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    • arhiundefined
      arhi @matt3o
      last edited by

      @matt3o dunno, for me it's similar speed as onshape to make stuff ... I'm probbly doing simpler stuff than you. I do some stuff faster on onshape when I don't know (yet) how to do it in freecad, but the operations I know how to do in freecad I think speed is same. So yes, I am designing bit slower in freecad (for now) but that's fault of mine not of freecads πŸ˜„

      onshape made only one change that I know off that made me move, not 'cause the change affected me (didn't really I had everything open before that change anyhow) but 'cause the whole "we can change the rules any time and you can't do anything about it" is not the way I wanna play that game πŸ˜„

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      • matt3oundefined
        matt3o @arhi
        last edited by

        @arhi said in FreeCAD:

        So yes, I am designing bit slower in freecad (for now) but that's fault of mine not of freecads

        I see that you are implying my inadequacy at parametric cad which is... totally true πŸ˜„ but time to learn the software is still time. But I switched to inkscape (that now I actually prefer to illustrator... in certain aspects), to librecad (which is totally fine for what I need) and gimp (well, that still hurts)... freecad and blender are the last missing pieces...

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        • arhiundefined
          arhi @matt3o
          last edited by

          @matt3o not yours, actually mine.... and yes, time to learn tool is important that's why I think learning freecad is better use of my time then learning more of onshape of f360 πŸ™‚

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          • arhiundefined
            arhi
            last edited by

            anyone tried inventor import workbench
            https://github.com/jmplonka/InventorLoader

            supposedly loads inventor files and f360 can export inventor (not any more probably but..) and the objects, names, featues, history should be preserved? might be idea for migration f360>freecad

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            • PCRundefined
              PCR
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              360 can still export inventor and step! They changed it yesterday

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              • droftartsundefined
                droftarts administrators @PCR
                last edited by

                @PCR ... and may still change their mind about that (and other) functionality at any point in the future.

                Maybe it was my internet connection, or the aged 2013 MacBook Pro I run, but Onshape became unbearably slow, and Fusion also had plenty of β€˜brownout’ moments. FreeCAD may be clunky, but I notice that it’s snappier.

                Ian

                Bed-slinger - Mini5+ WiFi/1LC | RRP Fisher v1 - D2 WiFi | Polargraph - D2 WiFi | TronXY X5S - 6HC/Roto | CNC router - 6HC | Tractus3D T1250 - D2 Eth

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                • PCRundefined
                  PCR
                  last edited by

                  πŸ˜‰ yes they may and will!

                  BTW SolidEdge has a maker edition too!

                  And for all who want to simulate test out Z88!

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                  • arhiundefined
                    arhi
                    last edited by

                    I just tried export to inventor of one rather simple object (4 bodies)

                    import to freecad offer 3 options

                    • SAT
                    • NATIV
                    • Convert to STEP

                    SAT imports something, show 4 objects by name but no shapes are visible

                    Nativ imports something, show 4 object by name but everything is distorted and weird

                    STEP imports the object properly, you see everything as is only the distinct 4 bodies that existed in f360 are not distinct any more 😞

                    so for now this inventor thing does not work (if the problem is with export quality or the import library I can't say but f360>freecad trough inventor is a no go)

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                    • zaptaundefined
                      zapta
                      last edited by zapta

                      Just noticed that Amazon has a nice selection of FreeCad books. This is a very good sign of a critical mass.

                      https://www.amazon.com/s?k=freecad

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                      • jens55undefined
                        jens55 @JoergS5
                        last edited by

                        @JoergS5, thanks for the links but I am still stuck. The first link suggested checking the mesh which I did and FreeCAD reported a solid body so it should have worked.
                        The feature might not be fully functional .....

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                        • JoergS5undefined
                          JoergS5 @jens55
                          last edited by

                          @jens55 maybe you should check the stl by another tool. I knew netfabb was a good tool, but it is not free/available any more to my knowledge (maybe using an old free version is an option). If you tell which object you're trying, someone can check what the problem is.

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                          • jens55undefined
                            jens55
                            last edited by

                            This is the object in question:

                            sonoffswitchhousing.stl

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                            • jens55undefined
                              jens55
                              last edited by

                              I tried to use Fusion360 on that .stl file and either it's been too long since I last converted an stl file or they have disabled the ability to do the conversion.
                              It would be a sad day if it turns out that I can no longer edit stl files. For minor adjustments (and even some not so minor ones), fusion360 used to do an excellent job for the conversion.

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                              • droftartsundefined
                                droftarts administrators @jens55
                                last edited by

                                @jens55 I've got an old version of Netfabb (7.4) and the stl opens okay. However, it reports there are 26 shells (though no holes). Netfabb can't seem to repair it. Meshmixer (3.4.35) reports holes in the mesh around the type, and that each letter, and one of the PCB mounts, is a separate shell (which makes 26). Trying to fix the holes causes the type and mount to disappear. So, bad stl. Probably from Sketchup!

                                Ian

                                Bed-slinger - Mini5+ WiFi/1LC | RRP Fisher v1 - D2 WiFi | Polargraph - D2 WiFi | TronXY X5S - 6HC/Roto | CNC router - 6HC | Tractus3D T1250 - D2 Eth

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                                • jens55undefined
                                  jens55
                                  last edited by

                                  Interesting .... I wonder why FreeCAD itself reports it as a solid.
                                  I will try and import another stl and see how it does.

                                  Thanks!

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                                  • jens55undefined
                                    jens55
                                    last edited by

                                    I was able to transform another stl into a solid but do not know what I am doing yet so editing that new solid was a no go. Time to do some practice work by re-creating the object that I was not able to convert from the stl file.

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                                    • arhiundefined
                                      arhi @jens55
                                      last edited by

                                      @jens55 this type of stl is imho best recreating as solid from the start.

                                      the first thing I do these days if I need to load stl I did not make myself is load the stl in the windows 10 3d builder
                                      import
                                      edit
                                      select all
                                      merge
                                      file -> save as -> xxx-rep.stl

                                      then I use xxx-rep.stl from there on... this "merge all -> export" in 3d builder somehow cleans whole bunch of %$#^@&+$ from STL that some stl generators create especially if any booleans were performed

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                                      • arhiundefined
                                        arhi @jens55
                                        last edited by

                                        @jens55 there's def something in that STL that is messing with it so .. did

                                        3d builder

                                        • merge all
                                        • refine
                                        • merge all
                                        • export

                                        and then in freecad it converts to solid

                                        • part - mesh to shape
                                        • part - convert to solid

                                        attached ( @Phaedrux maybe allowing .z and .7z to forum could be good idea?)

                                        • freecad file
                                        • exported STEP from freecad
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                                        • arhiundefined
                                          arhi @jens55
                                          last edited by

                                          @jens55 said in FreeCAD:

                                          by re-creating the object

                                          there is reverse engineering workbench, never tried it but ...

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                                          • jens55undefined
                                            jens55
                                            last edited by

                                            Thanks! It seems abundantly clear that I don't know enough about FreeCAD any more even though I have used it in the past.
                                            I did manage to make a single filet on the model but that took an amazingly long time to do - long enough to make it unusable. I do not know if this is the result of the computing power available (Fusion360 runs on a seperate, dedicated windoze machine, it's the only windoze software I use) or is the fault of the software.
                                            In any case, I will need to start from scratch with FreeCAD as I just don't know enough to test it at the moment.

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