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FreeCAD

2017-04-05T09:07:52Z

Eduopensource:

{{RightTOC}}
[[Category:FreeCAD]]
[[Category:CAD]]
[[Category:Digital Fabrication]]
[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Open Source Software]]
See 3/7/16 update on OSE FreeCAD Workbenches -

<html><iframe width="400" height="220" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TqVqmr37d4w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></html>

=FreeCAD Downloads=

{{Hint|The [[OSE Linux]] distribution is a complete distribution which includes all development software for OSE, and FreeCAD is a staple of that stack}}

See http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Download to choose the correct build for your Operating System.

=Learning FreeCAD=
{{Hint|The official OSE tutorials Page on this wiki is [[OSE FreeCAD Tutorials]]}}

=Current Work=
Tractor Construction Set Specification for FreeCAD.

<html><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OAIN7W4XFJbo_5YN4NY6XOWIE0JkqugDl39-ZV6DmYQ/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="480" height="299" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></html>

==Strategy==
Collaborate with open source support institutes such as [[INRIA]] to develop FreeCAD to open source product development standards.

=Original Specification=
*See [[FreeCAD Specification]]
*FreeCAD is based on the [[Open Cascade Technology]] CAD kernel

=FreeCAD Review=
See [[FreeCAD Assessment]]

<html><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XKz1N8huJ9oMHd4q7tu_H1qpQv0m-dKWFNFkhuZpROU/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="480" height="299" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></html>

=OSE FreeCAD Needs=
See [[FreeCAD Scripts]] for the list of top 10 instructionals that are needed.

==Action Plan==

* Recruit software developer to analyze FreeCAD and build with/upon their work. Short-term Objective: Get Assembly Module Working.
* Document FreeCAD source code in github repository.
* Document FreeCAD's code structure. (some preliminary work available at https://github.com/qingfengxia/FreeCAD_Mod_Dev_Guide)

=Process for Developing FreeCAD Instructionals=
<html><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gTarsYBnTvo9-RpOXPwlwF8TvtwpxkeG_GirJiG-d4Y/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="720" height="480" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></html>

=FreeCAD Architecture Tutorials=
==Arch Workbench==
How to design this structure in FreeCAD is here - [http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Arch_tutorial] -

<html><iframe src="http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/images/2/2b/Arch_tutorial_47.jpg" height=500 width=1070></iframe></html>

==Drawing Building Panels==
<html><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DbjSP8w3jpbiEycbV00kb-R7G225j6tuHybGQAu1BSY/pub?embedded=true" height=500 width=800></iframe></html>

==Overview==
<html><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RYJyJn84nuk8tJ8GunBMnv7ZrI36P6gSUGPGDR_2O6w/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="960" height="569" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></html>

=More Basics of FreeCAD from Yorik=
<html><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YjqZ8O8vHV7XeAljkNk96yEFxc_r2M80Q5unb2zEgb8/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="960" height="569" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></html>

=3D Printing Tutorial for FreeCAD=
<html><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1f88Zc4V9oJTwOSdmCAO24ykG3BM94yw3Pru5od5GBjI/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="480" height="275" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></html>

=Architecture in FreeCAD=
<html></html>

=Producing Build Instructionals with FreeCAD=
<html>
<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1X_g7EXiR2aOJ11ZeSljg8qE92sjbKotnQYzQXLOavpw/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="480" height="275" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></html>

=Import from Proprietary Formats=
*AutoCAD dwg - import appears to be available - [http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=FreeCAD_and_DWG_Import]
=FreeCAD Instructionals=
See [[FreeCAD Instructionals]]

=OSE FreeCAD Documentation=

I (Mark Norton) have created a very simply, introductory guide to FreeCAD. It only covers the very basics at this point, but we can expand on it as needed. - [[User:Mjn]]

[[File:FreeCAD-3.pdf]]

This document covers the following topics:

* Views
* Workshops
* Sizing a Primitive Part
* Positioning a Part
* Making a Cut
* Combining Parts
* Rotating a Part
* Extrusion

See also, FreeCAD Documentation and Tutorials [http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=Main_Page].

=OSE FreeCAD Requirements=
For OSE to use FreeCAD for all of its design needs, these are the functions required. Do these exist? Please comment.

