FreeCAD 101 Lightning Talk

A quick introduction to FreeCAD 1.0 for 3D printing!

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1. FreeCAD 101 (for 3D Printing)
2. Who am I? • technical writer and hobbyist 3d designer • designing with freecad, openscad, and nomadsculpt • all models shared on printables.com
3. What is FreeCAD? • open-source parametric 3D modeler - no sculpting! • over two decades old, but recently got a more stable 1.0 • powerful, precise, requires a bit more engineering but does the job well • can use formulas (spreadsheet style) for dynamic sized objects • 1 well-designed model can serve unlimited variations
4. How does it work? • multiple workbenches, each with a purpose • most of the time you'll be working with the "Part Design" workbench
5. How does it work? • everything starts with a 2D sketch! it must be attached to a plane or face
6. How does it work? • the sketcher workbench has tools to create geometries and apply constrains
7. How does it work? • use constrains, spreadsheets and formulas to create dynamic models!
8. generated models sliced for 3d printing printed result
9. Working with SVGs • you can also import an SVG as geometry and turn it into a sketch!
11. Thank You! erika@camboa.io printables.com/@erikaheidi