Design456 Workbench
This workbench is under heavy development
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 Tools → Addon Manager
References
- Developer: @MariwanJ (Mariwan Jalal)
- Github: https://github.com/MariwanJ/Design456
- Discussion: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=54893
Tools
2D Drawing and manipulation tools
- Design456 3Point: Use this tool to create an Arc. The points you choose or select could be from other shapes for example a cube, or they could be just points you put on any plane (delete them later). You can combine several planes to get a curve crossing several planes. This tool is useful if you want to use it with surface tool to create a new surface. Any three points should be sufficient to create the arc. Combining two arcs could be used to make a circle also.
User documentation
- Getting started
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