*Freehand drawing of shapes and extrusion (like Sketchup).[[Image:check.png]]
*Adding parameters to all of the shapes, so they can be modified. [[Image:check.png]]
*Modifying all parameters in 3D parametrically (typing in lengths) [[Image:check.png]]
*Modifying all parameters in 3D with the mouse (such as dragging corners, edges, and faces)

[https://github.com/ickby Response from FreeCAD developer ickby]: "This is not possible and will not be in the future. This kind of behavior needs quite advanced back-end functionality which is not provided by our geometric modeling kernel"

*Adding parameters in 3D parametrically (boolean operations)? [[Image:check.png]]
*Adding parameters in 3D by drawing them and extruding (mouse-based boolean operations)
*Adding parameters to shapes in 3D parametrically (such as drawing in new objects parametrically)?
*Adding parameters to shapes in 3D manually (such as drawing in new objects with a mounse)?
*For multiple objects, moving them with the mouse to arrange, mate, align them.

[https://github.com/ickby Response from FreeCAD developer ickby]: "That is not yet possible. The assembly workbench is in a very early design phase and still needs quite some time. That is true for basic functionality and integration into freecad workflows."

*Grouping and ungrouping objects into assemblies?

[https://github.com/ickby Response from FreeCAD developer ickby]: "not yet but will be possible with upcoming assembly workbench"

*Maintaining parametric nature of grouped objects?

[https://github.com/ickby Response from FreeCAD developer ickby]: "not yet, but will be possible with the upcoming assembly workbench"

Now for interoperability with other CAD packages:

*Importing multiple new objects into a drawing - one at a time?

[https://github.com/ickby Response from FreeCAD developer ickby]: 'currently you can only import whole files, not individual objects from a file'

*Importing multiple objects into a model - all at one time? [[Image:check.png]]
*Importing new objects while passing the parametric values into FreeCAD, such as with a STEP file?

=Tutorials=

==2015==
Obijuan - good set of 34 lessons, but in Spanish.

<html><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/k_s2LgxEtLY?list=PLmnz0JqIMEzUqEM-nxqhZoDaqszVXijOb" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></html>

==Bram De Vries, 2012==
Tutorials 1-8:

<html><iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/siqXdX2iwm4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></html>

==Path WorkBench==
Created by sliptonic (FreeCAD Path Workbench developer)
{{clear}}
<html><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ahx4eyW1k44?list=PLEuOia-QxyFInwRYDcLfgvZkxAVn1mo0i" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></html>

=Assembly Workbench=
Tutorial: http://freecad-tutorial.blogspot.com/2013/09/how-to-test-assembly-module.html

==Example==
<html><iframe width="260" height="115" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lfinO3EGXeo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></html>

=Contributors and Users=
From Kostas:
*Jürgen Riegel is the project founder, working for Daimler Chrysler, his free time is probably limited https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=User:Jriegel
*Werner Mayer is the most active developer in terms of commits, he is just awesome, I don't know what he does professionally but if some funding can get him to increase the time of his participation, this would definitely be a great investment of financial resources.
*Yorik is our architect: http://yorik.uncreated.net and he is already dedicating a lot of hours in the development of FreeCAD, since he is a free lancer he is probably quite flexible with time, so maybe he could implement special feature requests for FreeCAD even on a paid basis. FYI [https://www.patreon.com/yorikvanhavre Yorik van Havre] has a Patreon account.
*j-dowset, joined FreeCAD recently and has done a great work on improving blueprints creation in FreeCAD. A very appropriate task for him would be to implement a correct dimensioning system for blueprints. I believe he has the capabilities to implement any kind of feature with relatively short running in time and high quality.
*mrlukeparry is quite experienced with Qt and Coin3D so he can do a lot of GUI work. Being a student his free time is probably also limited except school vacations.
*Ickby has worked on a prototype for applying assembly constraints between parts. A special task for him would be to accelerate the implementation of the Assembly module after jriegel has finished with the basic framework/structure/design.
*tanderson69 is very good in OpenCascade, so he can work on difficult tasks that have to do with the CAD geometry kernel.
*Daniel Falck is the person to contact for CAM integration.
*Kostas - sketcher module.
----
*Yorik van Havre, Daniel Falck, and Brad Collette - Path Workbench
*Ian Rees - crowdfunded individual working on Drawing Workbench
*gCAD3D appears to be viable for CAD/CAM - [http://www.gcad3d.org/]
*Przemo Firszt, Bernd Hahnebach - CAE workbench
*Sebastian Hoogen - OpenSCAD workbench
*FEA, macros - psicofil, Lucio Gomez - [https://www.youtube.com/user/Lucimanu/videos]
*Cad1919 - Extreme User - is doing some of the most high level work in FreeCAD - cad1919 on YouTube - [https://www.youtube.com/user/cad1919/videos]
*61quick - 3D printing complete toolchain within FreeCAD - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv62eT2AibxjX3SY5qZsTeA]
*Lars G. - IGES files to house cross sections in architecture - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEst25rNFFQ]
*Kwasny - macro example of how to create an Icon in the workbench that allows you to draw a piston ring by clicking on the icon. This way, the macro (a set of commands) was actually turned into a tool - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBXlx7WyUA]
*Dan's Open Source Design Tools, with motto to be free from black-box CAx toolchains - [http://opensourcedesigntools.blogspot.com/]

