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I've only just begun using FreeCAD (and CAD in general, especially parametric CAD), but one of the problems I've seen when sketching on a plane has been the top
by Sophira 5y ago
I've only just begun using FreeCAD (and CAD in general, especially parametric CAD), but one of the problems I've seen when sketching on a plane has been the topological naming problem[0]. I don't know how it's changed since 0.19, but basically, making changes to your model after sketching on a plane can cause the sketch to anchor to another plane instead.
I was fist introduced to this problem in a video[1] made by Flowwie, who makes some fantastic introductory videos for FreeCAD. I'd strongly suggest watching it, because this isn't something the tutorial on the wiki[2] warns you about. Flowwie goes on to suggest an alternate method of working around this problem which works by using reference measurements (measurements within a sketch that aren't specified, but calculated for use in other sketches).
[0] https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Topological_naming_problem https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Topological_naming_problem
[1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=FVKhejma69U https://youtube.com/watch?v=FVKhejma69U
[2] https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Creating_a_simple_part_with_PartDesign https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Creating_a_simple_part_with_Part...
[edit: I accidentally linked to a video I didn't mean to link to! This one is the one I intended.]
- jbay808 5y agoA fix is in progress -- developer realthunder has submitted a patch last year to solve the topological naming problem, and you can try it in their development branch.