Complete FreeCAD for Beginners – No Experience Needed
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11 modules
English
Certificate of completion
Lifetime access
Learn Sketching, 3D Modeling, Assembly & 2D Technical Drawing Step by Step!
Overview
Welcome to Complete FreeCAD for Beginners – No Experience Needed, a hands-on course designed to take you from absolute beginner to confidently designing, assembling, and drafting real-world mechanical models using FreeCAD — a powerful, free, and open-source CAD tool.
What you'll learn
- Create 2D sketches using sketching tools, constraints, dimensions, and reference geometry.
- Model 3D parts using Pad, Pocket, Revolve, Loft, Pipe, Groove, Pattern, and other modeling tools.
- Assemble components using the Assembly workbench with proper joints and constraints.
- Generate 2D technical drawings with views, dimensions, annotations, and title blocks.
This course is ideal for beginners with no prior experience in CAD. You’ll start by learning how to navigate FreeCAD’s interface, switch between workbenches, customize the workspace, and understand how FreeCAD handles documents, views, and display styles. You’ll then move into the Sketcher Workbench, where you’ll learn how to create and constrain a variety of 2D geometries, including lines, arcs, splines, slots, rectangles, and more.
As you progress, you’ll build real-world 3D models using features like Pad, Pocket, Revolve, Loft, Pipe, Groove, and Helix. You’ll also work with advanced modeling tools like patterns, fillets, chamfers, draft angles, and shell features. You’ll learn to create and manage datum planes, axes, and local coordinate systems for more complex models.
The course also covers FreeCAD’s Assembly Workbench, where you’ll create both top-down and bottom-up assemblies using standard mechanical joints like revolute, slider, cylindrical, and ball joints.
By the end of this course, you'll be able to confidently sketch, model, assemble, and document your mechanical designs in FreeCAD.
Modules
Introduction to FreeCAD
8 attachments • 18.86 mins
Course Overview
Getting Started and Creating a New Document
Working with Workbenches
Exploring the User-Interface Components
Using Shortcut Menus and Customizing Toolbars
Defining Toolbar Position and Changing Background Color
Identifying and Exporting FreeCAD Documents
Saving and Opening a Document
Creating and Editing Sketches with FreeCAD
18 attachments • 46 mins
Ch02 Resources - Creating and Editing Sketches
Invoking the Sketcher Workbench
Specifying Units
Specifying Grids and Snap Settings
Drawing a Line
Drawing Arcs
Creating Circles and Ellipses
Drawing B-Spline Curves
Drawing Polylines
Drawing Rectangles
Drawing Polygons
Drawing Slots
Trimming, Extending, and Splitting Sketch Entities
Creating Construction Sketch Entities
Applying Geometric Constraints
Applying and Editing Dimensional Constraints
Tutorial 1 - Creating a Sketch
Tutorial 2 - Creating a Sketch
Creating Base Feature of a 3D Solid Model
9 attachments • 30.41 mins
Ch03 Resources - Creating Base Feature
Creating a Pad Feature
Creating a Revolution Feature
Navigating a 3D Model in the 3D View Area
Displaying Standard Views of a Model
Working with Navigation Cube
Changing the Display Style of a Model
Tutorial 1 - Creating a Pad Feature
Tutorial 1 - Creating a Revolution Feature
Creating Datum Geometries
7 attachments • 34.13 mins
Ch04 Resources - Creating Datum Geometries
Creating Datum Planes
Creating Datum Lines/Axes
Creating Datum Points
Creating a Local Coordinate System
Tutorial 1 - Creating a 3D Model
Tutorial 2 - Creating a 3D Model
Creating Pocket and Groove Features
12 attachments • 25.52 mins
Ch05 Resources - Creating Pocket and Groove
Creating a Pocket Feature
Creating a Groove Feature
Projecting External Geometries onto the Sketch
Displaying Section View in the Sketch Model
Displaying an Earlier State of a Model
Deleting a Feature of a Model
Editing Features and Sketches
Defining Display Properties or Appearance
Measuring Distance Between Two Geometries
Tutorial 1 - Creating a 3D Model
Tutorial 2 - Creating a 3D Model
Creating Pipe, Loft, and Helix Feature
9 attachments • 29.27 mins
Ch06 Resources - Creating Pipe, Loft, and Helix
Creating an Additive Pipe Feature
Creating a Multi-section Additive Pipe Feature
Creating a Subtractive Pipe Feature
Creating an Additive Loft Feature
Creating a Subtractive Loft Feature
Creating a Subtractive Helix Feature
Creating a Helical Curve
Tutorial 1
Mirroring and Patterning Features
6 attachments • 20.07 mins
Ch07 Resources - Mirroring and Patterning
Mirroring Features of a Model
Patterning Features of a Model
Create a Multi-transform Pattern
Tutorial 1
Tutorial 2
Creating Holes and Dress-up Features
8 attachments • 36.19 mins
Ch08 Resources - Creating Holes and Dress-up
Creating Holes
Creating Fillets
Creating Chamfers
Creating a Thick Shell Model
Adding an Angular Draft
Tutorial 1
Tutorial 2
Creating Assemblies
9 attachments • 38.06 mins
Ch09 Resources - Creating Assemblies
Learning Assembly Approaches and Creating Top-Down Assemblies
Creating an Assembly Using the Bottom-up Approach
Learning About Joints and Applying Fixed Joints
Applying the Revolute Joint
Applying the Cylindrical Joint
Applying the Slider Joint
Applying the Ball Joint
Tutorial 1 - Single Cylinder Engine
Creating 2D Technical Drawings
12 attachments • 34.3 mins
Ch10 Resources - Creating Drawings
Invoking the TechDraw Workbench
Inserting a Drawing Sheet
Editing Title Block Text of a Sheet
Creating Drawing Views
Modifying the Scale of a 2D Projection View
Displaying Hidden Lines on the Views
Creating a Section View
Creating a Detail View
Applying Dimensions
Exporting Drawing as a DXF and SVG File
Tutorial 1 - Creating a 2D Drawing
Final Summary
1 attachment • 1 mins
Final Summary
Certification
When you complete this course you receive a ‘Certificate of Completion’ signed and addressed personally by me.
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