Create a Complex 3D Model in FreeCAD Step by Step to Perfection

[@karlsangree]

I'm *_LOVING_* these tutorials. Clear, concise, simple. I like how we're reinforcing the basic shape tools with examples. It seems like a lot of creators first shape is a rectangle with a cylindrical pocket, and then the second is a mega shape created with curves and lofts using splines and other crazy tools. It's like learning how to ride a skateboard and then being dropped into an F1 car.

[@alexcats5298]

Excellent exercise, simple and clear even for those, like me, who have just approached Free Cad. Thank you

[@jb_botanics]

Thank you so much for your videos. Im new to cad and found your channel a few days ago. I already learned so much. You described very well and clear. Easy to understand. Thank you so much

[@omegadeepblue1407]

Great example, thanks

[@tonywright7913]

I would love to know all the preferences settings you have. Mine is set to default and it's hard to select, hard to see if something is selected, and even the polyline is showing up black on mine instead of white. Perhaps an idea for a video where you show a diagram and show the differences before an after changing the preferences. Or perhaps someone out there has a fantastic blog on how to make all the settings great. Thanks for you video, it's been awesome!

[@1bobbylarue]

That was awesome! thank you!

[@bwheldale]

Excellent!

[@321ekib]

Great!!, when you show us the gears and assembly?

[@hmmagnusson]

Nice video. Organized, clear, understandable speech. I did get a "wire is not closed error" which disappeared when I deleted the line in the last step.

[@ZsoltBoda]

awesome! thx!

[@jb510]

Ty for the excellent video. I need to model something very similar with tapered sides so this is support helpful. Side note… am I the only one that finds the phrase “right click to cancel the command” super confusing? “Cancel” to me (American English) means it would throw away anything already done since starting the command. “Right click to exit the command” or “right click to close the command” would make way more sense. You speaking is so clear and precise, it’s just this one thing always throws me off and I wonder if it’s a dialect difference.

[@GodmanchesterGoblin]

This catches me out too - I'm a British English speaker. Cancel would nearly always imply to undo whatever was just done. A better option might be to deselect the command, or to exit the command.

[@jb510]

At least I’m not alone. I figured out what they meant after a couple videos, just certainly didn’t at first.

[@LudwigSpiegel]

How do you get the dimensions to display when dragging a shape? Thank you in advance! Great video as always!

[@CADCAMLessons]

As for dimensions when drawing geometry, this is a new feature available in FreeCAD 1.0.

[@cekuhnen]

While you can for sure add fillets in sketches it is much easier at times to add them as a solid modeling feature instead of- this has the advantage of keeping sketches simpler and faster.

[@johncarr123]

Can Free CAD do layers on a 2D drawing?

[@user-fm9gc7dh8c]

Hi I just installed the new Free cad version 1.0.0 but the grid and many of the display buttons are totally different than yours. It is very confusion. For example, the back grid is all white

[@Narigopia]

Complex model?

[@talk2devid]

It is a part of the beginner's series.