FreeCAD for Beginners | Practical 3d Prints

FreeCAD for Beginners | Practical 3d Prints | Lesson 3

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In the first two videos of this series, I introduced my viewers to the basics of FreeCAD. In this video, I demonstrate how to produce a practical 3d printed solution to a common home office problem.
Learn how to model a 3d printed cable holder in FreeCAD.
You can download FreeCAD at freecadweb.org/
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Let's continue to learn together.
Irv
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@bbjunkie 3 жыл бұрын

Please don't let this be the last in the series, we need more 👍

@stevenhales1987 2 жыл бұрын

I have just watched your lessons about freeCAD for beginners. Brilliant !! Your timing and pace of delivery makes you so much easier to learn from than others I've listened to. At last I feel like I'm getting somewhere and the information you're passing on is actually sticking in my old grey matter. Thank you.

@StaleyKeck-pl4bt 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the great tutorial, I really enjoying your teaching style!

@nunopenaspt Жыл бұрын

Just love you Dr., you are an amazing teacher, I'm just starting on 3D printing (Creality Ender 3 S1 Pro) and you direct me to the perfect tools for a beginner. I will follow you on the next videos. Regards from Portugal

@gameworn1820 3 жыл бұрын

Dr. Vax, you are a well spoken man who enunciates very clearly.. Your step by step instructions do not skip out any details.Your videos are well edited. You can take a software program like FreeCAD and make something that looks quite daunting and strip it down into its basic components. Well done. I took note of the different mouse designs and tried different kinds (wired, wireless) and they really make a difference. One thing I noticed is that most of my icons are grayed out compared with your toolbars. Maybe a quick lesson on that would be beneficial. To add a new sketch I had to go the long way around. I hope you will carry on your FreeCAD tutorials to include drawing with curves ,arcs, and circles.

@TheUnofficialMaker Жыл бұрын

I like your style of teaching, recommended by Ralph Bacon.

@the27thMONKEY 3 жыл бұрын

Just finished watching through all 3 videos in this series and they were extremely helpful. I've gone from not having a clue how to use FreeCAD to knocking out a prototype housing for a telescope solar filter which is going to save me a bunch of money. Thank you very much! Time to print!

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@HB-bf6dl 2 жыл бұрын

Great set of videos, they cleared my questions.

@dmitri649 2 жыл бұрын

Hello sir.im a mechanical engineering graduate.i love cad.but the problem is its too expensive.now here it is a freecad.im starting to learn it and your videos help me a lot.also im starting to learn bout 3d printing..and i love it!im also learning arduino.but im doing it one at a time.maybe i can build some cool stuff out of freecad,3d printing and arduino.thanks for sharing your knowledge sir.may God bless you and you channel.

@ralphgoodwin1033 3 жыл бұрын

I've learned more from your 3 part series than all the videos from others they were a step above starters YOURS were great for newbies

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks that is my goal.

@caseychan6909 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for not only going through the features of the FreeCAD, but also tat the same time sharing you smart tips of prototyping as a way of testing the model and avoiding waste material.

@BradSteeg 2 жыл бұрын

You're awesome at giving software tutorials

@CaseyChambliss 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who likes to create helpful videos at work, I really really appreciate your reiterations to explain the mouse buttons and keyboard presses to explain the actions you are taking so that I can follow along. Also, thank you for your annunciation and thoughtful pauses to allow concepts and language to sink into the viewer's mind. You are really good at this! Thank you! I've subscribed.

@herseem 3 жыл бұрын

What I like is when you made deliberate mistakes (as well as the real ones!) because trying to do things that don't work is an important way of learning about the product

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I make plenty of mistakes so I have lots of opportunities for learning.

@g00glian0 3 жыл бұрын

You answer questions that I have been wondering about, such as being able to start with one workbench and it being okay to switch to another for a specialized tool. Fabulous!

@ZevangBSB 3 жыл бұрын

Great lesson!

@Aztechyian 6 ай бұрын

Thank you my friend. You are helping me keep my wife happy not having to waste money on buying an expensive CAD package, and getting me up to speed with this awesome little CAD package.

