3D-printed my Sennheiser headphone holder:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7263365

The holder was designed in FreeCAD -- see my previous post:
https://fosstodon.org/@avp/115848790203197190

#freecad #3dprinting

Today I finally milled the base (cradle) for the Stonehenge project out of brass.
The toolpaths were done in #FreeCAD
It is so much nicer than the aluminium part, the weight is quite different.

I will bring one to the combined #kicad and #freecad booth on #fossdem

Today I finally milled the base (cradle) for the Stonehenge project out of brass.
The toolpaths were done in #FreeCAD
It is so much nicer than the aluminium part, the weight is quite different.

I will bring one to the combined #kicad and #freecad booth on #fossdem

Also #FreeCad treibt mich in den Wahnsinn 🤯

Das ist echt etwas, da braucht man eine geradezu stoische Leidensfähig und einen extrem langen Atem, um sich das mit Tutorial Videos und Ausprobieren selbst beizubringen.

Aber noch habe ich nicht aufgegeben 😢

I'm watching @MangojellySolutions 's #FreeCAD video series. (Highly recommended, BTW.) I'm 17 episodes in and ready to start designing stuff.

I have questions. When I can't find the answer myself, where's the best place to ask FreeCAD questions?

Thanks for all advice.

(For those who don't follow me, I've designed hundreds of things in Fusion 360 and OpenSCAD; I'm a FreeCAD newb but intermediate in CAD.)

#FreeCAD

I'm watching @MangojellySolutions 's #FreeCAD video series. (Highly recommended, BTW.) I'm 17 episodes in and ready to start designing stuff.

I have questions. When I can't find the answer myself, where's the best place to ask FreeCAD questions?

Thanks for all advice.

(For those who don't follow me, I've designed hundreds of things in Fusion 360 and OpenSCAD; I'm a FreeCAD newb but intermediate in CAD.)

#FreeCAD

@chrishuck Okay, so I probably have 2,000 hours in F360 and 5 hours in FreeCAD. Hardly a fair comparison.

My first big issue with FC was, I couldn't select anything in sketches. Then I found the pick radius preference.

My second is that the sketch constraints are very different and I don't always know what I've constrained.

FC has a lot more/better keyboard shortcuts, and the Spacemouse worked out of the box.

1/N

#Fusion360 #FreeCAD

@chrishuck Okay, so I probably have 2,000 hours in F360 and 5 hours in FreeCAD. Hardly a fair comparison.

My first big issue with FC was, I couldn't select anything in sketches. Then I found the pick radius preference.

My second is that the sketch constraints are very different and I don't always know what I've constrained.

FC has a lot more/better keyboard shortcuts, and the Spacemouse worked out of the box.

1/N

#Fusion360 #FreeCAD

I'm off to a great start learning FreeCAD today. I installed it on my iMac, then I spent over two hours trying to figure out why it wouldn't launch. MacOS had put the annoying "This is an application downloaded from the Internet; are you sure?" dialog on the second monitor where I wasn't looking.

Inkscape and The GIMP also prefer to put dialogs on my second monitor. I don't know why.

Anyway, I intend to model a brick today. Wish me better luck!

#FreeCAD

I'm off to a great start learning FreeCAD today. I installed it on my iMac, then I spent over two hours trying to figure out why it wouldn't launch. MacOS had put the annoying "This is an application downloaded from the Internet; are you sure?" dialog on the second monitor where I wasn't looking.

Inkscape and The GIMP also prefer to put dialogs on my second monitor. I don't know why.

Anyway, I intend to model a brick today. Wish me better luck!

#FreeCAD