Thanks for your videos. It is quite refreshing to hear a voice rather than music and fast moving screen shots. I have only just started on FreeCAD and have used your videoss on the "revolve feature" in a couple of my small stationary steam engines. Don from Australia.
Got a new subscriber here! I love your pace, not to slow, not to fast and very limited number of "hmm's" I just started with FreeCAD, I have used Blender for a number of years now, but I am getting in to CAD so I can start using CNC to design parts. Thanks for all your hard work!
Thanks for this tutorial. I learned more in this single tutorial than i have in the last 2 months trying to use FreeCad. Looking forward to your other tutorials.
To echo what others have already said.. Thank you for the clarity of detail at a pace where one is able to absorb the various steps in an overall sequence. For future topics... "An example that uses multiple bodies, parts and groups" please - would be of immense help.
You're Freecad tutorials are in a league of their own, pity that you didn't take this into the Path Design workbench and try the engrave toolpath because Freecad is quite capable of doing a professional job?
@@MarthamEngineering Am looking forward to your videos, it's safe to say they will be good! I did your above video in Freecad but used Gothic and the engraving toolpath handled it with no problem, absolutely delighted with myself, thanks!
SO many techniques that aren't covered in other tutorials, and all done in such a simple design. Great job on this. For creating the inset, does it make more sense to use the external geometry of your previous sketch or of the pad feature itself? Pros/cons?
Thank you very much for the wonderful tutorial that you had provided to use. But when I use the add mirror transformation. Each part(all four parts) is separated from the others. But in your video tutorial. All parts become one part. No vertical line and horizontal line to separate into four parts. Could you teach me to solve this problem
Greate work! Love your pace, right level of details and objective. Is there any tutorial of yours reviewing FreeCAD general conceptual functionality? Application, File, Body, Sketch seems to be the hierarchy. Can a sketch be integrated into the body after being created with the sketcher workbench? Is it possible for example to use with Arch Workbench parts previously created with Part Design? Thank you for the great tutorial.
Another great video, thanks. I think I might have hit a bug in FreeCAD, when I tried to create a pocket with the ShapeString it removed the face the text was supposed to cut into. Everything else worked fine so I just skipped that step.
Nicely done tutorial. I learned a little more today. I'll have to watch and follow along a few times to get it down to where I can accomplish these tasks without looking back as I work. But, that's fine. At least I have a go-to for such things. My big issue now is that every tutorial shows how everything works when it all goes right. I have yet to completely restrained an object that I'm working on. I can follow along exactly and still end up with two to four constraints missing. Is there a tutorial on that? Thanks in advance!
Again another excellent tutorial but this one has caused me an issue I can't work around. The second set of Multi transforms on give a vertical mirror and nothing will create the horizontal mirror of the bevel. Any thoughts OS: Windows 10 (10.0) Word size of OS: 64-bit Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit Version: 0.19.22670 (Git) Build type: Release Branch: master Hash: 12155f4aab09047c5697db0c1b3cf93b02edda03 Python version: 3.8.6 Qt version: 5.12.9 Coin version: 4.0.0 OCC version: 7.4.0 Locale: English/United Kingdom (en_GB)
I know it's old video, but when I did the transform, I still have for quadrants with horiz and vert lines dividing them. Yours is one surface. What am I missing? I am using version 0.19. TIA
Great Video... but for some reason the multitransform feature created 4 parts " well 4 parts when I moved my mouse over them " I have the sketch correctly constrained to the centre as you have in the video and it also turned green... I'm using freecad 0.19... I've been using it for about 2 months.. I'm currently a professional autodesk inventor user with over 15 years of experience, so I'm wondering if it could be my setup on freecad that's not the same as yours ?? I appreciate any help you can offer.. Cheers
Hi Unfortunately I cannot create an account I did I while ago but it says it's not activated..I left the administrator a message but haven't heard back...I might try and register another email address tomorrow..thanks for the prompt reply.. Cheers...
