Look mom, I made this.

The first release on printable for a MMDVM Dual HS enclosure that is meant to be used without a Raspberry Pi mounted to it but using via USB connection. That's how I do it - and mmdvmhost runs inside a container that I built on my Raspberry Pi next to the svxlink container for fm-funknetz. Nice.

https://www.printables.com/model/1381942-mmdvm-dual-hat-enclosure-for-usb-connection

Forged in FreeCAD: CERN CMS Detector Cable Clamps
In case it passed you by, over on our mastodon account and on the X platform we have run the hashtag #FreeCADFriday for a long time. It's a straightforward "show everyone what you are up to with FreeCAD" type affair and every week so many amazing projects show up as responses.
#CERN #FreeCAD #CAD #CMS #Muons
https://blog.freecad.org/2025/08/11/forged-in-freecad-cern-cms-detector-cable-clamps/
#UserStory

Concept/Design work: the holiday trip is starting soon and it’s a cycle trip around lake Bodensee. There won’t be too much time for #hamradio things, but better be prepared. So I‘ve modelled a winder for a 10/15 linked dipole (prototype) ,it’s the USB-C PD adapter by @DG1JAN, an Eremit 12V 2Ah pack (maybe I will replace with a powerbank), headphones and the amazing #truSDX by DL2MAN. Looks like a kit, eh? The bag is a cheap bag by Decathlon which does a great job keep everything together. There is also space for a pen and some paper for logging. #hamradio #3dprint #freecad

@FreeCAD software has been vital in helping me design and build my own weaving loom.

Planning out the parts and measurements. And designing parts for 3D printing. The project is making great progress.

work in progress V 2.0 ... (still _a_lot_of_work left ... )

#FreeCadFriday This has been my first full week using FreeCAD. I've made so many mistakes, so many retries, but also some progress!

I'm working on a model of the Zeppelin-like airship from one of my novels - I hope eventually to import it into a program that will let me walk through it.

Having some trouble getting rotation joints to stick, but here's a screenshot of one of the engine nacelles.

Lamp-design in #Freecad with the new 1.1 UI.

Happy #FreeCADFriday everyone! Hope you all have a grand weekend. Show us what you've been up too with #FreeCAD. #CAD #CAM #BIM

Venue update! Join us tomorrow morning at 9 AM for #FreeCAD's 2025 North American Meetup at Innovate Springfield, 15 South Old State Capitol Plaza, #Springfield, #Illinois!

FreeCAD 1.0.2 released
We’ve just released a new update with over 30 bugfixes and small improvements, go get it here. As a reminder, these 1.0.X releases bring added stability to version 1.0 of FreeCAD, whereas new features in development will be released in version 1.1.
#opensource #CAD #FreeCAD

https://blog.freecad.org/2025/08/06/freecad-1-0-2-released/
#Releases

I'm playing with FreeCAD lately. A video showed me how to create a house in the tool. So far, so good. (Well, most of the time. I'm still arguing with some values.)

In the thumbnail, the house has structures and colored walls and such. I can't even figure out what to search for.

So, I have an object, and I'd like it to look like a tile wall or something.

Any idea how to word my question, so I can figure out how to learn this?

Thanks!

Still very frustrated with the black parts of the print, but finally got around to printing the attachable crown (extended my changer by two colors before I ran out of filament for the redirector panels lol) and it looks better than I expected, given that I designed it and I UTTERLY SUCK at aesthetics Made in #FreeCad
#3DJGummikuh

Just blogged about those Magnet PCB Clamp tools I've been making, There's links to the repo on the blog should you want to make some of your own. They work really well even if I do say so myself! Source is open and open toolchain as designed in #FreeCAD. https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2025/08/magnet-pcb-clamps.html #opensource #3dprinting #tools #electronics Boosts welcome!

My first real attempt at modeling something in #FreeCAD - just enough of a speaker amplifier board so that I can later build a case around it with the right openings and vents.

Thanks for the tutorials by @shawnhymel which filled in some crucial missing pieces in my understanding how it works, giving practical advice and nudge to try it out!

Here's my constraint model of a 1D pantograph that I think I can make with 3D printed flexure joints for the #RepRapMicron. Basically it lets me do incredibly precise linear movement reduction without using any bearings.

My first actual success at doing anything with #FreeCAD, by the way. Only crashed it once and its file recovery recovered.

Description of WTF? at http://blog.reprap.org/2025/08/the-parallel-pantograph-axis-driver.html