An easier way is to use the Fit the whole content on the screen. We can use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out, but this will not give us confidence that we’ll find the sketch. It may happen that the sketch will “hide” somewhere. However, before we do so, there are a few things that can help you navigate. The drawn rectangle will be used to create a solid. From the panel on the right side of the window, click Close. We have a rectangle drawn with dimensions 300 x 200, the center of which is at the beginning of the coordinate system.

The same window appears as before and enter 200 in the Length field.

Then select the vertical distance to dimension the vertical side of the rectangle. Then select the upper side of the rectangle or two vertices lying at the ends of this side.Ī window will appear in which you enter the dimension value. Or first the type of dimension, and then we indicate what we want to dimension. Dimensionsĭimensioning in FreeCAD works so that first we can choose the feature or distance that we want to dimension, and then the type of dimension. Repeat for the vertices below and above the X axis. With the Ctrl key pressed, select the two vertices on the left and right sides of the Y axis and the Y axis. ConstraintsĪt the beginning, we set the sketch symmetrically to the XY axis. We have a sketch, but it is not oriented to the origin of the coordinate system and is not dimensioned. This information may come in handy as soon as we start working with FreeCAD and the drawing will “run away” somewhere or turn around, or if we accidentally leave the sketch.Īfter creating the first solid I will discuss navigation methods. From the Model tab from the right part of window, expand Body and double-click the left mouse button on the sketch you want to edit or right-click and choose Edit sketch from the menu. If we accidentally rotate the sketch and it will not be visible as in the above figure, rather just like in the figure below.Īnd we want to set it in the top view, click the Set to top view button.Īnd if we leave sketch mode, but we would like to edit an existing sketch. By clicking the right mouse button in the work area we turn off the active command and we can proceed further. The rectangle drawing command is still active. To draw a rectangle, select the Create rectangle in sketch button. Note that for sketching time, we switched to the Sketcher module. The next step is to select the sketch plane. To create a sketch, click the Create a new sketch button. To start modeling in FreeCAD, select File | New and choose the Part Design module from the drop-down menu. In this tutorial we will prepare simple 3D model and after that you could be able to create simple parts by yourself. FreeCAD Tutorial – Quick Start – Basic 3D Modeling If you find my tutorials helpful, you can support CADCAMLessons:

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