Hi Dr. Vax (Make With Tech), I've discovered 3D Printing back in university a couple years ago, I was simply asked to upgrade a Prusa printer, but by doing so, I discovered my love of this world - that is, reconnecting with my roots to create things! Fast forward a couple years later, I bought my own 3D printer and, despite being a "working professional", I've taught myself to slow down to learn how to CAD design so I don't need to pull prints from online! Your videos have been my lifesaver, please keep making these (especially from a fellow MAC user as well), much love from Canada. Cheers, Lana😁
Spent all day trying to pocket an object couldnt get it to pocket in the front until I watched your video so easy when you know how. Thanks for the video.
Hey Doc - i wanted to show my love for your videos.. I have a business idea and i need these skills to achieve that dream. Your demeanor, tone and rhythm are very conducive for learning
I'm only about 5 minutes in and your explanation of a "Body" just...blew my mind. I've been banging my head against a wall trying to figure out why my separate padded sketches kept "merging" together and omg...each part should be in its own Body... DUH! Thank you for explaining it so simply! It makes so much sense. You have a lovely instructional style and your enthusiasm for 3D printing is infectious. Will definitely check out the rest of your channel! :D
DrVax I am new to all of this and cannot thank you enough on how much I learned from you. Keep up the good work I know how hard it is to put these things together.
Thank you Sir. I was holding of doing CAD designs for many years because of the extreme prices, but also because I never could completely dig deeper in it as time was limited. But being an RC enthusiast for many decades, now I feel the need to learn more about it. I can say it's a steep curve to learn to use CAD design and also wrap my head around the use of my new printer. But you make it look so much easier to understand. Regards, As we say in the RC community: " Break a leg". Thanks and good luck.
Thanks, you encouraged me to learn Free CAD. I see now that I don't need expensive software for my 3D printing hobby. And very well presented, THX Dr. Vax.
DrVax, I'm commenting on all your FreeCad vids... not for any other reason than to tell you to keep up the great work!! I'm subscribed and will continue to be if you keep making these great videos!
Your videos are easy to understand and follow along with. You're a very good teacher! I hate how people know how to use these tools, but don't know how to explain it well to someone who is new to this stuff. THANK YOU!
its wonderful to see people who really really want to teach something they love to someone else.. it does matter how simple or complex it is.. Thanks for this video..
Hi, I am not sure how came across your video tutorials. Only starting with 3D printers about a month ago, I must tell you, your presentations are outstanding, by far the most professionally done, and easy to follow.. I cant believe how much I am learning. You have now also got me into FreeCad :-).. Thank you.
DrVax, You are a very good teacher and I wish you should continue the articles if you have enough spare time. It would be nice if you introduced union (additive) operation also along with cut operation. Thank you for the wonderful introduction.
Love to listen your soft and clear voice during the teaching of this software, more I listen you and more I will be confident about pass from fusion to this amazing cad, thanks and please keep do these tutorials as long you can do!
Glad it was helpful! P.S. I have started a new discussion forum at forum.drvax.com where we can all have more elaborate discussions and share pictures on our prints and printers. Check it out. Irv
I recall when parametric design first started replacing standard CAD systems in the late 80's and early 90's. Designers had stars in their eyes, but soon learned those new systems had serious drawbacks for some engineering solutions. It is amazing that a 'free' product today can run circles around those early, super expensive solutions.
@parrotm76262 Hi, I'm rather new to CAD in general, like most people here I think. I first learned CSG modeling, then FreeCAD's parametric design (which I think is more like BRep, right ?). So can you summarize these drawbacks you mention to newcomers like me, and better yet, can you tell us what was next after that ?
@@artesim_779 I was in Aerospace at the time, and Parametric modelers of that day couldn't handle lofted surfaces, or surfaces themselves. That meant they were DOA in my industry. These days, most systems that offer Parametric design has some type of surfacing capability, so shouldn't be an issue.
Mate, you are a legend !!! after the 1st and 2nd video, i made a part i needed in FreeCAD, well almost. just need to figure out how to measure distances between the sketches. love the series. just excellent.
