![]() can be changed, and will affect what you see on screen), but it is still really a conceptual object. Look at where the ‘right_assembly’ group is exploded out and you’ll see under each group we have several ‘body’ objects: right_bracket, right_middle, right_front etc.Ī body is a little like a group, only can be manipulated (it’s x, y, z coordinates, or it’s visibility etc. Looking at the image above you can see in the object tree on the left that we have the main file ‘garden_sofa_32mm_boards’ and under that we have several ‘groups’: left_assembly, middle_assembly, right_assembly etc.Ī group is just like a ‘folder’, it does not appear in your drawing it just allows you to keep similar objects together in one place. On the toolbar there is a pulldown list of workbenches, select ‘Part Design’ from that pull down. ![]() You’ll need to start with the ‘Part Design’ workbench. The first concept you need to understand is ‘workbenches’.įreeCAD has multiple ‘workbenches’ which are essentially ‘themes’ that change the types of buttons, icons and views which are easily accessible. You can download the FreeCAD sofa design here.įirstly here’s a screenshot of FreeCAD with the project open :įreeCAD Sofa Project How to start with FreeCAD Workbenches To help people like me (programmers with an Engineering background) get started with FreeCAD I’m quickly documenting a project I had to make a garden sofa out of decking boards. I think probably there’s only really Blender that has a worse learning curve. However it is (because it’s free) not the easiest application to get started with. If you’re looking to just CAD up a quick project then FreeCAD is probably your go to application. There are far better CAD applications such as AutoCAD or SolidWorks but they are pretty much the exact opposite of free. FreeCad is a free ( as in beer) CAD application.
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