Translations:Basic Part Design Tutorial 019/10/en

From FreeCAD Documentation
  • This tutorial will provide detailed instructions when it describes an operation for the first time. Subsequent operations will have a more concise description. When in doubt, find the operation that contains the more detailed description. For instance, when creating a sketch for the first time the process of choosing the sketch plane will be explained in detail, for subsequent sketches it will not.
  • All mentioned tools can be accessed from toolbars and from the menu.
  • This tutorial assumes that Auto constraints in the Sketcher's Edit controls window is checked. This ensures that some constraints are applied automatically. Otherwise you will need to apply them yourself.
  • If the Sketcher Solver detects a redundant constraint it will turn the sketch orange in color. Before further constraints are added, redundant constraints should be removed. Redundant constraints are shown in the task panel, click the blue reference and press Delete.
  • The color mentioned above is a default color, it can be changed in the preferences. The same applies to the other colors mentioned in this tutorial.
  • You exit a Sketcher drawing tool by pressing the Esc key or by right-clicking an empty area of the 3D view. The mouse cursor will change to the standard arrow cursor. If you press Esc an additional time you will exit sketch edit mode. To return to the editor, click the Model tab, then either double-click the Sketch element in the Tree view, or right-click it and select Edit sketch from the context menu. To avoid leaving edit mode when pressing Esc too often, change the Esc can leave sketch edit mode preference, see Sketcher Preferences.
  • It's possible that some elements in a task panel, for instance the OK button, are not visible if the panel is not wide enough. You can make it wider by dragging its right border. Place your mouse pointer over the border, when the pointer changes to a two-way arrow, hold down the left mouse button and drag.
  • A >> button in a toolbar indicates that the toolbar is truncated. You can either use the mentioned button to expand it, or move the toolbar to a position where more room is available. To move a toolbar place your mouse pointer over the grip before the first icon in the toolbar, hold down the left mouse button and drag.
  • During the v0.21 development cycle a new icon was introduced for the Sketcher Create polyline tool: . The old icon looks like this: . In this tutorial we will use the new icon.
  • See Part Design Workbench Concepts for some conceptual background.
  • See the Sketcher WorkBench for a more detailed explanation of some of the terminology used here.