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. […]