FreeCad Project Box Tutorial

[@majicMix911]

You have no idea how many hours and articles I have gone through to try to get a wall built; and all I needed was the thickness icon. I just started learning freeCAD and thought I was an idiot for not knowing how to make a simple box. LOL. Thanks OP.

[@MarioFromMario]

I really don't understand why it's so complicated to just put a bunch of cubes together in this software

[@jamesvictor2182]

After going through half a dozen of these Freecad tutorial videos, fortunately I found yours. I am grateful you took the time to make this, thank you. I learned exactly what I needed to and I enjoy your style of presentation and explanation. I agree with you as someone who made a start with F360, for my needs Freecad is perfect. Thank you Autodesk, but I am now a Freecad fan. So much simpler and clearer. It was always a little unsettling that they pushed the 'benefits' of a cloud workflow. If it's so great, let me choose! The nail in the coffin was when they re-wrote the rules about what features the hobbyist user could access. I was initially sold on the notion that they supported amateurs learning, so that maybe if we become pros we could stump for the licence. F360 is phenomenal software, and I respect the needs of a business to do what they do, but peace out from me. The evolution of open source is always destined to marginalise commercial offering in time, and for me as a hobby maker, Freecad meets all my needs so I don't have to be at the mercy of corporate decision making

[@David.Murdoch]

Man, this old version is so much better than whatever the new version is doing. It's like wverything has been tucked away inside menus inside more menus now.

[@lucasayb]

Thanks for this tutorial! After 3 years it still is so relevant and useful! Thank you very much!

[@guillaumelombard7210]

This is awesome - I like the practicality of the tutorial and the ease of making a box. Thanks that was time well spent.

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you

[@anderslundolsen6489]

So nice that you show this at a moderate speed.

[@stevensnyder848]

Excellent tutorial. Coming from an Autodesk background, I've found your intro to be the best I've seen. Thanks for taking the time to make this.

[@gordonfrank]

Very good video on showing basics of Freecad to the hobbyist/maker. Also appreciate you talking through your moves as you made them.

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you

[@smithysspeedshop]

Great video. Learnt more in the one video than I did in a week elsewhere. Thank you

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you

[@建中趙-d8t]

I follow your intructions step by step。I finally finished it.Thank you very much.

[@network005]

Great job. Well-spoken and presented.

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you ,so much

[@IsraelBrewster]

Apparently there have been some changes to the hole parameters since this was filmed. At least on the version I have, the options for Profile are ISO metric standard and ISO metric fine (as well as some UTS profiles), there is no "ISO Metric coarse" profile. I chose "standard". Also, with "threaded" checked, there is an additional option for "Model Thread". Without this checked, the holes did not work for the specified screw size (we'll see if checking that fixes the issue once my second print is complete). Finally, my research seems to indicate that you want a 6H class, not a 4G for "normal" usage - 4G would be tighter tolerance (which MIGHT be good). I'm not clear on the G vs H difference though. Perhaps my research is lacking? That said, this video was still EXTREMELY helpful, and I am quite glad that it was made and that I found it.

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thanks for the great feedback

[@lloydvanlandingham3197]

A natural teacher. Thanks so much.

[@txep21]

This is the best one I've seen so far why are there so little likes

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you

[@joe-cm9hy]

Tim, thank you very much. Simple, very clear and so easy to follow. I have made quite a few in various sizes. Is there a chance you could make a video for a circular enclosure with the same type of lid arrangement with 2 screw posts? Again. Thank you for the video.

[@B4MBI72]

So helpful for a complete newbie.

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you

[@oneglimmer]

Truly great, super simple video. Very clear and easy to understand

[@ryanwright3965]

Awesome. This is exactly what I was looking for.

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you

[@jda817]

Had some mild frustration with this. 1) in Edit --> Preferences, you must check "substitute decimal separator"; 2) AS SOON as you "Add PlaneCoincendent constraint" it lines them up and no further action is required (i.e. you can close the popup window). With these two problems, I was failing to see why I couldn't proceed. It wasn't until I started the project over from scratch that I got that clarity. This is nuance that OP probably couldn't account for, so no shade.

[@andrewluger7133]

Nice job Tim! I learned something Thanks

[@ManiekGSF]

Thanks from Poland great video !

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you for watching

[@ManiekGSF]

@@The_old_geezer_geek Hi Tim can You make video how too add text on the box ??

[@christophegodefroy-w6u]

Hi Tim, just had a look on this vidéo that was very useful for me. i was wondering if you had a try to shape a box to protect your astro gears ? i'm looking for a box to hold my FRA 400 + EAF. looking forward to read you

[@DCX1]

The video I needed! Thank you, Tim!

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thanks for watching

[@qualityphotos1]

Hi Tim ... came across your 2nd video showing how to output this box to STL mesh for printing with Cura ... had to look this one up. Thank you for taking the time to create these two videos ... they are perfectly paced ... your presentation style is excellent.

