FreeCAD 0.20 - Basic Exercise #1 - FLANGE (EN)

This is the first video for my 2022 FreeCAD Basic Exercises which you can practice while taking my FreeCAD Basic Course.
In this episode you will be creating a carburetor flange which is a great practice for the FreeCAD Sketcher workbench.
You will learn how to use the Polyline and Circle tool and learn about dimensioning and about geometric constraints.
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[@FreeCADAcademy]

Download the exercise sheet here: github.com/Flowwie/flowwie-freecad/blob/master/CAD-Basic-Course-2022/Basic_Course_2022_Exercise-01_Flange.pdf

[@aydinkal]

Why is there no offset command in sketcher?

[@MrCcfly]

how you make 2d sheet with 3d part in corner ?

[@GregorySchwartzkopf]

For absolute noobs like me, who followed step by step and got a TON of errors and frustration, make sure the "Auto-remove-redundants" is selected under the constraints panel. This is my 3rd time looking at FreeCAD, and these little things being left out of tutorials is exactly why beginners give up. This is a 9 min video and I spent 30 mins struggling to figure that out. That's a 3x cost. This speaks to both the institutional knowledge that experienced users forget, as well as generally bad default workflow settings. It's clear after understanding how constraints work now, that he has this setting enabled, as you see the symmetrical constraint ID change from 5 to 4 in this video. So removing redundant constraints is critical to complete this exercise but left out by the author

[@ezrollergbg]

Oh man did I struggle with this redundancy issue myself.... thanx for the solution!

[@TildenKaizen]

Thanks to your posting I managed to get past a real stumbling block. I posted above before I read your post. ;)

[@martinsteele3259]

Unreal! Thank you for posting this! I am screaming at the computer.... so true, I have been using AutoCad for close to 30 years. I "use" Fusion 360 etc. exactly what you said, one simple thing to change on the constraints. I almost removed the FreeCad app from my computer.

[@weekend.writer]

Exactly! The teacher's task here is not to create obstacles. This is not figure out yourself type deal. If you teach. You show clearly step-by-step. Or don't show at all! I hate teachers who think they teach but actually waste time. 👊💥☠

[@blue03r6]

because they keep changing the software too much between each edition.

[@vargamihai6906]

I like that you speak loud enough and rarely that I can understand with my English. You are doing a wonderful thing.

[@FreeCADAcademy]

Thank you for your positive feedback! I'm glad to hear that my speaking volume and pace are clear and easy to understand, even for non-native English speakers. I strive to make my content accessible to as many viewers as possible, and I'm always happy to receive feedback and suggestions on how I can improve. Thank you for watching my videos, and I wish you the best of luck with your FreeCAD journey!

[@rayswaney5189]

The exercise was clear and easy. I found it to be a good introduction into Freecad 0.20, thank you.

[@terryschabert7929]

I tried to follow along, and found most of my problems were self-inflicted and not paying enough attention. But for a newbie, it was my first part! The errors taught me so much also. A big thank you for the series.

[@davidhawkins4329]

2weeks ago I was terrified to try any CAD apart from Tinkercad, You have opened up a whole new world to me, Very easy to understand and follow ,Thank you so much.

[@TexZeTech]

Thank you for the video. When you said 16mm I heard it as 60mm and was "Why does mine look so far off right now?" had a good chuckle. Looking forward to watching more of your tutorials and exercises.

[@FreeCADAcademy]

German accent ! 😜

[@richardrivera5681]

I started to follow the Freecad Academy videos in order, so far I have learn a lot. Just got done with this exercise, and now I'm headed to the next Video. Thanks for the education. I'm loving it...

[@PatrickInCayman]

This is excellent! Great to see more videos from you. Love your videos, they are concise informative and easy to follow. Thanks so much!

[@onesadtech]

I just installed FreeCAD, so I followed the instructions without attempting it myself first. Very good starter tutorial, thanks for this.

[@possum1407]

New to Freecad - this is a great first exercise! The content is clear and easy to follow. Great work, thank you!

[@bamhm182]

I watched the first 2.5 videos, then attempted this. I forgot about the polyline tool, but once you reminded me of it, I walked through with you for the rest. I feel like I am starting to get a grasp on that tool. Thank you for the videos and keep up the great work!