Thank you for the tutorials. I'm surprised you don't use GNU/Linux. As free and open software it is utterly available to students and industry alike. And GNU/Linux and Apple's OS are cousins, both derived from Unix. Long live bash! :-)
Absolutely loving this playlist! What's funny is that I've been doing a Blender tutorial, have already spent over 1.5 hours and still am not close to being able to make a printable part. Finishing up lesson 2 on this playlist on the other hand and I already have a printable part! No more thingiverse for me! (just kidding) :)
This video was really useful especially where you showed what the mouse navigation does. I did not find it at first as the status bar is not enabled by default. I changed my navigation to touch pad though as I am working on a laptop. I was about yo give up using my laptop. Thanks for the very useful information.
Great series of videos. You've made getting started quite easy. I'm using .19pre as well. There appears to be a change in later builds from your video. (Change? Bug? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.) @9:59 when you go to create another body you show "Body" as being selected. As of the today's build (9/26/20) you actually need to select "Unnamed", then you can create a new body. If you have "Body" selected you can only create a new sketch in the same body. Ah, the joys of running the daily build.
This is true with version 18.0 as well. I'm not sure why it is possible in his version, possibly a bug, but since it's behaves the same in 18.0 as in a later 19 build, i would assume this is the expected behavior.
Hi, Thanks for the great videos. Please make more. Quick question: what setting allows for the 3 axis arrows that are always present in your 3d Model view screen? Thanks.
@@brandonsummey2418 Vanilla + Butterfinger is a great combination. Unfortunately, I’d have to disagree as I am a chocolate chip cheesecake milkshake man myself.
It's great to find a tutorial with clarity but I still have a problem. At 8:50 you placed a box within the original box. I tried that and can draw the box but it doesn't hold. Just disappears. Is there some setting that I'm missing?
@DrVax you might be having the same problem with the fancy Logitech mouse as I did. The mouse wheel on mine was intended to also scroll side to side and if you click very carefully straight down you can get a middle button click but usually the scroll click gets in the way. I mapped scroll left and scroll right clicks to be just regular middle button clicks with the downloaded Logitech software.
FYI for those who are watching this series of tutorials one after the other and still have the previous body listed on the Model tab, you may find that you get the message "To create a new PartDesign object, there must be an active Body object in the document. Please make one active(double click) or create a new Body." You can't double click the "body" in the 3D view to do this, you have to double click the name of the body in the model list, or you can right click on it and choose "toggle active body". How do you know, which body is active? It's not highlighted in the 3D area, but the name of the body is written in bold in the Model list.
Hey Doc, I like your clear understanding voice in your tutorials and thank you for replying to my last now I'm just wondering if it is possible to mirror a pocket from one side of part to opposite side
thank you for this series is there ways to transfer files back and fourth from free cad to tinker cad and back to leverage both systems. im just starting out in this stuff but it is very exciting to me.
Hey DrVax, I just wanted to thank you for these videos. I trained with Catia for 3 years almost a decade ago and have since lost all my CAD/CAM skills. I recently tried using Fusion 360 but couldn't get along with it. To my surprise FreeCAD is actually quite good and in many respects similar to Catia. It's just got a slight difference in terminology. You're a great teacher - will you be making more videos on FreeCAD?
Hey Doc, Nice tut and I'm looking forward to many more tutorials from you. I was wondering if you could possibly show me the best way to transfer pockets done on one side of my part to the opposite side (mirror) if it is possible I would very much appreciate that
Ok, but what if I follow your instructions and it doesn't do what you say? At 11:48-ish you say "Click on Reverse" but when I click on the pad and choose Tasks tab - there are NO tasks! In fact whatever I click on in Models, there are no tasks, except for Sketch in the original body!
Mr.Shaprio, in lesson 2, when I take the first body and create a space in that body every things fine. When we sketch the third rectangle on the outside of the diagram, when I join them together, the two points, the line stays there even when I pad. Is it my program or something I did?
Hard to diagnose without a picture. Head over the to user forum and post a picture and the folks there will probably be able to help you. A great place to discuss this is at the MakeWithTech forum located at forum.makewithtech.com. At the free MakeWithTech forum/discussion group, you can also post images and examples of your work.
