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@synchron

Mifft, ist #freecad.

Vergessen zu schreiben.

@s3nnet

FreedCAD is finally useable (🎉) but man is still ain't *good.* If I had the money I would hire someone whose whole job was "normalizing" FOSS user experience. I don't mean making a FOSS behave like everything else, I mean making a FOSS behave like *itself.*

Why is the default selection behavior in "part design" to have left click pick a new point/line/face but left click in "sketcher" *adds* the point/line to your current selection??

#FOSS #FreeCAD #CAD #3DDesign #PartDesign #Design #UI #UX

@synchron

#kicad und #freecad

@synchron @s3nnet
#FreeCAD ist nicht auf Bauteile festgelegt. Es hat ein mächtiges Addon system.

Die "Workbench" #BIM ist da standardmässig installiert.

Zu elektroplanung weiss ich nicht wie der stand ist. Ich habe allerdings schon Addons dazu entdeckt.

Nicht ganz dein Ziel, aber soweit ich das mitbekommen habe, hat FreeCAD auch connection in die #KiCAD community.

Still can't get freecad:editable to work no matter what I do to this drawing template. Used to show up in the wrong place, now it doesn't do anything.

#freecad #FreeCADFriday

From the "shit I should not be doing with time I do not have" department... I printed my FrankenJouleThiefCat a shadow. Without a battery in it it is a little unstable, this should fix that, and also includes a cable tidy so the USB cable will be neater. (That exit bend radius isn't fantastic, I know.)

The process for this was:

1. Photograph cat with flash against white paper.
2. Clean up to a B&W silhouette in #GIMP
3. Trace to an outline in #Inkscape, skew the image, and do the extended rear base and some of the cable channel design.
4. Use #FreeCAD to build the 3D thing from the 2D, including finishing the channel as its Sketch tool is better for that sort of detail.
5. #PrusaSlicer
6. Elegoo Neptune 4 Max #3DPrinter

Job done (in about 2hrs I guess).

It could be improved, esp as the spool tangled and there is a small spot of top surface slightly thinly printed as a result... but it'll do. Might do another iteration on it another time. The shape needs a little improvement too.

From the "shit I should not be doing with time I do not have" department... I printed my FrankenJouleThiefCat a shadow. Without a battery in it it is a little unstable, this should fix that, and also includes a cable tidy so the USB cable will be neater. (That exit bend radius isn't fantastic, I know.)

The process for this was:

1. Photograph cat with flash against white paper.
2. Clean up to a B&W silhouette in #GIMP
3. Trace to an outline in #Inkscape, skew the image, and do the extended rear base and some of the cable channel design.
4. Use #FreeCAD to build the 3D thing from the 2D, including finishing the channel as its Sketch tool is better for that sort of detail.
5. #PrusaSlicer
6. Elegoo Neptune 4 Max #3DPrinter

Job done (in about 2hrs I guess).

It could be improved, esp as the spool tangled and there is a small spot of top surface slightly thinly printed as a result... but it'll do. Might do another iteration on it another time. The shape needs a little improvement too.

From the "shit I should not be doing with time I do not have" department... I printed my FrankenJouleThiefCat a shadow. Without a battery in it it is a little unstable, this should fix that, and also includes a cable tidy so the USB cable will be neater. (That exit bend radius isn't fantastic, I know.)

The process for this was:

1. Photograph cat with flash against white paper.
2. Clean up to a B&W silhouette in #GIMP
3. Trace to an outline in #Inkscape, skew the image, and do the extended rear base and some of the cable channel design.
4. Use #FreeCAD to build the 3D thing from the 2D, including finishing the channel as its Sketch tool is better for that sort of detail.
5. #PrusaSlicer
6. Elegoo Neptune 4 Max #3DPrinter

Job done (in about 2hrs I guess).

It could be improved, esp as the spool tangled and there is a small spot of top surface slightly thinly printed as a result... but it'll do. Might do another iteration on it another time. The shape needs a little improvement too.

From the "shit I should not be doing with time I do not have" department... I printed my FrankenJouleThiefCat a shadow. Without a battery in it it is a little unstable, this should fix that, and also includes a cable tidy so the USB cable will be neater. (That exit bend radius isn't fantastic, I know.)