@FSV3D 4 жыл бұрын

Practical means fun! When you train in a CAD software and at the same time having fun, then the result is practical 3d prints!!!!! This is how am i feeling watching your videos!

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I agree in a more general sense "making things is fun". P.S. I have started a new discussion forum at forum.drvax.com where we can all have more elaborate discussions and share pictures on our prints and printers. Check it out. Irv

@Fridolfsmuffin 3 күн бұрын

Epic. Just epic. Thank you very much :)

@mohamedkikia7338 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! I have played around with freecad, but I've not created anything useful with it. Your videos have cleared up a lot of issues with your simple and clear explanations of the functions and concepts. You have an amazing knack for explaining things in a simple, clear and understandable manner. Many thanks

@LudwigSpiegel 4 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you. Dr Vax! Always a pleasure to see your instructional videos!

@nissimcohen6811 3 жыл бұрын

Another great tutorial. Easy to follow - I cannot thank you enough for saving me so much time from mucking around trying to work out what each button on the Freecad does.

@malcolmsmitherman1420 3 жыл бұрын

Great, informative, enthusiastic. This guy is the guy you wanna learn from!

@nathansmith3401 4 жыл бұрын

DrVax, your enthusiasm is great. Thanks for this super explainer. This is not far off from a first project of my own that I want to do.

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@DronesNgUAS 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. You're a great teacher

@krisknowlton5935 3 жыл бұрын

I've learned more from you in 3 lessons than in ten other videos I have watched. There is one thing I noticed about the beta version is you don't have to do a "mesh" on the object before you save it as an stl file.

@barrymaley 3 жыл бұрын

Good starting lessons for the beginners. I wish, I learned how to create non-rectangle parts, like round impeller and curved housing for a custom centrifugal blower, that I need to make. Thank you

@kingkappa9916 Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial videos. It's amazing how 3 lessons after first trying Freecad, there is forward progress. Thanks again.

@KeithFolske Жыл бұрын

This is a goldmine of helpful info for freeCAD! Thanks!

@OAK-808 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. You are a fantastic teacher, and much appreciated by your public.

@Nick-ye5kk 2 жыл бұрын

These videos are really good

@DanT10 3 жыл бұрын

Great Thanks. The most useful series I have watched by far! I wish I could give it two thumbs up!

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I hope to find the time to continue publishing FreeCAD tutorials as I really enjoy it.

@electron7373 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff - I'm a freeCAD noob and love 3d printing useful stuff. You have a way of making this software seem easy. Just sub'ed.

@rt82644 2 жыл бұрын

I really like these tutorials, and always learn something from them. Your presentation style is very good, well laid out and paced very well. The introduction of background material is also very effective, digging into the "why" rather than just saying "click here." Working toward a prestated objective helps us focus on the end product and see all of our actions as leading toward that end. i have experienced a number of very poorly done videos on FreeCad, and I wish every one of those producers of ineffective content would take a moment to learn how to do it right from Mr Shapiro.

@nukedogger86 3 жыл бұрын

I've learned so much from your channel in the past few days. Gonna play with FreeCad for sure. Oh your trick with the plastic container and that rechargeable dehumidifier thing, works really well, cuts humidity in the box to the mid 20's within a few hours, nice for storing a few spools or doing a slow dry on them. For $15 (had the totes), quick and easy.

@goodeyes2c Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your teachings 👍

@wantafastz28 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this.

@docholliday1811 4 жыл бұрын

Really great lesson on Freecad. Thanks Dr Vax.

@jaysea6865 2 жыл бұрын

This man is an absolute hero.

@munawarsoomro8958 2 жыл бұрын

This was awesome same as others of yours. Thanks

@freiheit6398 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is super helpful. I would love more videos where you go into more details, gradually opening up the more advanced features, focusing first on Sketcher and Part Design!

@user-gd1rb5mm2e 2 жыл бұрын

I just love your way of explaining things! I've been watching FreeCAD tutorials for some time already - yours are really easy to follow and always leave me motivated. Greetings from Russia!

