3D modeling FreeCAD 0.19.1 - Datum lines

[@imacmill]

You know you're a FreeCAD master when you can effortlessly pick appropriate references and attachment modes when creating datum objects, instead of cycling through the options hoping to find a combination that produces what you're after. I definitely use the latter technique 95% of the time. Thanks for the great video, BTW.

[@mangelozzi]

Your videos are like gold. So insightful. Lots of videos get you up and running with the sketcher, and padding/pocketing. And then when you try to make real parts you hit these issues which arent often explained. Thank you Andrew!

[@AndrewCAD]

Hey Michael! Thank you for all your comments! Your information is much appreciated 😀 I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. It's great to know I'm making content that helps 😀

[@mivison]

I love these short "tips" videos. I can learn small chunks of stuff at a time! Keep Them coming!!!

[@makersfix]

Wow, excellently explained as usual, and exactly what I needed to get unstuck, Thanks!!

[@messageweek]

Very interesting and helpful. Thank you!

[@FilterYT]

Thanks Andrew!

[@funkysod]

Useful and straight forward as always! Thanks!

[@donstelfox2936]

Thank you - Much appreciated.

[@calmarcalmar]

very good and many thanks!

[@paulowen9628]

Andrew, I enjoy your videos very much and as a beginner am learning well. Would it be possible to expand this video to include the creation of an o-ring channel that could be used to seal a box lid on closing. Many thanks

[@citizengkar7824]

You do great tutorials. I just wish someone would do a comprehensive tutorial on datum manipulation on curved surfaces, such as interior/exterior faces of a cylinder, etc. As a complete novice to cadding, I am trying to find such information on the net, without much success.

[@morisuski]

Perfect. How did you get your Cursor over the red circle?

[@MisterkeTube]

Great video! However, being a (rather novice) Fusion 360 user myself, I'm wondering why using a "datum line" would be better then what I'd do in Fusion: ex. creating a sketch on the face we want the mid-line of and then just drawing an edge from mid-point of one edge to mid-point of the opposite one. Then I can use this new edge as reference and only needed the tools I already knew (basically sketches). So, can you elaborate why using a datum line would be better than using an edge directly?

[@melwinmj]

Hello. Is the image scaling function available under the image workbench? I'm new to CAD and as a start I downloaded FreeCad 19.1 and I couldn't find this function. Really enjoying your videos btw

[@AndrewCAD]

Hey Melwin! Without looking I cant be 100% sure, but it should be. Here's a link to the image scaling page: wiki.freecadweb.org/Image_Scaling Hope this points you in the right direction 😀 thank you for watching my videos, I'm glad you're enjoying them 😁

[@melwinmj]

@@AndrewCADThanks, I've read from the page before but the issue is that the icon is missing in workbench 😆 Don't know if it's 19.1 version specific problem

[@AndrewCAD]

Morning Melwin! Just updated to the latest version and had a look, the scaling function is there 😅 Perhaps try contacting someone from Freecad on the forums and show them a screenshot?

[@melwinmj]

@@AndrewCAD Will do. Thanks a lot🙂

[@noahphense]

Nice. Sub’d 👍

[@djpenton779]

good video. but singular of vertices is vertex 🙂

[@0LoneTech]

Am I weird for thinking it's annoying that the third axis on the local coordinate system icon is longer than the first two?

[@Meister_Knobi]

When you choose Edges etc as reference for the datumline, it is also effectet bei the topologocal naming problem, isnt it?

[@AndrewCAD]

Yes, something that I totally forgot to add. It's a little more complex, but similar to the datum plane, you have to use the origin as a reference and then manipulate it to the direction/orientation of where you want it. However, in real thunders mod you dont have to do this as the naming problem isnt an issue.

[@HaasMill]

What can be the reason that the tools don't work?