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| ====== FreeCAD ====== | ====== FreeCAD ====== | ||
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| + | ===== Tips ===== | ||
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| + | To fuse solids together it is better to have **overlapping** solids. | ||
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| + | ==== Part Design vs Part ==== | ||
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| + | === Part Design Workbench === | ||
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| + | Part Design modelling has a sequential workflow, the operations are piled one after another (except for sketches which are nested inside their operation). | ||
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| + | Sketches are automatically hidden after use in an operation. | ||
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| + | The PartDesign workbench uses a parametric, feature editing methodology, | ||
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| + | The PartDesign Workbench is intrinsically related to the Sketcher Workbench. The user normally creates a Sketch, then uses the PartDesign Pad tool to extrude it and create a basic solid, and then this solid is further modified. | ||
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| + | === Part Workbench === | ||
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| + | Part modelling has a hierarchal workflow where instances are nested into each other after operations. | ||
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| + | Sketches are not hidden after use in an operation. | ||
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| + | The Part Workbench is based on a constructive solid geometry (CSG) methodology for building shapes. | ||
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| + | ===== Dependency Graph ===== | ||
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| + | A useful tool to inspect how many solids compose a single document. | ||
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| + | ==== GraphViz ==== | ||
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| + | The dependency graph depends on the GraphViz library. | ||
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| + | On major linux distribs you can simply install graphviz from the repos : | ||
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| + | $ sudo apt install graphviz | ||
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| + | If FreeCAD signals that it cannot find the GraphViz package when you are sure it is installed, you can correct this by pointing it to /usr/bin/ with the appropriate dialog box. | ||
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| + | ===== SVG to 3D model ===== | ||
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| + | Make a plain svg and import as geometry in FreeCAD | ||
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| + | use draft workbench and up and down arrows to join each paths into faces | ||
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| + | use part workbench and extrude each face. Tick "Make solid" | ||
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| + | use cut operations to cut out inner parts in o, B, e, A, etc... | ||
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| + | Use part menu to make a compound out of it | ||
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| + | use draft workbench to move around the text and reset origin | ||
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| + | use translation to move the text into position | ||
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| + | use cut in part workbench to cut out the text out of another part or join to fuse with another part | ||
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| ===== Functions ===== | ===== Functions ===== | ||