CAM Project – Another Settings – FreeCAD Let’s check what we have in the other tabs. In the General tab we can change the name from Job, for example to Operation 1. This label will appear in the operation tree, which will allow us to uniquely identify this operation. In the Output tab, we can…
Stock and Work Coordinate System – FreeCAD CAM After starting a new CAM project, the settings window opens on the Setup tab. In this tab, we determine the dimensions of the stock and the location of the coordinate system origin, I will call it the base. As for the stock, we have several options that…
CAM Project – FreeCAD Path #2 First we need to create a new CAM project for this part. To do this, click Creates a Path Job Object icon. Window will appear. And click OK. If you are wondering why you need to create a new CAM project every time, the point is that for one…
FreeCAD Path Workbench Tutorial FreeCAD, apart from the possibilities of the 3D CAD system, where we can create our own 3D models, also has the ability to prepare machining programs for CNC machines. So it also has CAM system capabilities. But it’s worth keeping in mind that it’s a free program. We get a tool…
Edit Apperance – SolidWorks Tutorial #11 The first part is ready, but as information that can be useful at a later stage of the work, I will tell you about the color change of the solid. And to quickly change the color of a solid, select the Edit appearance option And if the selected geometry…
Linear Pattern – SolidWorks Tutorial #10 Let’s create a through hole at the bottom of the pocket. Select the bottom wall of the pocket and start sketching. Note that when you click on the wall next to the cursor the menu appears. You can also choose sketching from this menu. Let’s set the Normal to…
Mirror – SolidWorks Tutorial #9 Now we can add a mirror operation of this hole relative to plane 1 . Let’s choose the Mirror operation. Select Plane 1 as the Mirror Face/Plane and select the hole for Features to Mirror. Ok and we got a second hole on the other side of the plane. Let’s…
Chamfer – SolidWorks Tutorial #8 At this moment, we can add chamfers on the edges. To select the Chamfer operation, expand the menu under the Fillet button. Select the four edges of the part as the Items To Chamfer and specify the chamfer parameters as a distance of 2 mm and an angle of 45…
Plane – Reference Geometry – SolidWorks Tutorial #7 The mirror operation works so that it creates a copy of the selected features relative to some reference geometry. Such geometry can be e.g. a wall or a plane. We want to make copies of this hole in the other corners. So first, I want to add…
Hole Wizard – SolidWorks Tutorial #6 Now we will create a hole for the M8 screw with a cylindrical head with a hexagon socket. And we could do it manually by creating a sketch and using the extrude feature, but we can make things a little easier with the hole wizard. Let’s choose Hole Wizard…