The process for this was:

1. Photograph cat with flash against white paper.
2. Clean up to a B&W silhouette in #GIMP
3. Trace to an outline in #Inkscape, skew the image, and do the extended rear base and some of the cable channel design.
4. Use #FreeCAD to build the 3D thing from the 2D, including finishing the channel as its Sketch tool is better for that sort of detail.
5. #PrusaSlicer
6. Elegoo Neptune 4 Max #3DPrinter

Job done (in about 2hrs I guess).

It could be improved, esp as the spool tangled and there is a small spot of top surface slightly thinly printed as a result... but it'll do. Might do another iteration on it another time. The shape needs a little improvement too.

From the "shit I should not be doing with time I do not have" department... I printed my FrankenJouleThiefCat a shadow. Without a battery in it it is a little unstable, this should fix that, and also includes a cable tidy so the USB cable will be neater. (That exit bend radius isn't fantastic, I know.)

The process for this was:

1. Photograph cat with flash against white paper.
2. Clean up to a B&W silhouette in #GIMP
3. Trace to an outline in #Inkscape, skew the image, and do the extended rear base and some of the cable channel design.
4. Use #FreeCAD to build the 3D thing from the 2D, including finishing the channel as its Sketch tool is better for that sort of detail.
5. #PrusaSlicer
6. Elegoo Neptune 4 Max #3DPrinter

Job done (in about 2hrs I guess).

It could be improved, esp as the spool tangled and there is a small spot of top surface slightly thinly printed as a result... but it'll do. Might do another iteration on it another time. The shape needs a little improvement too.

There. Some #FreeCAD and #3Dprinting later I have an item that does what I want and it even has the look I wanted.

The cup is PETG and the mount solid PA as it gets squeezed pretty hard.

I'll upload the model once I've cleaned it up a bit and try out some printing enhancements to the first model.

Neue Technik hilft alter Technik: in unserer #Schule gibt es doch tatsächlich noch so zwei, drei #OHP (#Overheadprojektor|en). Bei einem ging ein Plastikteil kaputt, das ich nun mit #FreeCAD nachgebaut und 3D-gedruckt habe. Ich bin gespannt, ob es wirklich passt und hält. (Oben auf dem Bild das mit Sekundenkleber und Tesafilm geklebte Original, unten der Nachbau). #3DDruck #3DdruckSchule #FediLZ

Tinta — the mount, in real life and in FreeCAD

https://makertube.net/w/mA87YPqUCbvhNC2caq17F7

https://www.crowdsupply.com/wake-electronics/tinta

#FreeCAD #oshw

Wowzers. I completed the list!

That's about a first.

And whilst it was a short list, some of those items weren't exactly trivial.

• Car refuelled & shopping done ✅
• French pattress box extender (redesigned in #FreeCAD and printed) ✅
• Suffolk printed (after a lot of svg/cad fettling!) ✅ (No Nofolk alas)
• Joule Thief Cat soldered, with added backup USB power injection for when I don't have "dead" batteries for it ✅ (needs cleaning up, but works! I broke my flush cutters a while back, so have ordered a nice fancy Knippex pair to arrive tomorrow.)

And made a (fairly basic) BBQ dinner of Barnsley chops, garlic/chilli potatoes & broccoli, and BBQed eggplant.

Bonus: got a hair cut by an actual hair cutting person for the first time in well over a decade. (My usual thing is I just shave it off every 2-3 months.)

You'd think #FreeCAD would have a simple and intuitive way to "copy" a sketch, aka "duplicate" - but buggered if I can find it, and DDG/Google searching isn't helping much. (I am very very impatient with software these days lol.)

@freecad After getting disappointed with the new version of the Pingulp pinball drink holder, I resurrected my old design from the early 2020s I had done with OpenSCAD and re-did it with #FreeCAD instead. Here's a work-in-progress model.

Of course, at some point in the 2000s a designer at #renault decided that a flat roof rack is practical but not looking nice. So they curved it by 15mm (7.5mm on each side).

My "new" 1983 vintage roof box is not curved on the bottom side. It got steel tubing and a sturdy zigzag pattern on the bottom. It. Will. Not. Bend. And that's fine.

So to mount it in 2026 I need spacers. And as we live in the future™ now I just fired up #freecad and let the #3dprinter do the work.

This is no shiny fancy thing, just a wedge with a hole. But in 2026 it just makes sense to let the machines do the job - I would not be faster/better if I started to cut and grind plastic or wood.

