Learn FreeCAD: #2 Sketches - Tutorial

[@kenschweim6159]

Very nice! My 79 year old brain had to back up the video more than once but finally got everything to work like your examples. On to the next one!

[@andi.herlan]

you are awesome!

[@ronaldmorrison2765]

I'm too old for this stuff. My head hurts. I'm loving it. Between a three D printer, a mill, a lathe, plasma torch, and a welder there is little I cannot build...with limitations of my imagination. Thanks for making this series. When my head stops hurting I'll be on to the next tutorial.

[@MichielBruijn]

At least you're still trying! Many people don't try to learn new things. I think it'll keep you 'young'.

[@yashrajwadalkar5220]

This inspired me a lot, thanks and God bless!

[@aztecwarrior7373]

I am 66 and tryibg to learn new tricks. So far you are the only tutorial I can follow. Thanks

[@woodywiest]

Thanks for the tutorial. I am a complete noob when it comes to designing in CAD so It would help me tremendously if when you say something like "I will delete that" you add "by pressing this and this key" or whatever it is. Same for resize by clicking this button while pressing that. Since this is an absolute beginners tutorial I would imagine it could be helpful for more than even me. Thanks again for the content!

[@AMTheTinkerer]

This is really awesome! I struggled with these on my own, but after watching this video, this kind of became a breeze! I was able to create a fully constrained part by adding most of the constraints demonstrated in this tutorial!

[@kittenclawsguitarvideos6147]

I agree that they are a little speedy but I am happy to pause and replay. I am also forced to think through and make my mistakes. I am new to CAD and want to use it for wood working. For example, making 2D casts for woodturnings of bowls or mallots, etc..and some 3D stuff for table, bookshelves or other more complex designs whereby I can play with the angles and staging in the software prior to losing a lot of time and money on making mockups. Thanks for these tutorials

[@VincentTubed]

great tutorial, thank you! some tips : try to be aware of your sighs - they suggest a lack of interest or will to do it, even though you may not mean it. This helped me a lot to get started, thank you!

[@GroundControlRC]

Thanks much for the Tutorials. I have been creating RC Aircraft Designs in Inkscape for a couple of years and needed to move to an actual CAD Program where it's easier to create symmetrical parts. Using Constraints is going to make my life designing RC Aircraft much simpler. I've never used a CAD Program before just some very basic 3D Modeling in Blender 3D. The Tutorials are very helpful.

[@gregwoolley]

Super! You cover the topics well and you explain the concepts in straight forward clear manner. Much thanks for your work making these videos.

[@johnkelley9877]

I am new to 3D modeling but I have learned to draw in Inkscape and this has helped me out. These tutorial have been a big help in trying to understand 3D modeling to make my own STL files. Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge.

[@mihamarttinen2025]

It seems that in FreeCAD 0.18 there is a functionality called "Avoid redundant auto constraints" which is toggled active by default. This makes the example at 3:10 difficult to follow. You have to go to the Tasks side-pane, and under "Edit tasks" toggle off the option "Avoid redundant auto constraints". Hope this helps someone!

[@danielfelkel3866]

Thank you! I couldn't figure this out

[@suniljena3670]

I was stuck for 25 mins. Thanks

[@AndecIunson]

I wonder why they are called redundant? before i read this i tried to get this behavior by holding shift, alt or control. i wonder if there is someplace i could give that as a suggestion?

[@cmonster67]

Learned more from this video than I had from the 15 others that I have watched that were supposed to be tutorials. Good stuff!

[@bangbang51211]

Thank you so much for this set of tutorials. They're the only videos I've found that actually go through everything without skipping through the definitions or uses.

[@thomasrahm]

Thanks, I will continue to watch the rest of the series. Very helpful!

[@igorcavlovic7333]

If "auto constraints" doesn't work then just uncheck and check again. That works for me. FreeCAD 0.18 Tutorial is great. First time using CAD and learning. ✌️

[@MS-wz5jt]

Yo, Thank you.

