Now that the core concepts of FreeCAD have no secret for us, let’s use them to actually design something ! “Part” vs “Part Design” When discovering FreeCAD, it might be surprising to see that there is not one, but two different workbenches used to design 3D parts. To be fair, their generic names do not help […]
FreeCAD has the reputation to have a steep learning curve, but I don’t thing that reputation is still deserved nowadays. There are some basic ideas to grasp in order to get started, but to be fair that can be said of any software as complicated as a parametric CAD modeler — and if you come […]
After yesterday’s introduction where I tried to convince you that now is the perfect time to learn FreeCAD, let’s get our feet wet by actually installing it. Installation As of this writing, the current stable version is 1.0.2, while 1.1 is in release candidate, and 1.2 is the development version. Things are moving quickly though. […]
For years now, we have been lucky to have at our disposal a plethora of incredibly capable free and open-source software for a wide range of creative and technical activities. Whether it is LibreOffice for documents and spreadsheets (yes, that can be creative), The Gimp and Inkscape for images, Blender for mesh-based 3D modeling, Kicad […]
I was recently tasked with upgrading the servers of a small company. After defining the requirements and thinking about the architecture of the whole system, I decided to document the setup here as a guide, both as a reference for my future self (my memory works in a if-I-didn’t-write-it-down-it-didn’t-happen kind of way) and hopefully to […]
So, you’ve come back from a trip or a photo shoot, you’ve spent an unreasonable amount of time in Lightroom or RawTherapee fiddling with the smallest cursors, and you now have a folder full of images that you would like to proudly share with the world. But how? Of course, you can post your photos […]
View the project on Github : Managing servers is not always easy. You have to balance reliability, security, and user requests for features. One common issue arises when a regular user needs to be able perform some task on a server, such as restarting a service, changing a configuration, or updating a software, but you […]
This is the long-overdue, direct follow-up to the first build log. The rocket is now finished and should be launched during the summer. Let’s go ! Motor stage There has been a few improvements to the parts shown in the first article. First of all, I was getting a bit concerned about the relative fragility […]
I’ve been doing a lot of resin casting lately, and as usual, the needs of one project led to many sub-projects. This is one of them. Keep reading if you are interested in the story, or skip to the end if you only want to download the source files. For those who are not familiar […]
I am currently in the process of porting an Android app and I am therefore learning Kotlin at the same time, since this is now the recommended language for Android development. I have to say, I like this new language a lot : it reminds me of the conciseness and expressiveness of Python but with […]