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Introduction to FreeCAD

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Final Summary

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