FreeCAD Tutorial for Beginners

This is a CAD tutorial for the free application FreeCAD. The tutorial is for beginners to the program and I show the part design mode to point out the differecne to modeling applictions like Blender or Maya because you create a 2d sketch first and extrude the model from this.

It is an introduction for beginners to freecad, please let me know if you are interested in more CAD tutorials.

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[YeiBalam]

For anyone in 2024 that is seeing this. The Auto Remove Redundants option for constraints can be found under Edit > Preferences > Sketcher > Genera, l it its the first option shown. Also, the grid can be turned on from the top right corner by clicking the grid like looking icon, hope this is useful!

[OnnieKoski]

Just got my first 3D printer and I can’t wait to start making my own original designs. Thank you for making this!

[baumkuchen]

I hope FreeCAD gets more love after Autodesk revealed it's corporate greedface once again.

[Cwiiis]

This is an amazing tutorial, no waffling or superfluous information, gives you the basic information you need as succinctly as possible and assumes the viewer has used a computer before. I picked this one because it was 6 minutes, as opposed to the often 30 minute or longer tutorials elsewhere, and it was exactly what I'd hoped for :)

[maximthemagnificent]

New Fusion 360 refugee here, and I have to say this was a great introduction. Thanks a lot.

[GERntleMAN]

For years I've been trying to use something else than SketchUp and I've tried numerous Tutorials. Never get to understand HOW you have to approach designing in the software. Watched this video and it instantly became clear. Thank you!

[okobloko]

The most concise - get you moving - tutorial for FreeCAD there is.

[maxg]

Started out with CAD in general and FreeCAD specifically; the tutorial is nice to follow and I created the object as described. The only thing missing was 'making the body active' in order to add the bevel/chamfer to a face. (Go to model and right-click the body and "toggle active body".

[SC-qxkj]

Thank you for making the video which helps a lot. As a diehard AutoCad user, I must say FreeCAD is quite user unfriendly. Many operations left me scratching my head why it happened or how to correct errors. Even following exactly what the video had shown may not produce the same results. Many were done only by accident or trial and error.

[oneeyedphotographer]

I could just about understand this, the previous "beginner" tutorial was incomprehensible. All _I_ want is to be able to plan how to cut up bits of wood and join them together.

[CyberCatO]

I've never touched FreeCAD in my life, I just come back to these tutorials every so often bc its like asmr to me

[crazypict]

I am really a beginner in CAD so I love to have more demos like this one!
Please make it simple!

[SpaceMarshalGyorni]

This is fantastic, thank you so much. One suggestion to make future tutorials even better: Perhaps you could add some highlighter to your mouse cursor. I often found myself having to go back a few seconds to find out exactly what you clicked on. Having a highlighted cursor and ideally some additional highlight for clicks would make this absolutely perfect.

[UHStudio]

Nice to see you doing some freecad tutorials!!! The more exposure that this hidden gem of a program can get the better! Looking forward to more

[louisbowels]

CAD software always scared me and looked pretty complex but this small tutorial was enough to give me the confidence to start dinking around with it. The least I could do is leave a comment saying thanks

[ColinTCS]

Would definitely like to see more on this and how it could be used in conjunction with Blender.

[alessandrog]

best tutorial ever! straight to the point I really need of a shape like this

[theegg-viator]

Yes! More Freecad.. The real “non-destructive” modeling 😸

[hansisbrucker]

I didn't know about the symmetry constraint. Lifesaver 😀

[stephenwhitehead]

The first freecad tutorial i have watched and i have to ask as the others have, can we have some more please. you explained it very well and made it easy to follow.