I've been trying to learn FreeCad for the last few months and then stumbled upon your playlist, it's the only thing that's worked for me. I'm able to design parts now, and can't wait to understand how to design more advanced and maintainable parts - Thank you!
I really wanted to try and figure out what I needed to do before you told me. But I noticed at 5:43 you set a dimension that I couldnt find on the diagram. Is there a way I should have been able to find that number myself? Thank you so much for making these videos! They have been an enormous help in learning this new skill! I never would have gotten this far without your help. :)
*Creating a Twisted Part in FreeCAD: A Comprehensive Guide to Multi-Section Lofting* * *0:04** Introduction to the Twisted Part Challenge:* The video introduces a common CAD challenge: creating a twisted part. It focuses on using the multi-section loft feature in FreeCAD. * *0:35** Analyzing the Technical Drawing:* The part is broken down into three sections: two identical sections (1 and 3) and a complex twisted middle section (2). * *0:57** Determining Operations:* Based on the analysis, a pad operation will be used for sections 1 and 3, and a multi-section loft for section 2. * *2:27** Connecting Sections:* The transition between sections will share the same profile, allowing the use of a face from one operation as the starting profile for the next. * *3:25** Starting the Modeling Process:* The process begins in the Part Design workbench with the creation of a new body and sketch for section 1. * *6:02** Padding and Symmetry:* Section 1 is padded symmetrically to the plane to ensure the center of rotation for subsequent operations is correctly positioned. * *6:55** Creating the First Loft Profile:* A new sketch is created on a face of the pad, and external geometry is referenced without locking it down via coincident constraints. * *8:14** Avoiding Deformation:* Using equal constraints instead of coincident constraints prevents deformation when the sketch is rotated during the loft operation. * *10:43** Creating Additional Profiles:* The video demonstrates using the "carbon copy" and "duplicate" tools to create additional profiles for the loft, each with different properties and use cases. * *12:51** Duplicating Sketches:* Duplicating a sketch allows for independent modification of the copied sketch's data and constraints. * *13:23** Copy and Paste:* Copying and pasting a sketch allows for multiple instances of the sketch to be created and placed within the model. * *14:33** Creating the Loft:* The loft is created using the face of the pad as the first profile and the subsequent sketches as additional sections. * *15:59** Duplicating Section 3:* Section 3 is created by duplicating section 1, and various methods are discussed, including carbon copy and using a datum plane. * *17:25** Carbon Copy vs. Datum:* A carbon copy creates a linked copy of a sketch, while a datum allows for independent modification. * *19:27** Completing the Model:* The final section is padded and positioned, and the visibility of construction elements is toggled off. * *20:09** Adjusting Transitions:* The video shows how to adjust the transition between the pad and the loft by modifying the position of the sketches used in the loft. * *21:26** Conclusion:* The video concludes with a summary of the process and an invitation for viewers to donate and subscribe. I used gemini-1.5-pro-exp-0827 on rocketrecap dot com to summarize the transcript. Cost (if I didn't use the free tier): $0.03 Input tokens: 19084 Output tokens: 640
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this, I really appreciate that. I must take a look at that to automate some of these. Takes a lot of the heavy lifting out of it. Thank you for the advice, much appreciated.
This was an excellent example, I've been following your videos for some time and it has been a massive help with learning Free CAD. One small remark, if you allow me. Sometimes, when you explain a step or function, you tend to dive a bit too much into details, less relevant to the given step , which in turn shifts the focus from what we're trying to achieve. I fully understand that, because it's impossible to over simplify complex matters. Been there myself many times with all the criticism that comes with it. Anyway, thank you for your work!!!
No I welcome constructive criticism, it's all I have to go on as I have no idea whether these are hitting the mark or not. I really appreciate that. All the comments regarding what viewers like and not from the last course I ran feed into this one. It's all very welcome. Thank you for taking the time to comment :)
I want to Thank you for posting these videos. Your teaching style is exactly what I needed to get back into cad work. I’m going to post another cam video next week about your UA-cam and my experience along with sharing your Patreon
Thank you so much for the kind words and recommending the channel, really appreciate that., I have just had a look at your channel. Wow your getting there with the 1000 subs and you just gained yourself another subscriber. Always interested in engineering and mechanics. BTW, was it yourself that asked me for the piston ring compression tool video?
Good Tutorial! I'm a bit sad, that FreeCAD doesn't give you the option to terminate the guiding b spline as normal towards the starting profile. It's in Fusion and it makes Lofts so much easier to blend into your designs. Here you always have to add another profile right in front of the ends to kinda control the end and that doesn't really work for parts where you don't have consistent cross sections througout the loft... Is there a solution for this? Cheers!
Either in curves or part wb you can set "continuity" afair to start the loft at normal. Wouldn't be difficult to also add this to the part design wb I guess. Different developers working on different WB's cause such inconsistency I guess...
