Excellent video!🎆 Very often I screwed up the objects because I had some hickups in the object structure. And couldn't fix it, i.e. moving a sketch to the right body. I had to start over again..😢 NowI finally understand the structure, understand what needs to be active and when, and how to move elements if needed. Most important video for beginners imho.🙏
I don't know if you're aware but in this playlist, video 5 is actually video 1 again. It says 5 in the play list, but it actually plays video 1 again. These are great, simple videos to you started! No fluff or chatter. Thank you for that! I was thinking video 5 was to discuss constraints. I hope you can get this corrected. I'd like to watch it for sure! Thank you again!
@@Adventuresincreation My apologies. I guess I should have actually watched more than I did. It starts off nearly identical to Video 1 with creating a block and adding a thru whole, just like Video 1. I should have looked further. Again, my apologies. Sorry to have troubled you.
Thanks very much for this and the other beginner series. When would you create a part & when would you create a body? I really like this series, I’m not sure FreeCAD is as intuitive as Fusion360 but I want to learn it, as Fusion360 seems to be becoming more restrictive for makers & I don’t want to invest a lot of time in something I may not have access to in the future & open source is the way to go. 3D printing, Blender, Inkscape etc. show the benefits of open source.
@@steveporritt1550 I use a part as a container for bodies. Several bodies can exist inside a part. You can use multiple parts in an assembly. I typically create a part then use multiple bodies that make up that part. - I hope that makes sense.
I fall into these traps all the time and it's frustrating. Thanks for making this video explainer. Unfortunately, I don't know how I would ever find my way back here again. If you put some key words from the error text in your description, I bet this would become one of the most-searched videos about Freecad.
Somehow I have lost the indicator in your lower border that show using Blender mouse keys and the current scale of the sketch, I remember in the past you've spoken about this and how to get it back, but it is escaping my grasp right now. Put me out of my misery and remind me where that setting is located.
Not really. A bowl in a cabinet -in a kitchen - in a house - in a town - in a district - in a state - in a country... Simple as that. Matter of just being okay with it!
Thanks for this short series! This demystified some issues I've had very plainly that I've not seen explained elsewhere.
Great! Thanks for the feedback ☺️
Very useful. I've been mystified why some things worked and some did not. Understanding the tree makes all the difference.
I love those back to basics 5
Excellent video!🎆 Very often I screwed up the objects because I had some hickups in the object structure. And couldn't fix it, i.e. moving a sketch to the right body.
I had to start over again..😢
NowI finally understand the structure, understand what needs to be active and when, and how to move elements if needed. Most important video for beginners imho.🙏
Thanks!
Somehow I missed the rest of your series but I look forward to checking them out. Thanks.
Excellent! They will help with the basics
I don't know if you're aware but in this playlist, video 5 is actually video 1 again. It says 5 in the play list, but it actually plays video 1 again. These are great, simple videos to you started! No fluff or chatter. Thank you for that! I was thinking video 5 was to discuss constraints. I hope you can get this corrected. I'd like to watch it for sure! Thank you again!
Thanks for the heads up. I will take a look and see what sorcery has befallen me!
I looked at it, #5 is indeed #5 not sure why it's different for you?
@@Adventuresincreation My apologies. I guess I should have actually watched more than I did. It starts off nearly identical to Video 1 with creating a block and adding a thru whole, just like Video 1. I should have looked further. Again, my apologies. Sorry to have troubled you.
@@NebulaM57 No worries!
Again a very helpful video which exactly addresses the things that I encounter while I am still learning FreeCAD. So thanks a lot for that! :-)
You are welcome. I based that series on the questions that people have reached out with. Glad it helped you.
Thanks very much for this and the other beginner series. When would you create a part & when would you create a body?
I really like this series, I’m not sure FreeCAD is as intuitive as Fusion360 but I want to learn it, as Fusion360 seems to be becoming more restrictive for makers & I don’t want to invest a lot of time in something I may not have access to in the future & open source is the way to go. 3D printing, Blender, Inkscape etc. show the benefits of open source.
@@steveporritt1550 I use a part as a container for bodies. Several bodies can exist inside a part. You can use multiple parts in an assembly. I typically create a part then use multiple bodies that make up that part. - I hope that makes sense.
He is the best.!
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I fall into these traps all the time and it's frustrating. Thanks for making this video explainer. Unfortunately, I don't know how I would ever find my way back here again. If you put some key words from the error text in your description, I bet this would become one of the most-searched videos about Freecad.
I wonder 🤔
Somehow I have lost the indicator in your lower border that show using Blender mouse keys and the current scale of the sketch, I remember in the past you've spoken about this and how to get it back, but it is escaping my grasp right now. Put me out of my misery and remind me where that setting is located.
Hi Rodney, if you go to the top menu under "view" at the very bottom check "status bar" and it will come back 🙂
A sketch in a body in a part in a .... oh god this is so complicated ....
It's not really complicated, it's organized in a hierarchy
Not really. A bowl in a cabinet -in a kitchen - in a house - in a town - in a district - in a state - in a country... Simple as that. Matter of just being okay with it!