=Uses of FreeCAD=
There are various cases of real-life usage of FreeCAD in commercial, research and educational contexts. Add as necessary:
*[http://gfxspeak.com/2010/07/06/dassault-systemes-joins-the-freecad-fight-2/| Dassault Systemes]
*[https://www.educators.co.uk/dollar-academy/ Dollar Academy (School)]
*[https://all3dp.com/freecad-tutorial-3d-printing/|FreeCad 3D Printing]

=Main Needs=
According to [http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/freecad-0-13-released], the main need for the project is documentation.

=FreeCAD Development=
==FreeCAD Bugtracker/Issue Queue==
<div style="background-color:lightgreen; border: #000 1px solid; width:50%;border-radius:5px;">
<rss>http://www.freecadweb.org/tracker/issues_rss.php?project_id=0</rss>
</div>

==Support FreeCAD==
* [https://www.patreon.com/yorikvanhavre Yorik van Havre] has a Patreon account. The more people donate the more possible for him to spend time on FreeCAD.
* Login to [https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD Github] and 'Star' the FreeCAD repo.

==Latest FreeCAD Feature Announcements==
* [http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewforum.php?f=9 Feature Announcements] thread in the FreeCAD forums.

==Latest FreeCAD Pull Requests==
* Pull requests are no longer announced via the forum, instead visit [https://github.com/freecad/freecad/pulls their GitHub repository pull request section]

==Multilingual FreeCAD forums==
* [http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewforum.php?f=11 Ask FreeCAD questions in your preferred language]

=Links=
* [[FreeCAD Survival Guide]] from [[Lasersaur]].
* Original [[FreeCAD Specification]] by Juergen Riegel
* [[FreeCAD Architecture Design]]
* Open Source Design Tools - [http://opensourcedesigntools.blogspot.com/]
* [[FreeCAD Video Scripts]]
* [http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=Main_Page Old SourceForge FreeCAD Website]

FreeCAD

2017-04-05T09:06:52Z

Eduopensource:

{{RightTOC}}
[[Category:FreeCAD]]
[[Category:CAD]]
[[Category:Digital Fabrication]]
[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Open Source Software]]
See 3/7/16 update on OSE FreeCAD Workbenches -

<html><iframe width="400" height="220" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TqVqmr37d4w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></html>

=FreeCAD Downloads=

{{Hint|The [[OSE Linux]] distribution is a complete distribution which includes all development software for OSE, and FreeCAD is a staple of that stack}}

See http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Download to choose the correct build for your Operating System.

=Learning FreeCAD=
{{Hint|The official OSE tutorials Page on this wiki is [[OSE FreeCAD Tutorials]]}}

=Current Work=
Tractor Construction Set Specification for FreeCAD.

<html><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OAIN7W4XFJbo_5YN4NY6XOWIE0JkqugDl39-ZV6DmYQ/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="480" height="299" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></html>

==Strategy==
Collaborate with open source support institutes such as [[INRIA]] to develop FreeCAD to open source product development standards.

=Original Specification=
*See [[FreeCAD Specification]]
*FreeCAD is based on the [[Open Cascade Technology]] CAD kernel

=FreeCAD Review=
See [[FreeCAD Assessment]]

<html><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XKz1N8huJ9oMHd4q7tu_H1qpQv0m-dKWFNFkhuZpROU/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="480" height="299" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></html>

=OSE FreeCAD Needs=
See [[FreeCAD Scripts]] for the list of top 10 instructionals that are needed.