@MakeWithTech 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@TheFlacker99 3 жыл бұрын

Dr.Vax, thanks! I'm getting into FreeCAD and your tutorials have been the best I've watched so far. I subbed and hope to see more tutorials for this software!

@lindsayreid8347 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial for those starting out. Also like the fact that you're not perfect and then show how you become perfect! Hope there will be some more as many of videos on Freecad by others were made in much older versions and also assume everyone watching knows all the acronyms etc.

@yorkshiresfinestpair 3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for taking the time to do this, ive followed step by step all the way through & now made myself my very 1st 3D item.. CHEERS.. you've got me subscribed from here onwards..

@johnkelley9877 3 жыл бұрын

This was a big help! Thanks for sharing this and I hope you will consider doing more tutorials on FreeCad.

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

I will!

@charlieheisig6928 3 жыл бұрын

Good job explaining FreeCad. I watched a couple other videos before I came across yours. I was having some issues how to pan and rotate the part, you cleared this up. Also you did a good job of showing how to build multiple sketches off one body. Thanks again, looking forward to making my own custom 3d parts.

@chzbrgla 3 жыл бұрын

So glad I found your series!

@hard2handle 3 жыл бұрын

Dr. Vax, thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion.

@richardmoore8899 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed the series of three videos. Made me impatient to get a printer and start learning...

@pieyed1302 3 жыл бұрын

Great instructional video. Hope to see some more FreeCAD tutorials. Thanks for the head-start!

@drbytes68 3 жыл бұрын

Truly very helpful, these videos demystify and encourage to tinker with freecad. Well explained and clear, thank you.

@lor3npingpong371 3 жыл бұрын

thank you again again and again, now i have got the basics, i can spread my arms and play

@67csp 3 жыл бұрын

This series is really fantastic. Hats off to you.

@leroytrio5227 3 жыл бұрын

i'm following along with your well paced tutorials and learning all the time.

@DvlDawg 3 жыл бұрын

As a former IT Manager and a long time Welder by trade this is my first time dabbling in the CAD programs. We do a lot of laser cutting metal at my job using AutoDesk and Sigmanest. Definitely learned more so far in 3 of your videos than I have watching countless others. I have a small laser engraver purchased for engraving my daughter's line art work and will be upgrading soon as well as getting a 3D printer. Thanks for the videos and hope to see more.

@enahs912 3 жыл бұрын

you're a fantastic instructor mate! thanks for the videos

@bbjunkie 3 жыл бұрын

Approaching 2000 views and only 194 likes, no way only 194 of the viewers learned something! Your teaching style is refreshing and very helpful! Keep up the good work Irv!

@WrathOfVaz Жыл бұрын

Hi Dr Vax! It's chamfer pronounced sham-ferr and earlier I heard you say hoover instead of hov-er. Hope that helps and keep up the great work!

@JayDeiman 3 жыл бұрын

This series was fantastic. It was incredibly helpful for getting started.

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. P.S. I have started a new discussion forum at forum.drvax.com where we can all have more elaborate discussions and share pictures on our prints and printers. Check it out. Irv

@mattversaldo6039 3 жыл бұрын

Love it. Pls continue with this series

@JasemMutlaq 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making these videos, keep going!

@TheWeepingCorpse 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos, you are an amazing teacher, thank you.

@tonyp4894 Ай бұрын

Love your tutorials. You have the best teaching style. Thank you. Can you make an STL into a sketch? Once I make the mesh to a solid, then refine the image, I end up with a nice solid, but I can't figure out how to make it so that I can constraint the lines to add the dimensions and end up with a working sketch. This way I can put the dimensions into a spreadsheet and make the part parametric. Can you help?

@mattmelton4011 3 жыл бұрын

These videos have really been helpful

@DeeJay1953 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks you are a great instructor! Please keep teaching this!

@hallkbrdz 3 жыл бұрын

Great series, best on FreeCAD I have found!

