FreeCad Project Box Tutorial

This is a very brief introduction into the capabilities of FreeCad software.

[stephenbell]

Thank you for this video. So, refreshing to have an English speaking individual, without an accent and no speaking inside an echo chamber. You have produced the very best instructional video on this topic that I could find. Well done!

[majicMix]

You have no idea how many hours and articles I have gone through to try to get a wall built; and all I needed was the thickness icon. I just started learning freeCAD and thought I was an idiot for not knowing how to make a simple box. LOL. Thanks OP.

[jamesvictor]

After going through half a dozen of these Freecad tutorial videos, fortunately I found yours. I am grateful you took the time to make this, thank you. I learned exactly what I needed to and I enjoy your style of presentation and explanation. I agree with you as someone who made a start with F360, for my needs Freecad is perfect. Thank you Autodesk, but I am now a Freecad fan. So much simpler and clearer. It was always a little unsettling that they pushed the 'benefits' of a cloud workflow. If it's so great, let me choose! The nail in the coffin was when they re-wrote the rules about what features the hobbyist user could access. I was initially sold on the notion that they supported amateurs learning, so that maybe if we become pros we could stump for the licence. F360 is phenomenal software, and I respect the needs of a business to do what they do, but peace out from me. The evolution of open source is always destined to marginalise commercial offering in time, and for me as a hobby maker, Freecad meets all my needs so I don't have to be at the mercy of corporate decision making

[David.Murdoch]

Man, this old version is so much better than whatever the new version is doing. It's like wverything has been tucked away inside menus inside more menus now.

[guillaumelombard]

This is awesome - I like the practicality of the tutorial and the ease of making a box. Thanks that was time well spent.

[lucasayb]

Thanks for this tutorial! After 3 years it still is so relevant and useful! Thank you very much!

[stevensnyder]

Excellent tutorial. Coming from an Autodesk background, I've found your intro to be the best I've seen. Thanks for taking the time to make this.

[anderslundolsen]

So nice that you show this at a moderate speed.

[gordonfrank]

Very good video on showing basics of Freecad to the hobbyist/maker. Also appreciate you talking through your moves as you made them.

[tednelson]

Thanks for this. It would have been very nice to see the box printed as you hinted you would.

[建中趙-dt]

I follow your intructions step by step。I finally finished it.Thank you very much.

[IsraelBrewster]

Apparently there have been some changes to the hole parameters since this was filmed. At least on the version I have, the options for Profile are ISO metric standard and ISO metric fine (as well as some UTS profiles), there is no "ISO Metric coarse" profile. I chose "standard". Also, with "threaded" checked, there is an additional option for "Model Thread". Without this checked, the holes did not work for the specified screw size (we'll see if checking that fixes the issue once my second print is complete). Finally, my research seems to indicate that you want a 6H class, not a 4G for "normal" usage - 4G would be tighter tolerance (which MIGHT be good). I'm not clear on the G vs H difference though. Perhaps my research is lacking?

That said, this video was still EXTREMELY helpful, and I am quite glad that it was made and that I found it.

[smithysspeedshop]

Great video. Learnt more in the one video than I did in a week elsewhere. Thank you

[txep]

This is the best one I've seen so far why are there so little likes

[jda]

Had some mild frustration with this. 1) in Edit --> Preferences, you must check "substitute decimal separator"; 2) AS SOON as you "Add PlaneCoincendent constraint" it lines them up and no further action is required (i.e. you can close the popup window). With these two problems, I was failing to see why I couldn't proceed. It wasn't until I started the project over from scratch that I got that clarity. This is nuance that OP probably couldn't account for, so no shade.

[andrewluger]

Nice job Tim! I learned something Thanks

[oneglimmer]

Truly great, super simple video. Very clear and easy to understand

[qualityphotos]

Hi Tim ... came across your 2nd video showing how to output this box to STL mesh for printing with Cura ... had to look this one up. Thank you for taking the time to create these two videos ... they are perfectly paced ... your presentation style is excellent.

[joe-cmhy]

Tim, thank you very much. Simple, very clear and so easy to follow. I have made quite a few in various sizes.
Is there a chance you could make a video for a circular enclosure with the same type of lid arrangement with 2 screw posts?
Again. Thank you for the video.

[ryanwright]

Awesome. This is exactly what I was looking for.