==Action Plan==

* Recruit software developer to analyze FreeCAD and build with/upon their work. Short-term Objective: Get Assembly Module Working.
* Document FreeCAD source code in github repository.
* Document FreeCAD's code structure. (some preliminary work available at https://github.com/qingfengxia/FreeCAD_Mod_Dev_Guide)

=Process for Developing FreeCAD Instructionals=
<html><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gTarsYBnTvo9-RpOXPwlwF8TvtwpxkeG_GirJiG-d4Y/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="720" height="480" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></html>

=FreeCAD Architecture Tutorials=
==Arch Workbench==
How to design this structure in FreeCAD is here - [http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Arch_tutorial] -

<html><iframe src="http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/images/2/2b/Arch_tutorial_47.jpg" height=500 width=1070></iframe></html>

==Drawing Building Panels==
<html><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DbjSP8w3jpbiEycbV00kb-R7G225j6tuHybGQAu1BSY/pub?embedded=true" height=500 width=800></iframe></html>

==Overview==
<html><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RYJyJn84nuk8tJ8GunBMnv7ZrI36P6gSUGPGDR_2O6w/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="960" height="569" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></html>

=More Basics of FreeCAD from Yorik=
<html><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YjqZ8O8vHV7XeAljkNk96yEFxc_r2M80Q5unb2zEgb8/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="960" height="569" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></html>

=3D Printing Tutorial for FreeCAD=
<html><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1f88Zc4V9oJTwOSdmCAO24ykG3BM94yw3Pru5od5GBjI/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="480" height="275" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></html>

=Architecture in FreeCAD=
<html></html>

=Producing Build Instructionals with FreeCAD=
<html>
<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1X_g7EXiR2aOJ11ZeSljg8qE92sjbKotnQYzQXLOavpw/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="480" height="275" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></html>

=Import from Proprietary Formats=
*AutoCAD dwg - import appears to be available - [http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=FreeCAD_and_DWG_Import]
=FreeCAD Instructionals=
See [[FreeCAD Instructionals]]

=OSE FreeCAD Documentation=

I (Mark Norton) have created a very simply, introductory guide to FreeCAD. It only covers the very basics at this point, but we can expand on it as needed. - [[User:Mjn]]

[[File:FreeCAD-3.pdf]]

This document covers the following topics:

* Views
* Workshops
* Sizing a Primitive Part
* Positioning a Part
* Making a Cut
* Combining Parts
* Rotating a Part
* Extrusion

See also, FreeCAD Documentation and Tutorials [http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=Main_Page].

=OSE FreeCAD Requirements=
For OSE to use FreeCAD for all of its design needs, these are the functions required. Do these exist? Please comment.

*Freehand drawing of shapes and extrusion (like Sketchup).[[Image:check.png]]
*Adding parameters to all of the shapes, so they can be modified. [[Image:check.png]]
*Modifying all parameters in 3D parametrically (typing in lengths) [[Image:check.png]]
*Modifying all parameters in 3D with the mouse (such as dragging corners, edges, and faces)

[https://github.com/ickby Response from FreeCAD developer ickby]: "This is not possible and will not be in the future. This kind of behavior needs quite advanced back-end functionality which is not provided by our geometric modeling kernel"

*Adding parameters in 3D parametrically (boolean operations)? [[Image:check.png]]
*Adding parameters in 3D by drawing them and extruding (mouse-based boolean operations)
*Adding parameters to shapes in 3D parametrically (such as drawing in new objects parametrically)?
*Adding parameters to shapes in 3D manually (such as drawing in new objects with a mounse)?
*For multiple objects, moving them with the mouse to arrange, mate, align them.

[https://github.com/ickby Response from FreeCAD developer ickby]: "That is not yet possible. The assembly workbench is in a very early design phase and still needs quite some time. That is true for basic functionality and integration into freecad workflows."

*Grouping and ungrouping objects into assemblies?

[https://github.com/ickby Response from FreeCAD developer ickby]: "not yet but will be possible with upcoming assembly workbench"

*Maintaining parametric nature of grouped objects?

[https://github.com/ickby Response from FreeCAD developer ickby]: "not yet, but will be possible with the upcoming assembly workbench"

Now for interoperability with other CAD packages:

*Importing multiple new objects into a drawing - one at a time?

[https://github.com/ickby Response from FreeCAD developer ickby]: 'currently you can only import whole files, not individual objects from a file'

*Importing multiple objects into a model - all at one time? [[Image:check.png]]
*Importing new objects while passing the parametric values into FreeCAD, such as with a STEP file?

=Tutorials=

==2015==
Obijuan - good set of 34 lessons, but in Spanish.