Tested at up to 130 km/h the roof box is nice: nearly no sound, just a silent "sssshhh" wind noise, and its not noticeable regarding driving dynamics at least in empty state. and the whole thing is just 2m tall.

FreeCAD Swag Shop Now Open!

We are super pleased to announce that the FreeCAD official swag store is now open! All the designs in there are made in FreeCAD and we have tee, hoodies, mugs, water bottles and more....

#FreeCAD #Swag #Merch #Opensource #FreeCADFriday

https://blog.freecad.org/2026/09/11/freecad-swag-shop-now-open/

Hey wonderful people, it's #FreeCADFriday once again! What are you working on in #FreeCAD at the moment?!

One further design iteration of my 3D printed lens hood/light baffle seems to have done the trick. v5b goes back to the 5 mm long, 2 perimeters thick telescope interface but bumps up the diameter just slightly for a snug push fit into the aperture on the 'scope. The thread is in place to stop it dropping on to the concrete patio tiles when the Seestar closes itself at the end of the night so hopefully I won't get any more broken lens hoods.

I've designed all these so that they shouldn't induce any vignetting at all, but I'll still take some new twilight flats shortly just in case the illumination is slightly different to the previous version.

The weather forecast says it'll be clear pretty much all night but that humidity will hit 99% by around midnight so it'll probably be foggy before morning. Definitely a night to turn the dew heater on, but the lens hood should also help keep condensation off the lens.

#Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #3Dprinting #FreeCAD #FreeCADFriday #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope #Astrophotography #SmartTelescope #SmartScope

I was asked to help with a new fiber connection, so I assisted with some planning and provided these 3D-printed conduit seals:

They are made up of two symmetric halves that fit together without slipping. Clamp them around the cable and push them into the tube. Simple.

As always, I provide the @freecad file along with the printable files so you can inspect and adapt the model.

https://www.printables.com/model/1838517

#FreeCADFriday #FreeCAD #CAD #3DPrint #DIY #Repair #Fiber #Fibre

Test ride with temporarily mounted speaker (at the air intake) was more or less a success. Instead of single bell ringing sounds I mixed some together into a longer sequence for upcoming tests.

Early adopters download:
https://nueb.net/blob/Kling-el.zip

#velomobile
#FreeCAD

Rapid prototyping.

I quickly knocked up v5a of my lens hood/light baffle design (loop for attaching a thread, telescope interface wall 3 perimeters thick instead of 2, but 3 mm long instead of 5, opening half angle increased from 2.3° to 2.4°), printed it on my Prusa Mini+, and put it on the telescope by the time the night was about half over.

I'm pretty happy with the design but it did expose the issues with relying on a push fit. Despite being designed with the exact same outer diameter as my previous lens hoods this one (and only this one) was too loose, and was going to fall out when the telescope moved. An emergency application of a single strip of masking tape on the interface surface to tighten it up may just be enough to keep it in place for tonight, but I'll need to investigate more tomorrow.

I may be partly due to my printer producing a smoother surface than the previous prints that suffered from cold conditions, but I suspect it was actually the shortening by 2 mm that is the main problem. Now that I think about it I recall there being a fine moulding line or seam between parts a few mm inside the aperture. My previous lens hood might have been relying on that for grip, and the new one doesn't quite reach it. I can tweak the dimensions to try to get the perfect fit but I really should find a way to use the magnets instead.

#Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #3Dprinting #FreeCAD #SmartTelescope #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

Damn. I forgot I broke another of my v5 25° 3D printed Seestar lens hood/light baffles on Tuesday night so tonight the Thirty Millimetre Telescope is wearing the ludicrously large v5 20° design.

These things are getting broken at the end of the night when the Seestar automatically closes the telescope arm, bending the push-fit lens hood out of the aperture and causing it to drop onto the concrete patio below.

The weak point is where the narrow cylindrical section that fits inside the Seestar aperture meets the top of the conical section. The walls are as thin as I can make them at that point because any additional thickness right there intrudes on the telescope beam, losing light. Compounding the issues are the fact that these are printed in matte black PLA which is rather brittle, and they were printed when it was very cold inside the house wasn't doing the layer adhesion any favours.

I don't know whether they're breaking when the telescope is forcing them out of its aperture or when they hit the ground. For now I can reduce the length of the cylindrical section to reduce the moment arm when it gets nudged out and add a loop so I can tie a safety harness to the lens hood to stop it dropping all the way to the ground.

