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May 12, 2025
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Hello friends Welcome To freat tutorial and in this tutorial we will uh create
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the model and drawing of this entry clamp this is very simple part to
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understand the fundamental of sketching in freead and uh creating a very simple
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drawing for this entry clamp so we will learn the sketching first how we can
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sketch this part then we will extrude it and we will create a technical drawings
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so this is the very uh simple part to understand the modeling fundamentals and
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detailing fundamentals therefore I took this very simple parts to explain the
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Kofi donation page Link in a video descriptions so let's come back to our
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tutorial so first I will create a new file and
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before starting it we can see that uh these dimensions
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are in inches so we will go to the edit and then
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preferences and under the journal sections we will change our units so you
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can see that here unit system is a MM KC so we will uh change it to the inch so
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we will use the US customary or uh
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empirical both are the in inch so we will go with the US customary and uh
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apply it now we will switch to the part
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design now now we will create a body and then create a
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sketch now as per our part orientation so this is a very
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simple plate it's thickness is not given so we will uh assume our
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thickness so to something like 05
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in so we will select this front plane
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and we will create our sketch so here we will keep this point the circle
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points as our origin point so first I will uh select the
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circle and it is of 62 in so I will select the
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diameter and I will give 62 in
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and uh this this diameter is a 5 in at the
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angle of a 30° so first we will uh create a
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line and we will give the
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angle 30 so it is a getting angle from this
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axis so we will edit the angle and we will give here
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150 and now we will uh make this line as a
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construction line now we click on the circles and create one more
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circles and this will be of a diameter 5
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in and now I will select this point and this point and uh click on the
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constraint distance and it is of 2
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in now we have the three base
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features one 2 and three now we will create a slot so for this we will uh see
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select the slot
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tool and Center to Center distance of this slot is a. 5 in so I will select
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these two points you horizontal dimension of 5
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in and uh from Center of this circle to the first center of this slot is a one 1
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in so I will select this two points and
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uh 1 in and the radius of this uh slot is a26
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in so select the radius and give
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it 26 in now I will move the dimensions to the
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outside so that you can clearly see it
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now we will create the outer
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boundary so we will select the polyline
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tool so select the poly line option here and now I will uh
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draw the outer boundary as a
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approximate now here we will give the horizontal and vertical relation to the
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geometry which we have created and now we they have this uh 30° angle
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line I will select this two and add the parallelity similarly this and
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this parallelity and this and this
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have perpendicular relation so I will add the
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perpendicular
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now we will add the dimensions so first one we will start
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from here so this Center to this point is a
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62 and uh total it is a
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1.12
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and now this is the 2.5 in so I will select
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it and give it uh 2.5
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in and this one is a 2.76
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2.76 and this is the
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1.26 1.26 and uh we will uh make it symmetric
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we will select these two points and this
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axis and now we have have uh this point which is
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uh not fixed so first we will make it a horizontal so here our uh sketch is a
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fully constrained and I move the dimensions so that you can clearly see
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it so we have a fully constrained sketch now
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we will come out of the
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sketch and in a sketch I want to add one more things so uh you will see here
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solver message so we have the one sketch which is having the one degree of
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Freedom if you click on it it will highlight you these points so here this
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geometry is a construction geometry so we do not have any importance of of it
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so we will leave it and we will come out of the sketch and now we will select our
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sketch and click on the pad so you can see that
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uh we have a a solid profile
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here so here I have uh included this two whole in a
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sketch but if you want you can uh
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you can make this hole as a construction and then you can separately create a
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sketch and use the whole tool to create the hole but this is the very simple
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tutorial we are more interested in its creating a technical
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drawing so I will uh give it5
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in now I will switch to the isomet metric and now we will uh give the
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required fillets so we have the r 1
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means 1 in fillet and it is a typical typical means uh anywhere if there is a
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radius it will be of 1 in so this means that this radius and this radius is of 1
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in so I will select these two
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edges and uh create on fillet icon and I will
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give 1 in so I will go to the edit and then
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preferences and we will go to the part
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design go to the journal
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Tab and let's change it to the empirical
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inch and and go to our sketch okay and
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now so here is a radius of uh 1 in okay
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so you can see that uh we have a given one radius
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fillet
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so now we will give the fillet of 1 mm so for this I will select this
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age and this age and we will uh give the
