FreeCad Tutorial. Shapebinder Explained. How to use it effectively. Must-Use tool in FreeCad

[@DownhillDadMTB]

Thank you for the tutorial!!!! I was struggling with shapebinder's purpose as a newbie to CAD in general. This tutorial really gave me the insight and understanding at a basic level to figure out how to use shapebinder practically in my daily freecad work.

[@cadzis673]

Thanks for your comments…

[@nevillecreativitymentor]

This was probably the best Shape Binder tutorial ...of the 6 I have watched so far. Thank you

[@cadzis673]

Great... Thanks for the comment... I will posting more videos...

[@lauriehartley9808]

Cadziz you have unravelled the mystery of shape binders for me - thank you!

[@arthurchow-h8t]

感谢作者，让我终于弄明白了图形绑定的用法。 质量非常高的视频，点赞，订阅

[@marcelbalaz8731]

This is clear and simple explanation what is shapebinder and what is for. Very usefull. Thank you.

[@cadzis673]

YW

[@stefankrimbacher7917]

This video is very straight forward. Thank you.

[@cadzis673]

Thank you for your comment... Will be posting more videos.

[@arthurchow-h8t]

非常适合中国人，英文不好，但是看了作者的视频，确实能学会， 作者考虑到，非英语国家的观众 。 希望永远保持你的风格。

[@windmill10]

Great video explaining the concept and the workings.

[@cadzis673]

Thank you for your comment

[@now-you-know-it]

Fantastic size and color pointer/cursor and icon size is perfect. You explain at a very nice speed and clearly. Watch this video on KZbin and you will notice some problems. The multi colored background make it near impossible to see the constrains and sizes. The constrains and sizes in red is not a good color. If you make the background in one color like close to white and the constrains and sizes in black it would all be clear and readable. Even the sketch lines in black is so much more clearly and visible. Thanks for some of the best videos on KZbin. Very educational........

[@cadzis673]

Thanks... I will working to improve the content.

[@GuillaumeJACQUIN]

I want to say thank you for this video that really good example of simplicity in how to use shape blinder ! And beleve me I'have been watching a lot of them without realy understand the main function ! :) Thumb up and subscribe !

[@cadzis673]

Thank you for the comment. I am planning to put out more videos...

[@gabrielb.8518]

Thanks for your time and explanation. Well done.

[@cadzis673]

Thanks... I will be putting more videos... Let me know your questions on Freecad workbenchs , so I can target my videos to those issues.

[@MarkHivosk]

good tutorial! I only knew how to use the subshape binder

[@cadzis673]

Thank for the comment…. Will post more FreeCad videos

[@dcarchdesign6393]

Muchas gracias, me ha servido de maravilla este método!!

[@cadzis673]

I am glad this video helped you. Thank you for comment!

[@mikejones-vd3fg]

very helpful thank you

[@franckvillame5917]

Thank you very much for this very good video and explainations.

[@cadzis673]

Thank you for your comment.... I will be putting more videos.

[@MrTstacey]

great video, Thanks

[@cadzis673]

Thanks for your comment

[@charlesblack7989]

Very nice explanation. Thanks for sharing.

[@cadzis673]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TheRainHarvester]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't figure out the UI. I had to click the "object" button then the object in the sketch. Also I had to click the "geometry" button THEN the single line in the sketch. (and only 1 line per button press)! THANK YOU! Man they need to stop adding features and fix the GUI and the topo naming problem! Did I say THANK YOU? !!!!!!

[@cadzis673]

awesome... There are lot of shortcuts in FreeCAD, but they are not a all that explained in freecad tutorials

[@dannymieke]

well explained and easy to follow. Could you please make a similar video for curved faces/surfaces?

[@cadzis673]

Thank you for subscribing to my channel. I will look into curved shapes and surfaces...

[@crossthreadaeroindustries8554]

Great vid. When you make the box and lid, how do you add some clearance for the lid to fit on the box?

[@chrisBruner]

Never understood what shape binders were for unit this video. Thanks!

[@cadzis673]

Good to hear that the video was helpful.... I will be putting more videos

[@yangmf46]

lip of lid bottom, is there some little clearance?

[@RandomPsychic]

how would you use this method to make a overhang lid / cap?

[@d1m18]

Could you also bind via a constraint formula in the dimensions, referring to the other sketch?

[@cadzis673]

You can watch my Video “ How to use Shapebinder to maintain clearance between two bodies”. Let me if this does not answer your question.

