ediloren wrote:I added a direct link to Bejant video tutorials at the page Video tutorials

They look really good!

Thanks Enrico; if anyone thinks it's worthwhile I can upload the .FCStd files (or I can recreate them).

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If anyone notices any errors in the videos please let me know...
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Thanks Norm - see, I'm learning something!
I'll provide more meaningful descriptions for the videos soon.

Uploading your model after you Pocket it would help diagnose the problem too.

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When you say

In the drafting workbench (the condensed version)

do you mean Sketcher? In FreeCAD change to the Sketcher Workbench and let us know...
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Greetings liongate and welcome to the forum! In the drafting workbench (the condensed version): create an outline, close the sketch, (I think I change to the part design workbench here) turn the object into a pad select the face, create a new sketch of a large circle, placed inside the previous draw...

quick61 wrote:no responses yet so I'll just slip the video link in here

Thanks for the video Mark; I didn't reply last night just because it was getting late and I went to sleep.

Is this file corrupted? I have the fusion that includes the fins, but the lofts and sketches are gone. I don't think the file is corrupted but it doesn't contain any lofts. Most everything was done in the Part Design workbench with Sketches (Padding or Pocketing a Sketch) except I switched to the P...

Jim, thanks for the info and guidance. I'll upload the new .svg images to the Wiki in the next day or two if it hasn't been done yet.

bejant started to make those and I thought it was a nice way to show something. And maybe a video takes out some of the mystery for new users. I started to make a few as well, and I think it took me less time than my regular written explanations with screen captures. That's another reason, in respo...

What I ended up doing was a Boolean cut on a torus at the place I wanted to start the loft, then made a 2D projection. Cleaned up the projection and upgraded that to a Face. Removed the cut (could of / should of(?) left it in) then placed a duplicate of that face in the position I wanted to end the...

Cory, FreeCAD has the capability to model the crankcase and the crankshaft, but your approach to modeling it was wrong, and also your model is mostly a bunch of separate pieces. I was going to go into detail of where you went wrong but it's quicker just to make a new model you can examine. Some of y...