[@chriskeeble]

Thank you - great first exercise. I achieved the result, having only watched your basic course part #1 and part #2, then watched this video and got a few great tips such as using the polyline to create the outer edge, and only needing to select the single edge and use the fillet tool on the whole polyline edge due to tangents. Really grateful to you for this great introduction to FREECAD and already feel able to go and create. Looking forward to watching the next episodes. Thank you!

[@AM-dn4lk]

I followed your steps and it was clear and instructive. You are great teacher, better than most....for beginners. Well I am a beginner. A couple of days ago I did not even know FreeCad existed. I know nothing about CAD. Today with your tutoring, I drew a flange in CAD!!

[@jeffrobodene1485]

Thank you. Being a complete newbie I had watch and make the flange. I actually did it over, and over, until I could do it without watching your video. On to your next exercise. Thank you.

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

Phenomenally good content, pacing, and style - I'm new to FreeCAD but was pretty good with SolidEdge twenty years ago and Blender more recently. This video met me where I'm at. Love that you can apply a radius and equality constraint at the same time, that's really useful

[@mandonz]

I'm just getting started with freecad and have found this and your old .19 videos very helpful! Looking forward to more!

[@FreeCADAcademy]

the 0.19.3 is still listed as the current stable version on the FreeCAD website, so it can still be very useful. and the 0.20 has some nice but smaller changes. :)

[@crystal8870]

Nice and simple. Thank you. The "M" shortcut function is pure gold

[@backshopelectric]

This video is awesome!!! I had such a hard time fumbling with this program, this made it super easy to understand and actually make a drawing with demonstration of useful commands. Thank you!!

[@tbrandx2]

So many different functions to learn and (hopefully) remember. Took me several (3) tries but with each attempt I learned more. Thank you. Your instruction is great.

[@Marorrai]

Did the exercise by myself in the first place and then again following the video. Very well thought exercise, it really helped to find some problems and appreciate the "shortcuts" used in the video. Thank you Flowwie

[@tinayoga8844]

I'm glad that you are back and continuing the Freecad education. Your videos are so clear and easy to follow. They are much appreciated. One thing that I want to mention is your pronunciation of the word tangent. Like a lot of non-native English speakers you pronounce tangent based on the way it is spelled. Your pronunciation of the G in tangent is not the way the letter G is pronounced in German. In tangent it is pronounced like the letter J sounds. Tangent sounds like tan-jent. The gent is pronounced like in the word gentlemen. English is a horrible language when it comes to how it is spoken compared to how it is written. Part of the problem is that the language was still evolving after the spelling was defined. Your English is extremely good. Other than a few words (eg. tangent, diameter) it would be unlikely for anyone to thing that you were not a native English speaker.

[@FreeCADAcademy]

Thanks for the feedback! I'm trying my best to get the English right. I watch A LOT of English videos, sports, and all kinds of stuff but unfortunately I hardly hear these kinds of words there. :-) The word "tangent" comes from the Latin word "tangere" which means "touch". In its original form it's pronounced G like in "goal" in Latin and also in German, so it was a wrong guess to spell it this way also in English :D . But for the next videos I will try to get it right. I also listened to some examples how to pronounce "diameter". I'm really glad for the feedback and happy to improve. Thanks so much!

[@peterthinks]

@@FreeCADAcademy Yes your English is quite good except for a few mix-ups between soft and hard sounds. But very understandable.

[@oshpelowlow]

First time looking into freecad and cad in general. This was a great example of the workflow in this enviroment!

[@karnolekarnal2998]

This was indeed very helpful. Followed your previous videos and found that you were - perhaps - a little fast for newbies when indicating steps, but once I reached this exercice, not only was I able to do the sketch without any help, I also applied the logic of the sketching to the pad for the fillet. I don't know if you voluntarily left this step out of your previous videos, but it's nice to not spoon-feed us everything while leaving us hints and leads to manage by ourselves. Thanks for your dedication for those tutorials.

[@franktietjen6261]

This is a great exercise for beginners. I had a few problems at first, but after I found out what commands are called, what they looked like, I was able to easily do this exercise. In previous companies I worked for I used Pro-Engineer (CREO) and Inventor for the 3D modeling software. Since I cannot afford these programs for home use, this program is perfect. I have to learn what FreeCAD calls there commands, since each software calls them different names.

[@lestat143]

I love your work Flowie, I started 2 months ago and eagerly await your new videos. Thanks

[@FreeCADAcademy]

Keep up the good work!!

[@kirkyd123]

This series of videos is great! So helpful with getting started.

