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… from master sketch to main part of the enclosure.

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

#FreeCAD
#3dprinting

… 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

#FreeCAD people, I need to make many pockets with the same shape. They have to be positioned in specific coplanar positions and orientations that have to be set up with constraints.

What's the best way to do this? I don't want to have unrelated duplicates: editing one sketch should update all pockets.

@christopherkunz
#FreeCAD This App evolves really fast.
See also the new Design for Manufacturing (DFM) Workbench.

Tutorials: https://wiki.freecad.org/Tutorials
Video Tutorials: https://wiki.freecad.org/Video_tutorials

I released this full set of Roadshow/Funhouse gears last year. I'm glad to see they are still in good shape after a year. I also have the original prototype that just has the middle gear and that's in one piece too.

Links:
Middle gear: https://www.printables.com/model/1226708-funhouse-road-show-animatronic-head-jaw-gear-03-84
Sector gear: https://www.printables.com/model/1241735-funhouse-road-show-animatronic-head-sector-gear-03

Middle gear was made with #openscad, the sector gear with #freecad, printed of PETG

#pinball #3dprinting

I ♥️ tidy master sketches in #FreeCAD

I use a PartDesign Body as a container for the master sketches. This makes using binders w/ offsets easier. The "X-ed" rectangles stand for off-the-shelf electronics parts.

I ♥️ tidy master sketches in #FreeCAD

I use a PartDesign Body as a container for the master sketches. This makes using binders w/ offsets easier. The "X-ed" rectangles stand for off-the-shelf electronics parts.

RE: https://social.freecad.org/@freecad/117235682534967966

I'm so impressed with this and so pleased to write it up... yet I understand so little about EM?High frequency stuff! Awesome that #FreeCAD can have these things developed in the community though. Proper power of #opensource

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

Is it worth taxing what I have left for brain cells to learn #freecad for my #woodworking hobby..?

Is it worth taxing what I have left for brain cells to learn #freecad for my #woodworking hobby..?

Is it worth taxing what I have left for brain cells to learn #freecad for my #woodworking hobby..?

Moved them to the front face. Now to add some sexy fillets and fire up the printer.

#FreeCAD

Moved them to the front face. Now to add some sexy fillets and fire up the printer.

#FreeCAD

Moved them to the front face. Now to add some sexy fillets and fire up the printer.

#FreeCAD

Moved them to the front face. Now to add some sexy fillets and fire up the printer.

#FreeCAD

Moved them to the front face. Now to add some sexy fillets and fire up the printer.

#FreeCAD

Years ago a friend gave me a bit of hardware that provided 8 ADC channels through a parallel port. I never used it, and recently needed to get 6 channels of IO to an fpga that has a 25 pin cable coming out of it, for the CNC mill, and it works for that but needs some protection from being sprayed with metal chips. Now it has at least something: sliding top and snap on bottom. Design in #freecad print in PLA

Years ago a friend gave me a bit of hardware that provided 8 ADC channels through a parallel port. I never used it, and recently needed to get 6 channels of IO to an fpga that has a 25 pin cable coming out of it, for the CNC mill, and it works for that but needs some protection from being sprayed with metal chips. Now it has at least something: sliding top and snap on bottom. Design in #freecad print in PLA

Years ago a friend gave me a bit of hardware that provided 8 ADC channels through a parallel port. I never used it, and recently needed to get 6 channels of IO to an fpga that has a 25 pin cable coming out of it, for the CNC mill, and it works for that but needs some protection from being sprayed with metal chips. Now it has at least something: sliding top and snap on bottom. Design in #freecad print in PLA

Years ago a friend gave me a bit of hardware that provided 8 ADC channels through a parallel port. I never used it, and recently needed to get 6 channels of IO to an fpga that has a 25 pin cable coming out of it, for the CNC mill, and it works for that but needs some protection from being sprayed with metal chips. Now it has at least something: sliding top and snap on bottom. Design in #freecad print in PLA

Years ago a friend gave me a bit of hardware that provided 8 ADC channels through a parallel port. I never used it, and recently needed to get 6 channels of IO to an fpga that has a 25 pin cable coming out of it, for the CNC mill, and it works for that but needs some protection from being sprayed with metal chips. Now it has at least something: sliding top and snap on bottom. Design in #freecad print in PLA

Having fun designing a cowling for the steering column on the Stupid Car to print later. Having a bit of trouble working out how to attach the two halves.

#FreeCAD

Having fun designing a cowling for the steering column on the Stupid Car to print later. Having a bit of trouble working out how to attach the two halves.

#FreeCAD

Having fun designing a cowling for the steering column on the Stupid Car to print later. Having a bit of trouble working out how to attach the two halves.

#FreeCAD

Having fun designing a cowling for the steering column on the Stupid Car to print later. Having a bit of trouble working out how to attach the two halves.

#FreeCAD

Having fun designing a cowling for the steering column on the Stupid Car to print later. Having a bit of trouble working out how to attach the two halves.

#FreeCAD

I've got the laser cut parts from the machinist and they're looking really good! I installed one so far.

#FreeCAD #musicians

I've got the laser cut parts from the machinist and they're looking really good! I installed one so far.

#FreeCAD #musicians

I've got the laser cut parts from the machinist and they're looking really good! I installed one so far.

#FreeCAD #musicians

I've got the laser cut parts from the machinist and they're looking really good! I installed one so far.

