Hello. This thread is all about Freecad. It’s an open discussion so feel free to share anything you like or general questions if you want, or perhaps projects you’re working on 
. I will be updating this occasionally hopefully boosting my motivation in the process 
any video tutorials? I’m trying to design a speaker terminal with magnets for quick release…
Kids and wife always need my trunk space😒 so it would be an easy thing to use magnets for connections to take the sub box out.
I have a file that’s very basic.
Ya I can try and help you find what you need
I like this guy he seems to keep my attention, and I have more vids perhaps I can organize them into objectives so you won’t have to sift.
I’m working on an enclosure right now for hummie deck, I’m having issues also but hopefully I can share what I learn from it?
That would be awesome! Thank you! Ive been reading the other threads that mention 3D printing and design to pick up tips and advice.
Ooh, finally finding some kindred spirits. I use FreeCAD because I use Linux for my personal machine at home and I’m also waaaay past educational discounts for software (which don’t run on linux anyway).
I used this playlist to get me started (https://youtu.be/uh5aN_Di8J0?si=PsUkUZxhRurVMlmV) and then I just look up specific topics afterwards as I need them. I’ll check out the other recommendations as they come.
I’ve finally drawn a mount! Parametric values and a couple formula using the spreadsheet.
It’s not drawn as efficiently as it could be, but it’s my first drawn model and there’s a lot to learn. If skateboarding hadn’t provided me with the injury to take the time off work, and the cause to need to draw parts, I’d never overcome the initial barrier of learning this.
I’ve been finding youtube videos useful for learning the interface, but for overcoming specific obstacles the PDF’s and web documents have been more helpful.
Orange constraints associate with parameters. Red, acute values. White, unconstrained, and Green is constrained. Just figuring that out took me a while. For the varset variables, “UpperCase” as a title causes the value to display as “Upper Case”. Until I realised this, I’ve been using underscores.
Fuck yeah dude!!!
Learning to model parametrically from the start is gonna be super helpful for you.
I taught myself without bothering with parametric stuff and it’s a little harder to teach myself now i am semi-set in bad habits
Yea, I’ve used sketchup to design my kitchen and front fence / gate. That was direct draw and frustrating AF to change anything with detail.
We sell 5-axis CNC machines to the pre-hung door industry and rely heavily on parametric variables so the client just has to chose their components and spacing from drop down menu’s. The software side of things gets beyond me pretty quick, but I can possibly relate more to parametric from fudging my way through when I’m having to calibrate things after replacing a spindle for example.
I really want more of Kevins street gear drives, and my hand to not be in a cast, but hes stopped making them and I’m tempted to get my measuring calipers out…
started watching his tutorials and following the steps. Was getting frustrated because I followed every step as was shown and wasnt getting the same results.
I then tried to downgrade freecad to the same version and voila! It all started working as was shown. Felt like an idiot for hours and it got frustrating but now i am excited to continue the tutorials.
The shapes in the videos will lend themselves great for my use case
If you feel inclined show a picture of your issue and tell specifically which error from your console log… I have lots of issues , and I discovered that some of it arises from being color blind and not perceiving which area is actually highlighted. Also want to see what your doing 
Right now I am still following his tutorials but the errors I was seeing were about constraints.
At first I had version 1.0 but in the videos he’s using 0.2… the tools he used were in different locations as well.
I want to design a speaker terminal with integrated magnets which should be simple. After a few days of playing around I think I should be able to figure it out.
I want to get good at using cad so I’ll keep practicing. He posted a link of different designs so I’ll try to use those for practice
Never mirror a sketch. Also if you manipulate a square it could be broken. In part design you can use “verify sketch” or check verticies to find it. some issues of this nature can be fixed by calling out your dimensions and using the axis lines with construction lines. (The blue ones) sorry I haven’t uploaded picture of this I will try. And you can move all the UI elements around if you choose