<html><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/k_s2LgxEtLY?list=PLmnz0JqIMEzUqEM-nxqhZoDaqszVXijOb" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></html>

==Bram De Vries, 2012==
Tutorials 1-8:

<html><iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/siqXdX2iwm4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></html>

==Path WorkBench==
Created by sliptonic (FreeCAD Path Workbench developer)
{{clear}}
<html><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ahx4eyW1k44?list=PLEuOia-QxyFInwRYDcLfgvZkxAVn1mo0i" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></html>

=Assembly Workbench=
Tutorial: http://freecad-tutorial.blogspot.com/2013/09/how-to-test-assembly-module.html

==Example==
<html><iframe width="260" height="115" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lfinO3EGXeo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></html>

=Contributors and Users=
From Kostas:
*Jürgen Riegel is the project founder, working for Daimler Chrysler, his free time is probably limited https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=User:Jriegel
*Werner Mayer is the most active developer in terms of commits, he is just awesome, I don't know what he does professionally but if some funding can get him to increase the time of his participation, this would definitely be a great investment of financial resources.
*Yorik is our architect: http://yorik.uncreated.net and he is already dedicating a lot of hours in the development of FreeCAD, since he is a free lancer he is probably quite flexible with time, so maybe he could implement special feature requests for FreeCAD even on a paid basis. FYI [https://www.patreon.com/yorikvanhavre Yorik van Havre] has a Patreon account.
*j-dowset, joined FreeCAD recently and has done a great work on improving blueprints creation in FreeCAD. A very appropriate task for him would be to implement a correct dimensioning system for blueprints. I believe he has the capabilities to implement any kind of feature with relatively short running in time and high quality.
*mrlukeparry is quite experienced with Qt and Coin3D so he can do a lot of GUI work. Being a student his free time is probably also limited except school vacations.
*Ickby has worked on a prototype for applying assembly constraints between parts. A special task for him would be to accelerate the implementation of the Assembly module after jriegel has finished with the basic framework/structure/design.
*tanderson69 is very good in OpenCascade, so he can work on difficult tasks that have to do with the CAD geometry kernel.
*Daniel Falck is the person to contact for CAM integration.
*Kostas - sketcher module.
----
*Yorik van Havre, Daniel Falck, and Brad Collette - Path Workbench
*Ian Rees - crowdfunded individual working on Drawing Workbench
*gCAD3D appears to be viable for CAD/CAM - [http://www.gcad3d.org/]
*Przemo Firszt, Bernd Hahnebach - CAE workbench
*Sebastian Hoogen - OpenSCAD workbench
*FEA, macros - psicofil, Lucio Gomez - [https://www.youtube.com/user/Lucimanu/videos]
*Cad1919 - Extreme User - is doing some of the most high level work in FreeCAD - cad1919 on YouTube - [https://www.youtube.com/user/cad1919/videos]
*61quick - 3D printing complete toolchain within FreeCAD - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv62eT2AibxjX3SY5qZsTeA]
*Lars G. - IGES files to house cross sections in architecture - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEst25rNFFQ]
*Kwasny - macro example of how to create an Icon in the workbench that allows you to draw a piston ring by clicking on the icon. This way, the macro (a set of commands) was actually turned into a tool - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBXlx7WyUA]
*Dan's Open Source Design Tools, with motto to be free from black-box CAx toolchains - [http://opensourcedesigntools.blogspot.com/]

=Uses of FreeCAD=
There are various cases of real-life usage of FreeCAD in commercial, research and educational contexts. Add as necessary:
*[http://gfxspeak.com/2010/07/06/dassault-systemes-joins-the-freecad-fight-2/| Dassault Systemes]
*[https://www.educators.co.uk/dollar-academy/ | Dollar Academy (School)]
*[https://all3dp.com/freecad-tutorial-3d-printing/|FreeCad 3D Printing]

=Main Needs=
According to [http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/freecad-0-13-released], the main need for the project is documentation.

=FreeCAD Development=
==FreeCAD Bugtracker/Issue Queue==
<div style="background-color:lightgreen; border: #000 1px solid; width:50%;border-radius:5px;">
<rss>http://www.freecadweb.org/tracker/issues_rss.php?project_id=0</rss>
</div>

==Support FreeCAD==
* [https://www.patreon.com/yorikvanhavre Yorik van Havre] has a Patreon account. The more people donate the more possible for him to spend time on FreeCAD.
* Login to [https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD Github] and 'Star' the FreeCAD repo.

==Latest FreeCAD Feature Announcements==
* [http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewforum.php?f=9 Feature Announcements] thread in the FreeCAD forums.

