These are getting consistently better and more informative as you create more. All these "gotchas" are extremely valuable: knowing that a particular route will result in a dead-end of sorts could save so much time and frustration.
Great video. As a recent adopter of FC, I have been baffled by the quirks of the thickness modifier and assumed it was me doing something wrong. Nice to know I am not alone. Keep up the good work, nicely paced informative tutorials. Thanks
This is a good video as usual! I remember back in earlier releases how buggy it was. It has come a long way but needs further refinement. Good to show newer users what to think about if you want to apply thickness later on. Thanks!
Hi Andrew I watched all 12 minutes and it is very interesting. A problem to a few. Some of us find it very hard to follow the very small white pointer due to our eye sight. Could you help us. Could you make the pointer bigger and red. Red help us a lot. Thanks you.
Good morning Pieter, thankyou for watching my videos 😀 I've increased the size in this video of the cursor to 'extra large'...I've tried looking for a large red background cursor but cant find one that does both...I'll have another look, but I cant make any promises 😅
@@AndrewCAD What capture software are you using?.. I've seen plenty tutorial videos where the pointer has a yellow circle background, I think that is an option in the capture software itself. (Note to self: After quick research; Not necessarily true - stop assuming things.. ) Edit 1: If you're using Windows you can create or download a cursor file with a yellow halo and then change your cursor in your mouse settings to the new one. Whenever you're recording a tutorial, just change your pointer and once you're done, just switch back. Edit 2: Using your fav search engine, search for "cursor highlighter" - that'll give you more. :D
@@jonneneva4372 Good afternoon! I'm using OBS studio to record my videos, which I believe I've found a plugin which should be able to highlight my cursor making it more visable. I've tried downloading a cursor but I couldn't find one where I could manipulate the size while also having a 'halo' around it...I then tried to create one, but didnt get very far with that either...so then I just resorted to blowing the cursor up to max and that's where I'm at 😅 I'll dive into the OBS plugin and see if that gives me anything! Cheers for researching though, it's much appreciated 😀
Great as always. I always think I'm doing something wrong when something doesn't work. Glad to know it's not just me...but I'm probably still doing it wrong.
Error no. 1 6:49 I designed it in a way that worked fine. I used three Sketches. One for Inlet Pipe. Drew a Circle, then I Pad it. Then I used the top Face of this object as the Plane for other two Sketches with similar Circle drawing, for Outlet Pipes. I tilted both the Sketches on opposite sides about 25 degrees (one 25 & the other - 25) then I Pad them each. Fused them via Boolean Tool, then applied Thickness Tool. It came out well. There were no errors.
@Andrew CAD Hi Andrew, very important video you have done, but this points you should refer also to the bug-tracker of the FreeCAD developer. It is nice that you tell us some workarounds here, but this can't be a long term solution to learn how to work around a bug. So yes, for now it is OK, but please report this bugs so that they hopefully will be fixed in the next coming releases. Thank you for your efforts and great informations. Btw. you can check the 0.20 version and/or the "Realthunder" version of FreeCad and check out if there are those bugs are fixed or not and add to your video at the end.
Hey Kelvin! I'm glad you liked the video 😀 yeah I can see it being a little annoying if you're a new user, as I also found it confusing when things weren't working, but hopefully viewers will be able to work around it with this video 😁
whats weird is that i cant get thickness to work on a padded square with a square cutout on one side of the sketch. imagine a c shaped pad. edit: intersection mode helped.
@@dbeelee8564 i've gotten intermittent results using various linux installation methods (flatpak, aur, appimage) but lately the 'weekly' versions of Freecad have been performing much better and i'm not getting false errors and other glitches.
Far out man, FreeCAD is just not on the level of Inventor & OnShape for shelling or some slightly more complicated sheet metal pressings. Tried for a while with both the sheet metal workbench / form tool, part design and then traditional part booleans, cried, then moved over to onShape and thing worked immediately.
These are getting consistently better and more informative as you create more. All these "gotchas" are extremely valuable: knowing that a particular route will result in a dead-end of sorts could save so much time and frustration.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video Brandon! 😁
I think you're the best how-to-freecad channel, very good how-tos.. like 100% pure information. Thanks.
Great video. As a recent adopter of FC, I have been baffled by the quirks of the thickness modifier and assumed it was me doing something wrong. Nice to know I am not alone. Keep up the good work, nicely paced informative tutorials. Thanks
Hello, I have the same version in FreeCAD as you, but the Thickness icon does not appear. What could it be due to?
Thanks Andrew. Nice and quick
Andrew, some of the geometries that fail using positve thickness sometimes work if you put the negative thickness and vice versa.
