FreeCAD Draft Workbench Tutorial

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@russellw5447 5 ай бұрын

Clear to the point and easy to follow and understand. I've been using FreeCAD for over 12 Mths (Total Novice with CAD). I've become reasonably proficient in Sketcher Part, PartDesign and Curves but Draft has escaped Me. Many FreeCAD Wikki Tuts are to advanced or vague to understand. This has taught Me stuff about Draft I've been trying to figure out for ages.

@gregwoolley 4 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial. I learned a lot in a short amount of time. Big thank you!

@larrynelson7839 4 ай бұрын

Great video for us beginners. Many of the presenters of other videos don't explain their button clicks. You did a great job of explaining step by step. Thanks!

@bobw222 3 ай бұрын

Once again, an excellent video that teaches me exactly what I need to know. One suggestion however, on future videos would you please leave any text notes you write on the screen up longer? I've done many adult training videos, and a good time is 3 times the amount of time it takes you to read the text out loud. This will only add a few additional seconds to your video, but make it much easier for students to follow without having to stop the video, back it up to read what they missed, then restart the video.

@321StepBySteptTutorials 3 ай бұрын

Good suggestion. Thanks.

@LFANS2001 2 ай бұрын

Great tutorial video about part of the Draft workbench, Thank you very much. It would be nice to keep this tutorial applying the rest of the tools the same manner you've done this one, that would become a visual and practical Wiki of the workbench. For beginners it's worthy to emphasise that in the follow up of this Draft wb, came up Arch wb and later BIM wb. So, the Draft wb is included into the subsequents workbenches. I personally prefer to use the Sketcher wb which 2D geometric elements can be transformed to Draft 2D geometric elements and vice versa. The learning curve of FreeCAD it's a real time consuming endeavour but I think who learns how to use it has a great advantage if is dealing with another CAD software, besides it's free. I thank to all developers of this incredible piece of tool at our disposal specially to Mr. Yorik van Havre the main developer of Draft, Arch and BIM workbenches. I also thank you for your time and skills to transmit your knowledge to the community. By the way the CTRL + ALT to get a point over an element was new for me (or I already forgot...). Greetings from Portugal!

@321StepBySteptTutorials 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the feedback. I have other FreeCAD tutorials on my KZbin channel named 321 Step-by-Step Tutorials. All are done in about the same style. Others are on the "to do" list ;-)

@saragadamsuresh Ай бұрын

Very good start, Thank you for this video tutorial

@mbsoysal87 2 ай бұрын

Excellent video

@terryhoy9210 3 ай бұрын

Many thanks for your video, excellent.

@ZsoltBoda 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, great tutorial! How many years of CAD do you have under your belt?

@sblack48 2 ай бұрын

I'm learning freecad and I drew 2 rectangles in draft mode, one smaller than the other. I want the small one, which I drew after the big one, to sit inside but it seems to be hidden under the big one. In other drawing programs you can change the order or "bring to front". There must be a similar function here but I can't find it. Any suggestions?

@321StepBySteptTutorials 2 ай бұрын

Assuming you are working on the X,Y plane, you want to change the Properties of one of the rectangles to change it's Position on the X, Y, Z plane... as described below... 1 - On the Draft Workbench set the view to Top View and the Working Plane to X,Y as demonstrated in the tutorial. 2 - Use the Rectangle Tool to create Rectangle 1 3 - Use the Rectangle Tool to create Rectangle 2, and partially overlap Rectangle 1 4 - Click on Either Rectangle to select it. 5 - Make sure you have the Rectangle selected on the Model tab in the Combo View. 6 - Under Properties click on the down arrow besides Placement 7 - Then click the down arrow by Position 7 - Now experiment by changing the value of Z This should move the selected Rectangle up or down the Z axis as you wish. Remember, FreeCAD is a 3D app so keep in mind the Placement on the X, Y, Z plane. Hope this helps.

@sblack48 2 ай бұрын

@ thank you. I guess if 2 objects have the same Z then the overlap is determined only by the order in which they are drawn? I had hoped that I could reorder them in the model tab but that seems to be impossible.