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FreeCAD Part Modeling Tutorial 127 | FreeCAD Tutorial | Mechnexus |
Apr 13, 2025
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hello friends welcome to free tutorial
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and uh in this tutorial we will model
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this part as you can see that uh I have
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successfully converted this orthographic
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drawing into the 3D model in frecad with
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the help of a part design workbench and
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you can see that uh our frecad parts
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isometric view is matching with uh our
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uh reference drawing i will show you
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from the scratch how you can model this
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part in freead so I will uh close this
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file and create a new file you can also
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motivate me to create more awesome and
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useful tutorials on free so let's come
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back to our
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tutorial so here I have created a new
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file and
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uh for this tutorial I am using the free
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version 1.0
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so you must have a Frecad version 1.0 at
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least or higher
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version
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now I will uh insert my body and I will
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on my origin
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plane
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now we will uh create our first feature
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on the front plane we will select the
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front plane and click on the
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sketch and uh I will off this origin
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plane now we will draw this
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uh in internal and external
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diameter so click on the
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circle and create a two circle
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click on the smart
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dimension and the outer diameter is of
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80 and inner diameter is of
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60 now we will uh come out of the
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sketch and now we will extrude it to the
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distance of 52
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so select the sketch click on the pad
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and uh
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here tick mark symmetric to the plane
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and give the distance
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52 and say
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okay now we will uh create this pad so
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for this we will uh select this face and
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uh click on the sketch and
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here we will uh project this internal
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diameter click on the project geometry
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and project this diameter and
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now create a
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circle and uh press control key select
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both and uh here you will see the option
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of equal
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constraint and
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now click on the
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rectangle create a
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rectangle and now here we will uh make
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it symmetric so click on the
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symmetricity select this point this
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point and origin
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point press Ctrl Z
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select this
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point this point and origin
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point
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so
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now we will give the
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dimensions so select smart
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dimension and uh it is a 90 mm now we
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will uh press the control key and uh
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select this uh vertical and horizontal
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and uh make it equal so now our sketch
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is fully constrained now we will extrude
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it to the distance of 12
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mm which you can see here so here I will
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select the sketch click on the pad and
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here I will give it uh 12 mm and say
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okay now our uh next feature is to
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mirror this pad on the other side so we
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will uh select the pad 001 and click on
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the mirror and we have the mid plane
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here so we will go here and select
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reference and we will select this mid
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plane so you can see that uh it has been
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successfully mirror on the other side
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say okay now we will move to the next
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feature so our uh next feature is to
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create a DATM
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plane to create a DATM plane we will uh
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place our model to the isometric
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view
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and we wanted to create this top feature
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so
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here we will on our origin
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plane and
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here we will uh select
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this XY plane
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and here we will click on the create a
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data plane option and here in a Z
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directions give the dimension
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83 you can
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uh calculate this dimension from drawing
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i have already calculated it so you can
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see that a datim plane has been created
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now I will off the origin plane and I
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will
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refresh my model now we will uh create
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our next feature on this uh data plane
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which will be this uh circular feature
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so select the data plane and click on
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the
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sketch and here I will click on the
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circle and
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uh give the dimension of uh
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32 click on
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close and uh press the space bar and
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hide this data plane now select the
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sketch and click on the pad and uh click
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on up to
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face so you can see that feature has
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been
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created now say
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okay now we have the solid face now we
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will create this
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uh pad square pad so select the face and
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uh click on the
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sketch and
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now click on the twopoint rectangle and
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uh create a
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rectangle and now click on the
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symmetricity select this point this
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point and origin
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point and here we can see the dimension
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is of a 60 mm so select smart
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dimension and give it
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60 now press control key select this
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horizontal and vertical and made it
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equal and
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now come out of the
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sketch and we will create a pad of 10 mm
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so select the sketch click on the
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pad and uh
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here we will uh reverse
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it and say
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okay
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now our next feature is to create this
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rib so we will select this bottom face
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and uh click on the
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sketch and we will uh switch to the
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isometric view and we will rotate our
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model and uh let's switch to the flat
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lines and now here we will uh project
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this
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diameter to do that uh click on the
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project geometry and project this
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diameter and
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now let's move to the bottom view and
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here for the better sketching we will
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switch to the
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wireframe so that I can uh see now here
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I will uh select a threepoint arc and uh
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create one
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arc and I will rotate it and I will
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select this and this and made it
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equal and I will select the center and
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make it
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coincidence
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now we will select the line
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tool and uh close our
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profile now we will
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uh give the
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dimensions so we will keep this line
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outside of a body but we will make it
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symmetric so click on the symmetricity
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select this point this point and this
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axis
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and give the dimensions
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20 and from this line to this origin
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point give it a approximate dimension 60
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mm now let's see what is unconstrained
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so here symmetricity is got removed
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so we will again click on symmetricity
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rather than this arc we will uh select
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this point this point and this axis so
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now you can see that our sketch is uh
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fully constrained and now we will come
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out of the sketch and uh we will also
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switch to the flat lines view
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and
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now we will uh extrude
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it so select it and uh click on extrude
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let's give the approximate dimension of
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60
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mm now we will uh remove the extra
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geometry in the next step
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so first thing we will do is to mirror
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on the other side because we can see the
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same rib on the other sides so select
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the pad click on the
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mirror and from here click on select
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reference and select this plane and
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click on
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okay
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now we will uh remove the material the
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dimension is given here so if you see so