[@snehashishbanerjee2575]

Wonderful step by step explanation

[@ianweiss1124]

Thank you for your time and effort in making these tutorials. They are clearly presented and easy to understand. I can follow along easily, especially having never used FreeCad before.

[@brucelevinson5871]

Greatly appreciate the intro. Very helpful. I look forward to subsequent tutorials.

[@ekoi1995]

for the first time seeing the buttons it felt so super complicated and then after watching this vid you've realized it's just plain and simple

[@doug3458]

Once again, a valuable and clearly presented tutorial, thank you.

[@adammikulis6211]

It's odd how many FreeCAD tutorials are completely silent, these are the best ones I have found so far!

[@henrichath4106]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge on KZbin.

[@tomthompson7400]

great video , theres a lot in it , but its a reference for starting ,,, ill just have to play with it for a week now

[@TheRealMikeJohnston]

Unable to do what you are doing with mouse alone., what keyboard buttons are being used? Thanks.

[@cory41287]

I'm so glad I'm not alone lol. I need a video on just navigating the screen.

[@erazn9077]

you can change the navigation settings to a touchpad by clicking on the text that's on the left of the measurements, if you haven't changed it yet it'll say "CAD" w/mouse drawing next to it

[@andymouse]

Subbed and liked ! just got comfortable with Kicad, made a few boards and now would like to get comfy with freecad...do you do requests !.cos I would love to see you make a 1/2 watt resistor complete with colour bands !...cheers.

[@Nad76]

12:05 I change horisontal distance but the point on x axis follow the lenght.Will be still vertical line. I follow exactly what you doing.

[@chinmaykulkarni7835]

My constraints are not showing up it seem like arc and polyhedron points are not connect what should I do they are changing if I drag or streach polyhedron points like in your vid at 4:00

[@toml7696]

So much for me to learn! Very informative

[@ojbeez5260]

3:32 How do you make it" as I hover over these lines and the origin it automatically make constraints"???!! How do you make it do this. I can't make it do this. What option do you select. How do you select the mouse pointer? How doy you select it to make the constraints? I cant make this shape. It wont constraint. What is a 'constraint' is it an object like a cube?

[@GCLewis01]

I just bought my 1st 3D printer and now I'm learning FreeCad. I consider myself computer hardware and software savvy, but I can't keep up. This is very frustrating to follow, as I'm VERY BEGINNER to FreeCad.

[@na5y]

Very helpful - thank you

[@armoran3406]

I had the issue of the auto constraints not working properly, like a lot of others seems to. I opened the edit controls tab (which is available when in editing the sketch) and unchecked then checked the "avoid redundant auto constraints" and/or "auto constraints" box. It now does the constraint lines automatically he is talking about.

[@davidpaulsales6998]

Great tutorial!! More content please

[@skrymerU]

So you can't set a line to be a certain distance, you have to select the star and end points and then define the distance between them. Feels like a workaround, but I suppose you get used to it after a while.

[@juanswe]

Hi. Thanks for this tutorial. Im a total beginner. I have a question. How to change the color of the info that’s showing when you select a line. I mean the green text/numbers that show the length of the lines. I have problem with some colors and I would like to change to something i can see. Thanks!

[@edwardlance2379]

Sigh, this is why I gave up trying to learn these various CAD programs, all the tutorials wiz through it so fast and they are obviously pressing keys and clicking things they aren't explaining. I tried this example and can't get anything like what he is doing. For example, he draws a complete box, then somehow "deletes" the top line...how did you do that?? Also, when he draws the arc and clicks the points, when he is done, somehow all the corners are "connected" as if the sketch is one "piece". I don't get that, when I draw it all out and click on a point on the corner to "wiggle" it around, all I get is a single point that's either one of the lines or the end of the arc...the lines and arc aren't "connected". Was hoping to learn this as all I want to do is make some "2x4's" and "2x6's" to design a simple work bench. Might just be quicker and easier to use a dang pencil, paper and a straight edge.

