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Michael K JohnsonWhy not both‽<ul><li>The <a href="https://social.makerforums.info/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> <a href="https://social.makerforums.info/tags/OpenSCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSCAD</a> workbench lets you mix and match. A friend sent me an OpenSCAD model of a part he wanted me to machine. I used the FreeCAD OpenSCAD workbench to show his model and then used TechDraw to make a drawing to work from.</li><li>FreeCAD's Part workbench is basically a similar CSG workflow to OpenSCAD, with boolean operations on shapes that take parameters, so a preference for working that way, or problems that fit that model, shouldn't drive a decision either way.</li><li>Actually, design-as-code works in both OpenSCAD and FreeCAD. FreeCAD has been a Python library and allowed you to write custom code driving basically anything in it in Python forever; I've written custom macros for multiple purposes. And in recent development builds, OpenSCAD added the ability to use Python as well as its bespoke language.</li></ul>/fin

Michael K JohnsonI started writing a response on reddit to the question "why do you prefer freecad vs openscad?" and wanted to share it here...A few <a href="https://social.makerforums.info/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> advantages that matter to me:<ul><li>Fillets and chamfers. Can be mind-bending to implement in OpenSCAD, and slow when implemented with minkowski sums.</li><li>TechDraw workbench to make drawings; I am a hobby machinist, and use drawings to make parts I have designed</li><li>Part Design workbench workflow is often much easier for me to conceptualize</li><li>Much faster (though the Manifold kernel in OpenSCAD has made a huge difference) even though it's still sometimes slow</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_representation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">B-rep</a> kernel (among other things, representing curves as curves)</li><li>STEP file support, import and export</li><li>Assemblies (finally are built-in in FreeCAD 1.0)</li><li>Fastener workbench semi-automatically chooses the right fastener for the hole</li><li>Availability of many other workbenches, some of which I don't yet know I need</li><li>More tutorial material in a variety of forms that can guide you through learning lots of specific techniques for solving a wide variety of problems, including many that go beyond what you can do with FreeCAD. (On the other hand, it's really hard to get started without following some!)</li></ul>1/3

morgan<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@FreeCAD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@FreeCAD</a> This <a href="https://leds.social/tags/FreeCADFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeCADFriday</a> been a while in the making (and patiently waiting for <a href="https://leds.social/tags/KiCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KiCAD</a> 9).KiConnect uses the KiCAD 9 API to import boards, copper layers and footprints into <a href="https://leds.social/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> and eventually bi-directional control.A ton of feature already being worked on or to be ported from test Macros.<a href="https://git.oit.cloud/morgan/kiconnect" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://git.oit.cloud/morgan/kiconnect</a>

Ivo Blöchliger<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@FreeCAD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@FreeCAD</a> heute einen Kurs über <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/freecad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freecad</a> im Tech-lab gehalten. Gibt dazu Video Tutorials für verschiedene 3D Objekte, erst mal auf deutsch: <a href="https://fginfo.ksbg.ch/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=techlab:cad-kurs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fginfo.ksbg.ch/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=techlab:cad-kurs</a> (I just gave a FreeCAD course at my school's maker space. There are video tutorials for different 3d printed objects, in German)

FreeCADIt's <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCADFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeCADFriday</a>! Show us what you're working on this week in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CAD</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CAM</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BIM</a>

amdI got some USB-C PD trigger boards in and did a revision of my solder fume extractor to use a 12V fan and to attach the lower electronics bay much more securely now that it has a hood to keep the top shrouds together.The 12V fan does perform better but the improvement isn't as significant as I had thought it would be. The 5V fan does a pretty good job with the hood in place.Libre license, <a href="https://gts.amd.im/tags/freecad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> files included<a href="https://www.printables.com/model/1211096-solder-fume-extractor-v2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.printables.com/model/1211096-solder-fume-extractor-v2</a><a href="https://techhub.social/@3dprinting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@3dprinting</a> <a href="https://gts.amd.im/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3DPrinting</a> <a href="https://gts.amd.im/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electronics</a>

smellsofbikesThis is what the 3d probe currently looks like. The stack height is 14 mm with the springs compressed to what I think is the right working pressure. I'm cutting the housing right now. Designed in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freecad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freecad</a> printed in PLA. I have a neat idea for a clamp tool so I can push the probe body solidly against the bearings for swapping probe tips. It's just a wedge, tbh.

smellsofbikesWell this is a charming little thing I've been meaning to make for years and finally got around to printing. It's two concentric eccentrics (with little pins so I can adjust the eccentrics) and lets me position the hole at any point within the outer eccentric. I've been meaning to use something like this for microadjusting worms to wormgears. Now I have to figure out how to make it clamp so it doesn't shift in use. It works quite well. Designed in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freecad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freecad</a> printer in PLA.