[@filipzawadzki9424]

Straight to the point and very easy to grasp the functions meaning. Thanks.

[@africantech5]

I never thought freeCad would ever be this easy all thanks to the effort to put into it

[@FreeCADAcademy]

Thanks a lot !!

[@kenten6443]

Thank you for these tutorials. I am a complete novice. I struggle a bit but I just go back and keep watching the video. I am able to fix some of mistakes on my own now. Look forward to completeing the rest of the videos.

[@watkinsdb]

Much easier than shenanigans I was trying on my own.

[@shedinagarage]

This is the first FreeCad tutorial I have managed to complete. Thank you!

[@shedinagarage]

(Even then the symmetry constraint didn't work!)

[@retiredgrandpaselectronics101]

I used the conventional approach, not knowing there is a new command for v .20 . As I am a beginner, I spent about 30 minutes. Very good exercise. I like it. Thanks for the online lectures.

[@FreeCADAcademy]

Thanks a lot for your feedback

[@t4yptechnologyforyoungpeop860]

I am learning FreeCAD with you. It is doing easy. Thanks

[@boardmas1]

I watched the video then I watched it a second time and worked along with you. Then tried it without the video, but I had to go back to you video as i forgot some of the dimensions I got on reasonably well. For me I found it quite difficult, but I think I've learned a lot. As far as i'm concerned that tutorial was excellent. Thank you

[@gregwoolley]

Nice video thanks.. I've not used freecad for a year or so and your video helped me a lot relearn the basics.. much appreciated. I'll now go and watch more of your other videos.

[@lobrow7661]

Total beginner here and I found this helpful. Thank you!!

[@mikealsup8719]

Very simply and clearly demonstrated. Well done.

[@zk_6312]

Great video. Took me 4 hours the first time. I thought something was wrong with new version since I kept getting weird errors so installed 0.19 instead of 0.21. Same thing. I finally managed to get it done though and it only took an hour the second time. Thanks for all the help with this video.

[@cestaron634]

I managed to succeed twice, once doing it my own way, the second attempt i did it the way as shown in the video. In my first attempt i use the trimming tool. which although did work left me with 1 edge that somehow didn't get fully constrained because it added something it shouldn't have. (like said in an earlier tutorial that trimming can add more constraints than intended). However i could still pad it an add the fillet. The second attempt i followed along with the video and it made it much easier and was much more clearn of what i should do or could do next time. Amazingly clear and easy to understand tutorial.

[@RocknRolx]

this helped me a lot! Looking forward for the new videos... keep up the good work!

[@FreeCADAcademy]

Next week - next video! Thanks for the support !

[@user-dz7jo5eb5j]

Thanks for this exercise. I don't see many online courses with quality exercises like this one. It wasn't too hard but it did present a challenge (which I failed, which is good because I learned from it). Took me way longer then 20 minutes, but I am used to disregard teacher's time assessment for homework. You guys always seem to overestimate us 😁

[@haee7484]

Easy to follow, these videos are so welcome.

[@really559]

Thank you. Your videos on free cad are really, really helpful.

[@j6077xxd]

Lovely. Can't wait to watch more!

[@FreeCADAcademy]

There will be more soon !

[@joeldriver381]

🤯I had no idea you tap the "m" in the poly-line tool.

[@schogaia]

I drew a diamond with the poly-line tool and trimmed the corners. I my opinion that's even faster. But I agree the "m" key should be way more visible for how useful it is.

[@joeldriver381]

@@schogaia Yep- that is how I have done it for years. I like having this new option.

[@FreeCADAcademy]

Great you can still learn something new here!

[@sinisterdragon]

Never used a CAD package in my life, found his tutorial easy to follow and straight forward.. Trying to learn basic cad This makes it look simp[le... Thanks....

[@opal177]

So super how you do your lessons. Thank you so much. The explaining speed is perfect, not too fast.

[@felipelembcke4037]

Awoseme lesson, thank you! Very clear and simple.

[@bitbyte2933]

Great! This is an easy explanation. VERY GOOD video for beginners.

[@BruceSchaller]

Keep em coming! Thank you!

[@FreeCADAcademy]

Yes I’m finally back after some issues!

[@timetempest86]

holy crap I love your videos! thank you and I look forward to more :)

[@shinkansen4521]

excellent ~ easy to follow and it came out just like your tutorial. thank you Flowwie!

