I am following "Sandbox:Basic Part Design Tutorial 018" At the point "After the face is selected, click on the New sketch icon in the toolbar or from the Part Design menu and that will map our next sketch to the back face of the part. Now select Sketcher CreateRectangle.png rectangle ...

I will start a new topic that describes the problem:' Extrernal geometry will not select edge'. This one is about grid and is solved

OK. I changed Show-grid in Sketcher preferences and grid is gone. My sketch lies on a face. If I put the External geometry gizmo on the corner, I get a stop sign. If I try to put it further in the face, I get a message in Report view: "Selected external reference plane must be normal to sketch ...

I am using V19 and following the nstructions to put a placeholder. But a grid seems to cover the face and then I can't select it. I turn the gid off, save and exit. Then run a fresh copy. But there is the grid again. Is the grid covering the face or is there some other reason I ca't get the External...

Thanks.

As per chrisb suggestion, OP now has one and only latest version.

I am using Path Pocket to cut a curved surface, essentially a circular bowl with a fitting lid. The gcode starts off OK, but then does not finish correctly at the bottom of the cut. There are three or so extra bad cuts, wrong diameter and wrong depth. Bowl with lid.png I have made a few marginally s...

Returning to my OP to spell out a short answer... ... and with some forum help and being a little older & a little wiser. Here is how I get depths (and related) to be correct now ... Depending on the op and the Placements the 'automatic' depths may be right or wrong. If they are wrong, click the...

Revision 2: Add more cautions. Add Mill face operation.
See updated OP

Revision 1: Added section on Post Processing

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NormandC wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2018 1:14 pm I suggest creating a topic in the Tutorials and videos forum.

So I did. As Libre Office ODT and as a PDF.

https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=27020