This is a good video as usual! I remember back in earlier releases how buggy it was. It has come a long way but needs further refinement. Good to show newer users what to think about if you want to apply thickness later on. Thanks!
Morning funkysod! I'm glad you enjoyed the video 😁 its definitely come a long way since I started using it, and it's getting better! 😀
Hi Andrew
I watched all 12 minutes and it is very interesting.
A problem to a few. Some of us find it very hard to follow the very small white pointer due to our eye sight. Could you help us. Could you make the pointer bigger and red. Red help us a lot.
Thanks you.
Good morning Pieter, thankyou for watching my videos 😀 I've increased the size in this video of the cursor to 'extra large'...I've tried looking for a large red background cursor but cant find one that does both...I'll have another look, but I cant make any promises 😅
@@AndrewCAD Thanks a lot. I do now of Ubuntu having various size and colors but not of Windows
@@AndrewCAD What capture software are you using?.. I've seen plenty tutorial videos where the pointer has a yellow circle background, I think that is an option in the capture software itself. (Note to self: After quick research; Not necessarily true - stop assuming things.. )
Edit 1: If you're using Windows you can create or download a cursor file with a yellow halo and then change your cursor in your mouse settings to the new one. Whenever you're recording a tutorial, just change your pointer and once you're done, just switch back.
Edit 2: Using your fav search engine, search for "cursor highlighter" - that'll give you more. :D
@@jonneneva4372 Good afternoon! I'm using OBS studio to record my videos, which I believe I've found a plugin which should be able to highlight my cursor making it more visable. I've tried downloading a cursor but I couldn't find one where I could manipulate the size while also having a 'halo' around it...I then tried to create one, but didnt get very far with that either...so then I just resorted to blowing the cursor up to max and that's where I'm at 😅 I'll dive into the OBS plugin and see if that gives me anything! Cheers for researching though, it's much appreciated 😀
Keep the videos coming - enjoying and learning lots from them 😊
Thank you Lewis! I enjoy making them 😀
Great as always. I always think I'm doing something wrong when something doesn't work. Glad to know it's not just me...but I'm probably still doing it wrong.
Thank you for watching Keegan! 😀 hopefully these videos will continue to point out little things you might not have known and help save you time 😀
Error no. 1 6:49
I designed it in a way that worked fine. I used three Sketches. One for Inlet Pipe. Drew a Circle, then I Pad it. Then I used the top Face of this object as the Plane for other two Sketches with similar Circle drawing, for Outlet Pipes. I tilted both the Sketches on opposite sides about 25 degrees (one 25 & the other - 25) then I Pad them each. Fused them via Boolean Tool, then applied Thickness Tool. It came out well. There were no errors.
@Andrew CAD Hi Andrew, very important video you have done, but this points you should refer also to the bug-tracker of the FreeCAD developer. It is nice that you tell us some workarounds here, but this can't be a long term solution to learn how to work around a bug. So yes, for now it is OK, but please report this bugs so that they hopefully will be fixed in the next coming releases. Thank you for your efforts and great informations.
Btw. you can check the 0.20 version and/or the "Realthunder" version of FreeCad and check out if there are those bugs are fixed or not and add to your video at the end.
I, Andrew CAN, cause Andrew CAD.
Great video, straight to each point! Keep it going.
Thank you! 😁 I'm glad you enjoyed it and I shall keep them coming 😀
Excellent tutorial again, shame about the bugs but you've pointed them out very clearly, hopefully they will be resolved soon.
Hey Kelvin! I'm glad you liked the video 😀 yeah I can see it being a little annoying if you're a new user, as I also found it confusing when things weren't working, but hopefully viewers will be able to work around it with this video 😁
Great video looking forward to others
Excellent Video, I have issues using thickness modifier with elipsoide any advise on this?
whats weird is that i cant get thickness to work on a padded square with a square cutout on one side of the sketch. imagine a c shaped pad. edit: intersection mode helped.
Change the order of operations. Thickness first, followed by cutout.
@@dbeelee8564 i've gotten intermittent results using various linux installation methods (flatpak, aur, appimage) but lately the 'weekly' versions of Freecad have been performing much better and i'm not getting false errors and other glitches.
Great stuff! I hope the devs are watching. Using your videos as play-testing resource.
Oh heck this is really cool and should be hecking useful for me! :D
Another great and informative video. Thank you Andrew.
Thank you Juan! 😀
Thank you for all the work you do to make these videos
That's ok! 😀 Thank you for watching! 😁
GREAT! thanks!
top, danke
Far out man, FreeCAD is just not on the level of Inventor & OnShape for shelling or some slightly more complicated sheet metal pressings. Tried for a while with both the sheet metal workbench / form tool, part design and then traditional part booleans, cried, then moved over to onShape and thing worked immediately.