Learning FreeCAD for Beginners | 40 | Compound Objects | What are they and how to use them.

In this beginner friendly episode we learn what compound objects are in FreeCAD and how to use them. We use freeCAD to create compounds in both the part workbench and the sketcher workbench. We demonstrate how we can speed up our workflow with making and simple container ut of a compound sketch and offsets.
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[@kmatt999]

A container from 4 unconnected lines just made my day. This is a great lesson!

[@MangoJellySolutions]

Thank you glad you enjoyed. There will be some more lessons with examples around this workflow in the future

[@kmatt999]

I'm very excited for them. Your tutorials have done a tremendous job getting me up to speed and using good workflows. thank you.

[@zpinacz]

Such explorative approach to showing off the capabilities of the software is one of the most effective tool and learning resource I can think of. Showing the subject from different perspectives like that is so valuable and informative. Thanks you very much for the time put into your tutorials!

[@MangoJellySolutions]

Thank you for the feedback. There are so many ways to tackle a model and I'm still learning of others. This originaly came from a fusion 360 conversation I had with someone who was demonstrating a workflow where everything was in one sketch. That's was when the whole use of compounds clicked with me when I realised you can do the same in freecad. Still learning and still sharing. Some things I have been experimenting with lately are a game changer which I can't wait to share and ove of them coming up in the next week or so. Thank you for all the support

[@MatheusSouza-kh8hk]

Your tutorials are so good, i'm on the 14th video and i cant stop to watching!!!

[@MangoJellySolutions]

Thank you, so glad that are being appreciated. 😊

[@HK-uq9by]

Herr Darren, Your teaching is good, your hands up ! You remember the scene and the movie?

[@mikemissesthefairway]

WOW! I had no idea sketches could be exploded this way. This will be incredibly handy. A couple weeks ago I built a pair of Adirondack Chairs in anticipation of the forthcoming summer. I built them from plans I found years ago. Anyway, after importing the plans as image planes and scaling them I went to work copying the individual components for exporting as DXFs so I could cut them on my CNC router. Had I known about exploding sketches I would have done it that way and saved an hour or more. Excellent video!

[@russellw5447]

A very informative Tut Darren, Especially the Plane Slice Technique, I can use that to Extract Profiles for Fuselages or Aerofoils I've Modelled. The Esy Sketch container was to say the least "Enlightening". All Good stuff.

[@MangoJellySolutions]

Glad it was helpful and thank you for sharing what your going to use it for. That really helps show people what this can be applied to.

[@KnotHead1008]

Now that’s slick. I imagine this could be used in build projects like clocks that would require layers to create modules of the clocks movements for the clock functions like planetary functions + h,mm,ss. Where each compound represents a layered module.

[@MangoJellySolutions]

Now that's an interesting application for it. Always great to get examples 😊

[@sjn8099]

Great. Thank You🙂

[@MangoJellySolutions]

You're welcome 😊

[@nevillecreativitymentor]

I have a suggesstion ... I have been watching your videos and the effort you have been putting into the tutorials. RESPECT. So here's the thing ... the barrier to entry for f360, and the relalted CAD apps is the FREECAD approach ... it kind of culture shocks the living daylights out. In the forums I have seen there is one good vibe suggesstion and that is GIVE F'CAD and ONDSEL a chance. I did ... grrrrr .... BUT BUT BUT wait. The question has always been on how to approach F'Cad is it PART DESIGN or PART. I started with PART DESIGN ... no sirreeeee. bad move. I have not seen any clear pointing from anyone. its more of a diplomatic answer. The coice is left to the individual. I strongly suggesst is to start with PART Work Bench and stay with it till reasonaly good proficiency is acheived THEN explore PART DESIGN. This video tutorial of yours opened my eyes 👍♥ P.S. I use Ondsel. (Level = NEWBIE)

[@MangoJellySolutions]

Yes yes, Part vs Part design always a early stumbling point and confuses so many people. They are two different paradigms, part being boolean based modeling whilst part design is feature based. The real eureka moment is when you get into surface vs solid modeling. Part Design doesn't allow for open wire model (which creates a surface rather than a solid) where Part does. Though you can do solid modeling in the part workbench it is a much more open workflow allowing for a model to be built with solid, surface and compounds. The Part Design is extremely strict due to the nature of feature based modeling, you have to create a solid each time. Under the hood what is happening with the pad and pocket in the Part Design is a extrude and a boolean fuse for pad, or a extrude and a cut for a pocket. The boolean part is done automatically hence why everything has to be a solid. And this always confuses people as the first question by anyone when they first start is 'why do they both exist'. Glad your enjoying the videos. Ah yes Ondsel, great flavour of freeCAD very nice interface :)

[@nevillecreativitymentor]

@@MangoJellySolutions Thank you for sucha a perfect reply. I NEEDED THAT explanation. ❤❤❤❤

[@jiritichy6855]

Can you explode imported solid as you do with explode compound at 6:29 ? (I suppose not, right?)

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

I'm stuck on something - I can model individual components just fine - say, the faceplate and needle of a gauge, the stepper motor, arbitrary spur gears. What's the process of designing the framework that'll hold them all together? I want to position the known parts in A2Plus, keep them all in view, and build up the frame in between them… is there a video where you show this kind of process?

[@owl7011]

both the A2plus and Assembly4 require you to have a separate "assembly" file from your working/designing file. You wont be able to work directly on the assembled objects in the assembly file effectively because what you have now are parts with origin points far from the global origin. What i personally do is using the Draft workbench and draw the constructions lines to snap my parts to. Usually in a form of a cross to define my parts length and width at the same time give them their own origin point to perform rotate/mirror etc. Hope this helps.

[@MangoJellySolutions]

Really good answer, I like this method 😊👍

[@stanislavkonstantinov9236]

Thanks for the great tutorials. Keep going! Like and subscribe from me.

[@MangoJellySolutions]

Thanks, will do! Glad your enjoying