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#Redirect [[OSE FreeCAD Tutorials]]
=Meta=
Take-home points and learning outcomes of the 2 tutorials below:
*by learning to sketch in FreeCAD, you can then create any 3D objects imaginable
*Importing part libraries and working with them is a powerful way to do design work using Part Libraries. This can get the casual user to powerful design capacity using real geometries.
 
=Introduction=
After these 2 tutorials, you are ready to work on [[User Contributed Designs]]. Please pause the videos as needed in order to practice the demonstrated lesson, as these tutorials are dense.
 
=A FreeCAD Manual=
[https://www.gitbook.com/book/yorikvanhavre/a-freecad-manual/details The FreeCAD Manual] has a different learning approach than the [http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki official FreeCAD documentation wiki] that makes it more suitable for a first contact with FreeCAD.
 
=Tutorial 1=
 
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=Tutorial 2=
 
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=FreeCAD Test=
==Purpose==
This exercise tests your ability to:
*download and use library parts in FreeCAD
*rotate, move, and align objects in 3D
*Use the Sketcher in FreeCAD to make features on faces
*Use circular assembly constraints in FreeCAD
*Use RecordMyDesktop to record instructional screen-casts
*Use KdenLive to edit a basic video, adding images and sound
*Upload videos to YouTube
*Embed videos in the wiki
==Test==
*Use the comment box above to tell us how long it took you to learn the tutorials. Please include any suggestions on the videos.
*Download 8-hole square tubing (without rounded corners) from the [[OSE Part Library]].
*Use the tubing to create an x-y-z bolted corner cube.
*Record a video of you building the cube, from the beginning, using [[RecordMyDesktop]].
*When you are done building the cube, create a 1" bolt and nut using the [[Bolt Library in FreeCAD]].
*Insert one bolt through any of the corners, as if you were actually building the cube - using the [[Assembly Workbench]] in FreeCAD.
*Tighten the bolt with the nut (just insert the nut onto the bolt).
*Now take any face on the tubing of the resulting cube - and using Sketcher on that particular face - write your initials on that face. Pocket those initials so that they are cut into the face.
*Speed up the file to turn it into a 30 second video using [[Kdenlive]]. Add Pling by Jaspertine from the [[Open Source Soundtracks]]
*Upload the video to YouTube and embed in the section below
*At that point - Welcome to the Team, Ms/r. Opensourcer. You now have the basic skills to manipulate objects in 3D and to begin composing useful parts - including your ability to document your work with videos.
 
==Self-Verifying FreeCAD Exam Videos==
 
Having completed this exercise, you will enable any reviewer to verify your skill set in 30 seconds by viewing a video with your signature (initials on the cube). Here are the results:
 
=Links=
*[[FreeCAD Architecture Tutorial]]
 
[[Category:FreeCAD]]
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Revision as of 20:39, 30 January 2017

Meta

Take-home points and learning outcomes of the 2 tutorials below:

  • by learning to sketch in FreeCAD, you can then create any 3D objects imaginable
  • Importing part libraries and working with them is a powerful way to do design work using Part Libraries. This can get the casual user to powerful design capacity using real geometries.

Introduction

After these 2 tutorials, you are ready to work on User Contributed Designs. Please pause the videos as needed in order to practice the demonstrated lesson, as these tutorials are dense.

A FreeCAD Manual

The FreeCAD Manual has a different learning approach than the official FreeCAD documentation wiki that makes it more suitable for a first contact with FreeCAD.

Tutorial 1

Tutorial 2

Please Comment on How Long it Took You To Learn the Tutorials Above


FreeCAD Test

Purpose

This exercise tests your ability to:

  • download and use library parts in FreeCAD
  • rotate, move, and align objects in 3D
  • Use the Sketcher in FreeCAD to make features on faces
  • Use circular assembly constraints in FreeCAD
  • Use RecordMyDesktop to record instructional screen-casts
  • Use KdenLive to edit a basic video, adding images and sound
  • Upload videos to YouTube
  • Embed videos in the wiki

Test

  • Use the comment box above to tell us how long it took you to learn the tutorials. Please include any suggestions on the videos.
  • Download 8-hole square tubing (without rounded corners) from the OSE Part Library.
  • Use the tubing to create an x-y-z bolted corner cube.
  • Record a video of you building the cube, from the beginning, using RecordMyDesktop.
  • When you are done building the cube, create a 1" bolt and nut using the Bolt Library in FreeCAD.
  • Insert one bolt through any of the corners, as if you were actually building the cube - using the Assembly Workbench in FreeCAD.
  • Tighten the bolt with the nut (just insert the nut onto the bolt).
  • Now take any face on the tubing of the resulting cube - and using Sketcher on that particular face - write your initials on that face. Pocket those initials so that they are cut into the face.
  • Speed up the file to turn it into a 30 second video using Kdenlive. Add Pling by Jaspertine from the Open Source Soundtracks
  • Upload the video to YouTube and embed in the section below
  • At that point - Welcome to the Team, Ms/r. Opensourcer. You now have the basic skills to manipulate objects in 3D and to begin composing useful parts - including your ability to document your work with videos.

Self-Verifying FreeCAD Exam Videos

Having completed this exercise, you will enable any reviewer to verify your skill set in 30 seconds by viewing a video with your signature (initials on the cube). Here are the results:

Links

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