Presentation of FreeCAD's Arch Workbench

[@gpdimitropoulos]

You saved me a ton of head scratching using this bench for the first time. Mechanical engineer here in need to communicate with the alien species of the architects.

[@thomasneemann5618]

3 of my Customers (80 people) wand to use freecad instead of commercial progs. i am very happy about your work. thank you very much.

[@m.swiercz7152]

Thank you for a concise overview of key Arch features. I came to FreeCAD because of Arch, but found a very steep learning curve with many workbenches. Fortunately, I am hardheaded too and persevered through outdated videos, blogs, and limit tutorials. Eventually, I began to grok small parts of a very, very large "picture". This video highlighted key Arch features and simple demonstrations of their use. Thank you staying on topic and thank you very much for designing this great workbench. Arch seems to work as advertised on a source build of FreeCAD 0.18 on CentOS 7.5

[@YorikvanHavre]

Yes that steep learning curve is still the main problem of FreeCAD. But we're trying hard to change that!

[@CDN_Torsten]

Thank you Yorik - your overview of the Arch Workbench features is really helpful!

[@zahirnaseem542]

Your video was an absolute marvel. It has been really helpful to get the basics out the program. Thankyou. I hope you would post more videos to provide a further insight to the program. Best regards

[@DuncanLithgow]

Yorik, looks great! It's been a few years since I looked at the arch workbench and it's really come a long way. Thanks for your part in that. Now I just have to start using it (difficult when I have easy access to Revit)

[@Kai-hz8uh]

Cheers for sharing this mate! You've opened up a bunch of new possibilities for me.

[@wildjibber8846]

This program is awesome! Thanks a lot to you guys. Great work. Hope I can give something back

[@BlackPopeye44]

Thank you man. I understand this program even more now

[@georgiana1754]

Thank you for the presentation. I'm a programmer trying to design my tiny mobile house in FreeCad and I really appreciate the effort that has been put into it. Can you also use it to calculate tensile strength and other engineering measurements?

[@YorikvanHavre]

there is quite a lot of calculation that you can already do with the FEM workbench, check yorikvanhavre.gitbooks.io/a-freecad-manual/content/working_with_freecad/creating_fem_analyses.html

[@martingannon6418]

thank you Yorik first time user enjoyed the presentation

[@senakarupasinghe5955]

Great presentation. I didn't know Freecad can do this sort of work

[@engitect]

Thanks for building a great software Yorik!

[@makerlinux]

Can you use these profiles for the profiles used in aluminum extrusions? That would be so useful for 3d printers and other machinery who use these

[@YorikvanHavre]

+Maker Linux yes of course. Everything you do with other workbenches of FreeCAD is usable in Arch, but also everything you do with Arch is usable in other workbenches as well. In fact, these profiles have been recently extended to become more generic, and accept more types of profiles. It would just be a matter of extending them with new types

[@M4ccc]

Good presentation! Thank you! I just discovered FreeCAD. It seems very interesting. Cant wait to learn more about it.

[@vasilea6497]

after draw a rectangle and click on wall wall disapears and the rectangle not working

[@danilsonribeiro169]

Yorik van Havre gostaria de experimentar os novos recursos que estou vendo no canal Regis Nde Tene, mas na página de download oficial não encontro as últimas versões instável com os novos recursos.

[@YorikvanHavre]

github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases Em breve teremos uma nova página de downloads que explica melhor...

[@danilsonribeiro169]

obrigado

Bom trabalho! Impressive. Thanks for sharing.

[@n0ukf]

I can't get it to place the window in the wall I choose, it places it below the floor (grid) instead. Why is it doing this?

[@JordiBardajiProfe]

Very good explanation. Congratulations!!

[@ArqSynth]

Yorik van Havre me desculpe por estar a comunicar por aqui, é que notei que por outros lados não recebo respostas. Estou seguindo o desenvolvimento do FreeCAD. Achei interessante a nova bancada de trabalho "TechDraw" até mais intuitiva. Gostaria de saber se é possível configurar a cota para o estilo arquitetura? Ou será que esta funcionalidade ainda não foi adicionada? Como é que se coloca o Hathed?

