FREECAD BASIC COURSE

Build a basic part in FreeCAD by creating a body, sketching on a plane or a face, and applying part design features with repeated sketches and examples.

Explore the edit toolbar in FreeCAD, using undo, redo, and refresh to manage sketches and pockets created via the part design toolbar, and to recompute the active document.

Open a new document in FreeCAD and use the workbench selector to switch between part design, surface, and FEM workbenches; view the toolbars bundled with each selected workbench.

Use FreeCAD's macro toolbar to record and execute macros, manage creations and edits, and reproduce steps such as creating a document, sketching on a plane, and using the path tool.

Explore the view toolbar in FreeCAD, learn to fit all or selected content, adjust drawing styles, show bounding boxes, switch views, and measure distances with the distance tool.

Learn to use the structure toolbar in FreeCAD to create parts, bodies, and sketches, organize with folders, rename items, and manage linked parts.

Invoke the navigation toolbar in the Start workbench to open websites inside FreeCAD, navigate back and forth, update pages, adjust zoom, and reopen the Start page.

The FreeCAD basic course introduces how to use the sketcher workbench to create sketches. Explore the sketch environment toolbars, set a reference plane, and dock tools.

Master the sketcher geometry toolbar in FreeCAD to create figures with points, lines, arcs, circles, ellipses, B-splines, polylines, polygons, rectangles, and slots, then edit sketches.

Explore the FreeCAD sketcher geometries toolbar to create fillets between lines, trim and extend edges, and split lines in practical sketching.

Use the create external geometry tool in FreeCAD to project external geometry onto a sketch, place center circles, constrain them, and create a pocket in the part design workbench.

Use the FreeCAD sketcher carbon copy tool to duplicate geometry and constraints from a source sketch into the active sketch on the same plane by selecting an entity.

Master the construction geometry toggle in FreeCAD. Switch between normal and construction geometry in a sketch, use a rectangle as reference, and draw circles with normal geometry to create features.

Explore the sketcher constraints toolbar in FreeCAD, applying coincident, vertical, horizontal, perpendicular, equal, tangent, and symmetrical constraints to points, lines, and circles, with automatic suggestions.

Learn to apply dimensional constraints in FreeCAD sketches: set horizontal and vertical distances, edit dimensions, apply radius and diameter constraints, and define angles between lines.

Learn to apply sketch constraints in FreeCAD, including coincident, horizontal, and vertical constraints, and manage them with the constraint window by showing, hiding, and toggling driving versus reference mode.

Explore the sketcher tools toolbar in FreeCAD to select constraints tied to a rectangle and activate the associated constraints, including coincident and vertical constraints.

Learn how the sketcher show-hide internal geometry tool in FreeCAD lets you delete or recreate internal geometry for sketch elements like ellipses and arcs.

Use the symmetry tool to create symmetric geometry with respect to the selected reference line in a sketch. Select the elements and the reference line, then click the symmetry tool.

Explore the clone, copy, and move tools in FreeCAD by sketching a rectangle with constraints, then position a clone linked to the original and a separate copy.

Learn to create a rectangular array in FreeCAD’s sketcher, set columns and rows, adjust spacing, and propagate changes from the original element to all copies.

Use the remove axis alignment tool to replace horizontal and vertical constraints with parallel and perpendicular ones in a FreeCAD sketch, enabling rotation without losing orthogonal alignment.

Learn how to delete all constraints in a FreeCAD sketch using the sketcher tools toolbar, including creating a sketch, drawing a rectangle, and confirming the deletion to freely move lines.

Learn to use the sketcher b-spline toolbar in FreeCAD to edit degree, control polygon, curvature, node multiplicity, knots, and base plane conversion.

Explore the sketcher virtual space toolbar in FreeCAD to switch the display of selected constraints, show or hide constraints with checkboxes, and manage constraints during sketch creation.

Explore the sketcher edit toolbar in FreeCAD, toggling the grid, adjusting grid spacing and auto resize, and setting snap and selection order for normal, construction, and external geometry.

practice a FreeCAD basic exercise by drawing center-point rectangles, applying dimensional constraints, block and rectangular constraints, arcs, and trims in the Sketcher Workbench to complete a fully defined sketch.

In this exercise, create a new part in FreeCAD using the Part Design workbench, build a sketch with a center rectangle and pentagon, apply constraints, and pocket the result.

Explore the part design workbench in FreeCAD, including its toolbars: part design helper, sketcher tools, part design modeling toolbar, and measure toolbar.

Create a body and a sketch, then edit the sketch using the Part Design Helper toolbar in FreeCAD; rename the body and select a plane to sketch.

Discover how to use the path tool in FreeCAD to extrude sketches and faces along a path, configure path length, direction, symmetry, taper, and custom x, y, z directions.

Create a solid in FreeCAD by revolving a sketch on the z plane about an axis, choosing either the x axis or a construction line, with 360-degree rotation.

Create and manage datum planes with the part design helper toolbar in FreeCAD. Select references, set attachment modes and offsets, and attach sketches to datum planes.

Learn how to create a solid with the additive loop tool by transitioning between multiple sketches, using datum planes, and enabling straight or looped lofts.

