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@sam01 @freecad

Hi ! I'm looking for a 3d printer / linux fer m'y classroom. What's the best 3 ? Thanks for pour answers.

#FreeCADFriday #Anycubic #FreeCAD #woodworking

@freecad I am designing and building a new enclosure for my 3D printer. I finished the main part already, but another door is still missing. So today I added my acrylic glass parts to the FreeCAD model to think about the second door.

Since this always feels like a rabbithole to me, I created a model of my room, the shelf next to the enclosure, a Eurobox to sit below and the Anycubic Vyper 3D printer.

#FreeCADFriday #Anycubic #FreeCAD #woodworking

Well, THAT didn't work.

I think the hole for the heat-set insert was too small, so when I pressed down with the soldering iron it melted too much of the plastic around it and it came rushing up through the middle. Time for another #FreeCad tweak!

#Maker #3DPrinting

I've finally added a two way breather valve to my fuel tank which will hopefully make filling the tank easier. I hope to never test its roll over protection functionality.

I could have just strapped it but it was an excuse to print something in ABS. Only the MOT tester is ever likely to see it, but it pleases me.

#WeirdCarMastodon #FreeCADFriday #FreeCAD

Once again it is #FreeCADFriday. Show and tell us what you are working on in #FreeCAD at the moment! #CAD

I had a chap come over to the #Doghouse this week for a bit of 1-1 @freecad tutorial/teaching from me. They just sent me this picture (and gave permission for me to toot)... their progress is frankly awesome! #CAD #opensource #EachOneTeachOne #FreeCAD

Materializr | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.materializr.app/

> Maker 3D CAD — the middle ground between Tinkercad and FreeCAD

Materializr is open-source 3D CAD for makers — the middle ground between dead-simple tools like Tinkercad and full professional suites like FreeCAD. Enough genuine solid modeling to make real parts, without a steep learning curve, a subscription, or an account.

Sketch on a plane, pull it into a solid (extrude, revolve, loft, sweep), fillet and chamfer, run boolean operations, cut threads, and edit any step of the history later — even after closing and reopening the project.

Sketches export to SVG at 1:1 millimeters for laser cutters and 2.5D CNC. It also imports STEP and IGES, and exports STEP, STL, IGES and glTF.

https://github.com/materializr-cad/materializr

#FreeCAD #TinkerCAD #Materializr #Android #3dcad

This shape, with opposite-slanted holes radially located, took a fair amount of time to create. I understand why #freecad sets up reference plane creation the way that it does, but this feels like it should be easier. Anyway it's printing now and maybe it'll work.

Today I'm going to be doing some #freecad work to learn to do assemblies to make a solution for our spice drawer

I revised the electronics box to better accommodate the USB Power inputs:

* Nudge the existing post to the right
* Add a post for the second
* Shrink both to take an M2 heat-set insert; the holes were too small for the M3 screws used everywhere else.

#Maker #FreeCad #3DPrinting

j/k about switching gears to #freecad just yet, now i'm learning about COBS, "Consistent Overhead Byte Stuffing" for an adafruit Feather M4 UART serial protocol to ESP32/CYD display. #synthseqr I should probably get the #PCB working before I start working on the case! ... Eh, I'll probably start the case too.

While I wait for pcbway to start making my version 3.2 boards, I now have to switch gears from #kicad to #freecad and start designing some of the physical parts of #synthseqr. Ok brain, do a kick flip.

I designed a mount for the SwitchBot in FreeCAD and printed it in PLA. Please admire the carefully chosen seam-placement.

The mount will be attached using 3M VHB tape, the SwitchBot will be held by gravity.

3/4

#FreeCAD #3Dprinting #SwitchBot

Über 40€ für ein kleines abgebrochenes Plastikteil an der Duscharmatur WTF??? Fickt euch!

Gerade mal fix #freecad gestartet und das Ding nachmodelliert und gedruckt. Hat keine Stunde gedauert und passt auch. Dann noch mal im Keller das Chromspray suchen und schon ist das Problem kostengünstig gelöst...

Je cherche à ajuster la vitesse du moteur...
#zoetrope #blender #3d #animation #freecad #cairo

Satisfying start of this Monday. We're getting a new washing machine and in preparation I finally fixed the clumsy drainage situation.

For some years the washing machine shared a drain with the emergency overflow of our heat-pump. To block smells I had wrapped some cloth around it. Temporarily.

