Yorik van Havre3d ago
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It's #FreeCADFriday you lovely people! Hope you all have had a great week. What are you working on in #FreeCAD at the moment? Triple Kudos points if it's an entry for our Design Competition! #opensource #openscience #CAD
https://blog.freecad.org/2026/05/01/freecad-community-design-contest-2026-open-science/
FreeCAD Community Design Contest 2026: Open Science

The FreeCAD Project Association (FPA) are really pleased to share our first community design competition. We really want to see how people are using FreeCAD and thought a competition might be the w…

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Show threadBenjamin3d ago
@freecad a tripod holder for my bike
Show threadFreeCAD3d ago
@piratenpanda oooh intrigued... any pictures?! :)
Show threadBenjamin3d ago
@freecad the small version for the front is in version 0.9 ;) the one for the bigger tripod is still in the planning phase.
Show threadFreeCAD3d ago
@piratenpanda ah this is fantastic. I thought earlier it was some kind of tripod FOR the bike, but it's a way of carrying a tripod ON the bike! Ace.
Show threadBenjamin3d ago
@freecad photography with a bike is seriously missing equipment. But nowadays we can create it ourselves.
Show threadWorkshopshed3d ago
@freecad Just the usual #FreeCadFriday
Show threadFreeCAD3d ago
@Workshopshed We lol'd for sure... another one of these eh sheesh!!... Seriously this is looking awesome and we'd love to feature this on our blog if you are up for that and a chat sometime? /Jo
Show threadkinghat2d ago
@Workshopshed @freecad BIM or another workbench? Or did you create all parts from scratch?
Show threadWorkshopshed2d ago
@Kinghat @freecad Yes, Bim and parts created from sketch plus extrude/pad whatever it is in that bench. Lots of array operations.
Show threadWorkshopshed2d ago
@Kinghat @freecad think the posts and beams were just posts and beams
Show threadJeffrey P Burdick2d ago

@freecad

Today I was working on exhaust merge collectors which will eventually be 3D printed out of 316L stainless steel and incorporated into the exhaust of my stupid little sports car.

Show threadJeffrey P Burdick1d ago

@freecad I'm going to post my #freecadfriday late, because I somehow goofed up my earlier post.

I modeled some merge collectors for a performance optimized exhaust for my stupid little sports car. My intention is to metal 3D print this particular set and incorporate into a larger exhaust system.