FreeCAD 0.19 QUICK TIP - Extend the PART Toolbar with additional tools (Sketch, Array)

Some users (including myself) have preferred the Part Design workbench instead of the Part workbench because of the nice inclusion of the sketcher.
But you can easily add the "Create a sketch" tool as well to your Part interface, as well as the Draft array features.
So, happy sketching in the Part WB.

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[funkysod]

This really puts the spotlight on how customizable freecad really is. New users need to see these features. This was another very good video, thanks!

[lewiscobb]

Flowie - where have you been ? We're all waiting for lots of awesome English freecad videos here 😂
Thanks for this video - I was wondering about the caliper tool in the manipulator workbench and using it in the part design workbench. Maybe this approach would work for that too? Cheers from Canada 😊

[HexenzirkelZuluhed]

This is quite useful. I'll include this in my setup, thank you.

[RexR]

@flowwies corner EN, Thank you for the work and effort you do in creating these great Tips and Tutorials. Please make more, Love the videos and thank you for your time to do all this and share it with the world.

[ronjones]

Cool! Thanks. You are an excellent teacher.

[aubiejazz]

I am a newbie to FreeCAD and you have revealed a super way to build my own customized Workbench. And you have helped me understand better the way FreeCAD is built. THANKS!

[FilterYT]

I like these concise, informative videos. Thanks!

[TasosX]

Very helpful video. With these amazing teaching skills maybe you could make a 5 star deep dish car wheel? 28mm outer diameter 2mmx3mm center hole ?

[romank]

Very handy and time saving.👍
Directly after watching your video I ran to my computer and I tried to get the offset command from the draft wb to the sketcher wb, it worked but in the hierarchy tree and made a copy called wire. That copy can be extruded, but can not be used within the sketcher wb like genuine sketches. Sadly.

[schogaia]

The part workbench is really powerful but I'm a fan of the part design workbench and switching workbenches has caused issues for me in the past

[baldpolnareff]

Will you ever make a full YouTube course on FreeCAD? I'd rather not use Solidworks

[lauriehartley]

Terrific tutorial - have you also customised the colour of your shapes and their “lines”?
Regarding the Array feature in the draft workbench - Having that in the Assembly menus would also be very helpful and is something I am going to try.
I think for someone coming from a different system as you have you have looked at FreeCAD with an open mind and discovered that it is a tremendous programme.

[henrymach]

I always wonder why certain tools are in the draft workbench.

[arnehansen]

Nice feature but following your instruction the toolbar only work with sketcher but not with draft when I shift to draft for the first time it works but when closing down Freecad and restart it don't work ? what is the course and what is the procedure to solve this problem, that tried several time using freecad 0.19 version 23546