Thanks for the response. Sorry for the vagueness, I think I did that because I am so unsure that I am anywhere near the right path. I felt like I was best off throwing it all out and asking someone where to even begin. So I sketched out a disk, padded to a decent Z size for this use. But I have extr...

This is driving me absolutely nuts :( I have figured out how to make a basic shape. Even put a hole in it! This is the core of what I am trying to make for my first 3D printed object - a basic drilling template to help out on my drill press, where precision is important. But I cannot piece together ...

FTR when I started I was trying to use the hole tool in the toolbar, which looks like it has nice options for auto threading, countersink, etc. I do not need to, though; a simple hole would do. I got the pad and the second body with the circle. But how the heck do you get from screenshot 3 to 4? I a...

In part design I see a nice tool for putting a hold (even threaded!) through a .. solid? Pad? Sketch? Not sure, since I cannot get it to apply anywhere! What is the proper way touse this tool?

Thanks, part of what draws me to FreeCAD is the friendly/helpful feeling the community puts forth even tho this is my first attempt to dirctly use it myself :) So my OSX version says only 0.17, no long number there, but git rev 13541. I can ignore the previously confusing videos, that is for sure. A...

I cannot figure out how to do even basic operations with FreeCAD. I have watched several tutorials on turning sketches into pads/extrusions, and frankly it looks like the buttons or operations in most do not even exist on my copy of the software. I have 0.17 on OSX. Was there some big UI reorg or ot...