Hell @DrVax, where did you got the ver 0.19? I got ver 0.18.4 for Linux. I tried exact what you are doing around 12:56 where you tried to create a pad of the new sketch. Unfortunately, I get an error, "Multiple Solids is not supported".
Multiple Solids are also not supported in .19. A solid is defined as a part where everything touches something else. My guess is your second sketch was not on the surface of your first sketch. I also believe there were bugs in .18 when trying to sketch on a surface vs a plane. So try .19. Here is a video I just release about how to find .19. ruclips.net/video/l4WzCjmuJg0/видео.html
Thank you I Ben using blender for mi3D printing but the scale in blender is a problem I can't never get the numbers right from the virtual world to the real world this is got hope for me tanks great videos
DrVax: Thank you for doing these videos. I like the way you XYZ axis are in the middle of your screen when designing and protruding through your object as you work with it. Mine is in the lower right hand corner. How do I get mine in the middle of my screen and within my object?
Hello! I have used TinkerCad and have been wanting to learn a better program like this. I enjoyed the first video and am just starting the 2nd one. I noticed that some of the parts where you said to go to this or that is not the same as for mine. I don't think it is because I am using Win and you are using Apple. I think it is maybe a later release I am using. Do you have anything newer as I am unable to find some of the things, like preferences and the different bars with the tools? Thank you!
He's so friendly and non-threatening! I love it!
As someone who used to do tech support and software training, DrVax is the real deal folks, haven't found a better teacher on this topic.
Your speech is clear and easy to understand. Thank you for caring about that.
i learned more in your short videos than in six hours of other freecad tutorials, please do more, your a natural teacher
You are a right Guru to me. I am 61 years old, and i started learning Freecad. Very much helpful. Thanks.
Hi Dr. Vax (Make With Tech),
I've discovered 3D Printing back in university a couple years ago, I was simply asked to upgrade a Prusa printer, but by doing so, I discovered my love of this world - that is, reconnecting with my roots to create things!
Fast forward a couple years later, I bought my own 3D printer and, despite being a "working professional", I've taught myself to slow down to learn how to CAD design so I don't need to pull prints from online!
Your videos have been my lifesaver, please keep making these (especially from a fellow MAC user as well), much love from Canada.
Cheers,
Lana😁
Spent all day trying to pocket an object couldnt get it to pocket in the front until I watched your video so easy when you know how. Thanks for the video.
Having watched quite a few tutorials I have found yours to be the easiest to follow thank you for your time and effort
Great to hear!
Thanks Sir,
your teaching style is excellent, simple, easy to grasp.Love you Sir.( Vijay )
Hey Doc - i wanted to show my love for your videos.. I have a business idea and i need these skills to achieve that dream.
Your demeanor, tone and rhythm are very conducive for learning
You looks like the professional teacher. Great software teaching.
DrVax. Great work. Very informative Video. Nice even pace. Thanks for all the insight.
Really good tutorials. I'm glad your teaching on Mac ...there's not much on FreeCad. Thanks
I learned more from you and are a very very good teacher keep up my teacher
Thank you
This is one of the best matching lessons of freecad for beginners I've been coming across. Thanks, and I will be following up your other lessons
I'm only about 5 minutes in and your explanation of a "Body" just...blew my mind. I've been banging my head against a wall trying to figure out why my separate padded sketches kept "merging" together and omg...each part should be in its own Body... DUH! Thank you for explaining it so simply! It makes so much sense.
You have a lovely instructional style and your enthusiasm for 3D printing is infectious. Will definitely check out the rest of your channel! :D
Good job! You are a Cubs fan, so obviously you have a brain in your head. Go Cubs go!!!
DrVax I am new to all of this and cannot thank you enough on how much I learned from you. Keep up the good work I know how hard it is to put these things together.
TY DrVax...Freecad is slowly becoming less daunting...
Thank you Sir. I was holding of doing CAD designs for many years because of the extreme prices, but also because I never could completely dig deeper in it as time was limited.