It's a great video and I will be watching a lot more - thanks. However, when I do the 2 mirror transforms I get the same shape as you but it is still 4 objects and I can't "select the face" as oyu do - it only selects one of the 4 faces which make up the whole sign, I've watched it several times and can't see what I did differently. Can anyone help me please?
Great videos. I have a problem with mine . I try to follow along exactly but it always ends up with four quarters with lines dividing them.. As in each mirror transformation is a separate entity. Any ideas why this is happening?
@@MarthamEngineering Hi thanks for quick reply. I did that and same result. do I need to change that setting before I draw? or is there an apply button I am missing?
@@MarthamEngineering Yeah! ; ) ...................... FreeCAD is a superb piece of free software, been trying to get to grips with it for ages. Followed many tutorials, including 'Sliptonic' ( I think one of the actual developers ), he seems to just breeze past things though, not really aimed at beginners unfortunately. The reason why I asked was, your tutorials are no nonsense, no stupid music, just the facts! Easy to understand and follow. I was hoping somehow that somebody on RUclips would take the time to show us newbies the process of creating Gcode from a simple design. Nobody has touched on the actual process yet ................ still looking and hoping! Many thanks for responding to my query so promptly ; ) I think it's the first step to having a successful channel on RUclips, right now I don't think you've gained the recognition you deserve. Looking forward to more FreeCAD tutorials. Now Subscribed ; ) TURK
As it happens I'm also one of the Path developers and I'm planning some tutorials the path Workbench! Thanks for the positive feedback. Makes it all worthwhile!
@@MarthamEngineering "As it happens I'm also one of the Path developers" ...................... mmmmmmmmmmmm that's interesting! ; ) I think congratulations are in order then Sir! What you and your colleagues have created is amazing! It's fascinating stuff, I haven't had my CNC machine very long ( still learning ) assembled it myself, the 'OpenBuilds' WorkBee ( UK ) version known as 'Ooznest'. I'm on the FreeCAD forum as 'TURK', I've asked many daft questions in the past and got masses of useful help. I can now design basic structures, but I still haven't grasped the concept of cutting out circles for my CNC, hence the interest in the Path Tool. Oh, and I'm using version 0.19.21514 as you are. Can't wait what to see what version 0.20 has in store for us! TURK
@@MarthamEngineering yes please. I subscribed just now, and will search your channel. In addition to tracing free ad this video is a great example of how to make how-to videos. Hearing the mouse clicks helps a lot.
You obviously have to already know some of this. I can not see what you are doing to complete the arc in the very first step so can't get past that point.
I understand it can be frustrating. FreeCAD is a huge piece of software and there are lots of ways to do things. Sometimes it doesn't work as expected and it can lead to frustration. If you can push through the frustration there is a powerful tool waiting for you.
Thanks for your videos. It is quite refreshing to hear a voice rather than music and fast moving screen shots. I have only just started on FreeCAD and have used your videoss on the "revolve feature" in a couple of my small stationary steam engines. Don from Australia.
Thank you for such kind feedback!
Got a new subscriber here! I love your pace, not to slow, not to fast and very limited number of "hmm's" I just started with FreeCAD, I have used Blender for a number of years now, but I am getting in to CAD so I can start using CNC to design parts.
Thanks for all your hard work!
Thanks for this tutorial. I learned more in this single tutorial than i have in the last 2 months trying to use FreeCad. Looking forward to your other tutorials.
Wow, thank you! I'm so glad you found it useful. It makes it worthwhile knowing that the videos are useful!
Great. Learned some new techniques
To echo what others have already said.. Thank you for the clarity of detail at a pace where one is able to absorb the various steps in an overall sequence.
For future topics... "An example that uses multiple bodies, parts and groups" please - would be of immense help.
That's a great idea. Thank you for your kind comment.
*Gee!* We woodworkers are using routers for tasks like this. But this is without *dust* , and noise canceling is *superior* . I like it.
Very nice. Appreciate the video.
