Question from a relatively new user concerning the new part design: I am working on a casing model with many small parts. Is it better to work in a single body part and add pads/pockets into it, or to make several sub bodies merged by boolean operations? I started by using the first method in order ...

Yes, I also find out that depending on how a shape is created, the thickness tool would work or not. If I had some idea of what cause the problem I could avoid dangerous constructions, but for now I end up trying anything until I get something that works, and it's a bit frustrating.

Hello all, Thanks a lot for this very nice software. I am trying to use freecad for 3d printing shell parts, that I model first as volumes before applying a thickness operation on it. Alas, I get a lot of errors and crashes with this, even with simple shapes. I attach an example of a shape that does...