Thanks! I wanted something similar so used "additive pipe". One question, by moving sketches you control bspline, but this way you never sure that you made it "tangent" is there something I can do to be sure it is?
Very incredible class, thank you. this is my first time using any cad program, and you made it easy to follow along. I did run into one issue I have NO Carbon Copy tool. I'm using ver 1.0.0, revision number 39109, release date 2024/11/18, running on a MAC. my menus look very different than yours. ...An Update...redownloaded the DMG from free cad web site, did a reinstall and the carbon copy command (and several more) are now available... thanks again for your Chanel
Ah thank you, great to hear feedback. The whole series I have tried to fill with equal amounts of practice and theory to keep a balance. I always say that when first starting out there are many ways in CAD to do the same thing and it's worth experimenting with other tools as well and build the same object multiple times. That way you get to know the tool box. Great that you have managed to get the carbon copy back, but very strange though it disappeared. I wish you all the best on your learning journey.
Thank you, glad you are enjoying. The workflow chart is a 'work in progress'. I came up with the idea a year back (most of it is still on the wall in posit notes behind me) and it's only now being refined and expanded through this course so there are going to be some more amendment as the course progresses. But it will be available at some point.
Cortesemente posso fare una domanda? a volte la miniatura dei file recenti sulla pagina di start non viene rappresentata secondo lei quale é il motivo? Grazie.
Another outstanding video! But I have a question: when duplicating (carbon copy) the left end and moving it to the right, you just gave it a 102mm offset. Why don't you need to attach it to the face at the right end of the loft?
Thank you, glad you enjoyed. So as the geometry is coincident to the edge, you don't need a constraint. It's the same as sketching on the base planes. With carbon copy all the constraint come over as well so it's completely locked down as per the original. You could start deleting certain constraints and the import the geometry from the edge of the loft but at that point you might as well resketch for such a small part. Another way would be to use attachment but you would have to use another attachment method. After I did think that a carbon copy may of confused things but I decided to press on. In hindsight I should of left it for another model.
I had to go from PC to Mac and then back to PC again at work. It took me a month to stop hitting the refresh page shortcut I'm used to in Windows. But on Mac it opened the voice over. Every time it started narrating my current window in a weird voice. I drove everyone mad for a month 🤣
Vidéo très intéressante, mais il y a un petit problème. En effet, en refaisant la pièce, je me suis apperçu que l'épaisseur de la partie vrillée n'est pas concervée car le sketch du milieu ne devrait pas rester parallèle aux autres.
Manually moving that last sketch instead of attaching it to something was not very parametric. So much of that design was but then that last piece will get messed up
Thank you, always like to make sure all the information is available (including mistakes and problems along with how to get out of them). Merry Christmas and all the best for the new year.
Congrats on another milestone for being a great channel. Your work is being copied, well half of this video anyway. Couldn't watch it for more than a few seconds just to see if it was copied because he removed the audio and had this horrible overplayed music track. Please add a watermark to you videos. Something in the empty space of the tool bar (fake macro svg of your logo?), have an empty project called MangoJelly and the tab along the bottom, or other hard to cover area. Nothing too big, just enough so people can find the original maker. Last week he ripped Mechnexus' video but only used the title card and reshot the pipe with flange "tutorial". I can email you the channel name if you want. No sense in giving him any algorithm love.
I really appreciate the feedback and the lookout. Thank you so much for the heads up, this has happened to me before and youtube shut down the offending channel. Please could you email me the channel and I will put in a copyright take down. Thank you so much for bringing that to my attention. I also had the same on udemy and they removed their content. Very good idea with the watermark, I really like the idea of using a button ad it's non intrusive. That is a cleaver idea.
I've been trying to learn FreeCad for the last few months and then stumbled upon your playlist, it's the only thing that's worked for me. I'm able to design parts now, and can't wait to understand how to design more advanced and maintainable parts - Thank you!
I really wanted to try and figure out what I needed to do before you told me. But I noticed at 5:43 you set a dimension that I couldnt find on the diagram. Is there a way I should have been able to find that number myself? Thank you so much for making these videos! They have been an enormous help in learning this new skill! I never would have gotten this far without your help. :)
Incredible explanation and walkthrough. Doing these examples along with the video has taught me so much
Thank you so much for the feedback, I love hearing how people are getting on with the videos. Glad they are helping.
Excelente . Gosto da sua explicação, e calma e bem fixante no coco. 👋
*Creating a Twisted Part in FreeCAD: A Comprehensive Guide to Multi-Section Lofting*
* *0:04** Introduction to the Twisted Part Challenge:* The video introduces a common CAD challenge: creating a twisted part. It focuses on using the multi-section loft feature in FreeCAD.