[@joergbalzer7430]

I have watched all of your German lessons to improve my CAD. I am German and live 25 years in the US now and like to state that your English is very good especially no long ahhhhh and pauses, very fluent. Looking forward to learn more FreeCad also for the CAM workbench.

[@FreeCADAcademy]

Thanks for your positive feedback Joerg! In the following months I want to dive a little bit deeper into CAM and manufacturing things!

[@aaronhorn6849]

The only annunciation that had me scratching my head for a minute was Tangent. The 'G' is pronounced like the 'G' in Gentlemen. Other than that very easiy to follow along and understand the content. Thank you very much for these leasons.

[@EduardoCosta-bh2pt]

Ok, the life is good and this youtube channel is the best! I took not that long to find a solution to this sketch, but I have stuck on the tangency. So, I stoped and watched the video, Voilà!

[@kmcpickl]

Good example. I had some errors where the lines didn't match at first, but restarted and did it. Thank you for an up to date tutorial.

[@robertoklein6265]

Very good exercise, easy to follow; done! Thanks a lot!

[@robjohnson1138]

Like others, I didn't think about the polyline tool (although I did figure out how to do it with individual circles, lines, constraining with tangency and then trimming). I got a nice sense of accomplishment when I actually figured out how to get the right result (even if the journey was a little convoluted). I'm enjoying these tutorials and finding them very helpful.

[@robertstead8713]

Second Lesson, very clear, very happy with the steps and progress

[@marklowe7431]

This helped me a huge amount. You made this very easy. Thanks.

[@alexandrudumitrache2594]

I did it, my first completed exercise! Only used AutoCAD while at uni, 15 years ago, and very briefly. I could not remember a thing about CAD in general and I recently found out about FreeCAD. I was surprised I was able to do it in about 10 minutes. I did use polyline, but without pressing the M button. I drew a rhomboid then added fillets manually to its corners.

[@philbarnett6045]

Very informative, great for a beginner, easy to follow.

[@AXDIJERG]

Thank you Flowie, very nice example!

[@kmccoy1023]

Great video... was very helpful in learning how to start working in FreeCad. Very easy to follow!

[@jairrivera9076]

Thank you. Great simple and well-explained video.

[@Cradley684]

Excellent for Beginners, Thank You !!!.😀😀

[@romangrishin4200]

I'm new to FreeCad. Been modeling for several years now, about 6ish years. Still an amateur, this is a great alternative to Nx and its free.

[@lspostma]

Today is Jan 5th 2022, and I downloaded Freecad this morning and followed your instructions, and I have to say, thank you.

[@axelladjouzi958]

How it's going now for you?

[@tnjfernand]

Great tutorial as usual! I did it on my own at first, but forgot to use of polyline and the "m" command for the external outline. So it took me longer since I have to use line segments and two outer circles and the use of edge trim to define the boundary outline. Thanks again! Kudos to you!

[@FreeCADAcademy]

Both methods lead to the same result ! Great work !

[@CarrierPigeon42]

Never done anything with CAD, I managed to get all the way up to polyline but forgot about "m" and ended up skipping through up to that part in your solution after your recommended 20 mins trying to work it out. Not too bad for a dumbarse I thought... Very happy with your tutorials so far!

[@ali-sleimanchehade6129]

Man your video makes soooo much sense!!! Thank you soooo much when I start making money trust me I’ll thank you properly!!!!

[@Mr99ZK]

Other than your butchering of English words like poly and tangent, especially tangent, it was a good video. Phew! I found it quite difficult especially dealing with the constraint errors. Creating the polyline and the arcs took me awhile as well, but I finally managed to finish. I might have to do this a few more times before I can figure out what I am doing.

[@user-yb9yr2wu8v]

感谢作者, 受益匪浅.

[@PaulStafford-nw8fl]

wow, super clear, thanks so much for these videos.

[@dw6528]

Wonderful!!! Very well done!

[@andymouse]

My first part ! ...cheers.

[@Millstone_Firewood]

This was great! I learned a lot. Thank you!

[@kraftaksvk]

This one was really easy, guess why? Because of yours GREAT tutorials! Thanks!

[@ianmcleod8898]

I'm 6hrs in learning FreeCAD coming from fusion 360. I completed the exercise and it's being printed. Great lessons. Looking forward to more. I was at the level in Fusion of hard surface modelling not an expert at hard surface modelling. Hope it's easier here!

[@korganrivera4659]

Which do you prefer? I'm trying to decide if I'm going to invest my time in Fusion360 or Freecad this year.

