New user - cant figure out 3 things

[tjodork]

OS: Windows 10 Version 2009
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.24291 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-19
Hash: 7b5e18a0759de778b74d3a5c17eba9cb815035ac
Python version: 3.8.6+
Qt version: 5.15.2
Coin version: 4.0.1
OCC version: 7.5.0
Locale: English/United States (en_US)

1. I'm trying to make a bracket that will attach to a motor that has a side cut off the shaft .... I've tried everything but I cannot find a way to constraint the vertical side of the hole where the motor shaft will go (on right side).

2. while I was able to use the vertical and horiz contraints for the circle on the right (relative to edge of rectangle), it will not work for the circle on the left... I get "select exactly one line or up to 2 pts from the sketch"

3. I was able to create a fillet for lower left by picking the 2 sides and clicking fillet....but it will not work for any of the other corners.

Any help would be appreciated...

[Shalmeneser]

[Shalmeneser]

1. I cannot find a way to constraint the vertical side of the hole where the motor shaft will go (on right side).

* Sketcher_ConstrainCoincident vertex
* Sketcher_ConstrainVertical line

2. while I was able to use the vertical and horiz contraints for the circle on the right (relative to edge of rectangle), it will not work for the circle on the left... I get "select exactly one line or up to 2 pts from the sketch"

* Select center + select horizontal axis + Sketcher_ConstrainDistanceY
* Select center + select vertex + Sketcher_ConstrainDistanceX

3. I was able to create a fillet for lower left by picking the 2 sides and clicking fillet....but it will not work for any of the other corners.

* Sketcher_CreateFillet + select line + select line
(the new 0.20 fillet keeping constraint is better)

[tjodork]

wow,
thanks for the amazing help!!
#1. i was able to do the right circle after using the selection box around the 2 points on top of each other.....i could not find any other way to pick both points but it worked.

#2. Its was very difficult to pick the vertice in upper left of rectangle...its on the axis ...does it being on the axis cause problems? Can you hide and show the axis and would this help ? Also I looked for setting the selection color to yellow...but there was a lot of color choices under preferences-edit-sketcher-colors but I didn't see any options for selection...wondering if a diff color would make it easier to see if I picked...

#3. I needed to pick the fillet tool first and THEN the 2 lines!

Thanks a ton for the help!

Also there is no simple install for .20 right ?

[Shalmeneser]

https://www.freecadweb.org/downloads.php > FreeCAD weekly builds page.

[tjodork]

sorry for more questions....i created the 2d shape I want (thanks) but I want to pad it.....no go....
Im sure i'm missing something simple but not sure what

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[Shalmeneser]

In PartDesign workbench, all the construction need to be inside a body : PartDesign_Body
Create a body, then move the sketch inside it.
You should then modify its support.

[tjodork]

thanks you !!! I was able to create .....now my only question is what you mean by adjust support ? I will be getting my first 3d printer tomorrow and hoping to make this : )

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[Shalmeneser]

In the tree view, your sketch has a purple mark : Tree_view > Overlay icons = https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Tree_view#P ... background

Look at my file.