3D CAD Design

Overview

3D CAD may include 3 main products: the CAD file, screenshot, and screencast. The screenshot is a visual representation of the file so someone can get a bearing on what's inside. The screencast is informative in that it helps a person understand the design readily.

The 3D CAD documents should also link to OSE-approved Module Library - see also Part Library

Process

• See the two OSE FreeCAD 101 tutorials and learn FreeCAD.
• Upload your CAD file, and screenshots for reference - to the wiki page. Use the built-in wiki versioning system for new files to document changes.
• To generate 3D CAD for mechanical devices, use stock parts found in the OSE Part Library.

• Use RecordMyDesktop with full voice quality and 10% video quality to record a video overview of the design and features - this communicates the design most readily to others for review. At 10%, rendering is almost immediate for a 1 minute video. You can use higher video quality.

Samples

It took about 10 seconds to render this with RecordMyDesktop:

File:File name