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by drmacro
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:48 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: New Assembly Workbench
Replies: 10
Views: 583

Re: New Assembly Workbench

edwilliams16 wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:56 pm
drmacro wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:27 pm I been successful as well.

I expect it is going to be a good tool.
Do I need the Ondsel branch, or is the weekly up-to-date with Assembly?
It's in main. That is where I've used it most.
by drmacro
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:27 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: New Assembly Workbench
Replies: 10
Views: 583

Re: New Assembly Workbench

I been successful as well.

I expect it is going to be a good tool.
by drmacro
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:09 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: New Assembly Workbench
Replies: 10
Views: 583

Re: New Assembly Workbench

NewJoker wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:01 pm There is an example on the Start page but I haven't seen more than that. Apart from MangoJelly's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZYiDnftsns
Interestingly, if you watch his first and second attempt, he's pretty much going by trial and error.
by drmacro
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:56 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: New Assembly Workbench
Replies: 10
Views: 583

Re: New Assembly Workbench

AFAIK, there's not much. Couple of videos, not much detail.

Maybe I've not found them yet... 8-)
by drmacro
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:35 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to make solid from sketch lines
Replies: 13
Views: 641

Re: How to make solid from sketch lines

men132 wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:59 pm I do take advantage of it. I even have a list of what extras for each workbench I need. But it's buried in preferences that 95% of people don't touch.
It is in Tools>Customize.

And, IMO, those 95% are missing out on a really cool feature. ;)
by drmacro
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:54 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Using datum lines and points
Replies: 4
Views: 358

Re: Using datum lines and points

I think I'm still new to FreeAD, but learning all the time. I'm strugeling with one thing at the moment. When drawing, you often use the same points or lines in different sketches. I think you need datum lines or points there, but can't figure out how it works. I made a line and create a sketch to ...
by drmacro
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:48 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to make solid from sketch lines
Replies: 13
Views: 641

Re: How to make solid from sketch lines

Wasn't there a plan to add Arch wall to PD and part. If not then there should be I added it to all the benches I might use it on. Here it and others (Shapestring, Attachment, Subshapebinder...) I use regularly are seen in Part Design: Screenshot from 2024-03-17 16-45-12.png Amazing that more don't ...
by drmacro
Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Slice action not producing two parts
Replies: 7
Views: 504

Re: Slice action not producing two parts

scampy wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:25 pm To be honest I didn't know about that. Just ran the tool and it reports the unrefined solid is invalid - shell1 not connected ?

Does this mean that the original STL has faults ?
Probably.
by drmacro
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:15 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Slice action not producing two parts
Replies: 7
Views: 504

Re: Slice action not producing two parts

Did you use the Part menu Check geometry tool with BOP enabled to confirm the solid was viable before you attempted slicing it?
by drmacro
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:09 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Parametric design recompute failure
Replies: 7
Views: 505

Re: Parametric design recompute failure

Thanks for the feedback. If i'm understanding correctly the field "Support" for the Sketch should be empty and the Sketch working plane should be calculated based on parameters? This seem like quite cumbersome approach, since i find it very handy to reference a sketch on surface making th...