==Latest FreeCAD Pull Requests==
* Pull requests are no longer announced via the forum, instead visit [https://github.com/freecad/freecad/pulls their GitHub repository pull request section]

==Multilingual FreeCAD forums==
* [http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewforum.php?f=11 Ask FreeCAD questions in your preferred language]

=Links=
* [[FreeCAD Survival Guide]] from [[Lasersaur]].
* Original [[FreeCAD Specification]] by Juergen Riegel
* [[FreeCAD Architecture Design]]
* Open Source Design Tools - [http://opensourcedesigntools.blogspot.com/]
* [[FreeCAD Video Scripts]]
* [http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=Main_Page Old SourceForge FreeCAD Website]

Useful Software Libraries

2016-07-24T12:24:27Z

Eduopensource:

{{Category=Software}}
=Data Visualization=

*TImelines - for planning or documentation - http://www.simile-widgets.org/timeline/
*http://www.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/
*Temporal data plots - http://www.simile-widgets.org/timeplot/
*http://www.simile-widgets.org/runway/

=Interior Design=
*Free software for interior design - http://www.sweethome3d.com/index.jsp

=Data & Word Processing=
* Open Source Office Suite Software - https://www.openoffice.org/

FreeCAD

2016-07-24T08:33:22Z

Eduopensource: Broken links removed, uses of FreeCAD added in.

See 3/7/16 update on OSE FreeCAD Workbenches -

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=Current Work=
Tractor Construction Set Specification for FreeCAD.

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==Strategy==
Collaborate with open source support institutes such as [[INRIA]] to develop FreeCAD to open source product deevlopment standards.

=Original Specification=
*See [[FreeCAD Specification]]
*FreeCAD is based on the [[Open Cascade Technology]] CAD kernel

=FreeCAD Review=
See [[FreeCAD Assessment]]

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=OSE Needs=
See [[FreeCAD Scripts]] for the list of top 10 instructionals that are needed.

=Process for Developing FreeCAD Instructionals=
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=FreeCAD Architecture Tutorials=
==Arch Workbench==
How to design this structure in FreeCAD is here - [http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Arch_tutorial] -

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==Drawing Building Panels==
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==Overview==
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=More Basics of FreeCAD from Yorik=
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=3D Printing Tutorial for FreeCAD=
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=Architecture in FreeCAD=
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=Producing Build Instructionals with FreeCAD=
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=FreeCAD Downloads=
See http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/?title=Download

=Import from Proprietary Formats=
*AutoCAD dwg - import appears to be available - [http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=FreeCAD_and_DWG_Import]
=FreeCAD Instructionals=
See [[FreeCAD Instructionals]]

=Action Plan=

Recruit software developer to analyze FreeCAD and build with/upon their work. Short-term Objective: Get Assembly Module Working.

Document FreeCAD source code in github repository.

Document FreeCAD's code structure.

=Info=

[http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=Main_Page FreeCAD Website]

=FreeCAD Bugtracker/Issue Queue=
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=OSE FreeCAD Documentation=

I (Mark Norton) have created a very simply, introductory guide to FreeCAD. It only covers the very basics at this point, but we can expand on it as needed. - [[User:Mjn]]

[[File:FreeCAD-3.pdf]]

This document covers the following topics:

* Views
* Workshops
* Sizing a Primitive Part
* Positioning a Part
* Making a Cut
* Combining Parts
* Rotating a Part
* Extrusion

See also, FreeCAD Documentation and Tutorials [http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=Main_Page].

=OSE FreeCAD Requirements=
For OSE to use FreeCAD for all of its design needs, these are the functions required. Do these exist? Please comment.

*Freehand drawing of shapes and extrusion (like Sketchup).[[Image:check.png]]
*Adding parameters to all of the shapes, so they can be modified. [[Image:check.png]]
*Modifying all parameters in 3D parametrically (typing in lengths) [[Image:check.png]]
*Modifying all parameters in 3D with the mouse (such as dragging corners, edges, and faces)

[https://github.com/ickby Response from FreeCAD developer ickby]: "This is not possible and will not be in the future. This kind of behavior needs quite advanced back-end functionality which is not provided by our geometric modeling kernel"

*Adding parameters in 3D parametrically (boolean operations)? [[Image:check.png]]
*Adding parameters in 3D by drawing them and extruding (mouse-based boolean operations)
*Adding parameters to shapes in 3D parametrically (such as drawing in new objects parametrically)?
*Adding parameters to shapes in 3D manually (such as drawing in new objects with a mounse)?
*For multiple objects, moving them with the mouse to arrange, mate, align them.