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fillet and uh at the radius
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options we are
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seeing
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so now we have uh extruded our sketch to the. 5 in so it's look bigger so I will
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uh edit the pad and I will make it uh 25 in so now it's look uh
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good now we will give the fillet so I will select this age and uh
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this age and I will click on the fillet icon
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and here unit is showing 39.37 thou so I'm
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not sure about it uh what it is with the US empirical so
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simply I will go to the edit and preferences and I will switch my unit
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from from empirical to decimal inch pound and I will say
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apply so best thing about it once you change your
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unit and if I go to the my case so you can see that it has been
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changed so previously when was when we was using the US customary then there
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was a different different representations of this
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inch and now it is a coming in a text iron means this is the inch Dimensions
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so once you change your unit it will automatically gets
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updates let's see one more example if I go to the edit and if I change my unit
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to the millimet and I go to my sketch so you
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can see that uh my all inch dimensions are converted into the mm so that is the
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beauty of a free cat now again I go to the preferences
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and I will switch to the empirical decimal which is a inch and pound and
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now say apply okay now we will give the fillet so now
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it is a clearly showing here the 1 in so I will uh give the value
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one and I will select these two
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edges so once you select the age these ages are get added here and say
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apply so you can see that uh fillet has has been applied now we have the two
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chamers which is of for 24 typical means this chamfer as this chamfer is the same
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so I will select the chamfer
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tool I will select this age and uh this
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age and our chamfer Dimension is a24 in
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so you can see that uh chamfer has been
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added and now we will save our part and
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uh create its technical drawing I have saved my part now I will
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create the technical drawings so for this I will switch to the tech draw
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workbench
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and in the tech draw workbench here we have the options to insert a default
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page so here I have inserted a default page and now if I click on the template
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I will get my template folder so if
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I click on this three dot then I will get the temp template install in my
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system you can also get the path of your template so my part is very simple so I
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will use the A4 portrait template so here is a A4 portrait
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blank and uh A4 landscape or A4 ISO
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7022 so I will select this one and I open
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it and I click on the
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refresh let's try some other template A4 portrait
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blank so you can see that my template has been changed but it is a blank without any
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title block let's try another so this one is a
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good now now I will insert my base
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View and you are seeing a Blue Tick symbol that means it's require update so
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just press the FI key or this icon
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now click on the body and your body is
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selected and select your body and then we will insert the default view so for
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the default view click on insert projection
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group I prefer the third angle projections I'm from India so in India
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it is a very common to use the third angle projection here and uh as for my
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experience it is a very easy to imagine the part orientations in a third angle
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and I hope so uh if you are from the us Australia like or UK then might be you
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are also using the third angle projections so but uh if you in your
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country if you are using the first angle projection then you can simply choose the first angle projection from the
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here so once you select your projection group then you can choose the page scale
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type either you can set the custom automatic or page so I will uh control
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my view view scale from the page and now you can see that uh this is
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the base view which is already tick mark and you can tick mark the view which you
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required so in my case I will uh prefer this uh right side
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view so in third angle projections uh if I say then uh I will view my part from
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this directions and my view of the part will come like
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this so that is a third angle projections and
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now if you use the first angle projections then then the side view you
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will view from this directions and you will draw your part will come like
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this so that is the difference in the first and third angle
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projections but uh you can read more about it on the first angle and third angle projections there are lots of good
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uh articles and tutorials available over the internet to understand it so we have
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choose our angle of projections we have choosen the our view we required and now
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we will click on apply and we will click on the page
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so you can see that we have the our base View and side view has been
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placed and now if you see this uh dot these are the vertex points and you can
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customize this vertex points as per your convenient from the settings so we have
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the tech draw workbench is active and if we go to the edit and press references and we will switch to the
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this Tech draw workbench setting then you can get the settings and I have already
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made a video on it how to customize the tech draw
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settings in the annotations in the color everything just
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go through it and read it so this vertex points are very useful
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to the give the dimensions and now we will uh give the
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dimensions so I will select this point sorry this line and this line and I will
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click on the dimensions and I will give the dimensions so you can see that it is a 1.26
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in and now I will select this circle points and this circle points and give
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the dimensions of 2 in similarly this is the 1 in so I will
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select this point and this point and give the horizontal dimensions
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of 1 in and Center to Center is a 0 five so I will
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uh select these two centers and add the horizontal dimension of A5
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in and uh this one is also
