Introduction to FreeCAD [DIGIKEY VIDEOS]

[Chris Savage]

Well, it's been a while and recently in order to move ahead on many projects that require custom 3D printed parts, I decided to get up to speed on FreeCAD V1.0, only to find that it has been updated to V1.1.1. Now, you might think that's no big deal, but apparently there are 200+ changes and bug fixes and well, none of the tutorials for V1.0 seems to work for me. Some tools have changed. Icons are gone or re-branded. It's a lot different!

Anyway, after trying three tutorials built around V1.0 and having two fail, I need to try again with more updated tutorials. My weekend will be mostly set around this endeavor. Wish me luck!

[granz]

Good luck with that. Let us know how it goes.

I need to quickly put some stuff together and want something quick and simple. TinkerCad looks great, but I really don't like web-based/browser-based stuff - if it isn't kept on my computer, it isn't mine. Does anyone have a suggestion for a dead-simple 3D print CAD program, that resides on my computer (for Linux, of course)?

Once I get done with my quick stuff, I am thinking that FreeCAD will be my next design program.