Mastering FreeCAD with AI: Hands-On 3D Modelling Projects

Explore FreeCAD's official documentation and tutorials to learn modeling parts, the difference between part and part design, and practice sketching with constraints to complete a simple part.

Compare the part workbench and the part design workbench in FreeCAD to show when to use sketches, padding, and layering for modeling solids.

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.

Learn how constraints reduce a sketch's degrees of freedom in FreeCAD's part design, using coincident, vertical and horizontal distances, arc radius, and a 30-degree angle to fully constrain the sketch.

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.

Apply fillet and chamfer to a sketch in FreeCAD, adjusting edge radii to about two millimeters for a rounded finish and slicing corners for a clean, artistic look.

Review the use of part design and part workbenches to sketch, constrain, pad, and pocket features, then iteratively build complex parts across multiple sketches and operations.

Design a simple CAD part in FreeCAD with and without AI, then sketch, set constraints, pad, and perform multiple operations in two separate videos.

Design a simple FreeCAD part by sketching a trapezium, extruding, pocketing, and adding a central cutout, using ai via ChatGPT to guide base sketch, pad, chamfer, fillet, and mirror features.

Sketch a trapezium in the part design workbench, apply vertical 21 mm and horizontal 26 mm constraints, then use two-dimensional padding to reach 53 mm total length.

Learn to perform multiple operations in FreeCAD by using mirror and external referencing with external geometry to create mirrored pockets and precisely constrained sketches.

Learn to perform multiple operations in FreeCAD by creating a rectangular sketch, padding, pocketing, mirroring features, and placing a centered square hole using external references and dimensional constraints.

Recap of part two: master rough sketching, constraints, pad, pocketing, and mirrored features in FreeCAD, using external referencing and adding fillets and chamfers for a polished part.

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.

Learn to sketch, constrain, and pad in FreeCAD, create four circles with external geometry, and perform multiple operations to design a toothbrush head stand.

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.

Apply linear pattern to create three occurrences, adjust radii and spacing, then use the draft feature on a pocketed sketch with a neutral plane to form a cone bottom.

Master FreeCAD basics through sketching, constraining, and padding, then perform multiple operations, apply fill, and explore the linear pattern and the draft feature to understand their roles beyond aesthetics.

Model a lego block in FreeCAD with AI assistance, building eight top cylinders, bottom imprints, three hollow cylinders, and a middle partition with ridges for tight stacking.

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.

Add and place cylinders, cuboids, and a cone (frustum) in FreeCAD’s Part Workbench, using transforms, data adjustments, and precise orientation.

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.

Master boolean operations in FreeCAD by joining multiple objects with union, or subtracting parts to cut from a base object, enabling flexible 3D modelling workflows.

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 and build a table in FreeCAD using the part workbench, then color and export the model while exploring FreeCAD add-ons like the fasteners workbench.

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 holes for fasteners in FreeCAD by modeling a cylinder, adjusting its size, placing it, cutting it from the leg and body, and reapplying fusion to finish.

Learn to install via the FreeCAD add-ons manager and use the fasteners workbench to quickly add nuts and bolts, map their size and orientation, and export colored models.

Learn to color a FreeCAD model using the part workbench, set colors on faces, and apply a wooden texture, then export selected objects as obj, stl, or html formats.

Recap highlights part workbench basics, table creation, fasteners add-ons, colors, exporting FreeCAD models, and boolean operations like cut and union, with rotation angles unit for the next wiffle ball project.

Create a wiffle ball using FreeCAD and AI guidance, using FreeCAD documentation and different views to learn basic 3d modelling and boolean operations.

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.