Intro To FreeCAD Practical Woodworking Example

[@werdnacole]

Thanks for making these videos. I find it really helpful that you leave in the times that things don't work out as intended or may be caused by little bugs. These are the areas that normally get edited out but occur to all of us in real life. It's helpful to see how you get it sorted and back on track.

[@Adventuresincreation]

I try to leave them in because "stuff happens" and if you are following along and it happens you will think you did something wrong instead of thinking, I saw that before, I know how to fix it.

[@cvicracer]

Lots of value thank you very much!!!

[@Adventuresincreation]

You are welcome 😉

[@robertcartman3502]

Thank You for the videos! Very useful! Can you please make a drawing from this or a cutlist in a next video?

[@Adventuresincreation]

Absolutely, I just created a macro to produce the cut list.

[@LFANS2001]

@@Adventuresincreation Hi, is that macro based on all componentes after the assembly quantities have been established or we need to enter the quantities ourselves? One more question, will be your macro available in FreeCAD add-on library? Thanks for your efforts and sharing throughout your experience with FreeCAD. Regards from Portugal.

[@1082511]

Thank you for sharing!

[@Adventuresincreation]

You are welcome

[@elmasx]

Hello, very nice content. I wonder if there is a way to get the cutlist and cnc cutting of the furniture you made in freecad and enter the quantity? I wonder if there will be a video in manufacturing. Thanks

[@Adventuresincreation]

I have created a simple macro for producing a cut list

[@joelsusser32]

I am wondering how to adjust the 3d image so that it has some woodgrains. Also, I would like the 3d image to include some of the dimensions. My goal is to publish the plans so they look similar to wordsmith plans. Thanks

[@Adventuresincreation]

You can apply a material and render the finish. I prefer to do that in blender. If you take a look at #8 in the series to see how to make drawings from an assembly.

[@HellTriX]

I would have been interesting to see you mirror the side of the cabinet to see if the shelf holes would have aligned properly instead of moving the hole spacing to get them to align. I am unsure if FreeCad would handle the mirroring correctly in that case or not.

[@Adventuresincreation]

Do you mean a mirror of half the long side?

[@HellTriX]

@@Adventuresincreation in the Assembly, you used two of the side panels to build the shelf. But I wonder what would happen if you had just created a mirror of that part in part design. Would the holes have lined up and could you use the mirrored side as another part in the assembly.

[@Adventuresincreation]

@@HellTriX I am sure, if I had made sure the other side was correct and then put it in the assembly as say, the left side and right side it would have worked just fine. I was trying to do it so I wouldn't have to make unique parts. There are always many ways to solve the same problem in FreeCAD.

[@michelbelanger798]

Greetings. Can you provide guidance in using the BOM in the Assembly. I find the BOM very basic by simply listing the part name and quantity. I build cabinet, and would like to add panels dimensions to the BOM. Is this possible?

[@Adventuresincreation]

Yes, it's possible. You can reference data, you will have to add a custom field for each item.

[@michelbelanger798]

@@Adventuresincreation I do not know how to, my experience with FC is too recent. How about a short video on this topic?

[@Adventuresincreation]

@@michelbelanger798 I will consider that for a future video.

[@rodneysmith1750]

Thanks for the video and accompanying description and explanations. I'm an avid spreadsheet user and see little advantage to the variety but to each his/her own. I have a question for you. Have you fixed or know of anyone who has fixed the Easy Alias Macro? I am missing that one.

[@Adventuresincreation]

My easy alias is working. I can get it to you if you want. I also prefer spreadsheets.

[@rodneysmith1750]

@@Adventuresincreation It quit working for me when I upgraded to version 1.0. You can email it to me if you don't mind.

[@donreid358]

I appears that both spreadsheets and variable sets are part of the original file where the parts are created. What I want is a way to set the values of the parameters in the assembly. That way I could design a part and re-use it in different sizes etc. In fact I'd like to have a parent structure that references an assembly and a set of parameters so that I could re-use the assembly too, like several cabinets of different sizes.

[@Adventuresincreation]

You can change the sizes of things but they are tied to the original model as the assembly only contains references to them (linked objects). When you have the assembly open you can also have the original model open so it works pretty well.

[@jb510]

Why do you fix things around the midpoint instead of the front or back corner?

[@Adventuresincreation]

If things are symmetrical then the mid print makes life easier.

[@marcdurbach7036]

thanks for that interesting video. I have a small request if I might. I wanted to model a shelf to build into a car, but the back is not straight, it should not be in a slot, but with a mitre. the bottom place has a depth of 850, than it goes up straight for 150 mm. The top has only a depth of 650 mm, so the upper part of the back plane is at a certain angle, so the mitre will not be 45 degrees. how can I measure this angle, and how to assemble, I have a lot of problems with the rotation. I video about such a shelf, including drawers, 2 at the bottom and 2 in the upper part would be great

[@Adventuresincreation]

You could model the two lengths then fill in the angle then dimension it. That will give you the angle.

[@LFANS2001]

There's a method using a tick-stick in the physical world. There are several videos here in YT demonstrating how to make and use a tick-stick. It's very easy to make and use it. I think you'll get the idea how to be sure about that angle you are trying to determine.

[@tomkardy5775]

Blender navigation rulez ;)

[@Adventuresincreation]

I prefer it for sure.