You probably know this by now, but the "discarded units" message is useful in that FreeCAD is keeping track of the units for you, but you made a formula that doesn't quite make sense from a units perspective. So when you divide that large distance in mm by 30 mm pieces to figure out how many there are, try actually putting in 30 mm, not just 30. The end result is unitless quantity it makes sense. In general this is known as "dimensional analysis".
If you define 'Offset' as in the video and 'Diameter' as the diameter of the repeated feature, you can use this formula : 360 / asin(Sketch001.Constraints.Diameter / Sketch001.Constraints.Offset) to compute the number of repetaed features.
Hello again, thanks for all your great videos. Do you have one that teaches you how to place holes on a surface in a precise location? Say so many inches from one point, or in a precise location from another hole or point. Thanks again, Jack.
Thank you 😊 in answer to your question, If you had say a padded rectangle in part design you can import the point when you create a new sketch mapped to one of the pad faces. You can then use basic constraints to set up the precise distance away from that point to create your new hole say a circle and pocket this through. You can use the same concept for your model.
I have not fully understood these last two videos featuring dynamics. Something about either the formula or how it's entered didn't click yet and I might have to view these videos later to see if it makes any more sense.
It's something that you don't have to learn to be successful with freecad but it's worth knowing for when you starting getting into complex models where you are uncertain of dimensions . A simple example would be you may want to lock down every hole in your model to a certain radius. If that every changed and you was referencing the radius using a formula for all your holes then you would only need to change the radius on one hole, the one you referenced rather than all of them. It's similar to using a spreadsheet.
@@MangoJellySolutions I just watched another guy's video on using the spreadsheet workbench in FreeCAD a couple of days ago and can see how that could be useful.
Yes you should be able to as you can dive this via the variables, I am guessing your talking about the dynamic data workbench not the mBDyn dynamics workbench. That reminds me I need to do some tutorials for both!
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You probably know this by now, but the "discarded units" message is useful in that FreeCAD is keeping track of the units for you, but you made a formula that doesn't quite make sense from a units perspective. So when you divide that large distance in mm by 30 mm pieces to figure out how many there are, try actually putting in 30 mm, not just 30. The end result is unitless quantity it makes sense. In general this is known as "dimensional analysis".
Awesome !!
Finally some useful design tips :) Let's go beyond the default cube
Thank you 👍
I have a long way to go, but your tutorial videos are making it possible for me to create stuff I want to make; Thank you MangoJelly Solutions!
This is fantastic that your using and learning freecad and starting to get results. Thank you for the comment.
Fantastic! Thanks for the video!
If you define 'Offset' as in the video and 'Diameter' as the diameter of the repeated feature, you can use this formula :
360 / asin(Sketch001.Constraints.Diameter / Sketch001.Constraints.Offset)
to compute the number of repetaed features.
Another very useful tutorial thanks!
Great vídeo! Keep up with the nice work!
Hello again, thanks for all your great videos. Do you have one that teaches you how to place holes on a surface in a precise location? Say
so many inches from one point, or in a precise location from another hole or point.
Thanks again,
Jack.
Thank you 😊 in answer to your question, If you had say a padded rectangle in part design you can import the point when you create a new sketch mapped to one of the pad faces. You can then use basic constraints to set up the precise distance away from that point to create your new hole say a circle and pocket this through. You can use the same concept for your model.
@@MangoJellySolutions Thanks, I'll believe I understand...
Thanks you😀😀😀😀
I have not fully understood these last two videos featuring dynamics. Something about either the formula or how it's entered didn't click yet and I might have to view these videos later to see if it makes any more sense.
Same here. Haven't wrapped my head around the formula system yet.
It's something that you don't have to learn to be successful with freecad but it's worth knowing for when you starting getting into complex models where you are uncertain of dimensions . A simple example would be you may want to lock down every hole in your model to a certain radius. If that every changed and you was referencing the radius using a formula for all your holes then you would only need to change the radius on one hole, the one you referenced rather than all of them. It's similar to using a spreadsheet.
@@MangoJellySolutions I just watched another guy's video on using the spreadsheet workbench in FreeCAD a couple of days ago and can see how that could be useful.
Could this also be done with dynamic work bench?
Yes you should be able to as you can dive this via the variables, I am guessing your talking about the dynamic data workbench not the mBDyn dynamics workbench. That reminds me I need to do some tutorials for both!
Any chance on doing a tut on threads, like screwing a lid to a jar?
Yes I will do soon
@@MangoJellySolutions Great, thanks. Merry Christmas!