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retired_novice
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Hi. Can anyone point me to a easy to understand tutorial for a complete CAD novice. Thanks and best wishes.
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retired_novice wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 3:55 pm Hi. Can anyone point me to a easy to understand tutorial for a complete CAD novice. Thanks and best wishes.
I would recommend the PartDesign Tutorials, but that depends heavily on what you want to model. The range goes from architecture to models for machining, from airplane wings to spoons.

As the Sketcher is a basis for many workbenches, I recommend of course to read the lecture in my signature :mrgreen: .
A Sketcher Lecture with in-depth information is available in English, auf Deutsch, en français, en español.
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retired_novice wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 3:55 pm ...
in my opinion, starting by draft / part is the easiest. here some example


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTfl7BsL11Q

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEGMxdDpf_M

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