But being an RC enthusiast for many decades, now I feel the need to learn more about it. I can say it's a steep curve to learn to use CAD design and also wrap my head around the use of my new printer. But you make it look so much easier to understand. Regards, As we say in the RC community: " Break a leg". Thanks and good luck.
Pretty cool and indispensable tutorial, thanks!
Thank you for breaking this down. I was making so much harder than it needed to be. Keep it up.
Genuinely such a helpful tutorial, thank you so much
Thanks Teacher, very clear explanation !!!!
Glad it was helpful!
realy enjoyable channel about 3d printing keep it up 😁😁
I really appreciate the help. Easy to follow.
Thanks, you encouraged me to learn Free CAD. I see now that I don't need expensive software for my 3D printing hobby. And very well presented, THX Dr. Vax.
DrVax, I'm commenting on all your FreeCad vids... not for any other reason than to tell you to keep up the great work!! I'm subscribed and will continue to be if you keep making these great videos!
Welcome aboard!
Your videos are easy to understand and follow along with. You're a very good teacher! I hate how people know how to use these tools, but don't know how to explain it well to someone who is new to this stuff. THANK YOU!
its wonderful to see people who really really want to teach something they love to someone else.. it does matter how simple or complex it is.. Thanks for this video..
Excellent video. Thanks so much!
Your welcome.
Hi, I am not sure how came across your video tutorials. Only starting with 3D printers about a month ago, I must tell you, your presentations are outstanding, by far the most professionally done, and easy to follow.. I cant believe how much I am learning. You have now also got me into FreeCad :-).. Thank you.
Awesome, thank you!
DrVax, You are a very good teacher and I wish you should continue the articles if you have enough spare time. It would be nice if you introduced union (additive) operation also along with cut operation. Thank you for the wonderful introduction.
Thank you so much for sharing the knowledge, your explanation is very precise and really encourage me to learn FreeCad. I really appreciate.
This is cool, very useful for beginners.. knowledge of CAD is immense to have!
Awesome. I'm glad you did this for schleps like me
I will be away from my 3d printer lab for the next few weeks so I hope to add a number of additional FreeCAD videos.
Love to listen your soft and clear voice during the teaching of this software, more I listen you and more I will be confident about pass from fusion to this amazing cad, thanks and please keep do these tutorials as long you can do!
Great tutorial! The best one I've seen about beginner Freecad. You video count for dozens or other, I already watch. Thanks!
Amazing easy to understand instruction. Thank you! It's been 55 years since junior high school drafting!
Please continue with this series
Love your videos. You explain things very well and very simply. I am moving away from Fusion 360 to FreeCAD and you are making that much easier. :)
Glad to help!
awesome teacher!!! and for free!
So detail and easy to follow. Thanks so much.
Glad it was helpful!
P.S. I have started a new discussion forum at forum.drvax.com where we can all have more elaborate discussions and share pictures on our prints and printers. Check it out. Irv
I recall when parametric design first started replacing standard CAD systems in the late 80's and early 90's. Designers had stars in their eyes, but soon learned those new systems had serious drawbacks for some engineering solutions. It is amazing that a 'free' product today can run circles around those early, super expensive solutions.
@parrotm76262 Hi, I'm rather new to CAD in general, like most people here I think. I first learned CSG modeling, then FreeCAD's parametric design (which I think is more like BRep, right ?). So can you summarize these drawbacks you mention to newcomers like me, and better yet, can you tell us what was next after that ?
@@artesim_779 I was in Aerospace at the time, and Parametric modelers of that day couldn't handle lofted surfaces, or surfaces themselves. That meant they were DOA in my industry. These days, most systems that offer Parametric design has some type of surfacing capability, so shouldn't be an issue.
second episode is just as good as the first. Happy to be here :D
Thanks
Your instructions are clear and well define with excellent explanations.
I enjoy your style of teaching. I thank you for your taking the time to create this video.
You are very welcome
Thank you for such an informative video! ❤️
Wow! Very informative and enjoyable video for learning FreeCAD. Many thanks!
Mate, you are a legend !!! after the 1st and 2nd video, i made a part i needed in FreeCAD, well almost. just need to figure out how to measure distances between the sketches. love the series. just excellent.
