ose-badge-freecad.org

FreeCAD badge https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/wiki/FreeCAD_Badge

• worklog entry https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/wiki/Kienle_Log#FreeCAD_Badge_submission
• “The FreeCAD Badge certifies a basic proficiency of the technical skill required for CAD design.”
• requires FreeCAD 0.16 https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/tag/0.16
• can be seen as Feature-on-a-Feature-on-a-Feature exercise
• 1 minute

Badge

• modify with Inkscape, export to PNG
• source from https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7BoAHjFYDFzMTl3VFhJVDdnRzQ/view?usp=sharing#
  • How to modify the FreeCAD certified icon in Inkscape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypwPDlqhjzk
• simplified version that is easier to edit file:badge-freecad-simplified.svg
  • Wiki entry https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/wiki/OSE_Badges#Speedy_badge_creation
• own badge file:badge-freecad-holger.svg

YouTube publish

https://youtu.be/v53Uw9qbmwg

• YT accepts .mkv (perhaps because WebM is a subset?)
• YT accepts H.265
• Added a CC BY-SA license

OBS Studio recording

• original recording file:obs-20210721-220641-flatpak-25-1920x1080.mkv
  • video info file:obs-20210721-220641-flatpak-25-1920x1080.txt
• recorder: flatpack 27.0.1 https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.obsproject.Studio
• hardware setup
  • Librem 13v4
    • profile file:./zoomadvanced108025vbrext_mic
    • scene collection file:./windowcameramic_ext.json
  • external mic
    • Marshall headset
    • Sharkoon Mobile DAC file:~/x/m-audio-sharkoon.org

Q&A

1. What were the videos that you studied to learn FreeCAD? Please include links.

I have been learning FreeCAD with version 0.19. I have primarily used the offical Wiki documentation. Some resources I collected:

• flowwies corner https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyGwIx_PzM_zE3FKhZRbygQ
• FreeCAD Tutorial Part5 More 2D Constraints https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvHJdNfl0TU
• workflow https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Feature_editing#Body_building_workflow
• tutorial chrisb (PDF) https://owncloud.gwdg.de/index.php/s/eZisrfTTCCjDEd9/download
• tutorial (triangles, golden ration, etc.) https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Sketcher_Tutorial
• best practice for a square https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Sketcher_Micro_Tutorial_-_Constraint_Practices
• major change from 0.16 -> 0.17 https://wiki.freecadweb.org/PartDesign_Legacy (page deleted!)

Was Lesson 3A and 3B from FreeCAD 101 sufficient? How could we improve the lessons so you can get the FreeCAD Badge faster?

I did not watch them (before doing the exercise). The vidoes are a bit rough and a bit lengthy, but nicely illustrate the hands-on approach that OSE takes.

How long did it take you to install FreeCAD 16?

With AppImage, it is trivial. (But I am used to doing that. Biggest hurdle on Linux is to make the file executable, I imagine.)

How long did it take you to learn the skill to perform the Feature-on-a-Feature Exercise?

Cannot say, because I had some experience with FreeCAD 0.19 before. The major pain for me was the regression to 0.16:

• few shortcut keys and different pull-down menus
• less consistent sketcher interactions
• external geometry tool in the sketcher is more limited (it took me quite a while to find out what’s working)
• occasional crashes