Pyramids and polyhedrons Workbench

Description

The Pyramids-and-Polyhedrons External Workbench Icon

This workbench creates:

• Parametric pyramids
• Parametric polyhedrons: tetrahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, icosahedron_truncated
• Geodesic spheres (with divisions 1 to 10)

Parameters like radius and side, ...can be adjusted just like with normal parts

Installation

Install via the Addon Manager
Is not yet possible - work in progress.

Manual install

Go to https://github.com/eddyverl/FreeCad-Pyramids-and-Polyhedrons and follow the instructions over there. Further details about this workbench can also be found there.

Usage

• Once installed, open workbench Pyramids-and-Polyhedrons
• Click on a part of your choice and adjust the parameters to your preferences.

Tutorials on youtube

• Pyramids use and possibilities : https://youtu.be/H8IgmzpMpSg
• More advanced, build a model of a geodesic dome : https://youtu.be/FsYHYnVcVvI

Discussion

Please direct your feedback, ideas, thoughts about this workbench to the dedicated FreeCAD forum thread (link). Bugs can also be submitted to the GitHub repo issue queue.

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