I learned a lot. Thanks for your time.
Fantastic lesson Doc!!!! KEEP EM COMING! I’m onto lesson 3!!!! Happy Memorial Day!
Nice pen collection! I have always, for some reason, enjoyed some nice stationary.
I make the pens and there is a video about it on the channel.
Thank you for the tutorials. I'm surprised you don't use GNU/Linux. As free and open software it is utterly available to students and industry alike. And GNU/Linux and Apple's OS are cousins, both derived from Unix. Long live bash! :-)
Great tutorial! Please consider creating a video on making threads using FreeCAD ...
The best freecad tutorial..the others videos are like learning quantum physics
Great tutorial video!👍👍👍🤠
Absolutely loving this playlist!
What's funny is that I've been doing a Blender tutorial, have already spent over 1.5 hours and still am not close to being able to make a printable part. Finishing up lesson 2 on this playlist on the other hand and I already have a printable part! No more thingiverse for me! (just kidding)
:)
Very good videos my friend, Thank you
Great video, I see the joy of learning and teaching something new in your eyes.
More to come!
Thanks yet again for your clear training tutorials. I learnt a LOT from this particular one. I will now look at Lesson 3 for FreeCAD.
I've gone through a number of tutorials and finally landed on your video. Thanks to you I've learned many new and important things.
I like all your videos and i feel like being fluent in english with your clear way to talk (I am french). many thanks.
ottima spiegazione, la bravura e' rendere semplici le cose complesse..
you are really amazing lecturer
This video was really useful especially where you showed what the mouse navigation does. I did not find it at first as the status bar is not enabled by default. I changed my navigation to touch pad though as I am working on a laptop. I was about yo give up using my laptop. Thanks for the very useful information.
Great series of videos. You've made getting started quite easy. I'm using .19pre as well. There appears to be a change in later builds from your video. (Change? Bug? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.) @9:59 when you go to create another body you show "Body" as being selected. As of the today's build (9/26/20) you actually need to select "Unnamed", then you can create a new body. If you have "Body" selected you can only create a new sketch in the same body. Ah, the joys of running the daily build.
This is true with version 18.0 as well. I'm not sure why it is possible in his version, possibly a bug, but since it's behaves the same in 18.0 as in a later 19 build, i would assume this is the expected behavior.
thx !!!!!! 100 times i can''t understand, what i do wrong.....
I will be watching this series over and over again! Thanks for sharing this Dr. Vax.
Your tutorials are great! Please keep it up. Thanks.
Hi, Thanks for the great videos. Please make more. Quick question: what setting allows for the 3 axis arrows that are always present in your 3d Model view screen? Thanks.
I've been looking for that too :D
What a wonderful question. Was also wondering that!
@@aahguihkjhiukhi Question 1... 42. Question 2... Vanilla with Butterfinger mixed in as sold at Dairy Queen.
@@Jonathan_Camps Glad to see the "internet family" coming together, warms my heart
@@brandonsummey2418 Vanilla + Butterfinger is a great combination. Unfortunately, I’d have to disagree as I am a chocolate chip cheesecake milkshake man myself.
DRVax another great tutorial.👌 BTW, I'm using version .20.1. You have to select Unnamed in order to create another body. great stuff!!👍
It's great to find a tutorial with clarity but I still have a problem. At 8:50 you placed a box within the original box. I tried that and can draw the box but it doesn't hold. Just disappears. Is there some setting that I'm missing?
Great video, really helpful, keep them coming. I am a huge fan of Fusion 360, really powerful and free for non commercial use.
Great videos. Perfect learning pace for me.
You are the man! Now I finally know how to do this!
Thank you the material is really helpful and you are a very good teacher.
Really great tuts! Thanks so much.
Greetings from Germany.
Really useful video, thanks!
Thank you for what you do and the knowledge you are sharing!
@DrVax you might be having the same problem with the fancy Logitech mouse as I did. The mouse wheel on mine was intended to also scroll side to side and if you click very carefully straight down you can get a middle button click but usually the scroll click gets in the way. I mapped scroll left and scroll right clicks to be just regular middle button clicks with the downloaded Logitech software.
