain different data
* different data - therefore different operations that can be done on them, therefore different tools
* so, example in blender, like remember when you create a new primitive:
* various useful options are available when you create/add the object, but they disappear on doing any operation.
* or like, sphere is available in 2 different menus/modes. and different options are available for each of them.
i hope it helps.