Good to know about this FC feature. Thank you!

Cheers dude. So much stuff I’ve never used in freecad and this was one of them

Just downloaded and followed along. I really like the axonometric dimensioning option!

Thank you for the video...appreciated.

Another excellent video, much appreciated.

Another very well explained vlog, well done.

Very good update

When I was in the war err I meant school all we had was a pair of compasses and ruler...

Hi, since you have a dimension derived from 3D shape, you do not need to change it manually to show real value 13:50 Just set "Measure Type" to "True"

TechDraw is likely the fastest evolving workbench in FreeCAD. All thanks to its main dev wandererfan and a guy called edi who responds to user requests with great macros that are later implemented as new features.

I found this much faster, as I have many lines, and 0.20 was struggling

I don't understand why the isometric dimension of the cube edge was different from the orthographic dimension.

I have been using FreeCAD 0.19 and would like to do SolidWorks' factory machine electrical examples. Panel-builder is most interesting linking 3D sensors to the electrical schematic data is nice. I am not certain if FreeCAD can do this? SolidWorks & AutoCAD are very pricey just to learn. Also, I wonder if there are other free factory CADs similar to SolidWorks? 😎 Thank you.

Great!. I am using it now and doing some sheet metal work. I noticed the "Insert Draft Workbench" feature now seems to be broken. I cant get lines or anything other than a draft workbench rectangle wire to show in Techdraw. So when I unfold a sheet metal shape in Sheet Metal Workbench, the created unfold sketch must be imported as a Draft Workbench object in order to show the fold lines. But TechDraw does not show anything I can see other than the frame. No lines etc. Even if you draw lines in Draft, they dont work either. The only thing I could get to work was a rectangle. The Techdraw icon shown in the import views from other workbenches show the same icon as Draft uses for the rectangle when you look at the project tree. The other objects like lines and the unfold sketch have icons that look different. Dont know if that gives a clue... But I like how it works in general now. I will see how I can work around this.

Mr Jelly, is FC suitable for knocking up plans, say for a lean-to or or shed? Something that has lots of parts. I’ve only ever made single body parts for 3d printing using FC. I used to have SketchUp, which would make designing a shed pretty easy, but I don’t have a copy any more. Cheers.

Is there any way to brake the extention line for radius/diameter dimension so, that the part with the number is horizontal and the extention line being broken just in front of the number, while the line inside/outside of the circle stays at the angle you put it? It would surelly make the drawing look a lot better/neat/aesthetically pleasing....

Can't understand why the same edge is 40.82 mm in the isometric view and 50 mm in the top view. Is it most recent relativity physics?

This program looks quite capable, can it also control a CNC machine? With path simulation,...?

Hi! Actually, 3D dimensions can be REAL! Just change the "Measure Type" to "true", select edge in "References 3D" , and recompute.