* *0:35** Analyzing the Technical Drawing:* The part is broken down into three sections: two identical sections (1 and 3) and a complex twisted middle section (2).
* *0:57** Determining Operations:* Based on the analysis, a pad operation will be used for sections 1 and 3, and a multi-section loft for section 2.
* *2:27** Connecting Sections:* The transition between sections will share the same profile, allowing the use of a face from one operation as the starting profile for the next.
* *3:25** Starting the Modeling Process:* The process begins in the Part Design workbench with the creation of a new body and sketch for section 1.
* *6:02** Padding and Symmetry:* Section 1 is padded symmetrically to the plane to ensure the center of rotation for subsequent operations is correctly positioned.
* *6:55** Creating the First Loft Profile:* A new sketch is created on a face of the pad, and external geometry is referenced without locking it down via coincident constraints.
* *8:14** Avoiding Deformation:* Using equal constraints instead of coincident constraints prevents deformation when the sketch is rotated during the loft operation.
* *10:43** Creating Additional Profiles:* The video demonstrates using the "carbon copy" and "duplicate" tools to create additional profiles for the loft, each with different properties and use cases.
* *12:51** Duplicating Sketches:* Duplicating a sketch allows for independent modification of the copied sketch's data and constraints.
* *13:23** Copy and Paste:* Copying and pasting a sketch allows for multiple instances of the sketch to be created and placed within the model.
* *14:33** Creating the Loft:* The loft is created using the face of the pad as the first profile and the subsequent sketches as additional sections.
* *15:59** Duplicating Section 3:* Section 3 is created by duplicating section 1, and various methods are discussed, including carbon copy and using a datum plane.
* *17:25** Carbon Copy vs. Datum:* A carbon copy creates a linked copy of a sketch, while a datum allows for independent modification.
* *19:27** Completing the Model:* The final section is padded and positioned, and the visibility of construction elements is toggled off.
* *20:09** Adjusting Transitions:* The video shows how to adjust the transition between the pad and the loft by modifying the position of the sketches used in the loft.
* *21:26** Conclusion:* The video concludes with a summary of the process and an invitation for viewers to donate and subscribe.
I used gemini-1.5-pro-exp-0827 on rocketrecap dot com to summarize the transcript.
Cost (if I didn't use the free tier): $0.03
Input tokens: 19084
Output tokens: 640
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this, I really appreciate that. I must take a look at that to automate some of these. Takes a lot of the heavy lifting out of it. Thank you for the advice, much appreciated.
Very well explained. I liked that you so clearly also demonstrated the non ideal solutions.
Thank you :) I always like to add those types scenarios as someone will fall into the pit fall, as I always do :)
This was an excellent example, I've been following your videos for some time and it has been a massive help with learning Free CAD. One small remark, if you allow me. Sometimes, when you explain a step or function, you tend to dive a bit too much into details, less relevant to the given step , which in turn shifts the focus from what we're trying to achieve. I fully understand that, because it's impossible to over simplify complex matters. Been there myself many times with all the criticism that comes with it. Anyway, thank you for your work!!!
No I welcome constructive criticism, it's all I have to go on as I have no idea whether these are hitting the mark or not. I really appreciate that. All the comments regarding what viewers like and not from the last course I ran feed into this one. It's all very welcome. Thank you for taking the time to comment :)
Thanks a lot for showing how to use Carbon Copy tool!
Your welcome, it was a extra thing I added and great to see it has been welcomed.
Come sempre ottimi tutorial, si impara sempre qualcosa dai suoi video. Grazie complimenti.
I want to Thank you for posting these videos. Your teaching style is exactly what I needed to get back into cad work. I’m going to post another cam video next week about your UA-cam and my experience along with sharing your Patreon
Thank you so much for the kind words and recommending the channel, really appreciate that., I have just had a look at your channel. Wow your getting there with the 1000 subs and you just gained yourself another subscriber. Always interested in engineering and mechanics. BTW, was it yourself that asked me for the piston ring compression tool video?
Thank you Darren, specially AdditiveLoft part
You great again,
My best regards.
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed :)
Very instructive. Thanks!
thanks for showing !!! great teacher
You are very welcome😊😊😊
Appreciated your wonderful lesson. Amazing
Thank you so much, glad your enjoying them. :)
amazing how you explain everything.
thanks and have a Very Mary Christmas
really great workflow!
Very informative, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it 😊😊
Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas to you and your family 😊
Thank you too and have a lovely and peaceful Christmas.
Great. Thank you very much 🙂
You are welcome!
Good Tutorial! I'm a bit sad, that FreeCAD doesn't give you the option to terminate the guiding b spline as normal towards the starting profile. It's in Fusion and it makes Lofts so much easier to blend into your designs. Here you always have to add another profile right in front of the ends to kinda control the end and that doesn't really work for parts where you don't have consistent cross sections througout the loft... Is there a solution for this? Cheers!
