FreeCAD Tutorial - Basics - Twisted Vase

[@otooleger]

Marvellous tutorial. I really enjoyed learning all this. Never knew there was a thickness tool or that It was possible to loft a design this way. Loads to play around with. Please keep up the tutorials because they are the best I have seen for FreeCad. I have been struggling to make sense of the program until now.

[@MarthamEngineering]

What a great comment! Thank you.

[@D3rron08]

Totally agree with otooleger, keep the tutorials coming!

[@MarthamEngineering]

@@D3rron08 I will keep them up but as they get more complicated I will shift to one every two weeks and eventually one a month for bigger projects.

[@fremandn]

@@MarthamEngineering It's great that you are making these. I love FreeCAD, but until now I've struggled to find good tutorials and get frustrated at times

[@p0iuytr3wq]

I'm so happy to see that this series is continued. Good work mate!

[@MarthamEngineering]

Thank you. It means a lot to me that people find these videos useful.

[@hankus253]

Overwhelmed by Fusion 360, but the methods of teaching found for FreeCAD has already been successful in being able to design simple objects for my 3D printer. Thanking YOU.

[@pieyed1302]

Great video! I can read about all those tools/buttons and what they do all day, but having someone actually use the tool (like thickness) really makes it all make sense. Thanks for taking the time to teach us new tricks. Best wishes and looking forward to watching all your videos.

[@victorldunn9638]

Thank You - Clear, to the point, easy pace, with the Why, as well as the What and How!

[@first_namelast_name4923]

At 3:13 you need to tell us that we can switch on/off the origin by pressing space. By default the planes are not on. Took me a long time to figure it out - I only figured it out when you told us that we can switch on/off datum planes by pressing space

[@FilamentFeed]

Subbed. First tutorial that worked for me!

[@jothain]

Very good sir. This doesn't actually differ from Fusion method at all. That's actually a good thing. I've been bit struggling with planes at different levels and angles. I hope future videos have stuff like this. I mean I hope you're going to continue as your videos are best I've seen for FreeCAD which unfortunately has quite little up-to-date videos.

[@MarthamEngineering]

Thank you for such a kind comment. I do intend to make several more videos.

[@BookOfMorman]

This might be the only youtube video I've ever seen in 15 years that has 0 dislikes xD great vid

[@catchfish2057]

Real nice work. Learnt some new stuff. Thanks

[@j121212100]

thanks for the tutorial. finally can add twist profile to my blades.

[@nickv7171]

Great tutorial! What would be a good way to add some decorative holes in the sides of thr vase?

[@yorkshiresfinestpair]

Im stuck @ 3mins into the tutorial where you say turn on Origin ?? how do i turn it on i cant get mine to show like yours does to the right of the page.. pleas help..

[@MarthamEngineering]

If you select the origin in the model tree and press the space bar that should make it visible.

[@yorkshiresfinestpair]

@@MarthamEngineering LOL easy as that... Many many thanks for the super fast reply & for making this tutorial im enjoying every min of learning from you.. 5* maybe would help people like me when you next do one to just say how things like turning it on & off is done as you do it.... thanks again....

[@ShaunakDe]

Love this series. Thank you for doing this.

[@juperrr]

Hi there! Really love your videos. I am trying to make a body in PartDesign and I would need to measure an arc. How in the world are arcs measured in FreeCAD? I can't seem to find that option anywhere. Can you help?

[@yorkshiresfinestpair]

iv now got to twisting the vase & its coming up with an error & wont twist.. 18:42:46 Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in : Invalid constraint index: 10 18:42:46 App.getDocument('TwistedVase').getObject('Sketch001').setDatum(10,App.Units.Quantity('15.000000 deg')) i cant go any further now

[@MarthamEngineering]

Looks like sketch001 isn't fully constrained.

[@yorkshiresfinestpair]

@@MarthamEngineering i can now get it to twist but the triangle goes misshaped & to one side.. LOL.. its not going well LOL..

[@MarthamEngineering]

Learning CAD is difficult. Stick with it!

[@nathanrogers5189]

do you have a tutorial for interior design. im trying to build a 3d model of a teardrop. thank you for your time and videos

[@GiulioVonKerman]

Thank you so so much dude you really helped me out!

[@MrCoffeypaul]

Thank you, well worth watching!

[@gabe2252]

Awesome! I learned a lot. Mostly, how loft tool works.

[@StratosApostolou]

Thank you for your excellent tutorials. Is there any chance to make a tutorial about thread and bolts using the Helix Tool?

[@MarthamEngineering]

Of course! Give me a couple of weeks and I will start a separate series with intermediate and more advanced topics.

[@kimeldiin1930]

Hi I have worked in three cad systems , but when trying to follow you I cannot even save as you do , the programme protests, doesent want to, nor do I get the info squares on the left of the scren you get.......

[@x_ph1l]

This tutorial was super useful! Thank you!

[@sverrirjohannesson4256]

Very good. I can use that for what I want.

[@p4z9m]

Great tutorial as always. I do have a suggestion for a later topic. I have some OpenBeam 15x15mm aluminum extrusion, but I guess the same is true for standard 20x20mm profiles. It looks like there is a free STEP file that imports and it look like the draft workbench has a scale tool that allows scaling a clone of the beam. I was able to arrange some beam together via the A2plus workbench. I'm not even sure if this is the right procedure, but it worked. Anyway, a little howto on how to design with aluminum extrusion in FreeCAD, like make brackets and add bolts and nuts etc pp...

[@MarthamEngineering]

I have planned a video for importing dxf files of 2020 profiles and creating solids. It would a nice intermediate level video to use those for a project. Great idea. Thanks.