[@tomtopping1817]

Yes! well done! Easy to follow! I have 0.21.2

[@stokmannetje]

Very nice video! Learned a lot. I would like to see more videos liks this. Thanks!

[@FreeCADAcademy]

There will be a lot more! I have hundreds of ideas for new videos

[@dogbrush]

brilliant video, thankyou so much for your help! The only difference I did when making the final fillet was selecting the face rather than the edge but it had exactly the same result!

[@MrPaulstrivens]

Tried a few tutorials really like this one, others go at a break net speed and are almost incoherent even when there first language is English or they um and arh too much and obviously have not planed the tutorial. This is well thought out and very clear and should not only be a tutorial for using FreeCad but be a guide on how to deliver a video tutorial.

[@erik_dk842]

Dead on. I watched a tutorial right before this, and couldn't understand any of the English spoken with his thick "no rice and curry" Indian accent.

[@davidjoly9816]

Thank you for this. I've used Fusion 360 before for some personal stuff. Other than that, I'm completely new to CAD. I tried tinkering with FreeCAD once before, but was completely lost. Fusion360 is a lot more intuitive to me. But your lesson here really helped me grasp how to sketch something in FreeCAD.

[@miriamjrz]

Easy exercise and excellent explanation.

[@tomeks666]

I did not have any previous experience with CAD and it took my a few hours to complete the exercise correctly. Then I watched the rest of video to see what I have done wrong. I turned out that I discovered most of things, but I missed a few nice shorcuts demonstrated in the second half of the video. E.g. I kept trying to use ZS symmetry to copy objects form left to right, which did not fully work, becasue what was copied missed constraints anyway. I also drew the outline by creating large circles and removing parts of them with trim. Of course the method with polyline was 10 times faster and better. But it was a good lesson of handling the program in general, managing constraints, navigating the UI. Thanks!

[@FlyingAroundOz]

I am learning FreeCAD to help a friend learn it. I usually use Solid Edge, but that is not an option for my friend who has a Mac. I thought this tutorial was a good beginner exercise and your solution demonstrated constraint use very well, especially the symmetrical constraint. The other nice tip was selecting multiple elements to apply a common measurement to them.

[@HouseDoctorRay]

Another great tutorial. Your style is very good. I'm going to make my gasket today.

[@s.mohammedjamaludeen1559]

First 27 seconds your speech 💯 right. Initially I faced same issue. After practice more now it comes to in hand

[@FreeCADAcademy]

Very good!!

[@michellegabutti7408]

Great exercise, very clear!

[@MakitaHex]

Thank you for the helpful tutorial!

[@WashingtonStreetStudios]

commented on the wrong video! This was a great exercise and a valuable learning experience. Great work and i look forward to learning more as I am new to CAD,

[@qbitsday3438]

Just Beautiful Tutorial!

[@Mars-comedy]

THANK YOU AGAIN I LIKE THESE COURSES VERY MUCH. I DID IT LIKE I WAS STILL USING A DRAFTING TABLE LOL. I HAD CREATED THE THREE CIRCLES THEN CREATED 3 MORE CIRCLES OVER THOSE. LATER I USED THE LINE TOOL TO CONNECT THE THREE OUTSIDE CIRCLES. I DELETED THE THE LINES THAT WERE OVERLAPING THEN SET TANGENTS. EITHER WAY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER WITH THE POLY LINE LOL. I HAVE TO GET MORE PRACTICE WITH THE POLY LINE BUT SO FAR SO GOOD. AGAIN THANK YOU SIR.

[@erik_dk842]

Fix your CAPS LOCK button, it's stuck

[@petebuttons210]

It was very easy with your help yes :). At first I found this program daunting but am beginning to click.

[@RasTona_]

Excellent tutorial. Dankeschön.

[@mikevidal4896]

I enjoyed this tutorial a lot! Thanks.

[@FreeCADAcademy]

I enjoy making these for all people out there 🙏

[@gautamdey4509]

It was a good video. I had a hard time with it because I forgot about 'm' on the polyline to create the curved lines, so I tried to use line segments and curves individually. Also, I was not sure how to make cut outs, and did not realise I did not have to do anything other then draw the shapes inside.

[@FreeCADAcademy]

Great you learned something from it! Best regards

[@TheMadMagician87]

This was a great exercise, thanks!

[@roykoxley7512]

Hi Florian great exercise what I need most is how to work on faces adding and cutting through them.