Quarter Inch Stock Tubing

FreeCAD Tubing Library

These are individual FreeCAD files. Intended workflow is Merge in the file menu to add these parts to a document in FreeCAD.

File:FreeCAD Tubing Library.tar.gz

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Sample tubing from the tubing library. This is a representation of stock USA 4" steel. This is drawn as blocks with holes (no rounded corners or wall) to optimize rapid manipulation for more complex designs. Added April 25, 2016

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DXF for CNC Cutting of a 10 Foot Length

File:10footstocktube.dxf

Note: Sketchup work below is outdated as we transition in 2016 to FreeCAD as the official OSE part library format.

Stock Square Tubing (with Rounded-Corners)

From Monica Log on July 14, 2013 - The result includes the stock pivot plate, all plates with 1 1/8" diameter holes and both 1/4" and 1/2" thick tube profiles. This is the file File:Warehouse-Rounded-tubes-and-plates-big-holes.skp. Note: tubing with square corners is preferable in Sketchup, as it can be put together much more easily.

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Tibor gave me a great tip for the tangent arcs: lines should be made before arcs in order to make them. So instead of doing the inner arcs first, do the lines.

Made a tutorial for using arrays in the tube construction. In this case from a 4" tube, we get a 40" in less than a minute. Then, all that's left is cleaning details.

Links

• Warehouse contains tubing with square corners, not rounded corners - for ease of working in Sketchup.