I am having a lot of difficulty with this tutorial. It is easy doing what it asks, but I get different results then what the tutorial says I should be getting. I am using a Mac. Here are the things that have not worked for me until I reach a point I can't continue.
First it says to create a new document and select Part Design workbench. Done. I should get a toolbar, but all I got was the Combo view and a blank blue workspace with no toolbar.
Tutorial says Press Create body. Done, by pressing Create body in Combo view. Still nothing in the workspace, but the Create Body then changes to Create sketch in the Combo view.
Tutorial says to click on the body to rename it. Still nothing in the workspace to click on, so I click on Model tab in the Combo view and it lists a body. I renamed it “Body Part1” in the lower Data half of Combo view.
Tutorial says to press “New sketch” (the icon button). There still is no toolbar so I press the “Create sketch” in the Tasks tab of the Combo view and I get my choice of the three planes. I select the XZ plane like the tutorial says, press OK, and I finally get the grid, origin lines and the Sketch tool bar.
Got the lines drawn. The white lines I drew are very similar to the figure in the tutorial. The only differences are the red marks. My bottom horizontal line does not have a small red line beside it and the small arc that the tutorial mentions, is not on the left; it is near the bottom right corner, which is weird because that point is on the X axis, not the Z axis as the tutorial says it should be.
Got the lines constrained. Now we trace the arc. Tutorial says to place the Arc tool at x = 80 y = 30. However, the y axis is not showing. We are in the XZ plane. The placement should read x = 80 z = 30. I am assuming it was just a typo.
Combo view now says fully constrained and the lines turn green. I save the file.
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The tutorial says to “Click on Close in the combo box, at the top left corner, the Part Design workbench is automatically activated again.” I clicked on Close and I get a blank blue workspace with no toolbar. I select Axonometric view from the Views drop down menu. Still nothing. I select Fit all from the pull down menu. Still nothing
At this point I am stuck. I have no tools and no geometry showing in the work space. I can go to the Modal tab and double click on Sketch and I get the perfect sketch back in Sketch mode, but when I try to close, I get the same blank blue workspace with no toolbar. I’ve gone back and forth with this several times. After several times of this, the Sketch doesn't come back into view. So I quit the program, re-open the file and double click on the Sketch in the Comb view. I got the Sketch back, but get the same results when I click on Close.
I have tried many things to see the 3D modal that the tutorial shows to no avail. And no tool bar even when I select Part Design from the View--> Workbench pull down menu.
Any suggestions? I have attached the file for your inspection. Thanks.
Blaise
OS: Mac OS X
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.17.13519 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: (HEAD detached at 1a8b868)
Hash: 1a8b868018f45ea486c0023fdbfeb06febc1fb89
Python version: 2.7.14
Qt version: 5.10.1
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.2.0
Locale: English/UnitedStates (en_US)