Great content
Well, i adore learning from you Irv ( if i may call you like this ) even if inkow it allready! :)
Glad you enjoy it!
FYI for those who are watching this series of tutorials one after the other and still have the previous body listed on the Model tab, you may find that you get the message "To create a new PartDesign object, there must be an active Body object in the document. Please make one active(double click) or create a new Body." You can't double click the "body" in the 3D view to do this, you have to double click the name of the body in the model list, or you can right click on it and choose "toggle active body". How do you know, which body is active? It's not highlighted in the 3D area, but the name of the body is written in bold in the Model list.
Hey Doc, I like your clear understanding voice in your tutorials and thank you for replying to my last now I'm just wondering if it is possible to mirror a pocket from one side of part to opposite side
thank you for this series is there ways to transfer files back and fourth from free cad to tinker cad and back to leverage both systems. im just starting out in this stuff but it is very exciting to me.
Really awesome tutorial, I'm learning many of things.
Very excellent and professional tutorial
Good explanation. I appreciate the progression toward an objective.
Thanks a lot DrVax! :D Very usefull hints.
Great teacher (UK)
Very well presented. Thank you. Learned a lot.
Hey DrVax, I just wanted to thank you for these videos. I trained with Catia for 3 years almost a decade ago and have since lost all my CAD/CAM skills. I recently tried using Fusion 360 but couldn't get along with it. To my surprise FreeCAD is actually quite good and in many respects similar to Catia. It's just got a slight difference in terminology. You're a great teacher - will you be making more videos on FreeCAD?
Also, when I create the third rectangle (as you are doing at 09:16) it didn't throw up any errors. Am I doing something wrong?
Hey Doc, Nice tut and I'm looking forward to many more tutorials from you. I was wondering if you could possibly show me the best way to transfer pockets done on one side of my part to the opposite side (mirror) if it is possible I would very much appreciate that
Ok, but what if I follow your instructions and it doesn't do what you say? At 11:48-ish you say "Click on Reverse" but when I click on the pad and choose Tasks tab - there are NO tasks! In fact whatever I click on in Models, there are no tasks, except for Sketch in the original body!
Your a great teacher! Love the content!
Another great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Mr.Shaprio, in lesson 2, when I take the first body and create a space in that body every things fine. When we sketch the third rectangle on the outside of the diagram, when I join them together, the two points, the line stays there even when I pad. Is it my program or something I did?
Hard to diagnose without a picture. Head over the to user forum and post a picture and the folks there will probably be able to help you.
A great place to discuss this is at the MakeWithTech forum located at forum.makewithtech.com.
At the free MakeWithTech forum/discussion group, you can also post images and examples of your work.
Hell @DrVax, where did you got the ver 0.19? I got ver 0.18.4 for Linux.
I tried exact what you are doing around 12:56 where you tried to create a pad of the new sketch.
Unfortunately, I get an error, "Multiple Solids is not supported".
Multiple Solids are also not supported in .19. A solid is defined as a part where everything touches something else. My guess is your second sketch was not on the surface of your first sketch. I also believe there were bugs in .18 when trying to sketch on a surface vs a plane. So try .19.
Here is a video I just release about how to find .19.
ruclips.net/video/l4WzCjmuJg0/видео.html
Thank you @@MakeWithTech. These videos of yours are really helpful for beginners in FreeCad.
Thank you again.
Thank you I Ben using blender for mi3D printing but the scale in blender is a problem I can't never get the numbers right from the virtual world to the real world this is got hope for me tanks great videos
DrVax: Thank you for doing these videos. I like the way you XYZ axis are in the middle of your screen when designing and protruding through your object as you work with it. Mine is in the lower right hand corner. How do I get mine in the middle of my screen and within my object?
Hello! I have used TinkerCad and have been wanting to learn a better program like this. I enjoyed the first video and am just starting the 2nd one. I noticed that some of the parts where you said to go to this or that is not the same as for mine. I don't think it is because I am using Win and you are using Apple. I think it is maybe a later release I am using. Do you have anything newer as I am unable to find some of the things, like preferences and the different bars with the tools? Thank you!