Longer term I can try printing them in tougher filament (I have a spool of PETG-CF I bought for this purpose, but need to swap out my brass nozzle for hardened steel first) and switch to magnetic attachment instead of a push fit.

For tonight I'll just turn off the automatic closing function of the Seestar, I don't think the bigger, heavier 20° hood will survive the fall to the ground. As long as I bring the telescope inside in the morning before the Sun can shine into it that'll be fine.

#Seestar #SeestarS30Pro #3Dprinting #FreeCAD #SmartTelescope #TMMT #ThirtyMillimetreTelescope

I got the dimensions of the USB-C jack wrong the first time … :eyeroll: But now everything fits fine. The PCB is held exactly in place by the top lid.

For such #3dprinting projects I like those self-tapering screws for plastics. Once installed in my #velomobile with the right lengthened wires, electronics and speaker enclosures will be closed (the later one w/ glue).

Making enclosures and lids fit was easy w/ binders (offset -0.1mm) in #FreeCAD.

… from master sketch to main part of the enclosure.

I just started the 3D printer to check if my tolerances fit the electronic component(s).

#FreeCAD
#3dprinting

Spotted: A new Microwave Workbench

Over on our FreeCAD Mastodon account, under our regular #FreeCADFriday hashtag we get to spot all manner of things....

https://blog.freecad.org/2026/09/08/spotted-a-new-microwave-workbench/

#FreeCAD #Workbench #Community #Microwave #HighFrequency cc @mishkathebear

Every Free App You Actually Need Explained (Part 1-4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGWSs6laAO0

#OpenSource #freeapps #LibreOffice
#VLC Media Player
#DaVinci Resolve
#OBS Studio
#GIMP
#Audacity
#Blender
#Obsidian
#Scratch
#Godot
#Krita
#Photopea
#Inkscape
#LMMS
#Shotcut / Kdenlive
#KeePassXC
#Thunderbird
#Calibre
#Joplin
#MPV
#Affinity
#ProtonVPN
#Bitwarden
#PDF24 Creator
#LocalSend
#VirtualBox
#Notepad++
#FreeCAD
#Ardour
#WinRAR
#Everything
#Syncthing
#Penpot
#Proton Pass
#KDE Connect
#Parsec
#VSCodium
#Scribus
#HandBrake
#7-Zip
#ShareX
#qBittorrent
#Free Download Manager
#totalcommander

Eben meine erste CAD-Konstruktion mit FreeCAD (@freecad) gemacht. Bisher hatte ich Autodesk Inventor oder für kleinere private Sachen Fusion 360 verwendet. Bisheriges Fazit: Bin positiv überrascht und hatte Spaß! Werde wohl (vor allem für den Privatgebrauch) darauf umsteigen.

#freecad #foss #inventor #fusion360

Today, @purism released the CAD models for the Librem 16 Linux laptop in both the widely used STEP and FreeCAD formats.

"Purism products are made to be repaired."

https://puri.sm/posts/a-step-ahead-for-customization-with-the-librem-16/

#librem16, #L16, #righttorepair #CAD #FOSS #opensource #FreeCAD #STEP #Linux #laptop #CCbySA40 #creativecommons #purism

Not Friday anymore, but my #FreeCADFriday was about getting some #QualityOfLife things together.

Got my rotating hanging bar up again after a small redesign of the bearing holders. Also designed and #3DPrinted an end stop for my nieces' hang bar since they're worried that it'll fall out of the bearing.

Haven't had my #PineTime on my arm for a few days since the strap broke. Printed a small loop in ASA and cut the zip flap off a discarded rain jacket to make myself a new one.

#FreeCAD #DIY

Hackaday Links: July 12, 2026

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/07/12/hackaday-links-july-12-2026/

after not hearing from them for a decade, they decided to spam me so it's time for

That Time #Onshape Stalked Me

I signed up with my personal email address and no other info. I used it for a few days.

Then one day AT WORK my phone rang. An Onshape salesdrone!

I asked how he got this number. He explicitly told me in so many words that he googled my email, found my resume and called my work number. On a personal account, remember.

I told him that was creepy, hung up, deleted my account (but apparently they kept my email addr) and never went back.