bram dingelstad :nb_flag:the entire rack unit is ready for the next few steps: making the mounting thingies for the actual devicesi'll first prioritize making the mounts for the file server and its harddrives, because then i can finally start migrating all of my files and stop paying my cloud subscription ✨<a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3DPrinting</a> <a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DIY</a> <a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> <a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/Homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Homelab</a>

bram dingelstad :nb_flag:alright! update ✨i just recorded a few videos with the progress thusfar, i'll try and edit + post those later :)but for now, this is a little preview of how the "rack rails" and "rack shelves" panned out ✨<a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3DPrinting</a> <a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DIY</a> <a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> <a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/Homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Homelab</a>

Shawn HymelAdded a very necessary cup holder to my <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaming</a> lap desk. Obviously for beer. Well, and tea and water 😁 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3dprinting</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a>

concretedogLol, not sure I approve of PETG candlestick holders. However I'm super pleased that someone I trained yesterday in some <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@FreeCAD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@FreeCAD</a> basics sent me this picture of a design they <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3Dprinted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3Dprinted</a> today! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Opensource</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eachoneteachone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eachoneteachone</a>

Fabian Bull :nixos: :ferris:Yesterday, I checked exercise 9 of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/studycadcam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#studycadcam</a>. It's not much but it's honest work. :)<a href="https://github.com/peri4n/CAD-Exercises/tree/main/studycadcam/9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/peri4n/CAD-Exercises/tree/main/studycadcam/9</a>Follow along and try for yourself in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Freecad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Freecad</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OSS</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a>

TriploidTreeI especially love <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> 1.0. It has some really nice defaults, like asking about diameter while you draw the circle (and not radius, cause like, I did not measure that with my trusty Aldi calipers) and immediately asking if you want to type the lengths in (sometimes I do, thanks for checking!)

msxNel weekend ho realizzato un carroarmatino da costruire, da stampare in TPU. I pezzi sono compatibili con quelli degli altri personaggini che ho fatto in passato. Gli STL e informazioni varie si trovano su <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/printables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printables</a>: <a href="https://www.printables.com/model/1233209-snaptpu-buildable-tank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.printables.com/model/1233209-snaptpu-buildable-tank</a>Disegnato in <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/Freecad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Freecad</a> e <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/Blender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blender</a>, rilasciato in <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/cc0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cc0</a>. <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/snaptpu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#snaptpu</a>

SEA_AllenI got tired of all of the cables kicking around the junk drawer so I designed and 3D printed a bin to hold them. <a href="https://makerworld.com/en/models/1213670-cable-storage-bin#profileId-1229077" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://makerworld.com/en/models/1213670-cable-storage-bin#profileId-1229077</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3dprinting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CAD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freecad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freecad</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3ddesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3ddesign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#storage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bambu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bambu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bambux1c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bambux1c</a>

PistonPin<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@FreeCAD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@FreeCAD</a> Car stuff: A covering cap for an older racing seat and a cover plate for a dashboard, remodeled after a broken part. (Both for someone else. 🙃)<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/3dPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3dPrinting</a>

Artem Anufrij1: IdeeDie Idee, die Module als Überdachung zu nutzen, kam spontan, weil die Anschlüsse am Dach für mein Setup nicht passten.Für die Skizzen habe ich <a href="https://social.anufrij.de/tags/Excalidraw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Excalidraw</a>, <a href="https://social.anufrij.de/tags/Blender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blender</a>, <a href="https://social.anufrij.de/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> verwendet und <a href="https://social.anufrij.de/tags/Nextcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nextcloud</a> für die Planung.Die ersten Diskussionen zu Design, Größe und Material kamen schnell. Eine gute Skizze war dabei hilfreich.Besonders geholfen hat mir das viele Kommunizieren und das Feedback erfahrener Leute, u. a. hier auf Mastodon!cc: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@excalidraw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@excalidraw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@nextcloud</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@FreeCAD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@FreeCAD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Blender" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Blender</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/diy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@diy</a>

FreeCADTutorial: Custom Toolbars When you use any tool for a while you often build a more personal connection to it. Perhaps you have that old screwdriver in a drawer that’s become polished with years of use and fits your hand perfectly.In this tutorial we'll look at modifying existing toolbars and creating our own custom toolbars to personalise our <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> experience. <a href="https://blog.freecad.org/2025/03/14/tutorial-custom-toolbars/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.freecad.org/2025/03/14/tutorial-custom-toolbars/</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Tutorials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tutorials</a>

FreeCADIt's <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCADFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeCADFriday</a> ! Show us what wonderful things you are working on at the moment! <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CAD</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CAM</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Opensource</a>

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