I think I'm beginning to get the idea of #FreeCAD's constraint's, but it's a *lot* of pointy-clicky:

* draw a construction line from the origin: constrain it horizontal and to length 9.9 mm
* draw an arc from left line end, constrain radius=5.5 mm;
* draw an arc from right line end, constrain radius=4.5 mm;
* draw two tangent-ish lines;
* for each of the 4 pairs of line/arc end points, select and constrain tangentially

cf. #OpenSCAD :
hull(){circle(5.5);translate([9.9,0])circle(4.5);}

@scruss Does #FreeCAD not have keybindings for the common constraints? #SolveSpace does at least and it makes sketching quite fast. But I'm totally with you that #codeCAD is so much quicker and more concise for many things.
@nobodyinperson @scruss You can save a few steps: You don't need the construction line. You can just constrain the distance of the circle centers. Use the polyline tool to draw everything. This allows you to draw arcs and includes tangent constraints. Freecad development version already supports directly entering distances during drawing (but I believe it does not work for poly-line). I can also recommend checking the shortcuts.
@nusse @nobodyinperson I was following what the tutorial recommends. Which, incidentally, some of the tool icons look completely different, so they're hard to find
@scruss @nobodyinperson it would be very boring if the buttons where always the same, right? Did I mention that the shortcuts also changed recently ;)
@nusse @nobodyinperson considering how wilfully different FreeCAD is to many other graphical tools, it might be an idea to keep at least one thing consistent if you want users

@scruss
There is still no 1.0. So i think refining it until then even with uncomfortable changes is fair.

But its also fair to call it immature so far. It just doesn't claim to be.

@nusse @nobodyinperson

@homo_particeps @nusse @nobodyinperson Maturity is what other people use it for. It's been part of curriculum developed by Raspberry Pi Foundation and others for several years.

Yes, its modelling method (BREP?) is different, but to read the forum, there's lots of "lol, you're just stupid if you don't use it exactly this way". Maybe not from the official developers, but its support forum is pretty hostile

(The forum does get some pretty hostile questions, tho, in fairness)

@scruss Not sure if version numbers are good indicators. I mean it's free, it somehow works, you get used to all the bugs and learn how to work around. When I realize how simple things work in Fusion360, I sometimes question my choices. :) @homo_particeps @nobodyinperson
@nobodyinperson I don't know: maybe? Shortcuts are only useful if you know the actual tool to use, and that's currently my sticking point