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DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 11 months ago
I’m just contemplating the exact same move myself. Any tips or traps for new players? Any particular tutorials you found better than others?
Learn how their parametric references. On the one hand it’s a bit annoying when you can’t click something to use as a reference.
On the other hand being able to use any length as a reference is really nice.
Named dimensions can be referenced for example by:
Constraints.MainStrutLength*1.25+20mm
Or a pad dimension with
Pad017.Length2 (from memory)
Or a dimension in a sketch in a pad:
Pad018.Sketch018.Constraints.SecondaryStrutLength4
it’s a bit annoying when you can’t click something to use as a reference.
You mean, that? youtu.be/x7_KgeLOcKY?feature=shared
You mean, that? youtu.be/x7_KgeLOcKY?feature=shared
No, I meant even easier, In a single (more complex) sketch, I can’t just reference another dimension by clicking on it (as far as I know at least)
Oh, I think I understand. I generally select a bunch of things and use wiki.freecad.org/Sketcher_ConstrainEqual and never thought of selecting the dimensions directly. That sounds like a good idea/convenience indeed :)
I’ve found MangoJellys YouTube videos to be fantastic whenever I get stuck in FreeCAD. Worth following for random things that’s over learned from his videos as well, such as some of the tutorials.
the16bitgamer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Sketches need to be whole, as in if you have. 2 boxes intercepting the sketch will be invalid.