Design456 Workbench

Introduction


The Design456 workbench is an External workbench that plans to implement a Direct Modeling methodology in FreeCAD. Think 'push and pull geometry' that one finds in CAD suites like SketchUp and Fusion360.

Background
Traditionally, FreeCAD employs a Parametric Modeling methodology which is a powerful and scalable approach. It is also has been an industry standard.

Installation
Download the Design456 workbench via the Addon Manager

2D Drawing and manipulation tools

 * [[Image:Design456_3Point.svg|32px]] Design456 Arc3Points: Use this tool to create an Arc from 3 verticies.
 * [[Image:MultiPointsToWireClosed.svg|32px]] MultiPointsToWireClose: Use this tool to create a series of lines between points selected in series. The order of selection will decide how the lines are arranged. The lines then will be closed and a surface will be created.


 * [[Image:Design456_MultiPointsToWireOpen.svg|32px]] MultiPointsToWireOpen: Use this tool to create a series of lines between points selected in series. The order of selection will decide how the lines are arranged. The lines then will be open, but no surface is created.