[@skd5432]

awesome....this was simple and useful.... can you make a video, by looking at a real hand held piece of model, where it can be more practical.....

[@joaomanoellima5947]

Absolutely best guides there are

[@fishmaster-fq5fg]

for some reason during 7:50 when i try to add the hole in the vase it says "Unknown OCC Exception". can anyone help?

[@MarthamEngineering]

Which version of FreeCAD are you using?

[@bobsterne4767]

I just found this tutorial, and followed it through with no difficulty, but using a simple octagon top and bottom, to created a tapered octagonal flower pot.... When I tried to twist it, any angle more than 22.5 degrees caused the twist to reverse direction, and become (45 deg. minus my specified angle).... In other words, if I twisted the top 15 degrees, it worked fine.... If I twisted it 30 degrees, it became the opposite twist of only 15 degrees.... If I twisted the top by 45 degrees, it reverted to the original untwisted shape.... I wanted that 45 degrees of twist, so that the pot twisted one flat in its height.... HELP !!!!

[@larrybowers]

This is very cool. I'm looking to build an item that has a series of columns around a perimeter where the columns would spiral straight up vertically. Not sure if that make sense. Would this method work for something like what I'm trying to do?

[@MarthamEngineering]

Hi Larry, I don't see why that wouldn't work!

[@larrybowers]

@@MarthamEngineering Hello. I was able to get one column to spiral/twist up using your method. But when I created a sketch with ten columns (10 mm circles) around a 50 mm perimeter on each plane and try to loft them across three planes I get an error about not the same number of wire frames.

[@larrybowers]

I posted a topic on the freecad user forum with a sample of what I'm attempting to do. Topic is "trying to loft multiple columns with a twist/spiral"

[@rev667]

As a 3D printer hobbyist this is very informative. To print this, I think I would not create a thickness and used "Spiralise" in my slicer.

[@MarthamEngineering]

This video was very much aimed at 3D Printing. I'm also a 3D printing enthusiast!

[@fx5508]

Thank you for the great tutorial. How you make preview model in the end of video?

[@MarthamEngineering]

It's made using the turntable feature that is built into FreeCAD.

[@yofimee883]

Hi Thanks for the great tutorial , However I am unable to add sketches to the original Sketch (they won't select) finally gives an input error , what am I doing wrong here . TIA

[@MarthamEngineering]

It's difficult to understand the issue without seeing the file. Please could you join the FreeCAD forum and post the file there?

[@yofimee883]

@@MarthamEngineering Thank you, I re-installed and it worked after

[@venko3211]

If possible to make violin top arch in freecad

[@ianl.7545]

Note to other people. I could not unselect the XY plane when copying the sketches. Instead, I had to modify the "Map Mode" in the Data tab; just delete the text in the first "Reference Selected" box and it will autofill to 'No reference selected' .

[@ElArana]

Thank you!

[@weronikawojciechowska7992]

Thank you for this video! Could make model with transport belt on the production line which is on the beginning and on the end on different angle. This belt is moving on drive roller /drive bushing. :)

[@MarthamEngineering]

Do you have a link to an example?

[@weronikawojciechowska7992]

@@MarthamEngineering drive.google.com/open?id=1Df2v-LhEDmpdCgVIrOzIK4Nfvx3Ae6U3

[@kimeldiin1930]

I cannot even save nor start a new file though it is in "start" mode...

[@MarthamEngineering]

Which version of FreeCAD are you using?

[@HighMindedDesigns]

Very cool.

[@GamingWithMaks]

I cant seem to get rid of degrees of freedom to be 0

[@GamingWithMaks]

I figured it out :)

[@MarthamEngineering]

Did you try clicking on the degrees of freedom text? It should give you a hint.

[@marcus3d]

This works for a triangular shape with a slight twist, but if you try making a higher order polygon, like an octagon, it will fail miserably.

[@MarthamEngineering]

That's strange, it seems to work fine for me. Please can you post on the FreeCAD forum then we can discuss the issue?

[@SpacedDevil]

great! thanks!

[@that1dude1999]

For the life of me I can't figure out how to get to 0 constraints with you. I'm using FreeCAD 0.18 so maybe a version difference, but I'm 2:35 into the video and still have 2 degrees of freedom... Link to screenshot (Hopefully it's allowed) imgur.com/a/8nPHcAX

[@mickj6199]

I am having same issue. Once triangle is drawn I and video have 6 degrees. When video adds circle it goes to 7 degress. When I add circle I get 9 degrees. Cannot see why I am getting the additional 2 degrees.

[@MarthamEngineering]

Try dragging the sketch elements using the left mouse button. If any move or change size they need further constraints.

[@mickj6199]

@@MarthamEngineering Thanks for prompt reply, but they all move. I have only drawn the circle not linked them yet. After drawing triangle I get 6 degrees as do you. By just drawing the circle I get an additional 3 degrees, but you only get 1 degree. So at 1.16 on video you have 7 degrees, whilst I have 9 degrees. I can do link triangle to circle and make sides equal etc. but the additional 2 degrees remain compared to yours. If I link them they all move as one unit. After setting diameter I still have 2 degrees.

[@mickj6199]

Additionally I am on V0.18. When you add circle I note you get Constraint 4, whilst I don't.

[@that1dude1999]

So I’ve had some help in other forums. My problem was that the center of my circle was not anchored to the center of the sketch. In the video he has the “snap-to” feature enabled so his automatically constrained to the center. To fix this I had to select both the center point of the circle and the center point of the sketch and add a constraint.

[@maitlan]

I haven't been spending that much time learning FreeCAD, but compared to Shapr3D and Fusion360, it's pretty unbearable. It looks like it's going to be several more years before it becomes a good alternative. But I'm going to keep going with the tutorials and see if it becomes better.