Either in curves or part wb you can set "continuity" afair to start the loft at normal. Wouldn't be difficult to also add this to the part design wb I guess. Different developers working on different WB's cause such inconsistency I guess...
Please keep making videos.
I certainly will 😊😊
Thanks! I wanted something similar so used "additive pipe".
One question, by moving sketches you control bspline, but this way you never sure that you made it "tangent" is there something I can do to be sure it is?
Very incredible class, thank you. this is my first time using any cad program, and you made it easy to follow along. I did run into one issue I have NO Carbon Copy tool. I'm using ver 1.0.0, revision number 39109, release date 2024/11/18, running on a MAC. my menus look very different than yours.
...An Update...redownloaded the DMG from free cad web site, did a reinstall and the carbon copy command (and several more) are now available... thanks again for your Chanel
Ah thank you, great to hear feedback. The whole series I have tried to fill with equal amounts of practice and theory to keep a balance. I always say that when first starting out there are many ways in CAD to do the same thing and it's worth experimenting with other tools as well and build the same object multiple times. That way you get to know the tool box. Great that you have managed to get the carbon copy back, but very strange though it disappeared. I wish you all the best on your learning journey.
really appreciate the explanation of why the simpler way of creating the cross-section sketch would fail
Thank you, I like to add in the pit falls along the way and how to get out of them. 😊
Great video
Is it possible to publish the workflow chart you use at the beginning of the video?
Do you have a link to the chart?
Thank you, glad you are enjoying. The workflow chart is a 'work in progress'. I came up with the idea a year back (most of it is still on the wall in posit notes behind me) and it's only now being refined and expanded through this course so there are going to be some more amendment as the course progresses. But it will be available at some point.
With a couple of extra varset parameters this becomes a pretty versatile widget.
Great idea :) Superb little feature that varsets :)
Cortesemente posso fare una domanda? a volte la miniatura dei file recenti sulla pagina di start non viene rappresentata secondo lei quale é il motivo? Grazie.
Another outstanding video! But I have a question: when duplicating (carbon copy) the left end and moving it to the right, you just gave it a 102mm offset. Why don't you need to attach it to the face at the right end of the loft?
Thank you, glad you enjoyed. So as the geometry is coincident to the edge, you don't need a constraint. It's the same as sketching on the base planes. With carbon copy all the constraint come over as well so it's completely locked down as per the original. You could start deleting certain constraints and the import the geometry from the edge of the loft but at that point you might as well resketch for such a small part. Another way would be to use attachment but you would have to use another attachment method. After I did think that a carbon copy may of confused things but I decided to press on. In hindsight I should of left it for another model.
Learning Freecad and MacBook for first time. CTRL ALT is command option on a MacBook 🤨. Took me a while to figure that out 🤦🏻♂️.
I had to go from PC to Mac and then back to PC again at work. It took me a month to stop hitting the refresh page shortcut I'm used to in Windows. But on Mac it opened the voice over. Every time it started narrating my current window in a weird voice. I drove everyone mad for a month 🤣
Thank you! It's weird because my mac still says to press CTRL+ALT in FreeCAD, but obviously that doesn't work.
I think it would be good practice to name your sketches and other features.
Vidéo très intéressante, mais il y a un petit problème.
En effet, en refaisant la pièce, je me suis apperçu que l'épaisseur de la partie vrillée n'est pas concervée car le sketch du milieu ne devrait pas rester parallèle aux autres.
Manually moving that last sketch instead of attaching it to something was not very parametric. So much of that design was but then that last piece will get messed up
That irked me as well. There should be a way to move that sketch into position based on that last rectangular cross section.
Thank you, always like to make sure all the information is available (including mistakes and problems along with how to get out of them). Merry Christmas and all the best for the new year.
@MangoJellySolutions Merry Christmas to you as well!
Congrats on another milestone for being a great channel. Your work is being copied, well half of this video anyway. Couldn't watch it for more than a few seconds just to see if it was copied because he removed the audio and had this horrible overplayed music track. Please add a watermark to you videos. Something in the empty space of the tool bar (fake macro svg of your logo?), have an empty project called MangoJelly and the tab along the bottom, or other hard to cover area. Nothing too big, just enough so people can find the original maker.
Last week he ripped Mechnexus' video but only used the title card and reshot the pipe with flange "tutorial". I can email you the channel name if you want. No sense in giving him any algorithm love.
I really appreciate the feedback and the lookout. Thank you so much for the heads up, this has happened to me before and youtube shut down the offending channel. Please could you email me the channel and I will put in a copyright take down. Thank you so much for bringing that to my attention. I also had the same on udemy and they removed their content. Very good idea with the watermark, I really like the idea of using a button ad it's non intrusive. That is a cleaver idea.