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I tried it a while ago, i had 2 problems: -how do you make assemblies out of parts (sugar on top explosion function) - derive a technical drawing from the 3D m

I tried it a while ago, i had 2 problems: -how do you make assemblies out of parts (sugar on top explosion function) - derive a technical drawing from the 3D model I could sent to the milling shop Point 2 is a dealbraker. I couldnt do it. Maybe it is me. Maybe I didnt find the right documentation, maybe I didnt understand what I am looking for. Using TurboCad now, not saying I am happy (docs are lacking, but it seems you can buy training)

jstanley 6y ago
For point 2, you probably want to use the Drawing workbench: https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Drawing_Module https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Drawing_Module
- leoedin 6y ago
  You'd be better off using the TechDraw workbench - it's basically replaced the drawing workbench. https://wiki.freecadweb.org/TechDraw_Module https://wiki.freecadweb.org/TechDraw_Module
  - andi999 6y ago
    This looks better. Can you mark the center of a bore and are there like surface roughness etc symbols?
  - jstanley 6y ago
    Thanks! Did not know this.
- andi999 6y ago
  Yes, looks as if this is adressing the problem space. The tutorial seems to be lacking. E.g. is there fubctionality to put in the surface roughness symbol with number? How would one do it? It leaves a bit if question. (I didnt use version 16 at that time)
  - jstanley 6y ago
    I only used it very briefly once before, but I think you'd be able to add a text label and paste in the Unicode symbol that you want. But see leoedin's comment: TechDraw might be better suited now.
    - andi999 6y ago
      Thats a great idea. In the mean time I checked, it seems these symbols didnt make it into unicode.
leoedin 6y ago
Regarding point 1, there's a bunch of 3rd party assembly plugins (A2+, A3, A4...), but no standardised assembly workbench yet. Hopefully one of the 3rd party ones will be accepted as good enough to make the standard one soon. It's not a great situation for the casual user who just wants to glue parts together. There is a project to build one true assembly workbench - but these things take time. https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Assembly_project https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Assembly_project Regarding point 2, there's a workbench called the TechDraw workbench which allows you to make technical drawings. In my experience it mostly works, with a few quirks and annoying bugs but nothing deal breaking. https://wiki.freecadweb.org/TechDraw_Module https://wiki.freecadweb.org/TechDraw_Module
- jstanley 6y ago
  I tried A2+ before and it did not work well for me. I wrote this at the time: > I liked how easy it was to define constraints between the parts. Unfortunately I found that if I changed any of the parts in any way, then when I updated the part in the assembly, A2plus had lost track of which pieces of geometry were supposed to be constrained. This is very annoying and means you need to redefine the constraints for a part every time you change the part. I read somewhere that A2plus is best used when you have already committed to the design of the parts and you just want to assemble them together, but that is not really a useful workflow. If I've already committed to the design of the parts, I can just print them out and assemble them together in real life!
- andi999 6y ago
  Just to point this out: A3, A4 are plugins and not papr sizes?
  - jstanley 6y ago
    They're short for "Assembly3", "Assembly4".

jstanley 6y ago

For point 2, you probably want to use the Drawing workbench: https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Drawing_Module https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Drawing_Module

leoedin 6y ago
You'd be better off using the TechDraw workbench - it's basically replaced the drawing workbench. https://wiki.freecadweb.org/TechDraw_Module https://wiki.freecadweb.org/TechDraw_Module
- andi999 6y ago
  This looks better. Can you mark the center of a bore and are there like surface roughness etc symbols?
- jstanley 6y ago
  Thanks! Did not know this.
andi999 6y ago
Yes, looks as if this is adressing the problem space. The tutorial seems to be lacking. E.g. is there fubctionality to put in the surface roughness symbol with number? How would one do it? It leaves a bit if question. (I didnt use version 16 at that time)
- jstanley 6y ago
  I only used it very briefly once before, but I think you'd be able to add a text label and paste in the Unicode symbol that you want. But see leoedin's comment: TechDraw might be better suited now.
  - andi999 6y ago
    Thats a great idea. In the mean time I checked, it seems these symbols didnt make it into unicode.

leoedin 6y ago

Regarding point 1, there's a bunch of 3rd party assembly plugins (A2+, A3, A4...), but no standardised assembly workbench yet. Hopefully one of the 3rd party ones will be accepted as good enough to make the standard one soon. It's not a great situation for the casual user who just wants to glue parts together. There is a project to build one true assembly workbench - but these things take time. https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Assembly_project https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Assembly_project Regarding point 2, there's a workbench called the TechDraw workbench which allows you to make technical drawings. In my experience it mostly works, with a few quirks and annoying bugs but nothing deal breaking. https://wiki.freecadweb.org/TechDraw_Module https://wiki.freecadweb.org/TechDraw_Module

jstanley 6y ago
I tried A2+ before and it did not work well for me. I wrote this at the time: > I liked how easy it was to define constraints between the parts. Unfortunately I found that if I changed any of the parts in any way, then when I updated the part in the assembly, A2plus had lost track of which pieces of geometry were supposed to be constrained. This is very annoying and means you need to redefine the constraints for a part every time you change the part. I read somewhere that A2plus is best used when you have already committed to the design of the parts and you just want to assemble them together, but that is not really a useful workflow. If I've already committed to the design of the parts, I can just print them out and assemble them together in real life!
andi999 6y ago
Just to point this out: A3, A4 are plugins and not papr sizes?
- jstanley 6y ago
  They're short for "Assembly3", "Assembly4".