Very nice, thanks for another great tutorial. Easy to follow!!
thank you for this tutorial..
I would like to see a video "making the s key that Solidworks has" Thanks for your videos very informative
You're Freecad tutorials are in a league of their own, pity that you didn't take this into the Path Design workbench and try the engrave toolpath because Freecad is quite capable of doing a professional job?
I'm working on some Path tutorials that should showcase FreeCADs ability.
@@MarthamEngineering Am looking forward to your videos, it's safe to say they will be good! I did your above video in Freecad but used Gothic and the engraving toolpath handled it with no problem, absolutely delighted with myself, thanks!
That's brilliant! Did you machine it or just do the CAM?
@@MarthamEngineering I do have a small CNC router but haven't machined it yet, however the above drawing is top of the list thanks to yourself!
SO many techniques that aren't covered in other tutorials, and all done in such a simple design. Great job on this. For creating the inset, does it make more sense to use the external geometry of your previous sketch or of the pad feature itself? Pros/cons?
Thank you very much for the wonderful tutorial that you had provided to use. But when I use the add mirror transformation. Each part(all four parts) is separated from the others. But in your video tutorial. All parts become one part. No vertical line and horizontal line to separate into four parts. Could you teach me to solve this problem
Greate work! Love your pace, right level of details and objective.
Is there any tutorial of yours reviewing FreeCAD general conceptual functionality? Application, File, Body, Sketch seems to be the hierarchy. Can a sketch be integrated into the body after being created with the sketcher workbench? Is it possible for example to use with Arch Workbench parts previously created with Part Design? Thank you for the great tutorial.
Thanks
If I embossed the text with a pad instead of a pocket how would I add draft to the text? I am trying to make a pattern for green sand casting.
Another great video, thanks. I think I might have hit a bug in FreeCAD, when I tried to create a pocket with the ShapeString it removed the face the text was supposed to cut into. Everything else worked fine so I just skipped that step.
If you think you found a bug please could you report it on the FreeCAD forum?
@@MarthamEngineering I'll have a bit more of a play with FreeCAD and see if it's just me being stupid and if not I'll report it
Nicely done tutorial. I learned a little more today. I'll have to watch and follow along a few times to get it down to where I can accomplish these tasks without looking back as I work. But, that's fine. At least I have a go-to for such things.
My big issue now is that every tutorial shows how everything works when it all goes right. I have yet to completely restrained an object that I'm working on. I can follow along exactly and still end up with two to four constraints missing. Is there a tutorial on that?
Thanks in advance!
Hi Brian, do you have "auto constrain" selected in the sketcher panel?
@@MarthamEngineering took a while to find it. Doing better now.
Again another excellent tutorial but this one has caused me an issue I can't work around. The second set of Multi transforms on give a vertical mirror and nothing will create the horizontal mirror of the bevel. Any thoughts
OS: Windows 10 (10.0)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.22670 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 12155f4aab09047c5697db0c1b3cf93b02edda03
Python version: 3.8.6
Qt version: 5.12.9
Coin version: 4.0.0
OCC version: 7.4.0
Locale: English/United Kingdom (en_GB)
I know it's old video, but when I did the transform, I still have for quadrants with horiz and vert lines dividing them. Yours is one surface. What am I missing? I am using version 0.19. TIA
Click any part of the object and then look at the windows on the left, properties area, there is a drop down called Refine, change it to True
Great Video... but for some reason the multitransform feature created 4 parts " well 4 parts when I moved my mouse over them " I have the sketch correctly constrained
to the centre as you have in the video and it also turned green... I'm using freecad 0.19... I've been using it for about 2 months.. I'm currently a professional autodesk
inventor user with over 15 years of experience, so I'm wondering if it could be my setup on freecad that's not the same as yours ?? I appreciate any help you can offer..
Cheers
Could you post your file on the FreeCAD forum?
