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by RMJ
Mon Aug 19, 2019 7:46 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to add dimension to a stretched hole
Replies: 3
Views: 579

Re: How to add dimension to a stretched hole

Great, thanks for the quick response, think I can work around with that suggestion, btw the D for diameter shows up ok on mine,
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Cheers

J
by RMJ
Mon Aug 19, 2019 5:16 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to add dimension to a stretched hole
Replies: 3
Views: 579

How to add dimension to a stretched hole

Hi all, Like the new Techdraw workbench. I have a feature I want to dimension, but I can't work out how to do it as Techdraw will not let me dimension the outside of an arc to another. Any ideas? e.g. Dimension 15 Dimension.png Thanks in advance OS: Windows 8.1 Word size of OS: 64-bit Word size of F...
by RMJ
Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:31 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Torsion Spring Fusion Fails
Replies: 7
Views: 494

Re: Torsion Spring Fusion Fails

Hi,

I installed 0.17 via snaps on Ubuntu and was able to create the spring with bend following your method. Probably not the text book way, but it fused as one piece, no problem. Thanks everyone :D

J
by RMJ
Wed Feb 27, 2019 7:55 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Torsion Spring Fusion Fails
Replies: 7
Views: 494

Re: Torsion Spring Fusion Fails

Hi,

Yes, thanks, I had to google creating a new part as I couldn't find it! Your right there should be a radius on the longer arm with a bend, I think I am almost there :)

J
by RMJ
Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:55 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Torsion Spring Fusion Fails
Replies: 7
Views: 494

Re: Torsion Spring Fusion Fails

Hi Chris, Apologies I clearly didn't look very well then, I totally missed that Thanks for the quick reply, I tried following what you had done, redrawing and padding the ends of a new helix which worked thx, but I must have missed something, how did you combine them to the helix? I got some strange...
by RMJ
Tue Feb 26, 2019 9:15 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Torsion Spring Fusion Fails
Replies: 7
Views: 494

Torsion Spring Fusion Fails

Hi, I have looked at tutorials on youtube and searched the forum but I can't work out what I am doing wrong. I have created a simple torsion spring but I cannot join the helix and both arm ends successfully. I have tried drawing and re drawing making sure I the sketches are in the right plane and fu...