[@YorikvanHavre]

Não entendi a suas perguntas? O que é o estilo arquitetura?

[@ArqSynth]

Em vez de usar a seta no cruzamento da linha de cota e linha de chamada, pelo menos aqui em Cabo Verde usamos mais o ponto ou traço diagonal. Meu Email - [e-mail] assim posso mandar imagem.

[@YorikvanHavre]

Ah entendi.. Nao tem ainda, essa bsncada ainda é muito nova. Com certeza vou precisar disso também algum dia desses ;)

[@leonlionheart5927]

Hi, I like your vid, thank you for sharing! I'm ready for further tutorials :-). FreeCAD seems to be more powerful that I have asumed. The trick with the wall 1:35 does not work. What I'm doing wrong? Is there a short-cut during generation the wall? Did you use FreeCAD version 0.16? Thank you very much!

[@ArqSynth]

Yorik van Havre gostaria de saber qual o sistema operacional usas, e qual versão do freeCAD?

[@YorikvanHavre]

+Danilson Gomes meu OS é Debian, a versão do freecad que uso é sempre a última, compilada a partir do código fonte. Veja aqui para obter uma versão recente: github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases

[@juanvideos2202]

Hello friend, thank You for the video. I have a question ¿how can I use the grids?

[@zunderkopf7800]

looks good, did you ever think of crowdfunding the project ?

[@YorikvanHavre]

+zunder kopf This is a recurrent and continuous discussion we have... At the moment it is too complicated for us. We don't have a structure to receive money, it would take us all our programming time, that we should spend in administrative tasks instead, etc. Also, 3D CAD programming is a very special area, where you need to know maybe more about CAD than about programming, so it would not be easy to find programmers to hire. But patience, if things continue to evolve well, who knows...

[@zunderkopf7800]

+Yorik van Havre thanks for your answer, as a young architect i could imagine that there would be a good support for such an project. im using revit and archicad, though i think they are rather good, i think they dont really focus on the basic needs of architects. for example too many options for things that in my opinion are not very needed. i could imagine a crowdfunded project also could benefit from those who are not statisfied withe these very expensive programms and looking for a alternative. keep on and thanks for your efforts

[@jovlem]

When I add something ( like a wall ) it's way too big compared to the grid. It's about 10 times bigger then the grid. Am I doing something wrong? Do I need to change some settings somewhere ( maybe for the grid )? I use version 0.16 with ( i believe ) default settings.

[@YorikvanHavre]

You need to change the size of the grid maybe? In 0.16 you need to go in Edit->Preferences->Draft. In 0.17 you can do that directly from the selectplane button

[@jovlem]

For some reason when I add something it won't use the default settings from preferences menu ( for a wall the width and height ). Do I need to tell it somewhere that it should use these default settings?

[@YorikvanHavre]

No, it should just work... Check that you are using the right units, at the moment the preference pages only work in mm

[@lkylman]

Thanks so much for making this.

[@code8860]

What happens if you now edit the model again? Let's say, make the building 2 meters longer. Will the plan be updated as well? I'm trying it and I can't. It seems I have to re-insert the model again and again after every change. (BTW, I love this software as it is opensource, like LibreCAD, however it's still not productive to use in a company. Only Blender is useful in a professional level, and in fact I already used it 2 times to make architecture renders. I wanna make some pull requests in LibreCAD, as well, becuase it's close to become a good option. In both cases, LibreCAD and FreeCAD, issues are on composing plans).

[@code8860]

I reply to myself. After writing the last comment I tried QCAD and it's better than LibreCAD at this moment IMHO. QCAD saves the printing options for every drawing, as it should be (logical). QCAD looks more stable than LibreCAD, it has more options, it allows user-scripts using ECMAScript (JS). I think community did a regression in LibreCAD ("fork" from QCAD), while QCAD mantainer is doing a great job.

[@YorikvanHavre]

Both are a bit different now, there is a very intersting DWG import development in LibreCAD. Regarding FreeCAD, the whole idea of parametric models is that everything is regenerated when you change somehting. So yes, extracted 2D plans will change if you change one element of the model.

[@makerlinux]

Amazing... This is very useful, congratulations

[@ArqSynth]

Fico aguardando anciosamente

[@garrymuir1442]

Thanks Yorik. English is well enough mate.

