
Create a FreeCAD part by making a body and an xy plane sketch, then draw lines and an arc to form a rough shape, learning degrees of freedom and constraints.
Finish the sketch by creating a pocket through all from a centered circle, using isometric view to verify thirty millimeters length and padding for a three-dimensional final model.
Learn to perform multiple operations in FreeCAD by using mirror and external referencing with external geometry to create mirrored pockets and precisely constrained sketches.
Kick off a hands-on series to design an electric toothbrush head stand, covering introduction, part design, sketching and constraining, padding, multiple operations, and finishing with fillet and camphor.
Design a toothbrush headstand in FreeCAD using either a base sketch or a rounded rectangle extrude. Add four circles on the rectangle to form cylinders and chamfer the connecting edge.
Apply fillet and chamfer to selected edges in FreeCAD, adjust radii from 0.75 mm to 2 mm, and add a small chamfer for 3D printing clearance, shaping a CAD part.
Design a toothbrush headstand part by sketching an oval with arcs, padding to a flat top, and pocketing a hexagon. Apply linear repetition along an axis to create three occurrences.
Sketch and constrain base shapes in FreeCAD, apply padding and pocketing, and model a hexagon with precise constraints, then explore linear pattern and the draft feature.
Explore the part workbench by building a simple airplane using cuboids, a cylinder, and a cone, while learning to add and place elements, apply boolean operations, and set rotation angles.
Explore the part workbench in FreeCAD, from the start page to adding basic shapes such as a cube, cylinder, sphere, cone, torus, and a hollowed out cylinder, then delete them.
Explore rotation angles in FreeCAD's part workbench, using red, green, and blue axes to map yaw, pitch, and roll to body coordinates, with terms like heading, elevation, and bank.
Design the table in FreeCAD by shaping a cuboid body and leg components, subtracting to form an L-shaped leg, and adding holes for fasteners using cylinders or long through-holes.
Create a table using FreeCAD’s part workbench by modeling four legs from cubes, copying and transforming them, applying a boolean cut, and assembling a cuboid table top with precise placements.
Create screw threads in FreeCAD by sweeping a constrained vertical profile along a helix on a cylinder using the part design workbench and additive pipe.
This course provides a very comprehensive, yet concise, introduction to Computer Aided Design (CAD) through FreeCAD.
With a project-centric approach, the course allows you to delve directly into creating objects without having to learn what each individual tool or feature in FreeCAD is. This way you can learn by making, not just watching. As we progress through the course, you will find the difficulty of modeling objects and the complexity of components increase, thereby helping you to apply whatever skills you learn.
This course covers Modelling Parts in FreeCAD, but the skills can be extended to 3D Design, Drafting, Assembly, etc. Moreover, you will learn to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to augment your expertise throughout the course. From debugging with AI to asking it how to design parts, you will be leveraging the power of modern technology tools in modeling projects with CAD.
Therefore, this course is suggested to anyone interested in learning Computer Aided Design, or FreeCAD especially, regardless of what their learning outcome is. After completing this course, you will have achieved significant proficiency in FreeCAD, which will allow you to create whatever object you want with CAD and AI.
Thank you for your interest, and I hope to have you on board.