For everyone having issues when making the two slot center points symmetric to the x axis (around 13:10): Enable "Auto Remove Redundants". In 0.21.1, this parameter can be set in the constraints settings. You find these settings at the top right corner of the constrains section on the left.
I found that by adding a point to the x-axis and then using that point (instead of the x-axis) along with the two radius points, I was able to establish the symmetrical constraint on the slot.
Absolutely outstanding!! Learning about the "m" option for a polyline just blew my mind. Thanks for all the work you do producing a video that helps so many of us and will be viewed by THOUSANDS over time!!
Wow this is the first tutorial that I’ve watched the explained constraining geometry and then the measurements . I’d get to the end of sketching and never new where to start. Thanks for your doing this for free CAD. 82 and never too old to learn some thing New. Please keep them coming LarryMJones
Anyone who found this video useful should send a tip as a token of your appreciation, and a little encouragement to put out part 3. The link to his PayPal is in the description.
I found your channel after searching up FreeCAD tutorials after getting FreeCAD. I am a complete CAD beginner, I have never used any form of parametric design software before and your videos have helped me to get my head around this as someone who is self-teaching. Brilliant content! Cant wait for Part 3.
I looked into FreeCAD because I was curious in the past and it was hard to get into it without a goal. Now I got a 3D printer and have things I want to do. Your tutorials are very clear and best I've seen so far, subscribed to see more. Thanks!
It took me two hours to go through this tutorial. I paused after every action and tried it myself. I started of at zero knowledge, and I learnt a lot in this turorial. Thank you so much!! Time for lesson 3.
This is a fantastic program taught by a fantastic teacher. I've used SolidWorks, SketchUp, and recently Fusion 360. I found SketchUp to be useful for architectural drawings but worthless for machine tools. I was looking for a CAD program with a sheet metal component. Fusion 360 has that, but it is torture to use. You, sir, and FreeCAD are worth a million. Your teaching style is clear and concise. I can't thank you enough.
Ich habe lange nach einer anschaulichen Erklärung gesucht, da ich noch nie mit einem 3D-Programm gearbeitet habe mit dieser Erklärung bin ich sehr zufrieden und es ist auch leicht zu verstehen
I did 2-D drafting in the 1980's with AutoCAD, but things with CAD software have obviously changed a lot since then! I'm totally new to the concepts of "degrees of freedom" and "constraints". This is very helpful instruction, both in the operation of the application interface and the concepts of 3-D drafting. Thank you.
Hello, I’m also new to freecad although I was a skilled drafter in AutoCAD 2008 I couldn’t reinstall it after my former computer crashed. I have been bingewatching Freecad tutorials for a couple of weeks now to learn the limits and what are good procedures of working flow. Congratulations, I think you’re explaining very well!
Wow wow wow. I got absolutely nowhere trying Freecad by myself. I have viewed a few videos but your logical progression and clear explanations are outstanding teaching. Thanks so much. I intend watching your enture series now that you have given me renewed hope of becoming comfortable with Freecad.
Excellent tutorial! Your pacing is just about perfect for me (and I like the little reminders "right click"), I only have to pause and/or rewind occasionally, as opposed to some other tutorials I've watched where they go way too fast. I have a tiny bit of experience with Fusion but I am trying to move to FreeCAD.
Flowie what a great tutorial. I know it takes a lot of time to produce a lesson. Just know it’s not falling on deaf ears. Thank you for your efforts i look forward to the next lesson.
What a great tutorial. FIrst time I have actually been able to create an object in a 3D Cad program and actually understand what needs to be done to achieve this. I will play around for a short while, with what I have learned before moving to next tutorial video.
Was using Solidworks when I was working but will not be buying a 5k license to play around at home. This software and your comprehensive tutorials will do the trick
I have been using sketcher for a while and thought I knew it all, but I watched this because it's Flowie 😊 To my surprise I learned a couple of very handy things I never knew about. The names for constraints and then accessing them in the property window was the big take away for me. But the main lesson was "never skip over a Flowie video" Cheers from Canada!
You are doing absolutely fantastic. Your courses are perfect. FreeCAD is extremely complicated for newbies like me but with your courses it can be done and it is very motivating to continue with building more complicated shapes. Thanks a lot!