[@knudsenfamily8651]

Great video, but he doesn't explain everything. It was impossible for me to make the same shape or get auto constraints to work. Things were happening in the video with no explanation how he did it.

[@AMTheTinkerer]

I agree that it's a bit tough to get used to the FC IDE. But to credit this tutorial, I watched this for the first time. Chris did start of by explaining Poly-lines, and then the two different arcs. The sketch starts of by using poly-lines to create a square. Then the top-horizontal line is selected and deleted.This is followed by a 3 point arc that is created by selecting the two top end points of the vertical lines. Auto-constraints can help. It's hard to see, but when you draw a vertical line, a small and hard to see Red vertical line appears next to your mouse pointer. If this line is visible it means your vertical line is at 90 degrees. This is helpful because you are already constraining a line by simply drawing it watchfully. Hope this helps.

[@DownToEngineer]

I agree, please help Chris??

[@now-you-know-it]

Now in 2020 08 Great. Lots of Views and Thumbs Up nice. How about a new series with 0.18 OR 0.19. Only a very tiny point. Us with poor eye sight would like a more visible/bigger pointer. Thanks

[@FinixFunny]

You should definetely make this a Udemy course, so that those who want to get a certificate would be able to do so 😀

[@textorijum]

6:11 what do you click on the keyboard so that constraints disapear?

[@thetuner3333]

hi, he just clicked CTRL+Z to revert his last step, you can see on the top that an arrow turned yellow(the one behind Profiles) that means he reverted something, if you ever need to undo something those arrows work for that and the little black arrows at the right(of the orange and yellow ones) are to see a list of your last moves, i hope it helped

[@johnmoney910]

how are you rotating the parallel lines like that?

[@chriswesley594]

But how do I specify a dimension for the diameter of a circle? I've been struggling with this (a 5 second operation in F360) for haf an hour. It should be obvious, but it isn'#t obvious to me. The only way I can do it is to draw a construction line, connect it to the circumference in two places, and specify a length constraint for it. Surely, there is a better way? I can see the dynamic update of "10.1R" (even though it's small and dark blue on slightly brighter blue) but it's a pig to get where I want it. Too larege/too small - what fun! I want to type in a value and BAM./ Get on with life.

[@mardav1545]

How do you change the size of the lines or fill a circle or square? I'm talking about the width of the lines and not the length.

[@Pilot_engineer_19]

I am using FreeCad on Linux and there is no extrude icon. Have any suggestions?

[@kreative1380]

Which version are you using

[@Dev_Everything]

what version of freecatd is this? I am using 0.18.4 and mine does not do what you are able to do

[@erazn9077]

He's using 0.17. I'm using 0.18 too, but from what i've seen so far i could do everything that he's done in these two videos even though their places and the UI are pretty different

[@kaanturkover]

2:37 How do you delete? I can't delete like that

[@loganthrockmorton8179]

Try pressing the delete key on your keyboard, that usually works.

[@kaanturkover]

@@loganthrockmorton8179 It's not working maybe I need to restart the app

[@awisewalker2839]

Is there a 2d offset tool somewhere?

[@kawabago]

slowly making sense

[@gruzich1]

I have been trying to learn Freecad for a month and a haft. I watched video's tried a dozen tutorials. I can't get started. Do you have any documents to follow with this video, or any video. I go 5 steps into the tutorial and can't see how to go to the next one. Thanks

[@jaredgarrow6904]

Did you ever get pass step 5?

[@deltaray3]

6:24 this triggers my Alexa to listen. ;) Although it doesn't happen when I say the same thing.

[@1pcfred]

Good stuff.

[@SpookySquid14]

When I draw it doesn't automatically make restraints

[@philippecasteleyn9327]

End the lines with a right click. I did read that nowhere.

[@huwroberts4825]

Don't think so left click to end line. Right click does cancel a operation however

[@stingersswarm]

Yeah I needed that tip badly. Right click to get back to selecting stuff.

[@magoo59]

Figured it out by trial and “swearor”. It would seem this is the best tutorial on KZbin, but it’s not easy for rank beginners.

