Get Involved in Documentation

About

Viewing our computer-aided design (CAD) files is the ultimate source for ground-truthing our designs. So if you want to be able to look at our source - detailed CAD models - we suggest you invest a few hours into being able to manipulate and view our CAD files - and to generate technical drawings and instructionals from them. This will allow you to get more out of our program, and is critical if you are ever going to build yourself.

To Get Inolved in Global Collaboration in Documentation

1. Watch the TED Talk, Future Builders Academy Video, and Viral OSE Instagram Video
2. Start a Work Log
3. Embed a Time Log
4. The Easy Way: Download the latest FreeCAD version online for your computer. But if you do this, you'll be able to readily do step 3 below, but not step 4 (unless you invest in a significantly higher learning curve than using FreeCAD 16).
5. Download the CAD from the development template for Seed Eco-Home 6. The direct link to the files is Seed_Eco-Home_6_3D_CAD. (You can also download the Sweet Home 3D file - for the conceptual design model.)
6. Practice Hiding and Unhiding Parts in FreeCAD.

Advanced

1. Download OSE Linux 2 and make a live USB - which contains FreeCAD 16, an older version of FreeCAD. You can use the live USB to work or you can install on your computer as a dual boot system. Note that we are using FreeCAD 16, not the latest FreeCAD version - to simply the workflow. This will allow you to gain quick proficiency in step 3 and 4 below.
2. Practice generating Technical Drawings from FreeCAD in FreeCAD 16. This process is much more complicated in the latest version of FreeCAD.
3. Pass the FreeCAD Test
4. Learn the Development Template
5. Begin developing.

Links

• Get Involved
• Application in build workshops - see Future_Builders_Crash_Course_Logistics#Documentation_and_CAD_During_the_Workshop