[https://github.com/ickby Response from FreeCAD developer ickby]: "That is not yet possible. The assembly workbench is in a very early design phase and still needs quite some time. That is true for basic functionality and integration into freecad workflows."

*Grouping and ungrouping objects into assemblies?

[https://github.com/ickby Response from FreeCAD developer ickby]: "not yet but will be possible with upcoming assembly workbench"

*Maintaining parametric nature of grouped objects?

[https://github.com/ickby Response from FreeCAD developer ickby]: "not yet, but will be possible with the upcoming assembly workbench"

Now for interoperability with other CAD packages:

*Importing multiple new objects into a drawing - one at a time?

[https://github.com/ickby Response from FreeCAD developer ickby]: 'currently you can only import whole files, not individual objects from a file'

*Importing multiple objects into a model - all at one time? [[Image:check.png]]
*Importing new objects while passing the parametric values into FreeCAD, such as with a STEP file?

=Tutorials=

==2015==
Obijuan - good set of 34 lessons, but in Spanish.

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==Bram De Vries, 2012==
Tutorials 1-8:

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[[Category:Open Source Software]]

=Assembly Workbench=
Tutorial: http://freecad-tutorial.blogspot.com/2013/09/how-to-test-assembly-module.html

==Example==
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=Contributors and Users=
From Kostas:
*Jürgen Riegel is the project founder, working for Daimler Chrysler, his free time is probably limited https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=User:Jriegel
*Werner Mayer is the most active developer in terms of commits, he is just awesome, I don't know what he does professionally but if some funding can get him to increase the time of his participation, this would definitely be a great investment of financial resources.
*Yorik is our architect: http://yorik.uncreated.net and he is already dedicating a lot of hours in the development of FreeCAD, since he is a free lancer he is probably quite flexible with time, so maybe he could implement special feature requests for FreeCAD even on a paid basis.
*j-dowset, joined FreeCAD recently and has done a great work on improving blueprints creation in FreeCAD. A very appropriate task for him would be to implement a correct dimensioning system for blueprints. I believe he has the capabilities to implement any kind of feature with relatively short running in time and high quality.
*mrlukeparry is quite experienced with Qt and Coin3D so he can do a lot of GUI work. Being a student his free time is probably also limited except school vacations.
*Ickby has worked on a prototype for applying assembly constraints between parts. A special task for him would be to accelerate the implementation of the Assembly module after jriegel has finished with the basic framework/structure/design.
*tanderson69 is very good in OpenCascade, so he can work on difficult tasks that have to do with the CAD geometry kernel.
*Daniel Falck is the person to contact for CAM integration.
*Kostas - sketcher module.
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*Yorik van Havre, Daniel Falck, and Brad Collette - Path Workbench
*Ian Rees - crowdfunded individual working on Drawing Workbench
*gCAD3D appears to be viable for CAD/CAM - [http://www.gcad3d.org/]
*Przemo Firszt, Bernd Hahnebach - CAE workbench
*Sebastian Hoogen - OpenSCAD workbench
*FEA, macros - psicofil, Lucio Gomez - [https://www.youtube.com/user/Lucimanu/videos]
*Cad1919 - Extreme User - is doing some of the most high level work in FreeCAD - cad1919 on YouTube - [https://www.youtube.com/user/cad1919/videos]
*61quick - 3D printing complete toolchain within FreeCAD - [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv62eT2AibxjX3SY5qZsTeA]
*Lars G. - IGES files to house cross sections in architecture - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEst25rNFFQ]
*Kwasny - macro example of how to create an Icon in the workbench that allows you to draw a piston ring by clicking on the icon. This way, the macro (a set of commands) was actually turned into a tool - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBXlx7WyUA]
*Dan's Open Source Design Tools, with motto to be free from black-box CAx toolchains - [http://opensourcedesigntools.blogspot.com/]

=Uses of FreeCAD=
There are various cases of real-life usage of FreeCAD in commercial, research and educational contexts. Add as necessary:
*[http://gfxspeak.com/2010/07/06/dassault-systemes-joins-the-freecad-fight-2/| Dassault Systemes]
*[https://www.educators.co.uk/dollar-academy/| Dollar Academy (School)]
*[https://all3dp.com/freecad-tutorial-3d-printing/|FreeCad 3D Printing]

=Main Needs=
According to [http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/freecad-0-13-released], the main need for the project is documentation.