#FreeCAD #musicians

Re that earlier toot about the tiny spirit level done in @freecad ... the design files are now over on the public instance of @manyfold here https://3dprint.social/models/5vm1wnlqn92n

#tools #freecad #manyfold #fediverse #LevelUp (cc @rc2014 )

Re that earlier toot about the tiny spirit level done in @freecad ... the design files are now over on the public instance of @manyfold here https://3dprint.social/models/5vm1wnlqn92n

#tools #freecad #manyfold #fediverse #LevelUp (cc @rc2014 )

Re that earlier toot about the tiny spirit level done in @freecad ... the design files are now over on the public instance of @manyfold here https://3dprint.social/models/5vm1wnlqn92n

#tools #freecad #manyfold #fediverse #LevelUp (cc @rc2014 )

Re that earlier toot about the tiny spirit level done in @freecad ... the design files are now over on the public instance of @manyfold here https://3dprint.social/models/5vm1wnlqn92n

#tools #freecad #manyfold #fediverse #LevelUp (cc @rc2014 )

Re that earlier toot about the tiny spirit level done in @freecad ... the design files are now over on the public instance of @manyfold here https://3dprint.social/models/5vm1wnlqn92n

#tools #freecad #manyfold #fediverse #LevelUp (cc @rc2014 )

This morning little @freecad sidequest #tool! #making #freecad #3dprinting

This morning little @freecad sidequest #tool! #making #freecad #3dprinting

This morning little @freecad sidequest #tool! #making #freecad #3dprinting

This morning little @freecad sidequest #tool! #making #freecad #3dprinting

This morning little @freecad sidequest #tool! #making #freecad #3dprinting

🚀 CADBase v0.3.2: Fully Open Source!

A digital platform for sharing, versioning, and viewing 3D models with early RBAC and API access.

All core components are now public:
🖥️ Frontend (MIT)
⚙️ Backend (AGPLv3)
🛢️ DB Schema (PostgreSQL)

What's new:
• STEP format + viewer improvements
• RBAC + API keys
• Security hardening

Also check out our add-ons for FreeCAD & Blender!

🔗 Platform: https://app.cadbase.rs/
🔗 GitLab: https://gitlab.com/cadbase/

#OpenSource #RustLang #WebAssembly #CAD #FreeCAD #Blender3D #BIM #FLOSS

🚀 CADBase v0.3.2: Fully Open Source!

A digital platform for sharing, versioning, and viewing 3D models with early RBAC and API access.

All core components are now public:
🖥️ Frontend (MIT)
⚙️ Backend (AGPLv3)
🛢️ DB Schema (PostgreSQL)

What's new:
• STEP format + viewer improvements
• RBAC + API keys
• Security hardening

Also check out our add-ons for FreeCAD & Blender!

🔗 Platform: https://app.cadbase.rs/
🔗 GitLab: https://gitlab.com/cadbase/

#OpenSource #RustLang #WebAssembly #CAD #FreeCAD #Blender3D #BIM #FLOSS

🚀 CADBase v0.3.2: Fully Open Source!

A digital platform for sharing, versioning, and viewing 3D models with early RBAC and API access.

All core components are now public:
🖥️ Frontend (MIT)
⚙️ Backend (AGPLv3)
🛢️ DB Schema (PostgreSQL)

What's new:
• STEP format + viewer improvements
• RBAC + API keys
• Security hardening

Also check out our add-ons for FreeCAD & Blender!

🔗 Platform: https://app.cadbase.rs/
🔗 GitLab: https://gitlab.com/cadbase/

#OpenSource #RustLang #WebAssembly #CAD #FreeCAD #Blender3D #BIM #FLOSS

🚀 CADBase v0.3.2: Fully Open Source!

A digital platform for sharing, versioning, and viewing 3D models with early RBAC and API access.

All core components are now public:
🖥️ Frontend (MIT)
⚙️ Backend (AGPLv3)
🛢️ DB Schema (PostgreSQL)

What's new:
• STEP format + viewer improvements
• RBAC + API keys
• Security hardening

Also check out our add-ons for FreeCAD & Blender!

🔗 Platform: https://app.cadbase.rs/
🔗 GitLab: https://gitlab.com/cadbase/

#OpenSource #RustLang #WebAssembly #CAD #FreeCAD #Blender3D #BIM #FLOSS

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

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

@SallyStrange @roguefoam

#FreeCAD seems to be the most capable #FOSS #CAD package out there. #OpenSCAD looks nice, but it's more like a programming language.

#TinkerCAD is easy, but it's not FOSS, and they have a stinking #BindingArbitration clause now. 🤦‍♂️

#Blender is extremely capable, but not really meant for solid modeling, from what I can tell.

@ianp5a @LovesTha I've managed to mash-up a few designs (like attaching #gridfinity bases to existing designs) in #tinkercad but so far my experiences with #freecad have been frustrating. I suspect once there are more tutorials for the latest release that will help but for a novice like me tinkercad works really well. The advantage of adding the handles to a parametric baseplate in #openscad was I didn't have to redo for each grid layout.

I had a rare weekend of peace and quiet (aside from the dogs) so I spent some time playing with #FreeCAD. Sadly I wasn't able to get constraints to work so I returned to #tinkercad which allowed me to get to my first design scoped out in about 5 minutes. It has promise and the latest version certainly feels modern. However when the UI doesn't match the tutorials or documentation its quote confusing for a newbie like me. #3dprinting