Hi
Unfortunately I cannot create an account I did I while ago but it says it's not activated..I left the administrator a message but haven't heard back...I might try and register another email address tomorrow..thanks for the prompt reply.. Cheers...
I found it.... I clicked on MultiTransform on the tree and in the data section "Refine was set to false" I set to true and it fixed it :-)
@@bighaggis9449 had the same broblem....... big thanks
@@bighaggis9449 Thank you so much for sharing the solution. You saved me so much frustration
It's a great video and I will be watching a lot more - thanks. However, when I do the 2 mirror transforms I get the same shape as you but it is still 4 objects and I can't "select the face" as oyu do - it only selects one of the 4 faces which make up the whole sign, I've watched it several times and can't see what I did differently. Can anyone help me please?
Which version of FreeCAD are you using? This video was made with FreeCAD 0.19
@@MarthamEngineering 0.18.
I get the same result as you do. I am using version: 0.19.22492.
Great videos. I have a problem with mine . I try to follow along exactly but it always ends up with four quarters with lines dividing them.. As in each mirror transformation is a separate entity. Any ideas why this is happening?
Check the model properties for a setting called "refine". Make sure this is set to true.
@@MarthamEngineering Hi thanks for quick reply. I did that and same result. do I need to change that setting before I draw? or is there an apply button I am missing?
@@MarthamEngineering OH I think I got it. I pressed update view a couple times. Awesome! Thanks.
Is there a way to have two lines of text ? as in a name then a house number?
You should be able to replicate the procedure and create a second text element.
Thanks.
Press M for the arc doesn't work.
As said many times before .................... excellent tutorial.
But how would you machine that?
TURK
Are you interested in Path/CNC tutorials?
@@MarthamEngineering Yeah! ; ) ...................... FreeCAD is a superb piece of free software, been trying to get to grips with it for ages.
Followed many tutorials, including 'Sliptonic' ( I think one of the actual developers ), he seems to just breeze past things though, not really aimed at beginners unfortunately.
The reason why I asked was, your tutorials are no nonsense, no stupid music, just the facts! Easy to understand and follow.
I was hoping somehow that somebody on RUclips would take the time to show us newbies the process of creating Gcode from a simple design. Nobody has touched on the actual process yet ................ still looking and hoping!
Many thanks for responding to my query so promptly ; )
I think it's the first step to having a successful channel on RUclips, right now I don't think you've gained the recognition you deserve.
Looking forward to more FreeCAD tutorials. Now Subscribed ; )
TURK
As it happens I'm also one of the Path developers and I'm planning some tutorials the path Workbench! Thanks for the positive feedback. Makes it all worthwhile!
@@MarthamEngineering "As it happens I'm also one of the Path developers" ...................... mmmmmmmmmmmm that's interesting! ; )
I think congratulations are in order then Sir! What you and your colleagues have created is amazing!
It's fascinating stuff, I haven't had my CNC machine very long ( still learning ) assembled it myself, the 'OpenBuilds' WorkBee ( UK ) version known as 'Ooznest'.
I'm on the FreeCAD forum as 'TURK', I've asked many daft questions in the past and got masses of useful help. I can now design basic structures, but I still haven't grasped the concept of cutting out circles for my CNC, hence the interest in the Path Tool.
Oh, and I'm using version 0.19.21514 as you are.
Can't wait what to see what version 0.20 has in store for us!
TURK
@@MarthamEngineering yes please. I subscribed just now, and will search your channel. In addition to tracing free ad this video is a great example of how to make how-to videos. Hearing the mouse clicks helps a lot.
You obviously have to already know some of this. I can not see what you are doing to complete the arc in the very first step so can't get past that point.
There is a lot easier ways of doing that.
Easier ways of doing what?
The more I use FreeCAD, the more I realise how awful it is. It's not your fault though.
I understand it can be frustrating. FreeCAD is a huge piece of software and there are lots of ways to do things. Sometimes it doesn't work as expected and it can lead to frustration. If you can push through the frustration there is a powerful tool waiting for you.