Excellent tutorial! ProTip: You'll save yourself a lot of head scratching if you take the time to arrange your icon menu the same as the one in the tutorial - especially if you're using a newer version with slightly different icons.
Coming straight from Part 1, this is equally brilliant. I can see so many things that I've missed as a long time Fusion360 user. Thank you hugely Flowwie!
Your tutorials are really fantastic for a beginner like myself. As a retired EE and software engineer, never dealt with 3d modeling. I'm a drummer and build electronics for my acoustic kit. Once I found out about 3D printing and have access to 3D printers, I thought this would be perfect for me to learn and 3D print angle brackets, plates, etc. But it's a long haul to learn FreeCad to build even the most simple parts. Hopefully I'll get there with your instruction videos.🥁🎶
Even better than part 1. You are hitting the level of detail and progressing the learning at a perfect rate for me. I started out using Fusion 360 but found the learning curve too confusing. FreeCAD + Your Tutorials are working great so far. I'm looking forward to the next one.
Thank you Flowwie! Looking forward to the next course. As FreeCAD grows in popularity so to will your channel. I've learned more from this one course so far than in the other channels teaching FreeCAD. Again thank you!
Thank you very much for your polite comment. I also hope that this channel has a bright future ahead with FreeCAD growing. I have 2 easy beginner's exercises in the making that follow the first 2 basic course episodes and then follows Basic Course part 3. Best regards!
I tried Freecad two or three years back. The videos didn't work for me at all !! Yours are crisply partioned which makes them more acessible. For years I've wanted to be able to CFD which is now available!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!
Mr. Flowie, thank you so much, this is an outstanding explanation, clear, concise and precise, learning a lot, certainly appreciate very much your effort an willingness to teach. Thank you Sir.
Just came across your tutorial today. Spending the afternoon watching on the TV. Trying to absorb as much as i can. Will open freeCAD on the computer later and follow along again On to lesson 3
Best tutorial I ever followed! Appropriate length of the video, appropriate difficulty, very pedagogic way of explaining things. Congrats Flowwie, you've made a truly awesome job here!
Thanks for this tutorial! Just started learning FreeCAD, and I can already tell it has a lot of potential. At first I wasn't really convinced but now I find it very intuitive. Keep making these videos!
Congratulations on providing an easy-to-follow tutorial which is clearly explained. I find some other tutorials a bit on the quick side but your style suits me perfectly. Thank you.
i'll be honest - when i began watching the first video i LOL'd. after always complaining that educational videos don't start at the beginning, i was tempted to FF a bit, but constrained myself (see what i did there ?) and watched carefully. your videos are fanastic so far. your explanations are clear and concise. you pace things very well and the examples you select actually illustrate something important, not just jumping around without a clear plan. you don't stumble around with 'ah' and 'um' signaling confusion on your part as well as causing angst on ours (despite ESL skills - please forgive me if I'm mistaken ... i can't figure out your accent !). thank you for going to so much trouble (while ever so politely shaming single-language Americans) to share your skills with those of us who have never needed to use a CAD program before. already looking forward to the next, and rest, of your videos
Hi there! I found this channel after going into 3D printing world and was searching for a free or affordable designing program. Even at work, I have access to SolidWorks etc. (even I'm not mechanical designer) paid versions, I found this FreeCAD program to be suitable for me at my home PC. Thanks!
Thanks for this awesome video! I'm a total beginner, who learnt the basics through this video. Thanks again! I hope you will consider to continue this video series. Good luck, and have a nice day/night!
Incredibly helpful tutorial! Thank you so much! As a person with no experience with 3d design tools stumbling my way around the program has felt clunky and difficult. Just finishing this second tutorial I feel like I can do a lot of cool things now pretty easily. Excited to continue the series.