[@erazn9077]

Thank you so much!

[@j.m5888]

Hi Christopher! Great tutorial, thanks. I tried setting constraints for something as simple as a rectangle and kept getting the error message: Datum 0,00 mm for the constraint with index 10 is invalid. Any ideas why that might be? Imagine you draw a rectangle, constrain the long side to 24mm, then it won't let you constrain the other to any dimension.. Hmm..

[@thetuner3333]

hello, I'm not Christopher but I hope I can be of help, that error usually appears to me when I have two contradictory constraints, in this case, looks like you placed a 0mm length and its not possible because of the constraint number 10, if you can't find it, at the left you should have a list with all the constraints on the sketch, look for the index number(in this case 10) and when you click on it it should appear highlighted in green and then you can decide to modify or delete it.

[@j.m5888]

@@thetuner3333 Thanks again for that! I'll take another look at it and bear that in mind.

[@timanger7203]

How to clear your cursor after selecting anything?

[@davenglish9260]

Right click or hit your 'Esc' key

[@pinklady7184]

Let ads play to the full so that this tutor gets paid.

[@GeorgiaDawgAthens]

To: Pink Lady I didn't know that ads had to play through to their completions for the presenter to receive credit, $. It gets awfully annoying when the same ad appears 15 times. But I agree; Christopher deserves compensation for his well-delivered instructions. GD 06/29/20 01:45 U.S. East Coast Edit 06/29/20 01:53 AM U.S. East Coast Christopher also receives compensation when purchases are made through his Amazon links listed in his Description box. I am afraid that I could only afford the headphones; the costs of the other items being out of reach for my pocket book, if not, unnecessary for my current needs. Good to see that you survived Hurricane Ophelia (2017). ;-D

[@kumsuk77777]

In my opinion your tutorials are too hard to follow for many beginners. You rush through the examples too fast for me to follow, much less learn

[@jessenortier]

I can imagine. Usually with tutorials they are based on some form of prior knowledge, and if that doesn't match between you and and the tutorial, it's going to be too hard or easy to follow. For me, coming from years of experience with 3ds Max, this is the perfect level. Just pause/skip back a few times and try out some stuff yourself, see if you can replicate what happens in the video and try to understand why it does so. You'll get there; this isn't super easy so don't expect to learn it within a day. Good luck!

[@CrazyGuyOfficial]

ThankYou

[@suraiyaanjum2907]

Anyone else watches tutorials of software before downloading?

[@marklimbrick]

Why not just take one simple step at a time on the workflow to gcode output? A rectangle sketch, extrude it, define a default tool, define default feed, generate a gcode... then with an overview it is possible to go back to each stage knowing how the process works with this software. ~Without a total brain overload trying to take in all the options? I've had to use so many different software programs, at work, at school, at home for free - I want to see the outline basic process first before designing anything other than a simple square blob. Imagine I teach you Urdu by starting with some classic poetry and you try and learn the symbols mean sounds, but arse backwards in front comes last, the vocabulary is mystical, the interpretation is not literal, but remember every detail of it as we progress.....if your head doesn't explode by the end of the first line then you are on a different level. Otherwise, this is a great tutorial. I want to come back to it, after I've done a basic tutorial.

[@Ammuzxc]

how do I DELETE THE LINE THOUGH

[@davenglish9260]

Select the line and hit your 'Delete' key or select 'Edit, Delete' from the menu bar.

[@shank2340]

It would be nice if we knew why we had to do these things. As in why do we have to fully constrain a shape. A tutorial that shows you how to do this or that but does not give us the reasons why we need to do them is a bit frustrating.

[@gerbrinks4677]

I think that you do not take into account that you click really fast an that make some actions very difficult to follow.

[@hernanpangia7593]

Great tutorial but terrible audio... I makes difficult to follow with pops and essing.

[@cory41287]

Yea these are super confusing to follow for people unfamiliar with the program. JOKO engineeringhelp's are much more easier to understand.

[@alegg28]

The audio is terrible :(

[@philokratis121]

Thank you