FreeCAD [How-to]电子书

FreeCAD [How-to]

Table of Contents

FreeCAD [How-to]

Credits

Foreword

About the Authors

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. FreeCAD [How-to]

Getting and installing FreeCAD (Must know)

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more...

Daily builds

Building from source

Third-party builds

Understanding the FreeCAD interface (Must know)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Default views

Freezing and Saving views

Python and Report views

CSG modeling in the Part workbench (Must know)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works....

There's more...

Create primitives

Why doesn't my part look right?

Recording and editing a macro (Should know)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Taking advantage of the power of macros

Learn a bit of Python programming by reading macro scripts

Modeling a simple part with the Draft workbench (Must know)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more....

Create arrays

Converting drafts and sketches

Rotating and extruding to create parts (Should know)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Lofting

Creating 3D solids with Python (Become an expert)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Learn more about part scripting online

Creating a custom dialog to automate a task (Become an expert)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Learn more about Python and PyQt programming

Make things easier by using Qt Designer

Modeling with constraints (Must know)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Apply constraints carefully

Use multiple simple sketches

Using external constraints (Should know)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Mapping a sketch to a face

Adding or modifying constraints with Python (Become an expert)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Add a length constraint to a line

Creating a drawing of a part (Should know)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Export a PDF file from your drawing

Exporting DXF files for other applications (Should know)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Importing data (Should know)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Index