Make any Shape on a Sphere in FreeCAD

Let's explore a method that allows for sketching on any desired location on a sphere in freeCAD.

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049
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[curtishuber]

Good video. One tip, if you need to flip the sketch around you can click on the sketch in the tree then in the Data tab under Attachment find Map Reversed and set to True.

[KenStupka]

Fantastic Job! Your FreeCAD videos are are the very best that I have seen (and I have viewed many, many).

The most common complaints that I have against FreeCAD videos made by others are: speaking too fast, moving the mouse too fast, not previewing the objective of their video. Far too many videos show the mechanics of executing a function without demonstrating how or where they might implement it; consequently, the inexperienced user is left with…."well that’s ok, but where would I use this, why is it important?" . You have masterfully eliminated all of these with professionally created videos - thank you so very much.

[robgoodsight]

neat explanation!
That "nope" was truly gold!

[yurikslalom]

Thanks for the video. Nice trick with a plane attached to the edge.

[mxandy]

I’ve been looking for this explanation for weeks! Thanks!

[TheOmega]

I learnd a lot in this video! Thank you!

[martinzieikjenogeenkeer]

It's lovely you added music to your explanation, but it distracts me terribly.

[Magestyx]

Thanks for the video. One big tip/request-
It'd be hugely helpful if you speak every tool/value you click on or enter. For beginners like me actually doing the steps at the same time, it's very difficult to follow along when actions are said with their generic terms or when they required multiple steps but only one general one would be said. Some tutorials I can follow with hardly any rewinds or strict visuals, but this one I had to do so a lot and go back to see exactly what you clicked on many many times.

[MarkFraserWeather]

Doesn't "Flip sides" flip to the other side of the datum plane?

[kessedk]

Great explanation of how to schetch on the edge of somthing. I always just set it to sort of the edge with the offset. This is a much nicer way to do it as the datumplains wil follow if the size is changed on the sphere!

[kozko-xexl]

Bravo!! I like a lot, simple and sober, pro level here, thank you very much, really appreciate hug from France.Suscribed.

[pavel]

Thank you. Great job. I prefer you stay with your mouse over a menu before clicking on it. It was rather hard to understand crucial parts. Also, more explanation would be welcomed.

[Magestyx]

Those datum creations are mega picky on what is clicked on and in exactly what order, and mine didn't seem to auto-show or auto-set some values and such. My freecad wasn't behaving like this one and it took numerous tries to get the blasted attachment set correctly.
I like added features as things progress but am finding freecad apparently changes core tools regularly and significantly. Some tutorials I have to look up what is the new/different tool to replace what is being demonstrated - and it can take longer than the video itself. I wish devs understood that really hurts the learning curve. Add and improve - don't scramble and rearrange.