Soluções alternativas
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Introdução
The goal of this article is to list some currently missing features in FreeCAD and provide workarounds for them. It can be helpful for new users who can't find a particular functionality in FreeCAD.
Soluções alternativas para a Bancada de trabalho Sketcher
| No. | Missing feature | Workarounds
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| 1 | Auto snap to objects (geometric centers, quadrants, extensions, intersections) |
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| 2 | Check geometric and mass properties of the sketch (area, center of mass, second moments of area and so on) |
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| 3 | 3D sketches |
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| 4 | View section tool showing filled cuts |
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| 5 | Diameter dimension with respect to a symmetry axis for revolved parts |
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| 6 | Dimension labels adapting to the rotation of the view to be always readable |
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| 7 | An option to hide the whole construction geometry in an active sketch |
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Soluções alternativas para as Bancadas de trabalho Part e Part Design
| No. | Missing feature | Workarounds
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| 1 | Check the geometric and mass properties of the model |
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| 2 | Display the center of mass of the model (part or assembly) |
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| 3 | Clipping plane that doesn't make the model look like it's hollow |
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| 4 | Creation of an axis on the intersection of 2 planes and a plane midway between two faces/points, possibly more variants for datum creation |
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| 5 | Automated midsurface extraction (for thin-walled parts) |
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| 6 | Project (map/wrap) sketches on non-planar (e.g. cylindrical) faces |
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| 7 | Select which part of the sketch to pad |
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| 8 | Fillets and chamfers that can consume adjacent faces/edges |
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| 9 | Variable radius for the PartDesign Fillet tool |
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| 10 | Parametric curves |
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| 11 | Cosmetic threads |
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| 12 | Partitions (splitting surfaces and volumes with sketches and datum planes while keeping the number of parts unchanged) |
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| 13 | Guide rails for Additive Pipe and Additive Loft or their equivalents in the Part Workbench |
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| 14 | Twist for PartDesign AdditivePipe or Part Sweep |
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| 15 | Bending existing parts |
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| 16 | Pattern along a curve |
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| 17 | Cut scope - cut tools affecting only selected part of the model |
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| 18 | Merging adjacent faces |
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| 19 | Datum points from coordinates |
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| 20 | A tool for automatic creation of ribs (structural reinforcements) |
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| 21 | A tool for automatic creation of domes |
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| 22 | Extending faces up to other faces (useful e.g. when extracting midsurfaces, as mentioned above) |
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| 23 | Fuzzy versions of Part Boolean operations (possibility to specify a tolerance for boolean union and other operations) |
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| 24 | PartDesign AdditiveLoft and PartDesign AdditivePipe with a possibility to use an open profile as the first or last section |
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| 25 | A tool to sweep a circular profile of a given diameter along a selected path |
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| 26 | Optional local coordinate system display for datum planes |
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Soluções alternativas para a Bancada de trabalho Draft
| No. | Missing feature | Workarounds
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| 1 | Snap to apparent intersections of curved edges, perpendicular extensions, arc extensions, geometric centers and tangent points |
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| 2 | Keyboard shortcuts for Draft Snap tools |
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| 3 | Automatically change the colors of objects back to 'normal' when removing them from the construction geometry group |
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| 4 | An option to quickly switch between the three main working planes and their projections at the selected point (for 3D drafting) |
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| 5 | AutoCAD-like command line input |
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| 6 | Hatch a region enclosed by wires |
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Soluções alternativas para a Bancada de trabalho TechDraw
| No. | Missing feature | Workarounds
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| 1 | Broken out and rotated/removed section views |
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| 2 | Auto diameter dimension on side views |
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| 3 | Manually add geometry to generated views |
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| 4 | Shaded views in drawings |
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| 5 | Ordinate dimensions |
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| 6 | Exclude ribs from hatching |
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| 7 | Export of TechDraw pages as PDF without making the text from the template (path text) unmarkable/unsearchable. |
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| 8 | Box selection of TechDraw objects |
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| 9 | Modify regular and section views using sketching tools |
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| 10 | Auxiliary views |
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Soluções alternativas para a Bancada de trabalho FEM
| No. | Missing feature | Workarounds
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| 1 | Beams with arbitrary cross-section |
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| 2 | Distributed load on beams |
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| 3 | Support for multiple meshes and thus possibility to define contact between touching (not separated) faces |
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| 4 | Advanced material models (hyperelasticity, creep and so on) |
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| 5 | Composite shells |
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| 6 | Simple creation of node and element sets as well as surfaces |
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| 7 | CalculiX keyword editor that can fold data lines and allow changes not only right before running the analysis |
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| 8 | Meshing with hexahedral elements |
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| 9 | Multistep analyses (e.g. preload for frequency/buckling analysis) |
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| 10 | Box selection of geometric entities for constraints |
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Soluções alternativas gerais
| No. | Missing feature | Workarounds
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| 1 | Improved appearance/rendering of 3D models |
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| 2 | Consistent selection order - some tools require the user to pick the geometric entity first while others allow selection after enabling the tool |
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| 3 | More GUI customization options - pie menus, different icon styles and themes and so on |
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| 4 | Advanced selection tools: selection by angle, inverting selection, improved filters and box selection, and so on |
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| 5 | Assembly workbench with an option to constrain parts to the origin and to datums |
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| 6 | More texturing options |
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| 7 | Highlight only the individual PartDesign feature in the 3D View when the corresponding operation is selected in the Tree View |
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| 8 | Select only the individual PartDesign feature in the Tree View when a corresponding element is selected in the 3D View. |
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| 9 | Freeform modeling |
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| 10 | Assembly component generators and calculators for: bolted and riveted connections, shafts, splines, keys, cams, gears (spur, bevel, worm), bearings, springs, belts and chains, pins, o-rings |
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| 11 | A tool for kinematic analysis on properly constrained sketches |
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| 12 | GD&T directly on 3D models - MBD approach |
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