Yes!!! I'm trying to find a way to build outside of 3design. I can't wrap my head around only having a 2d sketch. It's like scrapping years of experience and starting from scratch
Once again a very well thought out and presented tutorial😊. I have learnt far more in these two introductions over a couple of days than I gained from about a week of trawling other presentations - Thank you' I got lost in the use of the Polyline tool with the 'm' actions because I have not used the tool before. I ended up not closing the object correctly but managed to correct this during the latter actions in fixing constraints - This is a real positive result because I had to use the knowledge I have learnt in the last couple of days to achieve it - Thank you. The ability to name constraints in sketchpad and using these to modify the model in sketch is really superb. In previous tutorials, from other sources, they suggested using a spreadsheet! I feel far more confident now and look forward to viewing #3 of this series. Peter
This was so informative, thanks for explaining everything in such an easy to follow way, so much just makes sense now, I am hoping a part three will come soon, but at least I feel confident to start working on my first projects already! Please do a video on the Path Workbench. Thanks for your efforts.
Thanks for your comment. I have already recorded part 3 a few weeks ago. I have to get back to video editing and make it 100% complete. Then I will upload it and you can have a look ! :)
Thank you very much for the video, I'm beginning now with FreeCAD and your way of explain things make me feel more confident to start the journey! Cheers!
Thank You again! I’ve seen a few videos about 3-D CAD, but your explanation is the best on I have seen so far. I suspect that you have non-computer drafting experience, which makes more sense to me.
For everyone having issues when making the two slot center points symmetric to the x axis (around 13:10):
Enable "Auto Remove Redundants". In 0.21.1, this parameter can be set in the constraints settings. You find these settings at the top right corner of the constrains section on the left.
Thank you very much. I was going nuts!
Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!
I found that by adding a point to the x-axis and then using that point (instead of the x-axis) along with the two radius points, I was able to establish the symmetrical constraint on the slot.
Thanks a lot!!
Thank you
Absolutely outstanding!! Learning about the "m" option for a polyline just blew my mind. Thanks for all the work you do producing a video that helps so many of us and will be viewed by THOUSANDS over time!!
Same!
This tutorial is really easy to follow. You mention every single click as you're doing it which is very helpful.
I totally agree. I find myself stopping and go back in the video and looking for the correct icon e.g. Otherwise very nice
I already commented you as a wonderful teacher. Now it is essential to thank the innovator of FreeCAD and coworkers.
Wow this is the first tutorial that I’ve watched the explained constraining geometry and then the measurements .
I’d get to the end of sketching and never new where to start. Thanks for your doing this for free CAD.
82 and never too old to learn some thing New. Please keep them coming LarryMJones
Gotten a hang of FreeCAD since a year ago?
Anyone who found this video useful should send a tip as a token of your appreciation, and a little encouragement to put out part 3. The link to his PayPal is in the description.
I found your channel after searching up FreeCAD tutorials after getting FreeCAD. I am a complete CAD beginner, I have never used any form of parametric design software before and your videos have helped me to get my head around this as someone who is self-teaching. Brilliant content! Cant wait for Part 3.
I looked into FreeCAD because I was curious in the past and it was hard to get into it without a goal. Now I got a 3D printer and have things I want to do. Your tutorials are very clear and best I've seen so far, subscribed to see more. Thanks!
Thank you!
@@FreeCADAcademy hey pls upload more
the part 3?
After having been "modelling" technical parts in Blender like a complete noob, your tutorials make me go "woah" every 2 minutes. Thank you so much!
It took me two hours to go through this tutorial. I paused after every action and tried it myself. I started of at zero knowledge, and I learnt a lot in this turorial. Thank you so much!! Time for lesson 3.
Just the right speed. I like the demonstrations of the tools without the need to create a specific part. Thank you
I like your way of teatching a lot, calmly and pedagogically.
I look forward to more lessons from you.
Thank you for doing this.
I've been using FreeCAD for quite a few years and I never knew about the Polyline M key function.
Thank you.
This is a fantastic program taught by a fantastic teacher. I've used SolidWorks, SketchUp, and recently Fusion 360. I found SketchUp to be useful for architectural drawings but worthless for machine tools. I was looking for a CAD program with a sheet metal component. Fusion 360 has that, but it is torture to use. You, sir, and FreeCAD are worth a million. Your teaching style is clear and concise. I can't thank you enough.
My luck is to find non-native English teachers - so understandable! Beside, very systematic and clear explained!