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@ivorsingh1245 4 жыл бұрын

Dear Dr Vax, you are amazing. I'm new to 3D printing and been following your videos. I have created a few items, love the cookie cutters. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. P.S. I have started a new discussion forum at forum.drvax.com where we can all have more elaborate discussions and share pictures on our prints and printers. Check it out. Irv

@solarenergynow08 3 жыл бұрын

Took me a while to get it right using 0.18 but got it...thank you for posting this series.

3 жыл бұрын

Learned alot! Thanks. Can't wait for the next episode. perhaps something that is not "boxy":-) I would also like to see how you print it. Could be a nice end to the video to just see a speed print or a few clips of it

@phantomegr 3 жыл бұрын

Sir, your tutorials are fantastic. Thank you.

@MarkCalvert_LuvMountains 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your great videos. I've watched 5 or 6 now and have been impressed by each one. You thoroughly teach each one at just the right pace, at least for me. As a retired Industrial Arts and math teacher and also a Technology Director for the last 15 years of my educational career, I've attended and taught a lot of workshops . Yours are always spot on! Please keep up your wonderful mission! I just got started with 3D printing about 3 weeks ago because I needed a way to put my arduino projects in something useful. After watching your 3 videos on FreeCAD, I designed a bearing support block incorporating a counterbored bearing hole with another 2 holes along the bottom for mounting. Couldn't have done it without you. BTW, I'm probably one of your worst students. You know the guy that never waited for the teacher to stop teaching before they started the project - and then needed help? Well, that's me. Replaying the video is great for me. Thanks again!

@baddan 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks DrVax!

@HakkiOgrt 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the series.

@DeniseMangan77 3 жыл бұрын

these videos where extremely helpful and you explain everything in way that even someone like me a complete beginner can understand so thank you so very much for taking the time to make these videos

@Terry_Genereaux Жыл бұрын

This is great info for a new beginner my wife got me a Ender 3 v2 Neo and @ 55y this will be a lot of fun finding things to fix, like the handle of our crock pot. any suggestion on what material to use.

@ralph5476 3 жыл бұрын

All three videos have been very much appreciated. I don't think I could have done this alone. Many thanks. By the way, here in Australia, it is SHamfer. But that might only be us! Edit: Something on adding text in FreeCAD would be good. (Sorry for throwing that one onto you!)

@BigDaddyPoof 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the 3 videos. I learned a lot.

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@Nifty-Stuff 3 жыл бұрын

Dr. Vax: No idea why KZfaq hasn't shown me your stuff before, but I'm 100% subscribed now! Going from Tinkercad to FreeCad is a learning curve, but I need to step up my game! QUICK QUESTION: You've said in other videos that you use TinkerCad as well as FreeCad... but I just learned that FreeCad has the "Part" workspace that is like TinkerCad... so why not just use that instead?

@r-saby5023 3 жыл бұрын

DrVax, thank you at 67's, it's more difficult to learn but the way you explain, you're perfect, so one thing I would like to see, for exemple in this project, when and how do we ask the printer to place supports during the 3D print? In this project, the printing gone start with the two side I think, but when the printer arrive at the base to receive the 5 block, is this base or floor should get some support under during the print? Thank you

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

I have a number of videos about supports on the channel.

@shahryarpasyar1481 3 жыл бұрын

Very Excellent, Thanks

@schuhmansmodelshop8657 3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to give this a try

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

I am a big FreeCad fan. Fusion360 is also an outstanding tool it just concerns me that the free licenses available for non-professional use have to be renewed each year.

@avejst 3 жыл бұрын

Great project Thanks for sharing👍😀

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@r.a.8861 2 жыл бұрын

thank you great series sir!

@LScott97 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic into video! 👍👍👍🤠

@germona 3 жыл бұрын

Well Sir, when i started with freecad on linux i was a little bit dissapointed because all of the error messages. By following your 3 part video's i was able to create the same objects is in these 3 tutorials without a problem. So with what i learned from these i can now try to start my own project. So THANK YOU VERY MUCH for sharing these video's. Greetings from Belgium

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words.

