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    • arhiundefined
      arhi @arhi
      last edited by arhi

      another thing that gets on my nerve, you can't select "merge" or "new object" when extruding ... and if you try to extrude from edge of an object something that would create a new object freecad will not allow you to do it 😞 ... you have to manually create new object every time, can't do it from extrude function

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      • zaptaundefined
        zapta @arhi
        last edited by

        @arhi said in FreeCAD:

        @JohnOCFII most cad tools expect you to do the same, dunno why... the f360 ability to use single sketch for multiple extrusions, cuts, lofts... was pretty cool

        It come at the cost of less structure history that the tree format of FreeCad where the sketch is the child of the Pad operation. I find the tree structure more intuitive and clean.

        BTW, one cute feature of FreeCad is the stereo mode which works pretty well. I don't think I will use it all day but it's adds a dimension.

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        • arhiundefined
          arhi @zapta
          last edited by

          @zapta said in FreeCAD:

          stereo mode

          niiiice, does it work with VR headset too ?

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          • zaptaundefined
            zapta @arhi
            last edited by

            It has several stereo modes. I used tree red and cyan one which works with simple glasses. Iirc, it's under the view menu.

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            • zaptaundefined
              zapta @zapta
              last edited by

              A question about the tree 'timeline' in FreeCad. Fusion provides clear control to move forward/backward in the timeline (e.g. to see the order of the operators or to insert an operation at a specific location). What are the equivalent in FreeCad to move forward/backward in time?

              (I found workaround , by pointing the item in the tree and hitting the space bar a few times, but it's so crude that I am sure/hope there is a better way).

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              • matt3oundefined
                matt3o
                last edited by

                @arhi do you have any idea how to increase the resolution of STL/OBJ of exported meshes from "File>export". Or do you have to go through the Mesh design > create mesh from shape every time? Thanks!

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                • arhiundefined
                  arhi @matt3o
                  last edited by arhi

                  @matt3o not as many options as other apps have but enough for me

                  98369b6e-1335-45ff-942d-1e240609cf44-image.png

                  now you just file/export save as stl and that's it

                  if you want more options, then click on the object, mesh-designer workbench, meshes/create mesh from shape and there you have many options (I assume those you already found)
                  77719435-044e-4409-bcb1-3b038b6e0a04-image.png

                  there are also other workbenches, I noticed there is a "3d printing" one ... but I never tried it.. maybe there's more stuff there... there are also some that interface to slicers..

                  TOOLS / ADDON MANAGER
                  you might find something more useful there if you have time to test
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                  • zaptaundefined
                    zapta @JohnOCFII
                    last edited by

                    @JohnOCFII said in FreeCAD:

                    I ran into this yesterday. Turns out that the "FreeCAD Way" is to use multiple sketches, and pad (extrude) each to the desired height..

                    I saw a nice workaround in one of the videos on youtube. Here created a sketch with all the features as you would do with fusion, renamed it to 'master', and didn't extrude it. Then imported selected lines into other sketches and extruded them. He also used the master sketch to define the extrusion lengths. It's a neat idea for having the main parameters in one place.

                    I think it was this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w466yb255A

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                    • matt3oundefined
                      matt3o @arhi
                      last edited by

                      @arhi thanks, yeah apparently the only way is through mesh conversion, at least I have more options from there. The process becomes just a little cumbersome when you have dozen of objects.

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                      • arhiundefined
                        arhi @matt3o
                        last edited by

                        @matt3o dunno, the mesh deviation from settings works auto on all the exported parts I never needed those extra options, this was always enough

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                        • JohnOCFIIundefined
                          JohnOCFII @zapta
                          last edited by

                          @zapta I'll check it out. Thanks.

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                          • matt3oundefined
                            matt3o @arhi
                            last edited by

                            @arhi

                            exported (increasing resolution from the preferences)

                            exported.png

                            converted (same resolution as above, but with lowered angle deviation that you can't modify for the export feature):

                            converted.png

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                            • arhiundefined
                              arhi @matt3o
                              last edited by

                              @matt3o yes, that's expected, but do you see difference in printing first and second? if you just want to export nice stl cool, but I make stl only to print it and the single parameter is enough to allow me to export part that's higher res than what my printer can do... but yes, weird that the other export params are not available in prefs

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                              • matt3oundefined
                                matt3o @arhi
                                last edited by

                                @arhi said in FreeCAD:

                                do you see difference in printing first and second?

                                sometimes I need to print on MSLA (especially small pieces), in which case I need the highest resolution. But anyway converting instead of exporting is totally viable, just one more step. Thanks again for the continued support!

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                                • arhiundefined
                                  arhi
                                  last edited by

                                  I just found this

                                  thermal analysis:
                                  https://youtu.be/hUS7T9hrn4k

                                  mesh regions for analysis
                                  https://youtu.be/X5RVe2SDPvw

                                  crazy, had no idea freecad can do this 😄

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                                  • arhiundefined
                                    arhi @arhi
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