Great tutorial! I learned more handy shortcuts in 20 minutes than I picked up myself with hours of tinkering in FreeCAD!
I am a beginner and am learning so much, please do more !....cheers.
Glad you learned something for me. I'll keep making these tutorials - no worry! Thanks a lot!
This is brilliant! Clear, concise, easy to follow - a great example of teaching. I hope you will have the time to produce more.
You are true teacher, teaches everything with great detail and examples.
Ich habe lange nach einer anschaulichen Erklärung gesucht, da ich noch nie mit einem 3D-Programm gearbeitet habe mit dieser Erklärung bin ich sehr zufrieden und es ist auch leicht zu verstehen
Basics of sketching and constraints are very well explained in a simple language. Thank you.
I did 2-D drafting in the 1980's with AutoCAD, but things with CAD software have obviously changed a lot since then! I'm totally new to the concepts of "degrees of freedom" and "constraints". This is very helpful instruction, both in the operation of the application interface and the concepts of 3-D drafting. Thank you.
I am glad you can easily pick up these new concepts.
Hello, I’m also new to freecad although I was a skilled drafter in AutoCAD 2008 I couldn’t reinstall it after my former computer crashed. I have been bingewatching Freecad tutorials for a couple of weeks now to learn the limits and what are good procedures of working flow. Congratulations, I think you’re explaining very well!
I'm surprised, and happy, that the way he says, "slot", didn't get the video taken down. It's a great video!
I am a beginner here and would like to thank you very much for your lessons, your method is simple, ordered, and valuable.
By far one of the most user friendly tutorials on CAD I found on entire youtube.
Wow wow wow. I got absolutely nowhere trying Freecad by myself. I have viewed a few videos but your logical progression and clear explanations are outstanding teaching. Thanks so much. I intend watching your enture series now that you have given me renewed hope of becoming comfortable with Freecad.
Excellent tutorial! Your pacing is just about perfect for me (and I like the little reminders "right click"), I only have to pause and/or rewind occasionally, as opposed to some other tutorials I've watched where they go way too fast. I have a tiny bit of experience with Fusion but I am trying to move to FreeCAD.
Flowie what a great tutorial. I know it takes a lot of time to produce a lesson. Just know it’s not falling on deaf ears. Thank you for your efforts i look forward to the next lesson.
Thanks Danny!
I am learning cad for the first time. I will follow your lessons Thank You for helping me
What a great tutorial. FIrst time I have actually been able to create an object in a 3D Cad program and actually understand what needs to be done to achieve this.
I will play around for a short while, with what I have learned before moving to next tutorial video.
The best of FreeCad tutorials I have seen so far for a very long time. Thanks a lot
Was using Solidworks when I was working but will not be buying a 5k license to play around at home. This software and your comprehensive tutorials will do the trick
I'm an experienced designer trying out FreeCAD for my personal use and your tutorials are great!
Love it !!! short and sharp, loud and clear!! Perfect + ... thank you!!
I have been using sketcher for a while and thought I knew it all, but I watched this because it's Flowie 😊
To my surprise I learned a couple of very handy things I never knew about. The names for constraints and then accessing them in the property window was the big take away for me. But the main lesson was "never skip over a Flowie video"
Cheers from Canada!
a year later and this is still a brilliant resource. Many thanks
You are doing absolutely fantastic. Your courses are perfect. FreeCAD is extremely complicated for newbies like me but with your courses it can be done and it is very motivating to continue with building more complicated shapes. Thanks a lot!
Excellent tutorial!
ProTip:
You'll save yourself a lot of head scratching if you take the time to arrange your icon menu the same as the one in the tutorial - especially if you're using a newer version with slightly different icons.
Coming straight from Part 1, this is equally brilliant. I can see so many things that I've missed as a long time Fusion360 user. Thank you hugely Flowwie!
Really clear tutorial. I don't think I would be able to get so much, so quickly just by using the documentation.
I'm certainly in agreement with all the previous comments: you do an excellent job of explaining a very complex subject ! Thank you!
Best channel to learn FreeCAD! Very clearly explained. L love it!!!