[@LuisRodriguez-lq8vg]

How the green shapebinder option is different to this blue one? Thank you for the video

[@cadzis673]

There is subtle differences. First, Blue one called Shapebinder. Green one is called Binder in V19. Main difference I see is you cannot attach a sketch to the Binder where as Shapebinder can have sketch attached to it.

[@cadzis673]

This is not a complete answer, but this is what I noticed.

[@Ekosusiloharjo]

howto make gap for bottom box lid so its not too tight

[@cadzis673]

You need to build sketch a from the shapebinder lid. And this sketch needs to have relationship with shapebinder. So when the box dimensions change lid will change with the same offset(gap). It is hard to explain w/o a picture. Give it a try. I might create a quick video on this....

[@kevinlambert1952]

Thank you! :)

[@radpaul2574]

good vi

[@cadzis673]

Thanks… I will be posting more videos.

[@stever3886]

A great video showing basic usage of shape binder. There was one thing I did not understand. Why did you use the external geometry? I was thinking shape binder did that mapping for you. It seems that shape binder does not provide the edges so that you could reference to fully constrain the sketch. Furthermore if you do use external geometry, you could convert the two lines to construction mode since the padding is relative to the shape binder.

[@cadzis673]

Thanks for your comment.... Please watch my second tutorial (Link given below). You are right... method I used did not provide me with lines to create a sketch/constraint. In this case it was not necessary. But in my second tutorial I have to create a sketch, so I used edge linker and then created the sketch. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHqkp5VtpJmNbpI

[@khachaturghalmukhyan4943]

Thank you, for this very helpful video

[@cadzis673]

Thanks !... Will be putting more videos.

[@TheRainHarvester]

If I pad a shape binder, how can I add pockets? I can't put the sketch's pockets in the shape binder because they are around holes (counter sinks), and would break faces. Also, they would be padded instead of pockets.

[@TheRainHarvester]

I figured it out. I just made ANOTHER shape binder but only of the pocketed geometry. Then I used the body's pocket shape button. (This was a little different than your great tutorial because all the geometry was in a single sketch so I could see everything while I edited the single sketch. Is there anyway to see other sketches in the background while working on another sketch?)

[@cadzis673]

You can attach a sketch to shapebinder. My video shows how to attach a sketch to shapebinder. Hope this answer your question... If not give me more details of your problem.

[@cadzis673]

@@TheRainHarvester Yes, you can work on one sketch but other sketches if they are in same plane or parallel plane , you could make them visible by just picking these sketches in the treeview and pressing "space bar" key

[@Popart-xh2fd]

Is it possible to create a Shape Binder from multiple Sketches instead of just one? Thanks.

[@cadzis673]

Excellent question.... Yes, Shape binder can be a curved surface created by multiple sketches and Boolean operations.

[@AndrewHelgeCox]

Is there a shortcut to automatically select all edges that logically belong together like those comprising the lip of the box?

[@cadzis673]

Unlike catia /unigraphics ... there is no easy way to pick multiple lines. There are several selection options available in the Edit menu.

[@ami6packs]

but using this method, the cover lid won't fit if this box is 3d printed. We need some clearance. How can we do that using shapebinders?

[@cadzis673]

Hello … yes, that is understandable. I would recommend modifying the shape binder with a sketch. Then you modify the sketch with clearance. Let me know if this is not clear and I will create quick tutorial…

[@ami6packs]

@@cadzis673 Thanks for the kind reply. Yes, for inner area, we have to use sub-shape binder and create a sketch over it with 0.4mm clearance. And outer area can be used directly by a shape binder. Just did the exercise. I've been using sub-shape binder only but knowing how i could use a shape binder is a good thing to know. e.g. in this case, i used a shape binder for quickly making an object.

[@AndrewHelgeCox]

If you work off named edges, won't your model be prone to the topological naming problem?

[@cadzis673]

Yes... This tutorial is just to demonstrate the shapebinder... You should be aware of topological issue in freecad when you build models. I have touched this subject in some of my tutorials.

[@Hotwire_RCTrix]

Thank you.

[@cadzis673]

YW

[@wpegley]

Thankyou

[@cadzis673]

YW

[@pmproben]

How the hell you've done this, that the hole stays in the centre?

[@brianwild4640]

click add then hold down ctrl

[@AndrewHelgeCox]

Seems more robust to work off a spreadsheet.

[@NewStreamLine]

Pls, could you shorten the video?

[@cadzis673]

It is short video

[@ac300]

freecad has awful documentation on this. poorly written garbage

[@imadsaddik]

Thanks