Trouble with tutorials

[NormandC]

Hello Cyber3DK,

Welcome here.

You bring valid points. But someone will have to volunteer to take care of updating the tutorial.

[drei]

But someone will have to volunteer to take care of updating the tutorial.

Good thing I've got 10 minutes of free time right now. I'll clean up my mess.

Cyber3DK, I apologize for being ambiguous in some parts of the tutorial.

Recommendation: extend line "2. Switch to the Sketcher Workbench" by adding the clause "“by using the drop_down on the toolbar in whose bubble_help is "Switch between Workbenches".

Noted. I'll add more detail to this instruction.

Recommendation: add a new sentence in the "Introduction" after the sentence beginning "This tutorial is meant to...". The new sentence is: "The goal is to to make a sketch resembling the one above."

Noted.

[jsabatke]

Thank you all for your help and suggestions.

Jim

[Cyber3DK]

Recommendation: After the lines "Construction geometry is used as guides for the creation of complex profiles. To access it, we need to enable Construction mode .

Select Sketcher ToggleConstruction.png Construction Mode"

Add "Toggle the Construction Mode" until all the geometric shapes are white".

Amplifying information:
a) The tutorial under discussion is found at http://freecadweb.org/wiki/Sketcher_tutorial. The version is the one at the time of this posting.
b) My FreeCAD is
===
OS: Windows 7
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.16.6706 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-16
Hash: f86a4e411ff7848dea98d7242f43b7774bee8fa0
Python version: 2.7.8
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17
===

Thanks.
Regards.

[Cyber3DK]

Recommendation: After the lines "Sketcher geometry is used to create the closed profiles required to perform 3D operations in the PartDesign workbench.

Select Sketcher Circle.png Circle"

... change the color of the circle from grey to blue.

Amplifying information:
a) The tutorial under discussion is found at http://freecadweb.org/wiki/Sketcher_tutorial. The version is the one at the time of this posting.
*) I believe the icon should show a blue circle because the goal is a "regular circle" not a "construction circle".
b) My FreeCAD is
===
OS: Windows 7
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.16.6706 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-16
Hash: f86a4e411ff7848dea98d7242f43b7774bee8fa0
Python version: 2.7.8
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17
===

Thanks.
Regards.

[Cyber3DK]

Specific problem: the “object Extrude” cannot be found in the “tree view”.

Background: I have followed, to the best of my ability, the steps in the “Draft

Create_3D_Text_#937_blockade.png (143.71 KiB) Viewed 1999 times

ShapeString Tutorial” (https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Draft_S ... g_tutorial ). But I get get perform the step “Make sure object ‘Extrude’ is selected in the tree view …”.

The attached file Tutorial_40_281753-Mar.FCStd is, I believe, the result of successfully completing all the steps before the section “Create 3D Text”.

The attached file Screen_281753-Mar.png is the result of completing all the steps before the line beginning “Make sure object ‘Extrude’ is selected in the tree view …”.

The problem can be reproduced.

Apologies: I don't know how to insert the (dot)PNG file here (maybe). Please see the full report.

Thanks for considering this issue.

Regards.

[Cyber3DK]

Apologizies, I forgot the (dot)FCStd. And mistakenly supplied a (dot)DOCX. This is the correction.

[r-frank]

Hello.

a) the chamfer in your Picture does not seem to have 5 mm
b) "Use Part Extrude-Tool ...", well, that means selecting the shapestring-object in the tree-vie, clicking on the Icon and
filling in all Parameters AND CLICKING ON OK (see Part Extrude)
c) then you should have an object "Extrude" in your tree

Roland

[r-frank]

Just added an example file in the TOC of the tutorial.

By the way. For somebody asking in the german sub-forum, i made this video with german audio explaining all steps.

[Cyber3DK]

Specific problem: the “object Extrude” cannot be found in the “tree view”.

Background:
a) I have followed, to the best of my ability, the steps in …
a.1) the helpful posting “r-frank » Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:58 am” (https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20948 start=10). And
a.2) the “Draft ShapeString Tutorial” (https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Draft_S ... g_tutorial ).
a.3) But I get get perform the step “Make sure object ‘Extrude’ is selected in the tree view …”.
b) I have made some progress from my problem in the posting “Cyber3DK » Tue Mar 28, 2017 7:19 pm” (https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 8&start=10). The ShapeString now shows up in the Tree_View.

The attached file Tutorial_40_292037-Mar.FCStd is, I believe, the result of successfully completing all the steps before the section “Create 3D Text”.

The attached file Screen_292037-Mar.png is the result of completing all the steps before the line beginning “Make sure object ‘Extrude’ is selected in the tree view …”.

The problem can be reproduced.

Thanks for considering this issue.

Tutorial_40_292037-Mar.FCStd

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Regards.