Tutorials

This page presents a selection of written tutorials, it is in no way complete! A complete, unsorted list of tutorials can be found here: Category:Tutorials.

You can also check out Offsite tutorials and Video tutorials which list links to tutorials hosted on external sites. A useful source of video tutorials is of course also a FreeCAD keyword search on YouTube.

Architecture and BIM

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  Arch tutorial
  Basics of architectural modeling.

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  Arch panel tutorial
  Modeling a microhouse roof panel.

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  BIM modeling
  How to model a small house and produce a blueprint.

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  Tutorial for open windows
  Display doors and windows as open, with elevation and plan symbols, and produce a basic blueprint.

Modeling Parts

FreeCAD provides two main workflows to modeling parts:

• combining objects, a method called constructive solid geometry (CSG) using the Part workbench, and
• using parametric modelling and feature editing with the PartDesign Workbench.

Please note that the PartDesign Workbench workflow was considerably changed from FreeCAD 0.17 onward; some of the tutorials haven't been updated and may refer to the 0.16 version.

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  Creating a simple part with PartDesign
  An intro to v0.17 PartDesign workflow

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  Basic Part Design Tutorial 017
  Model a simple part using a feature editing methodology (updated for version 0.17)

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  Model a Toothbrush Head Stand
  in PartDesign v0.16

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  Modeling for product design
  Modeling a Lego block v0.16

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  Traditional modeling, the CSG way
  Model a table using a simple CSG work flow.

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  Draft ShapeString tutorial
  Create engraved text on a solid.

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  Create a Whiffle Ball
  from Part primitives.

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  Basic modeling tutorial
  Create an iron angle in 2 simple methods.

Drafting and Sketching

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  Traditional 2D drafting

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  Draft tutorial
  Introduction to the Draft workbench .

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  Sketcher tutorial
  Introduction to the Sketcher.

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  Sketcher Micro Tutorial
  Learn to efficiently constrain a square.

Technical Drawings

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  Basic TechDraw Tutorial
  Intro to creating drawings with the TechDraw workbench.

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  Drawing tutorial
  Intro to creating blueprints with the Drawing workbench.

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  Generating 2D drawings

FEM

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  FEM Analysis example

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  FEM Shear of a Composite Block

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  FEM tutorial
  Introduction to the FEM workbench.

CNC & 3D Printing

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  Path Walkthrough for the Impatient
  Quick presentation of the Path module.

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  Preparing models for 3D printing

Import and Export

• Dxf Importer Install Manual install of the DXF import library.

  Dxf Importer Install
  Manual install of the DXF import library.

Rendering

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  Creating renderings
  With POV-Ray and LuxRender.

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  Raytracing tutorial
  Introduces the basic workflow of the Raytracing workbench.

Robot workbench

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  Robot tutorial
  Robot movement simulation.

List of Commands

Interface Customization

Index