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this is the
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48 so for that uh we will on our origin
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plane and uh we will uh create our
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sketch on this YZ plane and uh click on
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the
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sketch and
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now from here we will switch to the
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wireframe go to the model tab and of the
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origin plane and
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now we will uh click on the project
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geometry we will project
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it and
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now select the line tool
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and
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here we can see that
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uh this age is also required to be
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projected so I will project it and
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now I will uh select a line
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tool and I will click on the project
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geometry
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again it is already projected here so I
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will select this point and this line and
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add a coincidence so this is the 48 so
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from center this will be 24 so I will
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select smart dimensions and from here to
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here it will be
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24 and uh this point is of
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34 so give it uh
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34 and
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now we will close our profile and
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completely remove the material so select
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the line
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tool select this and join it select this
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and uh join
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this select this and
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join okay so we have the close
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profile
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now we will come out of the
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sketch and from here we will uh switch
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to the flat line select the sketch click
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on the
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cut and from here we will say it through
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all and symmetric to the
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plane so the material is removed
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now we will mirror this pocket on the
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other side so click on the
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mirror and from here click on the select
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reference and select the exit plane and
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say
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okay and now here I have not saved my
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model so I will uh save
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it
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now let's uh moves to the next
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feature which is to create this hole so
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I will select this top face and click on
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the sketch and this is the hole of a 15
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mm which we can see here so click on the
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circle and create a
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circle and uh select a smart
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dimension give it a 15 mm say okay and
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now select the sketch and click on the
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cut you can also use the whole
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feature and now here I will give the
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approximate distance of 56 mm so that uh
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it
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opens in a clear area
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here say okay
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now we will uh create these four
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holes
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and to do
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that we will uh select the face and uh
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create the sketch so if you see in a
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model here in isometric view so this
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hole is true and this is the size of
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M10 so for that I will select this face
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and click on the
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sketch and here I will select a
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rectangle and create a
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rectangle and I will
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uh select all the
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sketch and make it
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construction and at the same time I will
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select this symmetricity select this
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point this point and this uh
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axis and select smart dimensions and
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this is the
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70 and
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uh I will select this horizontal and
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vertical and made it
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equal and now here I wanted to create a
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M10 hole so here I will create a four
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circles
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and select a smart
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dimension give this 10
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mm now press control key and select all
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the
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circles and give it
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equal now we will use the whole wizard
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tool so select the sketch
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click on the whole
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feature and from here select isometric
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regular
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profile and from here select the size of
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M10 and I want this M10 hole on this
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plate as well so I will make it through
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all and say okay
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now in the next step we will create the
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hole on this top face which is also the
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M10
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size so we will select the face and
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click on the sketch and here we will do
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the same thing which we have did in our
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previous steps so we will create a
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rectangle
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press the left mouse button and drag
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it and everything is selected made it
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construction now click on the
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symmetricity select this this and origin
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point and
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now center to center distance 40 some of
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the dimensions are missing in this
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drawing so I have assumed some of the
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dimension
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so the dimension which are the missing
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on the drawing follow the
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video so here I will
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uh give the 40 mm and now I will select
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this and this and uh made it
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equal now I will close
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it here I will again edit the sketch and
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I have not given
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the whole diameter so as uh we have did
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in a previous steps we will create a
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four
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circles constraint one of the circles
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and made all four equal so here I will
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make this 10 mm and press the control
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key and select all four and made it
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equal click on the
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close and uh click on the whole
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wizard and from here isometric regular
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profile and uh set it
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M10 and
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here I have given the
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dimension 25 but my plate thickness is
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of a 10 mm so here I will give it a 10
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mm
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say
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okay now press zero for isometric
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view now we will uh create a fillet so
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here is the fillet of 10 mm which we can
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see here so we will click on the
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fillet and
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now we will select all the ages which we
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wanted to give the fillet of uh
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R10 i will select
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this
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this this
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and this so here now I will give the
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value of 10
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mm and say
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okay so you can see that fillet has been
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created and now we will give the fillet
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of
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R3 to this
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edge here and
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uh
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here and say
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okay so now you can uh see that we have
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uh successfully modeled this uh part
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with respect to the orthographic drawing
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now we will give the exact color as per
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our isometric view so I will right click
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my last feature go to the
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appearances and here in a custom
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appearances I will select uh this
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diffuse color and select the
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yellow click on close
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so you can see that uh we have
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successfully modeled this part in freead
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this uh drawing and this isometric is
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made in a solid work software but we can
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see that freead is capable to create the
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same type of a model i hope you have
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uh enjoyed this tutorial so this is all
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about this tutorial about the part
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modeling and there are the some fillet
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which are missing which you can provide
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for example this R10 fillet is on the
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top plate as well so to do that if you
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miss any fillet then we will add in the
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same fillet go to the edit and click on
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the select and uh also select
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this all four
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edges and say
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Okay now on the last feature so if if
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you have missed any fillet then try to
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give the fillet at once as we have seen
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here we have given all R10 fillet in a
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single fillet in fact you can do in a
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two steps or a three step but my advice
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is to not to increase the tree size keep
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your tree size as much
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as minimum possible from your end so
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this is all about this tutorial thank
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you for watching and thank you for your
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valuable time
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