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05 so this is the 5.5 and 1
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in let's uh we will correct this Dimension as of now we will give the
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dimensions uh which are matching which are not matching we will correct our sketch so now total height is a 1.12 so
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I will select this line and this
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line 1.12 and we have the champer of
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a24 so I will select this two points and give the horizontal
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Dimensions 24
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and to represent the angle I can give the angular Dimension
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here so we will delete it and let's give the 45° from the
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here so you can also represent in this way
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180 -35 is a
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45° let's not presentes it simply it is a equal distance so I will give the24 on
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the both the side and I will move my side
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view now we have given 2424 on the both the sides
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to represent the chamfer but you can also do it in other way the other way of
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doing is just delete this Dimension click on this Dimensions go to the
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properties Tab and expand
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it go to the view tab so in view tab you will uh see the journal properties but
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if you go on a data tab then you will get the properties of uh your selected
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Dimensions so we have 24 in now here you will get the format
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specifications if you click on it you can add
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45 Dee means 24 at
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45° and instead of writing the text you can also the paste the symbol of a
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degree so for this for degree
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symbol for example I for degree symbol we will uh give one
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angular dimension we will click on its
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property so we are not seeing here so you can go to the MS word and copy the
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degree symbol and you can paste it here or for the degree symbol there is a
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shortcut in a Windows press the ALT key
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and press the AL key 0176 so you will get the symbol here so
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for the degree symbol you have to press alt + 0176 so you will get the degree
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symbol and
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now now give the other dimensions slot is R
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2.6
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are 2.6 and this angle is a
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30 so for this 30° angle here we will select this age and this
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uh Center points and give the angle so it is not
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taking let's try this
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age we will uh toggle our frame and we will
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uh we will
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now we will uh give the diameter of
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a05 and this diameter is
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uh 62 so give the
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diameter now uh if we if we toggle our frame so you can see
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the center Mark is not showing so for this we will uh add a center marks so
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you can see that it is not taking because we have not selected our Circle so we will select it similarly we will
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select on it and we will give the now we will select the angular Dimension I will
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select this circle this and this and we will give the angular Dimension so we
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have the 30° dimensions and now we will also add the
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center mark this two so Center marks showing while you
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have a on the frame then at it is a temporary
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one once you off the frame then it will get disappeared so it is recommended to
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add the center marks to the holes and Slot
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now now now we will see which dimension is not
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matching so we have this two Dimension 2.76 and 2 uh 2.5 which is given from
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the imaginary line so we will confirm these two dimensions in a sketch now we
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have to give the dimension of this radius so I will uh click on
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the my radius and this radial dimensions of a 1
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mm and I move my slot Dimensions or
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better first I will arrange this and uh better I will give my slot Dimension
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here I will zoom in it and VI
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it so here you can see that we have the two radius are 0.26 so we will go to the
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format specifications and we can directly add the quantity
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here similarly we will click on the R1 and we will add
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2x here follow the same format so I have given the x capital
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there so I will give the capital x so we have the two radius of R1 and
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26 and this is the R2 point R sorry diameter. 5 and this is the 1.2
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630 and uh this chamfer we have given and here
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it is a typical one so I can add add the text like a typ
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so that it is a typical Dimension and 2 into
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R1 and now this uh slot Center sorry slot Center to the age is
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62 so I will select this line and my Center Line and I will add
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it so it is not adding because we are
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not on our frame now we will on our frame now I will select this Center and
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this age and I will add the
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dimensions and now we will move our side
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view and uh we will give the
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thickness which is of2 5 in so you can see that uh we have
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created a technical drawings and
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now if you want the control the faces then you can also add the gdnt
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symbols and from here title block you can add uh your drawing titles author
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and dates this all green marks are the editables once you click on it so it is
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a entry clamp so I will give the name and press okay so you can add the
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fields to the your drawing title block now this two Dimension 76 and 25 are the
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given from the imaginary point so we will go to our
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model and we will see our patch case so it is
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a025 and it is a 276 to that that is the correct so we have verified that
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Dimension from our model and now I will move it and off the
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frame so this is the very basic tutorials to get aware about the free
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cat Tech draw workbench and uh how to create the manufacturing drawing in
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freead now here you can add some uh Journal note for the manufacturing point
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of view you can fill the title block and you can release this part for the
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manufacturing so this is the very basic tutorial about to get aware about the
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sketching in freead basic Extrusion and uh this tutorial was more focus on the
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detailing part how to create a detailing in a free CAD for the manufacturing
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point of view so this is the all about this tutorial and if you like this
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