need some basic modeling info please

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quotelawrence
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need some basic modeling info please

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I am very new to FreeCad and selecting workbenches, I do not see
Sheet Metal Workbench, is this an application I need to specially purchase,
another question
the tolerancing and dimensioning cursor is very small, is there a function to increase cursor size,
another question
dimensions seem to always appear in white, very hard to see, and small font
is there a method of selecting black font, or increasing the font size, :lol:
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Re: need some basic modeling info please

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Sheet Metal WB is free and has to be installed separately: http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.ph ... heet_Metal.
You can change sketcher's colors in the preferences->display->sketcher. If you haven't done so, I wonder why your dimensions appear in white and not in red. Could you please attach your FreeCAD info as described in the top of this forum, red background, hard to miss.

Edit: It is not in this forum, it's in the help forum. Perhaps this post should be moved there.
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Re: need some basic modeling info please

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thanks I found the module and added it to the folder it works
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Re: need some basic modeling info please

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You're welcome, I hope it didn't take you from october to july to add it :lol: .
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