[@code8860]

Some issues I'm having: 1) the fact to use meters instead of millimeters when working on buildings. 2) When I export a model to a drawing, it does not export correctly the lines width, the lines style and the patterns filling wires. 3) I have to export a model to a drawing every time I change the model. Only with these three issues fixed, this software would be totally awesome. Another thing to fix is the built-in function to export a model to dxf. It's not working. Version: 0.16+dfsg2-3 (from Debian 9 stable).

[@YorikvanHavre]

1) You can work in the unit of your choice. Edit -> PReferences -> Document -> Units. 2) It depends much on the workflow and format you used, but indeed many features are still missing. 3) The 2D drawing, whichever method/workbench you choose, reflects the changes you do to the model. But indeed you still need to reexport the file each time.

[@code8860]

Thanks for the answer, Yorik! In the point 1 I'm using MKS for the meters: if now I want to move a line 15 cm (0.15 m) I have to specify the "m" of meters every time, otherwise it uses "mm". It would be very useful and productive if the program worked in meters automatically everywhere (excepting in the drawing layout, then mm is ok). The input could be ".15" (even without the 0 in the units side) and the program should interpret 0.15 m. About the third point, I discovered the F5 key, it does a part of the job, excepting if I add a new element to the model. The solution for this would be the feature of layers, so then you add layers instead of models. AutoCAD, LibreCAD, QCAD, Allplan, ArchiCAD have layers system to print through them. Perhaps you could use "Group" to send the whole Group to a drawing, so it will add all the new elements of this group to the drawing as well. Anyway, FreeCAD surprised me a lot, I will follow its development more closely. Regards! :)

[@ArqSynth]

Como referenciar uma porta ou janela?

[@YorikvanHavre]

+Danilson Gomes não entendi?

[@ArqSynth]

+Yorik van Havre como é que eu faço para colocar uma porta ou janela a 1.2m da parede ou no meio de uma parede. Estou empolgado com o programa, mas não encontro vídeoaula para arquitetura desde o começo ao fim do processo. Eu quero libertar-me dos programas proprietários e também não quero usar programas piratas. Por isso o FreeCAD surgiu como uma alternativa muito interessante. Ele tem potencial de se tornar um grande software para arquitetos e não só para os engenheiros mecânicos. Gostaria de saber sua opinião sobre o software da ACCA - Edificius - que tem aquisição gratuito mas é cobrado por por cada impressão.

[@ArqSynth]

+Yorik van Havre como é que eu faço para colocar uma porta ou janela a 1.2m da parede ou no meio de uma parede. Estou empolgado com o programa, mas não encontro vídeoaula para arquitetura desde o começo ao fim do processo. Eu quero libertar-me dos programas proprietários e também não quero usar programas piratas. Por isso o FreeCAD surgiu como uma alternativa muito interessante. Ele tem potencial de se tornar um grande software para arquitetos e não só para os engenheiros mecânicos. Gostaria de saber sua opinião sobre o software da ACCA - Edificius - que tem aquisição gratuito mas é cobrado por por cada impressão.

[@YorikvanHavre]

+Danilson Gomes o mais fácil é ligar apenas o "near snap" e colocar a janela no meio da face onde quer por ela, depois ajustar manualmente a posição do sketch mexendo seu placement ou com Draft move. Sobre Edificius não, sei, nunca testei ainda

[@ArqSynth]

+Yorik van Havre Vou tentar não tenho muita prática com o freeCAD e preciso aprender mais. De todas as videoaula que já vi não mencionaram esse recurso.

[@saifurrohman9895]

Thanks a lots, nice work

[@arnoldjohnson4373]

Lousy english (you say) and try as you go instruction........great teacher, I enjoy your vids the best. You get down on it well. Thank you.

[@ethanpet113]

Hmm the wall tool seems super broken in the latest stable mac binary, the wall isn't created in the correct orientation.

[@franzmarklenders3438]

Eri partito benissimo! ;)

[@And_Rec]

Il tuo italiano è ottimo! ;)

[@drzavahercegbosnaponosna5974]

your english is OK !

[@greenhub3932]

great!!!