Shalmeneser wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:58 am
* Your placements are weird.
You should work INSIDE a body using the origin for easy work THEN place the entire body at its placement (using
Std_TransformManip or any assembly wb).
* The 2 cone bodies are the same : use a
PartDesign_Clone to express clearly this idea
* Sketch of the revolution should contain also the cylinder part. The support should only be a 3D rectangle.
* Last body :
** 1st sketch is too complex : just draw the outer rectangle.
** sketch/pocket one hole and a
PartDesign_Mirrored for the other one.
** one washer then a mirror.
Hey! Who’s placements are you calling weird? Just kidding
LOL. My placements have been called worse! Hahah. To be clear, I found that remark both helpful and a little bit amusing and I very much appreciate it and the effort you’ve made on my behalf to help me along my way. That’s just awesome of you! (Of everybody else too!)
I’ve been learning FreeCAD for about 5 weeks now. I’ve learned so much but it’s clear to me it’s just a drop in the bucket compared to what there is still left for me to learn.
Your comment about working inside a Body, then locating the entire Body later, represents a methodological approach which, while it makes entire sense to me, is a concept about which I’m uncertain I was as keenly aware previously. I’ve often thought, gee, it would be nice if there was a class I could take with a well organized and presented syllabus that teaches the concepts as well as the tools and techniques of working with FreeCAD. That sort of well rounded, structured and cohesive learning environment seems, unfortunately, absent, however, so it’s learn a bit here and there and try to piece it all together.
I’ve looked at the way you’ve structured the Cones in your reworking of my design. For me, at my level, while I can see what you’ve done, it is a bit more complicated than I think I could well manage. I did not mention previously that the Cones have to mate with another part and that for simplicity’s sake I did not include that other part in the FreeCAD file I uploaded with my OP. While I’m sure it’s doable with your construction method, just doing things at the most simple levels is often quite a struggle for me at this juncture—concepts, tools, 3D space, planes, constraints, workbenches, etc…it’s all more than a little overwhelming at times.
You have given me new tools to learn about. I could not immediately make sense of the information at the link to Std_TransformManip you provided. In looking at the info at the page PartDesign_Clone you referenced, I tried to follow the instructions there but nothing happens when I click the Create a Clone icon in the toolbar. I’ll figure it out, I’m sure, as I recall experimenting with cloning when watching some YouTube videos before. This takes me back to my comments about learning environments (above). Similarly, I have done a little Mirroring previously, but like Cloning it’s but a fuzzy memory in a torrent of new concepts, tools and methods. I’ll get there with a little more time.
More to learn! Yay!
Thanks again.
