Freecad For Lasers Pt.3 - Prepping for cutting with the Draft Workbench.

[@navacellecanrobert4846]

Since I started 3D printings a few months ago, i've been watching dozens of FreeCAD tutorials but none of them was as clear and instructive as this 3 video series, and by far. I finally understood the practical purpose and use of "bodies", "clone", "sub-shape binder" and "draft workbench". Fantastic work, it should be much more promoted by YT.

[@hugemagichands]

this video serie on laser cutting deserves way more views!

[@henrygroover829]

I've been working with FreeCad for 3D print design for a few years and just started doing designs for laser cutting. This 3-part tutorial was exactly what I needed. I love the style of detailed explanation. There are a number of different how-to videos for such things but often they take things for granted and move so fast I have to pause it and try everything to see what I missed, but I could watch this and walk away ready to apply all of these techniques. One thing I'd like to see is a tutorial on working with text cutouts, both using stencil fonts and fonts that aren't designed for stencil. Also I am learning about some of the nuances of running complex jobs with both inner and outer cuts combined with engraving. What makes this series really valuable is that it reflects a LOT of experience condensed into a presentation that someone thought about how to present. Fantastic!

[@TorontotoollibraryIRBE]

Thanks very much!

[@Financeification]

Your FreeCAD tutorials are excellent.

[@thesystemsucks]

really great video series, you should keep making videos

[@armastat]

Great tutorial, helped alot One issue is that you didnt show how to transform the side part to match the bottom part when the depth of the tabs changed. True it doesn't make any difference in the cutting, for such a simple object. HOWEVER if u had, say a 4th board that connects the sides and bottoms (Ie., you design an enclosure) you would be screwed - because u didn't move the side to match the new bottom and the connection tabs for the 4th wall would be in wrong place (maybe now, even outside the actual model). I think u should of included that.

[@DanielPianoful]

Fantastic series!, would love to see a more advance version of this for more complex parts

[@avielchen]

Hi! I love your tutorials, they are so well said. So when you use the Shape 2D View and then make changes to the design (i.e. material width), you then have to repeat the whole process all over again? Thanks in advance!

[@TorontotoollibraryIRBE]

Hey there! Yes, I'm afraid that is true. Shape2DView is not dynamic, so changes to the model do not automatically get updated in them.

[@0LoneTech]

In this case, where the bodies are each a single padded sketch, you could also export or clone the sketches instead of using the 2d projection tool.

[@TorontotoollibraryIRBE]

Will give it a try! Thanks.

[@philippkowalski1105]

quite honestly, does not work at all the way you show it. Completely different, I cannot understand why others hail this stuff so much

[@TorontotoollibraryIRBE]

Got any details we should update? Would be happy to know more.