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FreeCAD is an open-source parametric 3D modeler made primarily to design real-life objects of any size. Parametric modeling allows you to easily modify your design by going back into your model history and changing its parameters.

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Made my first parametric model in freecad! (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by richardisaguy@lemmy.world to c/freecad@lemmy.ml

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after bashing my head in my table for a bit, i finally managed to make something "salvagable"... i think.

this is meant to be a vesa adapter, from 200mm to 100mm; the idea is that 6mm metal screw-posts are melted into the holes

the sketch is quite a bit of a hellscape... i will see if i can figure out symmetry on the next iteration. Do you have any advice on how i can use better this program? it's been quite a bit since i haven't seen such a steep learning curve on a piece of software

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[–] madnificent@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

First off, it looks good as it is. Well done! Also, it works and that's the important bit. Some things which help me:

use equality constraints instead of repeating measurements for radii and lengths
fillets can be added after creating the main shape, this simplifies the sketch
if you know this will be mirrored, draw a quarter and mirror the extruded body in part design (you could use multi-transform here)
use formulas, spreadsheets or reuse named distances if you want to change things later
make extensive use of the Part Design workbench but sometimes dabble in another workbench because when they click you'll unlock a new set of combinations and turn FreeCAD into a sort of swiss army knife

Congrats on your first model 👏