FreeCAD 0.20: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users

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CADArtifex, Sandeep Dogra, John Willis

• Publisher: CADArtifex
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN:
  9789394074200
• Edition: 0

FreeCAD 0.20: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users textbook has been designed for instructor-led courses as well as self-paced learning. It is intended to help engineers and designers interested in learning FreeCAD to create 3D mechanical designs. This textbook is an excellent guide for new FreeCAD users and a great teaching aid for classroom training. It consists of 10 chapters and a total of 446 pages covering major workbenches of FreeCAD such as Sketcher, Part Design, A2plus, and TechDraw. The textbook teaches you to use FreeCAD mechanical design software for building parametric 3D solid components and assemblies as well as creating 2D drawings.This textbook not only focuses on the usage of the tools/commands of FreeCAD but also the concept of design. Every chapter in this textbook contains tutorials that provide users with step-by-step instructions for creating mechanical designs and drawings with ease. Moreover, every chapter ends with hands-on test drives that allow users to experience the user-friendly and powerful technical capabilities of FreeCAD.Main Features of the TextbookComprehensive coverage of toolsStep-by-step real-world tutorials with every chapterHands-on test drives to enhance the skills at the end of every chapterAdditional notes and tipsCustomized content for faculty (PowerPoint Presentations)Free learning resources for faculty and studentsAdditional student and faculty projectsTechnical support for the book by contacting [email protected]

Table of contents

• FreeCAD 0.20: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• How to Download Online Resources
• How to Contact the Author
• Chapter 1: Introduction to FreeCAD
• Chapter 2: Creating and Editing Sketches with FreeCAD
• Chapter 3: Creating Base Feature of a 3D Solid Model
• Chapter 4: Creating Datum Geometries
• Chapter 5: Creating Pocket and Groove Features
• Chapter 6: Creating Pipe, Loft, and Helix Features
• Chapter 7: Mirroring and Patterning Features
• Chapter 8: Creating Holes and Dress-up Features
• Chapter 9: Creating Assemblies
• Chapter 10: Creating 2D Drawings
• INDEX
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