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you

[@teasyer]

Thanks for this helpful video. Learned new functions. Greetings from Germany

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you

[@davesworkplace1616]

Tim, great video. After looking up the "Explode" tool I realized you meant the "create an edge linked to an external geometry" tool. I just bought the latest book that cover v0.19 and it was printed on January 25th, 2022 so it is fresh. Could you make a video on tubes and pipes as I always run into issues with those although I figured them out with DesignSpark Mechanical. Like making a tube that has a few angles and it connects into a box like a tank or a manifold. I always get tripped up at hollowing them out if the have and angle as opposed to a straight pipe. Thanks.

[@keithrawlings4350]

Excellent, Thank you very much. Very informative.

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you

[@Ormsby504]

Nice clear instruction. Great Tutorial for a newbee!

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you

[@kevinb21]

Great video! Helped me with my first 3d project. Question though. At 8:22, why do you have to click on 'Create Sketch'? Why can't you just continue with the sketch you are currently using?

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

The create sketch just takes you back into your schetch

[@yuvrajmisra8720]

Thanks a lot for this video! It's simply amazing!

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you so much for the kind words

[@stevenwilliams6258]

I'm new to FreeCAD and 3D CAD in general so every tutorial teaches me something. I skipped this at first as I needed more of the basics. With basics better understood I could follow this video better and understand. I didn't know about these features and want to be able to make boxes. My approach was more complicated and wasn't working very well.

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you so much for watching

[@tapionummi]

TapioS Tim, brilliant work, could you continue to the details how to make the g.-code to be used in my 3-axis CNC

[@JB-20]

Hi, I have 0.18 version and doesn't have the assembly mode, what should I do? Please help.

[@barneycarparts]

I'm trying to put switch holes in the bottom. whats better to use copy or clone. And If I use copy I cant do multiple pastes.

[@thesambhav]

I am not getting that "ISO METRIC COARSE PROFILE" option. What should i do.

[@vwilsonsontherivervw]

This was a cool video Heath

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thanks, glad you liked it

[@audreyflores243]

Very good tutorial. Thank you for providing

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you

[@billfarmer7205]

I was trying to load my Freecad project into Cura an your video made it possible . I have one problem with making sure that I am entering the FC file. Is there a final step after I have completed the FC model that allows me to send that project to Cura ?

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqDEd4mujbR_d7ssi=uvBz6lsCuRU0VqHu Hope this helps.

[@darrenmryan]

so helpful, thank you soo much for making this

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

You're so welcome!

[@network005]

Tim please make this great lessen over, using ver. 20. Pad does not work and I cant get any further.

[@johnpadams8079]

Can someone tell me if you can save a 2D dxf file with this software. Last I checked Design Spark could not. I use Draftsight and would like to switch software but still open my dxf files made in Draftsight.

[@network005]

In ver. 0.20 it wants me to have added an "active Body project" before I can Pad. What and how do I do this?

[@computercreationz]

loved the video!

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you so much

[@brownbear3114]

Tim you video is brilliant first enclosure I am design for a Nextion display. Also the other video I could not get to work as it was using a spread sheet and the explanation was not great thank you.

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you so much for the kind words, so glad you found it useful.

[@MukundaraoTamada]

Nice nerration. very usefull

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you

[@artarti7572]

Hello. This design isn't universal tho. It misses how to make it bottomless, because cases today open from both sides. Do you have advice?

[@itzikovadia851]

very good toturial i learned a lot from u thanks

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you

[@jonathanrodriguez8219]

Shouldn't the space allowance on tghe lid in the assembly be 0.1mm instead of 0.15mm?

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

I’m not sure, I just made it with enough clearance to fit, but you a probably correct. Thanks for watching

[@jonathanrodriguez8219]

Thanks too! :)@@The_old_geezer_geek

[@zgR3dka]

Great video!

[@mehmetaltinsoy525]

Thank You. Well explained video

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you

[@adammiller6451]

So when you select a face and set the thickness, it will delete that face automatically?

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Then something is not correct with the drawing, either a radius or chamfer is to large or something else is not defined correctly

[@andredossantos447]

Spent 2 hours doing a sketch of my walls, kept failing because of intersections and what not... solution use rec with thickness ehehe TY

[@vlogtypea3201]

thankyou very much

[@The_old_geezer_geek]

Thank you for watching the video, glad you liked it

[@johnchapman1231]

real shame your all the same never see the actual part from design to print I mean can this program do this along with slicing .I very much doubt it this probably why its free

[@vwilsonsontherivervw]

By heath

[@LB-yg2br]

Well, its been an hour and I still can't build a simple box with unequal walls. Going back to fusion 360 because this is a 10 minute task at most. Sorry free cad, you suck.