#cad #freecad #autocad

Finally upgraded to a vacuum that actually sucks ( 😛 pun intended)

As usual, this called for some #FreeCAD designs to hang everything in place.

more details:
https://www.printables.com/article/bringing-order-to-the-vacuum-3dWKyOd

my models for the #rowenta x-force vacuum:

https://3dprint.social/models/w35tk0prbf7h

https://3dprint.social/models/p1ksfl7zx43f

#creathing #3dprint #vacuumcleaner

Prototype#1

Dessin sous Salomé_Méca+Freecad terminé et prêt pour impression 3D//Technical drawing completed in Salome_Meca+FreeCAD, ready for 3D printing

#electricite #electricity #greenEnergy #greenTransition #greenpower #transitionEcologique #transitionenergetique #hydroelectricite #renouvenable #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ecology #environment #climate #changementclimatique #savoirscientifique #pédagogie #citoyenneté #transitionEcologique #shutterprecision #frenchtech #codesaturne #codeaster #EDF#salome #salomemeca #mesh #maillage #codeaster #codesaturne #simvia #linux #linuxmint #freecad #FreeCADFriday #3Dprinting #Impression3D

Why FreeCAD 1.0 Feels Like a Win for Everyone, Especially for Linux Users

https://watch.linuxrenaissance.com/w/mWY9h8MZV6o25DxDcw2rPG

@freecad 1.1.1 is just awesome ❤️‍🔥. Today I'm very happy that I've invested all that time to learn #freecad and haven't wasted significant time for #fusion360 or so!

Today I finished a stand for my son’s stunt scooter 💪
https://3dprint.social/models/702lwzp9rztn

@702lwzp9rztn

The #FreeCAD 1.1 release video is cool! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9biWv_M8p8

#CAD #CAM #MakerSpaces #3DPrinting #CNCRouter

@TeddyBrown
Wir sind gerade mit der ganzen Firma dabei #windowstoLinux :)
Outlook > #Firebird oder #Betterbird
Adobe - Je nachdem was du von denen nutzt > #Inkscape, #Scribus #Gimp, #Krita, #Darktable, #RAWTherapee, #Art, #Digikam, usw..
Videoschnitt > #Kadenlive
365 u.ä. > #Nextcloud
3D Konstruktion: #FreeCAD
Kommunikation > #Delta Chat, #Element
Distribution> Wir nutzen #Fedora. Im Moment den Ableger #Nobora.
Ich hoffe, das reicht erstmal :)

#linux

Sarjassamme koti-insinöörin tähtihetket:

Ensimmäistä kertaa pitäisi tehdä FreeCAD:illä jotain - poraohjain eli 4cm pitkä putki jonka ulkohalkaisija on 26mm ja sisähalkaisija 18,5mm. Ei kai tämä nyt voi vaikeaa olla?

Vähän aikaa käyttöliittymää ihmeteltyään ei auttanut kuin lähteä kaivamaan netistä ohjeita. Mutta ei ne ohjeetkaan ei tuntuneet täsmäävän: "täällä mitään create pipe -nappulaa ole."

Sitä ihmetellessä osui silmään "shaft design wizard" jonka parempien ideoiden puutteessa avasin. No kas, tällähän tämä hoituu, saa paksumman jalustan siihen, vaikka en oikeastaan tarttis. Koska Riimu nukkui niin printtaamaan ei viitsinyt heti ryhtyä, ja siinä muita ihmetellessä löytyi se "create pipe" nappikin - sitä varten piti vaan valita eri työkalupaletti käyttöliittymästä. Ei siinä mitään, tämähän on ihan normisettiä, mutta se miten se on toteutettu tuntui tuntui aika omituiselta ratkaisulta. Ehkä se on CAD-piireissä normaali systeemi 🤷

Sitten seurasi tovi ällistelyä kun pipe-työkalulla tehty putken mitat oli ihan pielessä, näytti äkkiseltään että Bambulabissä katsoessa se oli venynyt 5cm ulkohalkaisijaan? Sitten kun lopulta näin jossain tarkan mitan 52mm alkoi raksuttaa: niin, shaft-työkalun parametreissa oli halkaisija, sen sijaan pipe-työkalussa käytettiin sädettä. Eihän siinä sitten, mutta MIKSI kaksi sukulaistyökalua käyttää eri yksikköä tuossa? Ehkä tosi-insinöörit tietää 🤷

No, lounaan ajaksi sitten printti tulemaan. Kesken lounaan tajusin että olin syöttänyt sisähalkaisijaksi 18,1mm - tuo ,1 oli tarkoitus olla välys, mutta lähtömitta oli jossain kohtaa mennyt ajatuksissa vikaan. Kyllähän mulla ne mitat ylhäällä oli mutta mitä niitä tarkistamaan kun muistin ihan hyvin mitä ne oli. Ainoa vaan että syöttäessä taphtui jotain outoa - nyt ei ollut off by one, vaan off by half. Vapaapäivän spesiaali? 🤦‍♂️ 😂

Tätä kirjoitellessa se väärän kokoinen printtikin valmistui niin voi sitten tehdä uuden. En viitsinyt keskeyttää koska saatan hyvin kaivata tuommoistakin putken pätkää joskus johonkin...

