Anyone taught themselves/learned either freecad or onshape via online resources they could recommend?
Tried a couple youtubes for freecad a while back and just didn't get anywhere.
I use tinkercad for small parts.
Previously used sketchup for woodworking, but the pricing and web version just don't cut it for me. #cad #3dprinting
@alexmorse unfortunately there are lots of awful YouTube videos that are almost useless at teaching how to use #freecad
The "CAD CAM Lessons" channel on YouTube is quite good. I've managed to learn enough to design the objects I wanted to print using them.
My experience of freecad is that you start to gain confidence, and then you make a small change, and it will start producing loads of errors and fail to apply changes. Save your changes early and often into an incrementing filename.
@alexmorse Well, you don't say which YouTube channels you found not helpful. Many people have found MangoJelly very helpful; he doesn't generally assume that you watch all his videos in order.
If you prefer the written word, try @concretedog 's FreeCAD for Makers — it's not updated for the latest FreeCAD, but the core concepts in it haven't changed.
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