Superb. One of the best teaching methods I have ever seen. Simple but complete.
I love the slow pace and clear instructions. Thank you for a great learning tool.
Congratulations on this amazing work, Flowwie! Excellent tutorial!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Your tutorials are really fantastic for a beginner like myself. As a retired EE and software engineer, never dealt with 3d modeling. I'm a drummer and build electronics for my acoustic kit. Once I found out about 3D printing and have access to 3D printers, I thought this would be perfect for me to learn and 3D print angle brackets, plates, etc. But it's a long haul to learn FreeCad to build even the most simple parts. Hopefully I'll get there with your instruction videos.🥁🎶
Even better than part 1. You are hitting the level of detail and progressing the learning at a perfect rate for me. I started out using Fusion 360 but found the learning curve too confusing. FreeCAD + Your Tutorials are working great so far. I'm looking forward to the next one.
You are the best tutor yet on this program. Thank you.
Thank you, this series is awesome. Watching while following along in the program has lowered the so-called steep learning curve and made it fun.
Absolutely brilliant introduction to Freecad - thank you so much. Looking forward to the next module.
Thanks a lot! I hope you have a lot of fun on my channel!
Thank you Flowwie! Looking forward to the next course. As FreeCAD grows in popularity so to will your channel. I've learned more from this one course so far than in the other channels teaching FreeCAD. Again thank you!
Thank you very much for your polite comment. I also hope that this channel has a bright future ahead with FreeCAD growing. I have 2 easy beginner's exercises in the making that follow the first 2 basic course episodes and then follows Basic Course part 3. Best regards!
I tried Freecad two or three years back. The videos didn't work for me at all !! Yours are crisply partioned which makes them more acessible. For years I've wanted to be able to CFD which is now available!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!
This series is great, I'm learning so much! Thanks!
Just finished part 1 and 2, both videos are great!! You are an exceptional teacher. Thanks
Mr. Flowie, thank you so much, this is an outstanding explanation, clear, concise and precise, learning a lot, certainly appreciate very much your effort an willingness to teach. Thank you Sir.
Just came across your tutorial today. Spending the afternoon watching on the TV. Trying to absorb as much as i can. Will open freeCAD on the computer later and follow along again
On to lesson 3
Best tutorial I ever followed! Appropriate length of the video, appropriate difficulty, very pedagogic way of explaining things. Congrats Flowwie, you've made a truly awesome job here!
continue watch from part 1 non stop, good explanation
The best tutorial i have find on line about FreeCAD, please do more,...
Thanks for this tutorial! Just started learning FreeCAD, and I can already tell it has a lot of potential. At first I wasn't really convinced but now I find it very intuitive. Keep making these videos!
Interesting and crystal clear instructions so far. I will continue to watch the following tutorials.
Great tutorial. FreeCAD needs more video content like this to help it grow!
Finally, clear tutorials for FreeCAD. Thanks!
fantastic good way to spend my Sunday afternoon but this is leading me to buy my first CNC machine i will continue to watch and learn thamkyou
FreeCAD is now a little less scary! Great tutorial Flowwie
Your tutorials are excellent, as a complete beginner I find them very helpful. Now to practice.
Congratulations on providing an easy-to-follow tutorial which is clearly explained. I find some other tutorials a bit on the quick side but your style suits me perfectly. Thank you.
Your explanations are very didactic and enlightening. Congratulations.
very simple description but very powerful and clear. thank u
Thank you so much for making!
Sold! Thanks to the clarity of your presentation. Danke.
Super handy. Very friendly for new users who were already familiar with Creo or Onshape. Looking forward to next video.
Brilliant! Really enjoying the course so far. Thanks for taking the time to help people learn FreeCad.
I thank you for your effort to create an easy to follow video . Your tutorial is excellent !!
Thank you very much, Nissim!
Just found your first lesson a few days ago! This is great!
Hey that's great for you - now you can start directly with the first two parts! Nice!
This is awesome dude... Coming from MasterCAM to FreeCad, I can relate but you make it so much easier! Thank you!