P.S. Tämä ei ole avunpyyntö yo. aiheisiin vaan ihan viihteeksi tarkoitettu tarina.

#freecad #3dtulostus

This #FreeCADFriday is a good opportunity to print a wall hanger for your bicycle helmets.

I used woodfill PLA and it came out pretty posh, if I may say so myself. 😄

https://www.printables.com/model/1636029

@freecad #FreeCAD #3DPrint #DIY #BikeSafety #Bicycle #Bike

Freecad object tested with Code Saturne CFD#2 // Objet Freecad testé avec Code Saturne n°2

Vitesse/speed

#electricite #electricity #greenEnergy #greenTransition #greenpower #transitionEcologique #transitionenergetique #hydroelectricite #renouvenable #frenchtech #codesaturne #codeaster #EDF#salome #salomemeca #mesh #maillage #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ecology #environment #climate #codeaster #codesaturne #simvia #linux #linuxmint #freecad #freecadfriday

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#FOSSEE #OpenSource #FLOSS #IITBombay #OpenEducation #Fediverse
#Scilab #Python #Openfoam #OpenModelica #DWSIM #esim #OSDAG #Arduino #FreeCAD #JMOL #Blender #Inkscape #synfig

🎩✨ Behold, the grand odyssey of FreeCAD’s "Topological Naming Problem," where clicking through an endless labyrinth of menus and FAQs becomes an Olympic sport. 😂 It’s like a treasure hunt, but the treasure is more menus! 🗺️🏆
https://wiki.freecad.org/Topological_naming_problem #FreeCAD #TopologicalNamingProblem #MenuMaze #TreasureHunt #OlympicSport #CADCommunity #HackerNews #ngated

Et puis, même si ça ne fait pas comme dans le tuto que je suivais, j'ai moyen de bidouiller pour rattraper ça .
Du coup je vais quand même finir le tuto

( c'était l'histoire d'une fille qui après avoir bien bien râler contre freecad et décidé de l'abandonner à découvert que fusion avait une version gratuite pour usage non pro. La fille a installer Fusion, puis fait un tuto très facile et qui a parfaitement fonctionné, mais ça lui a trop hérissé le poil* de pas utiliser un logiciel libre, et ça l'a remotivé a s'acharner sur freecad malgré les bidouillages a venir ) (* oui, la fille a du poil, c'est comme ça les vrai )

#freecad #fusion #3D #poils

First successful #3DPrinting project.

This is the soap holder I drew in #FreeCAD yesterday.
It isn't perfect, as I still need to play a bit with temperatures and extrusion speed, but it's decent enough to keep.

#SuperSlicer is pretty impressive too. Slicing the STL file was a breeze. Just a couple of clicks and done.

Printing, on the other hand, took a while. Nearly 12 hours.

A new 3D model, “Quechua 2sec Easy Foldingtent Collapse Protector”, was just published!

#Parametric #Freecad #Camping #Tent #Decathlon #Protector #Cap #Quechua

I'm using my international radio on my Home Assistant Yellow for Thread so I added a Sonoff ZigBee dongle. I really hate large USB dongles hanging out the back of things, so I took the opportunity to finally learn FreeCAD and design a new top shell that could house that dongle internally. A few painful hours of trial and error, one U-Shaped USB extension, and one short antenna extension later and it's looking much cleaner! It is a shame I don't have a resin printer or know how to use one, because it would have been nice to keep the translucent plastic aesthetic. (an atomic purple shell would be so rad!) But I'm really happy with it overall.
#HomeAssistant #Zigbee #Thread #FreeCAD #3DPrinting #Sonoff #AtomicPurple

Oh, look! I made a thing!

https://www.printables.com/model/1227667-underware-compatible-connectors-for-goews

#3DPrinting #GOEWS #CableOrganization #FreeCAD