Yes, SktechUp Warehouse is a good source of models. Unfortunately SketchUp uses proprietary format, so I do not see FreeCAD being able to import this format natively. I remember years ago Warehouse offered most of the models in dae format (or some other format...), is this not true anymore?

You are welcome!

Glad you like it!

Thanks for the praise, Thomas. I am glad you like the tutorial. I hope you will stick with FreeCAD and Blender!

@FCBlounge I definitely will 👍🏼

I am glad the series is helpful. Yes, there are still shortcomings in draft dimensions, but overall they work quite well.

Yes, there are quite a few hidden features in the whole snapping system.

I am happy you appreciate the examples.

Yes, proudly representing Czech Republic!🙂

@@FCBlounge 😀

Good observation! To update the view on the page you have to use TechDraw_RedrawPage tool. It would also get updated if you close and open the file.

Sure, you can download it here: 1drv.ms/u/c/d058e155a9fc1abb/EQkEMizEgVFOjElTyatKZE4B5ir09tadoA5b4YwK9YTIOw?e=PgYi6c

I am happy you find these tips useful!

There are lot of useful features here and there in FreeCAD, so I am glad you found some of the demonstrated features helpful.

If the solids are based on a Draft objects such as Wire, Line or Recantgle, you can stretch the underlaying 2D geometry and the solid stretches too. It does not work on solids which are based on a sketch object.

@@FCBlounge Yes, I thought so, it would be very useful if such a tool existed

@@w.binder-freecadchannel Yes, it would! But I would not count on that, because Part, Part Design, and Draft/BIM workbenches use different methods to create solid geometry. It is not easy to connect workbenches to create one tool that would work well with all of them.

@@FCBlounge Where there is will there is always a way, of course you can combine them

@@w.binder-freecadchannel I like this positive approach :)

I think this tutorial will give you answers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ-0kHqaZpxqhK8

You are welcome!

You are welcome!

There is very little drag and drop functionality in the Draft workflow.

Thanks for the praise!

There are many different ways of achieving the same result in FreeCAD. I think it is one of FreeCAD's power. It is sometimes hard to tell whether it is more advisable to use Sketcher or Draft for output like the one in the tutorial. As you pointed out, I found very few Draft tutorials, so I created this one :)

Trimming works different in some ways in FreeCAD compared to AutoCAD. You can see the differences in the video.

No problem. Greetings to Portugal 🙂

I am glad you like the tutorial.

You are welocme.

That's a nice workaround. Thanks for sharing!

I doubt that there will be some drastic change in future versions. The thing with FreeCAD is, that workbenches can be created quite independently of each other. This is a strength on one side, but a weakness on the other side, as there may be very little commonalities between workbenches. That can be sometimes frustrating. For instance there are basically two different ways of creating dimensions - Draft Workbench dimensions and TechDraw Workbench dimensions.

Not sure about which part of the tutorial you are talking.

It is not a 100% replacement at this point. The Draft feature set is quite extensive, but there are still some limitations and the 2D workflow is generally slower than AutoCAD. It is getting better with each release though. I think the biggest problem in practice would be importing and exporting to and from DWG/DXF. If you need to exchange data in these formats, there are limits of what import and export to and from DWG in FreeCAD can do.

I am glad you appreciate the video 🙂

You need to change number of decimals in FreeCAD. Go to Edit -> Preferences -> General -> Number of decimals . I guess your current setting is 1, change it to 2 or 3. It is a bit unfortunate, that the scale can not be changed independently of this setting, because it can add unwanted precision to your project. But that is the way it works in FreeCAD 1.0

You may also use expression (the blue circle in the scale field) to insert numbers smaller than the precision you set.

@@FCBlounge Oh... nice... I didn't think that the expressions could overule general prefs... Is there any chance that a better integration of Draft WB in TechDraw is on its way in a near future? (as highlighted in the end of the video)?

@@polpero I do not know if better integration of Draft is in the near future. I know that the developers are conscious about the limitations. The question is when will they find enough time to fix these.

I am glad you find the video helpful. Greetings to Portugal! 🙂

You are welcome.

I am happy you enjoy the tutorial.

Thanks for the praise. Stay tuned to this channel. If time allows me to, I plan to also do some tutorial on 3D modelling, mainly focused on the AEC field.

Yes, there are lot of tools under the FreeCAD umbrella :)

FreeCAD was not developed to be a 2D drafting software. I think currently it is also not the main focus of development. I agree that some of the tools are clumsy when used as a 2D drafting software compared to software created primarily with 2D in mind such as AutoCAD. I think the developers know that, but the problem is that there are not enough resources to fix everything in short time. But they are moving ahead slowly, but surely, in my opinion. Even with the above said, it is still possible to create 2D drawing in FreeCAD, even though sometimes slower than with other specialized tools.

@@FCBlounge I agree with all that you mention, but if FreeCAD is to be successful as a BIM it will have to improve the Draft workbench, most of what is needed is already there, it is mostly a case of mimicking the workflow of a 2D cad program a bit better, I'm not saying they have to clone AutoCAD, but just one example in the video is how the grid doesn't expand automatically to the drawing's extent, and you turn it off, it comes back on on its own.

@@sillonbono3196 I agree with you that there are a lot of powerful tools and that there is a lot of functionality in FreeCAD, which needs to cleaned up. It is true that the grid does not scale dynamically. The grid 'coming back on it's own' is actually a feature - the grid can be setup to turn on automatically when command is started, that is why it showed up and disappeared when the command was finished. I did not mention it in the tutorial, because I wanted to focus on the core task at hand.

Thanks, Thomas. I hope it will help people who are starting with the Draft workbench.

@@FCBlounge wonderful. You could make a video about the 3D function of draft e.g. 3d bspline

@@thomasneemann5618 I have not been using the draft WB for any 3D modelling. I guess I also need such a video :)

@@FCBlounge there are a few on my channel

@@thomasneemann5618 Thanks, Thomas. I might look at them, but I am currently looking into different tools.

I am glad you found the overview helpful.

They must have put the downloads behind the login since I made the video. I guess you can try the "Free Trial" button and create a login that way. I suppose that you could than download the file converter. The app itself does not require login, so you can use it for non-commercial purpose without limitation. Let me know if that works. I did not try so I am not certain it is the right way.

Enter the URL he uses @1:35 /guestfiles/oda_file_converter

It seems it was a bug and now you are able to download the ODA file converter without logging in.