I like the option to change dimensions from the solid model and not having to go to the sketch, It gives immediate visual feedback.
that’s great
i'll be honest - when i began watching the first video i LOL'd. after always complaining that educational videos don't start at the beginning, i was tempted to FF a bit, but constrained myself (see what i did there ?) and watched carefully. your videos are fanastic so far. your explanations are clear and concise. you pace things very well and the examples you select actually illustrate something important, not just jumping around without a clear plan. you don't stumble around with 'ah' and 'um' signaling confusion on your part as well as causing angst on ours (despite ESL skills - please forgive me if I'm mistaken ... i can't figure out your accent !).
thank you for going to so much trouble (while ever so politely shaming single-language Americans) to share your skills with those of us who have never needed to use a CAD program before. already looking forward to the next, and rest, of your videos
Hi there! I found this channel after going into 3D printing world and was searching for a free or affordable designing program. Even at work, I have access to SolidWorks etc. (even I'm not mechanical designer) paid versions, I found this FreeCAD program to be suitable for me at my home PC. Thanks!
Please keep on making video's. This is outstanding! Thank you so much!!!
While you were writing your comment, I’m editing my next video ! :-) will be online soon. Don’t forget to subscribe
Thanks for this awesome video! I'm a total beginner, who learnt the basics through this video.
Thanks again! I hope you will consider to continue this video series.
Good luck, and have a nice day/night!
Incredibly helpful tutorial! Thank you so much! As a person with no experience with 3d design tools stumbling my way around the program has felt clunky and difficult. Just finishing this second tutorial I feel like I can do a lot of cool things now pretty easily. Excited to continue the series.
Yes!!! I'm trying to find a way to build outside of 3design. I can't wrap my head around only having a 2d sketch. It's like scrapping years of experience and starting from scratch
This was brilliant as it's my first time to produce a freeCad drawing.
These videos have been amazingly helpful, and I can't wait for more! I was eager to do #3 and was sad when I realized it doesn't exist yet.
Once again a very well thought out and presented tutorial😊. I have learnt far more in these two introductions over a couple of days than I gained from about a week of trawling other presentations - Thank you'
I got lost in the use of the Polyline tool with the 'm' actions because I have not used the tool before. I ended up not closing the object correctly but managed to correct this during the latter actions in fixing constraints - This is a real positive result because I had to use the knowledge I have learnt in the last couple of days to achieve it - Thank you.
The ability to name constraints in sketchpad and using these to modify the model in sketch is really superb. In previous tutorials, from other sources, they suggested using a spreadsheet!
I feel far more confident now and look forward to viewing #3 of this series.
Peter
Excellent well explained not like some tutorials for the beginner's Thank You for the share and Stay Safe friend !!!.
Thanks Brian. I'm happy you like my explaining skills. Stay safe too! 👍🏼
Great tutorial. The polyline mode thing is gold :)
Excellent tutorial, your teaching style is first class. Many thanks for taking the time and effort to do these.
Your tutorials are great! Thank you for taking time to put these together! 🙏
This was so informative, thanks for explaining everything in such an easy to follow way, so much just makes sense now, I am hoping a part three will come soon, but at least I feel confident to start working on my first projects already! Please do a video on the Path Workbench. Thanks for your efforts.
Thanks for your comment. I have already recorded part 3 a few weeks ago. I have to get back to video editing and make it 100% complete. Then I will upload it and you can have a look ! :)
Brilliant tutorial, ideal for a complete novice such as myself. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos!
Fantastic content ! Starting to get addicted to these videos !
Thank you very much for the video, I'm beginning now with FreeCAD and your way of explain things make me feel more confident to start the journey!
Cheers!
Best tutorial I’ve see yet on free cad! THANK YOU😅
Thank you for this it's been the best explanation of FreeCad I have come across
Brilliant !!! very clear and methodical explanation, the pace is perfect for a complete beginner like me. Thank You !!!
Great video. /very well explained and easy to follow. Looking forward to the rest of the course. Thanks Flowwie!!!
Thanks
Thank You again! I’ve seen a few videos about 3-D CAD, but your explanation is the best on I have seen so far. I suspect that you have non-computer drafting experience, which makes more sense to me.
Great learning video, I understand more in FreeCAD now.