As of an hour ago the two end in a nicely custom 3D printed plug :-)

#freeCAD #fixit

#FreeCAD terbaru kayaknya banyak perubahan, cara gw sebelumnya di FC sebelum 1.0 bisa dipakai sekarang pada gagal.

kudu belajar lagi buat bikin. sketch constraint

Lowe's sells these "Commander heavy duty shelving units" from Project Source -- you've probably seen them, the black and yellow stands out somewhat -- and I've bought a handful of them over the years. There are notches at the yellow edges of each shelf where you can slot in connectors for binding two of the units together.

The most recent pair I bought for tidying up our storage area in the basement came with hooks that can slot into the notches, as well, which I thought was pretty damn cool! However, one of them was missing (it broke off the sprues on the "kit card" some of the parts are attached to somewhere between the factory and my house) and they only give you two for each 5-tier shelving unit.

Well, fuck that! I've got a 3D printer, son! I broke out my calipers, opened up #FreeCAD, and barfed up a facsimile in about 20 minutes or so. I'm printing a prototype of it now (3 walls, 25% infill). There are a *whole lot* of shitty things about the world we live in, but every once in a while, I have to step back and marvel at some of the cooler stuff.

#3DPrinting

Here is the final result. I'm satisfied how it turned out. The turbofan is safely held, while having enough play to comfortly insert it or take it out.

4/4

#freecad #3dprinting

I have this Wolfbox Turbofan and I use it so much, that it deserves first order accessibility. To this end, I designed a holder in #freecad for an IKEA Skadis pegboard.

#FreeCadFriday #3Dprinting

1/4

I wrote (another) post about my multi-PCB workflow in @kicad (using @freecad 's Python interface to do 3D transforms in CLI).
Article here: https://hyperglitch.com/articles/kicad-multiboard
#KiCad #pcb #FreeCAD

History Workbench brings Git powered File Versioning to FreeCAD

https://www.youtube.com/live/VZJsxJS-CTQ?si=4zSPunB0c33e6bxd We recently posted Chris Hennes excellent talk at the FreeCAD North American meetup 2026 which is well worth checking out to see a snapshot of upcoming developments at FreeCAD....

#Git #VersionControl #FreeCAD #Opensource

https://blog.freecad.org/2026/08/28/history-workbench-brings-git-powered-file-versioning-to-freecad/

Once more it is #FreeCADFriday ! Hope all you wonderful people are ready for a great weekend. Show us what you are working on with #FreeCAD at the moment.

@a
Absolutely! I was a total CAD noob and since then #FreeCAD is my favorite software #1.

There are plenty good tutorials, MangoJelly on YT e. g. https://www.youtube.com/@MangoJellySolutions

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

Mein erstes #FreeCAD / #3ddruck Werk

Und es funktioniert sogar.
Jetzt kann ich die Hecktür des Kia einen Spalt offen lassen und trotzdem verriegeln. So dass niemand das Auto samt mir im Laderaum klauen kann. 🤣

FreeCAD and KiCad: CAD showdown at OSHOP 2026

After the success of the E-sport style FreeCAD and KiCad speed run competitions recently held at EMF camp…...

#FreeCAD #KiCad #Competition #Community #CAD #OSHOP

https://blog.freecad.org/2026/08/21/freecad-and-kicad-cad-showdown-at-oshop-2026/

RE: https://chaos.social/@cccpresser/117132501236214891

Everyone get involved in this if you are at #OSHOP it will be great fun. #FreeCAD #KiCad ... love that the base of my #opensource #pcb clamp (as seen on @oshwassociation show and tell) is the example FreeCAD challenge item!

A random pitch to the wilds... I'm up here in N Wales with a load of fun stuff in my workspace and a load of skills. I'm pondering offering one to one tutorials on #opensource #maker tools. Primarily #FreeCAD and #KiCad but anything you may have seen me use or write about. Check out the free #SOURCE magazine issues for the kind of stuff I can offer. If a day or two learning interspersed with walks, or bike rides, or just coffee and chats appeals, do ping me. https://sourcemag.co.uk/

Have you heard about the 'CAD Showdown' we did at #emfcamp ?
Where participants compete in #FreeCAD and #KiCad to show of their skills and - more important - have fun together?

It will come back at #OSHOP on 23rd of September in Halle, Germany!
We might even have 'real' prices for the winners. In any case you can gain glory and fame.

OSHOP is running for the 3rd time now. There will be nice workshops and awesome people.