=Links=
*[[FreeCAD Survival Guide]] from [[Lasersaur]].
*Original [[FreeCAD Specification]] by Juergen Riegel
*[[FreeCAD Architecture Design]]
*Open Source Design Tools - [http://opensourcedesigntools.blogspot.com/]
*[[FreeCAD Video Scripts]]

[[Category:FreeCAD]]

Category:Education

2016-07-23T08:17:46Z

Eduopensource: Broken link removed.

'''Learn about how the world works so you can form a more correct world view with which to make better informed decisions about your life.'''

==Peer to Peer Education Resources==
*http://edufire.com
*http://schoolofeverything.com/about
* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page Wiki books]
* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikiversity Wikiversity]
* [http://www.wikieducator.org WikiEducator] - dedicated to building a complete education curriculum by 2015
* [http://www.p2pu.org/About-P2PU P2P university]
* [http://cxn.org Connexions]. Open educational content in hundreds of subjects.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_educational_video_websites List of educational video websites on Wikipedia]

===OpenCourseWare===
* [http://ocw.mit.edu/ MIT OpenCourseWare] and [http://www.youtube.com/user/MIT MIT's YouTube channel]
* [http://oyc.yale.edu/ Open Yale Courses]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/StanfordUniversity Standford University's YouTube channel]
* [http://ocw.unu.edu/ United Nations University OpenCourseWare]
* [http://ocw.jhsph.edu/ John Hopkins OpenCourseWare]
* [http://www.squeakland.org/ eToys] free and open-source software that teaches ideas in innovative ways. Comes as standard on the XO-Laptop which has been given to over a million children in the Third World
* [http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/ Open University's Open Learn]
* [http://www.openculture.com/ Open Culture] has lists of online courses
* [http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ Wolfram Demonstrations Project]. Compilation of interactive visualizations of hundreds of phenomena in science, mathematics, music and other areas. Not collaboratively generated, but released under a Creative Commons license, allowing the elements to be used in collaborative projects.

==Education Materials==
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/33864842/The-Stone-Box The Stone Box: An Introduction to Open Source for Creative Children] (2010).

==Lessons==
*[[Lesson on Global Geostrategy]]
*[[Reference Data]]

==Articles==
*http://cryptogon.com/?p=8529#comments

[[Category:Public Relations]]

Category:Education

2016-07-20T06:54:32Z

Eduopensource: Dead link removed.

'''Learn about how the world works so you can form a more correct world view with which to make better informed decisions about your life.'''

==Peer to Peer Education Resources==
*http://edufire.com
*http://schoolofeverything.com/about
* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page Wiki books]
* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikiversity Wikiversity]
* [http://www.wikieducator.org WikiEducator] - dedicated to building a complete education curriculum by 2015
* [http://www.p2pu.org/About-P2PU P2P university]
* [http://cxn.org Connexions]. Open educational content in hundreds of subjects.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_educational_video_websites List of educational video websites on Wikipedia]

===OpenCourseWare===
* [http://ocw.mit.edu/ MIT OpenCourseWare] and [http://www.youtube.com/user/MIT MIT's YouTube channel]
* [http://oyc.yale.edu/ Open Yale Courses]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/StanfordUniversity Standford University's YouTube channel]
* [http://ocw.unu.edu/ United Nations University OpenCourseWare]
* [http://ocw.jhsph.edu/ John Hopkins OpenCourseWare]
* [http://www.squeakland.org/ eToys] free and open-source software that teaches ideas in innovative ways. Comes as standard on the XO-Laptop which has been given to over a million children in the Third World
* [http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/ Open University's Open Learn]
* [http://www.openculture.com/ Open Culture] has lists of online courses
* [http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/ Wolfram Demonstrations Project]. Compilation of interactive visualizations of hundreds of phenomena in science, mathematics, music and other areas. Not collaboratively generated, but released under a Creative Commons license, allowing the elements to be used in collaborative projects.

==Education Materials==
*[http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:u0lJ6TeogR0J:https://www.marines.usmc.mil/RS/CRC/Working%2520Copy/CRC-08SHX1.doc+golmest&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a How to present a lesson] - [[Present a Lesson|local copy]]
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/33864842/The-Stone-Box The Stone Box: An Introduction to Open Source for Creative Children] (2010).

==Lessons==
*[[Lesson on Global Geostrategy]]
*[[Reference Data]]

==Articles==
*http://cryptogon.com/?p=8529#comments

[[Category:Public Relations]]