MAKE THIS COMPRESSOR-SolidWorks and FreeCAD Side By Side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX8-3rMCbRw

FreeCAD Tutorial for SolidWorks Users: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XXnulyKPNI

Didn't know that was possible, why not!

Thanks, hadn't seen that.
As the video creator is participating there I would suggest that all further discussion move to that thread

Dammit, there's another one right at the end: https://youtu.be/7XXnulyKPNI?t=3275 He says the fillet feature seems a little more limited vs Solidworks, which he said will automatically taper down a radius if you're in a tight edge or corner. He's wondering if this is possible in FreeCAD? No pressure...

Brilliant, thanks very much.

Alas, a little further on, I came across a second question:
https://youtu.be/7XXnulyKPNI?t=2546

Is it possible to mirror part of a sketch?
To avoid having to construct a mirror image of part of a sketch manually.

https://youtu.be/7XXnulyKPNI?t=1070 A question was put out in the above video "FreeCAD Tutorial for SolidWorks Users" by user "JOKO Engineering". The question is: Is it possible to reference inactive sketches in our current sketch? CAD videos by this user have anywhere from 10 views to 160k views s...

Jitsi-Meet is a great open source solution for this sort of thing:

Just type in your browser address bar for example: https://meet.jit.si/my-freecad-lesson

and send the link to anyone you wish to join the conference.

You don't have to create an account, or create the room in advance etc.

Low cost tools are not just about money, they are about spreading the wealth of what a tool can do. Nothing better than supporting inspiration! I do contract work so I go visit the big boys with their $10K CAD systems, the company pays for the workstation, maintenance contracts, computers, offices,...

I propose that we apply to SFC (it's a simple email) and see where it goes. Kurt, I think you should send the email. Werner, Yorik and Bernd are the top 3 committers on github, would any of you mind being designated as the project leaders to manage any prospective funding? Any future collaboration w...

The lack of a structure for project funding as a whole could lead to missed opportunities. For example KDE received a $300k donation recently, it's not unthinkable for the same thing to happen here. I believe it was mentioned that we could approach The Document Foundation or similar and ask them to ...