Use the additive pipe tool in FreeCAD to create a solid by sweeping a cross-section along a close or open path, with standard or fixed orientation.

Create a solid by sweeping a sketch along an ellipse path with FreeCAD's additive helix tool in the part design workbench. Set axis, reference, and pitch, height, and angle.

Explore FreeCAD part design primitive tools to create and position features like box, cylinder, cone, and torus, adjusting length, width, height, radii, attachments, and offsets, then confirm with okay.

Use the pocket tool to remove material from a solid by extruding a selected sketch along a straight path, as shown with a center point rectangle and a slot sketch.

Learn to create holes from a sketch using FreeCAD's hole tool in the part design workflow, positioning by circle and arc centers, and adjust diameter, depth, and options like countersink.

Explore the groove (crop) tool in FreeCAD's part design to remove material from a solid by sketching a circle and hexagon, extruding, and adjusting revolution parameters to 360 degrees.

Learn to remove material with the subtractive loft tool by lofting through four sketches: rectangle, two slots, and a circle, in FreeCAD's part design.

Explore the subtractive pipe tool in FreeCAD's part design workbench to create a subtractive solid by sweeping a cross-section along a path, removing material from a body.

Demonstrates using the subtractive tool in FreeCAD part design to remove material. Sweeps a sketch along an ellipse path to shape the model.

Learn subtractive primitive tools in FreeCAD that remove material from a solid, using subtractive cylinders and torus with adjustable radius, height, and reference face.

Master the FreeCAD part design mirror tool to mirror features using a reference plane or a selected face, preview results, and manage which features are mirrored.

Explores the linear pattern tool in FreeCAD part design, showing how to create patterns of features along a path, configure length and count, and reverse direction for precise modeling.

Learn to create a polar pattern in FreeCAD's part design, selecting features, configuring polar parameters, and choosing a reference axis to generate a full 360-degree pattern.

Explore the multi transform tool in FreeCAD part design to create feature patterns. Apply linear, polar, scale, and mirror transformations to sequentially transform previous results.

master the fillet tool in freecad's part design workbench to apply radii to selected edges, preview results, and apply fillets to all edges using the all-edges checkbox.

Learn how to use the chamfer tool in FreeCAD’s part design to add chamfers on selected edges, preview results, and adjust distance, angle, and chamfer type before finalizing.

Activate the draft tool to apply angular draft to selected faces, choose a neutral plane to preserve dimensions, adjust the draft angle, preview, reverse direction, and finalize the feature.

Use the thickness tool in FreeCAD to create a hollow solid with uniform thickness and open faces, adjust thickness, choose inward direction, and set join type with preview.

Explore the boolean operation tool in FreeCAD to fuse, cut, or create a body between intersections of multiple bodies. Learn to add bodies, set a reference plane, and preview results.

Activate the chamfer tool, select edges, preview and adjust the chamfer size with the jumper, then set equal distance or two distances, and create the chamfer feature.

Activate the draft tool in FreeCAD to apply angular drafts on selected faces, choose a neutral plane, preview results, and finalize the draft feature.

Learn to use the thickness tool in FreeCAD to hollow a solid with uniform thickness on the remaining faces. Adjust thickness, choose inward mode, and preview before applying.

Learn to use FreeCAD's boolean operation tool to fuse, cut, or create a body from the intersection of two bodies, including adding a second body and selecting the active body.

Explore the measure toolbar in FreeCAD to measure linear, angular, and orthogonal distances, refresh measurements, edit a sketch, and toggle on and off direct, orthogonal, and angular dimensions.

Create a base part in FreeCAD using the Part Design Workbench by sketching with a polyline, setting constraints, applying symmetry, adding fillets and pockets, drawing circles, and saving the file.

Practice building a FreeCAD basic part using sketches, constraints, and path features. Create external geometry, pockets, symmetric copies, and fillets, then save.

Create a wheel part in FreeCAD by sketching a constrained polyline, applying symmetry, revolving the profile, pocketing, and producing a six-piece polar pattern before saving.

Create an axis in FreeCAD using the part design workbench to sketch circles on planes, apply diameter constraints, use symmetric and mirror tools, pad to length, then save to desktop.

Create a bolt in FreeCAD using the part design workbench, sketch centers with 11 mm and 17 mm diameters, extrude, fillet, project a hexagon, pocket, and save bolt document.

learn to create an assembly with the assembly for workbench, using the assembly and selection filter toolbars, and install the workbench since it's not installed by default.

Learn how to install the assembly 4 workbench in FreeCAD by using the Add-on Manager, restarting the program, and selecting the assembly 4 workbench.

Set up a FreeCAD assembly by creating an assembly container, inserting parts into the container, naming bodies, and saving the document.

Attach and mate parts in a FreeCAD assembly by inserting a local coordinate system, datum planes, axes, and points, then align, rotate, and edit attachments to build the assembly.

Learn to create a symmetrical copy of a part in freecad by selecting the component and reference plane, applying the mirror tool, and enabling show element to view mirrored bolts.

Learn to show and hide the local coordinate systems and datums for the selected part and its children, using the assembly container or a single part.