Tickets: https://pretix.eu/oshop/2026/
Schedule: https://www.oshop-network.de/konferenz-2026/

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

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

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

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

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

I considered version two of my film can opener share-worthy:

https://www.printables.com/model/1800524-open-film-can-opener

#filmPhotography #35mm #filmDevelopment #FreeCAD #3dPrinting

I considered version two of my film can opener share-worthy:

https://www.printables.com/model/1800524-open-film-can-opener

#filmPhotography #35mm #filmDevelopment #FreeCAD #3dPrinting

I considered version two of my film can opener share-worthy:

https://www.printables.com/model/1800524-open-film-can-opener

#filmPhotography #35mm #filmDevelopment #FreeCAD #3dPrinting

I considered version two of my film can opener share-worthy:

https://www.printables.com/model/1800524-open-film-can-opener

#filmPhotography #35mm #filmDevelopment #FreeCAD #3dPrinting

I considered version two of my film can opener share-worthy:

https://www.printables.com/model/1800524-open-film-can-opener

#filmPhotography #35mm #filmDevelopment #FreeCAD #3dPrinting

A few years back, the latest #3dPrinting craze was bottle openers with an integrated coin as a hard “lip” to lift the cap off a bottle.

Since the #Canon #TopShot winds the film all the way back in when it’s full, I thought I might use this concept to design and 3D-print a film canister opener.

It’s bulkier than it needs to be, and the tolerances still need a bit of tweaking. But yeah, it works.

#FreeCAD #filmDevelopment #filmPhotography #35mm #SureShotSupreme #Autoboy3

A few years back, the latest #3dPrinting craze was bottle openers with an integrated coin as a hard “lip” to lift the cap off a bottle.

Since the #Canon #TopShot winds the film all the way back in when it’s full, I thought I might use this concept to design and 3D-print a film canister opener.

It’s bulkier than it needs to be, and the tolerances still need a bit of tweaking. But yeah, it works.

#FreeCAD #filmDevelopment #filmPhotography #35mm #SureShotSupreme #Autoboy3

A few years back, the latest #3dPrinting craze was bottle openers with an integrated coin as a hard “lip” to lift the cap off a bottle.

Since the #Canon #TopShot winds the film all the way back in when it’s full, I thought I might use this concept to design and 3D-print a film canister opener.

It’s bulkier than it needs to be, and the tolerances still need a bit of tweaking. But yeah, it works.

#FreeCAD #filmDevelopment #filmPhotography #35mm #SureShotSupreme #Autoboy3

A few years back, the latest #3dPrinting craze was bottle openers with an integrated coin as a hard “lip” to lift the cap off a bottle.

Since the #Canon #TopShot winds the film all the way back in when it’s full, I thought I might use this concept to design and 3D-print a film canister opener.

It’s bulkier than it needs to be, and the tolerances still need a bit of tweaking. But yeah, it works.

#FreeCAD #filmDevelopment #filmPhotography #35mm #SureShotSupreme #Autoboy3

A few years back, the latest #3dPrinting craze was bottle openers with an integrated coin as a hard “lip” to lift the cap off a bottle.

Since the #Canon #TopShot winds the film all the way back in when it’s full, I thought I might use this concept to design and 3D-print a film canister opener.

It’s bulkier than it needs to be, and the tolerances still need a bit of tweaking. But yeah, it works.

#FreeCAD #filmDevelopment #filmPhotography #35mm #SureShotSupreme #Autoboy3

Il y a 1 an et demi, j'entamais la conception d'un nouveau zoetrope que j'ai appelé le K2.
Aujourd'hui, il est terminé à 98%. C'est un gros prototype (POC Proof of Concept).
Cette expérience m'amène à développer un nouveau le K3 qui réutilise les innovations du K2 mais plus esthétique.
Plus de détails sur cette page de blog
https://3dminfographie.com/fr/blog/zoetrope-k2
#zoetrope #K2 #3d #blender #freecad #poc #conception #cairo #jenny #funky

#AlmaLinux Rolls Out Creative Installer For #Linux, an #opensource 1-click tool that installs 30+ professional creative apps including #Blender, #DaVinci Resolve, #GIMP, #Krita, #Inkscape, #FreeCAD, #Kdenlive, #OBS Studio, #Ardour and #Audacity

www.opensourceforu.com/2026/07/alma...

AlmaLinux Rolls Out Open Sourc...

#AlmaLinux Rolls Out Creative Installer For #Linux, an #opensource 1-click tool that installs 30+ professional creative apps including #Blender, #DaVinci Resolve, #GIMP, #Krita, #Inkscape, #FreeCAD, #Kdenlive, #OBS Studio, #Ardour and #Audacity

https://www.opensourceforu.com/2026/07/almalinux-rolls-out-open-source-creative-installer-for-linux/

Hackaday Links: July 12, 2026

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

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