@unclestarpants318 4 жыл бұрын

Used FreeCad for a good while now, never thought of using Pattern. Will certainly try that! Oh, ctrl-clicking can be used for selecting multiple edges like for chamfering. Great channel, keep it up! :)

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

Great tip!

@JottyHB 2 жыл бұрын

I’m german and first of all I want to thank you not only for this very helpful tutorials, but also for speaking slowly and clearly. I can understand you very well and yes, I learned a lot. I will give freeCAD a 2nd try. I think it needs a lot of practice to deal with the patterns. I would be totally confused to see the wholes far away. And I would have tried to define the 2nd whole instead of the last one. But you showed the right way, thanks! But one thing in my opinion is a bit annoying: after giving the hint, that this video is part of a series which should be watched one after the other, you repeat parts of the former episodes. Keep on teaching please and stay healthy!

@MammothPaige 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@richardroche1463 3 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I needed, Thank You so much...now when adding your first rectangle (2nd sketch) to your first how can I constrain it to zero so it is equal (flush) with the outer edge? Actually I'm trying to draw let me call them gear teeth on a flat surface that is angled downward

@HuckThis1971 3 жыл бұрын

Watched your videos. Well done. Like any cad software, icons don't always look the same. Once you know which icon does what, you are on your way. I use Catia V5 at work and wanted something free so I can custom make 3d prints.

@guidomersmann9744 4 жыл бұрын

I usually do the testing stuff at the end, when the design is done. It is fairly easy as you just create a sketch and cut away the obsolete stuff. Then I export the leftover. When I am done I simply remove the pocket and have final design again. This is very handy, when you have multiple elements you need to test. In your case if you want to test the cable slots I would cut them from the model and print them standalone, too. Since there are no measurements or constrains involved the cutting sketches are quick and easy done. Just draw freehand lines and done.

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

Good suggestion. P.S. I have started a new discussion forum at forum.drvax.com where we can all have more elaborate discussions and share pictures on our prints and printers. Check it out. Irv

@guidomersmann9744 3 жыл бұрын

@@MakeWithTech I already did! I am Geit there :D Posted the vacuum hair cutting system the other day :D

@wijnandhijkoop6311 Жыл бұрын

Great!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@Drew_pew_pew_pew 3 жыл бұрын

This was a fun tutorial to watch and glad you try out freecad. I took your design and paramtrized it. This way within freecad I can simply adjust the model within a spreadsheet. (length amount of mounts,...) . Should make for a good follow up tutorial.

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent point. I will be teaching about parameters in a future video. P.S. I have started a new discussion forum at forum.drvax.com where we can all have more elaborate discussions and share pictures on our prints and printers. Check it out. Irv

@jeremiahgivens5251 3 жыл бұрын

@@MakeWithTech I would be very interested in this! Looking forward to more of your very informative videos!

@naturewatcher7596 3 жыл бұрын

Would like to have a tutorial about designing a calibration cube in FreeCad or how to put letters and numbers on the part. Thank you for great tutorials!

@haroldwilliams9354 2 жыл бұрын

Very good .

@lifescience2050 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, By the way do you need to add support for printing those fins?

@goodwoodman1 4 жыл бұрын

thank you

@DavidDavisL 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this informative video. After creating the FreeCAD design, for this particular model, how did you align the stl for printing? Printing vertically with supports for the cable holders seems like the logical approach, but I'm curious about how you executed the print job. Looking forward to more FreeCAD and 3D printing instructional videos - I am learning quite a bit!

@MakeWithTech 3 жыл бұрын

Yep. You will need supports inside and between the cable clips but set the support density down to about 5% -- since they do not have to be perfect and you want them to be easy to remove.

@bernardmayantz7280 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Dr Vax, I love your videos. They have made this pandemic more tolerable. I have a question about a different material for FDM printing called polycaprolactone or PCL. One of my residents is interested in printing PPE adjuncts and it was determined that PCL would be ideal in terms of strength and flexibility. Would you be interested in making a video about how to print with this material? Cheers Bernard