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Gary R
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assembly 4 and existing part files

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All of the tutorials that I have found, build the parts after the creation of the workbench file. I have 3 files of parts that have to be assembled into a single entity. I can set up the Assembly 4 file but can't seem to figure out how to include my 3 part files. I've been using Freecad 0.2 for sometime but am new to Assembly 4. For that matter, this is my first time to try an assembly of any kind. A work flow diagram would be helpful.

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Re: assembly 4 and existing part files

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I found "FreeCAD Assembly 4 workbench technical manual" on Zolko's Git page. It has a complete workflow layed out at the end of the file. Unfortunately, the very first instruction
Create a new document, create a new 'Model' with the macro 'new_Model'. This will create a new App::Part called 'Model' with the default structure
doesn't match version 0.2. There are no macro's in version 0.2. Have they been built in? Is there another command that does the same thing? Please clarify.

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Re: assembly 4 and existing part files

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Gary R wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 5:44 pm I found "FreeCAD Assembly 4 workbench technical manual" on Zolko's Git page. It has a complete workflow layed out at the end of the file. Unfortunately, the very first instruction
Create a new document, create a new 'Model' with the macro 'new_Model'. This will create a new App::Part called 'Model' with the default structure
doesn't match version 0.2. There are no macro's in version 0.2. Have they been built in? Is there another command that does the same thing? Please clarify.

Gary R
Try have a look at the annotated icons under "Assembly4 Commands" here: https://github.com/Zolko-123/FreeCAD_As ... S.md#usage
I hope it helps :)
Gary R
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Re: assembly 4 and existing part files

Post by Gary R »

Thanks for the reply. That helped some. The new model icon creates a part and an assembly sub directory instead of part and model sub directory. I assume that assembly and model are the same thing. True?

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