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3D Printering: Making A Thing In FreeCAD, Part I

I’ve been writing these tutorials on making an object in popular 3D modeling programs for a while now, and each week I’ve put out a call for what software I should do next. There is one constant in ...
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Sketcher: Sketch with external geometry should not be considered "empty sketch" in Task Panel

When creating holes I often make a sketch and just reference rounded corners etc to have attachment points for the Part Design hole tool. For this case it makes sense to reference external geometry ...
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Part/Part Design Subshapebinder is forced into a Body.

When an SSB is created and there are no PD Body's in the document, it is created and works as expected. When an SSB is created and there is a Body, active or not, it is inserted in the Body. If used ...
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3D Printering: Making A Thing In FreeCAD, Part II

It’s time once again for another installment of a Making A Thing tutorial, where I design the same part, over and over again, in multiple 3D design software packages. Last week we took a look at ...