FreeCAD Beginner’s Starter Kit – Chapter 1: Working with 3D shapes on paper

Master working with the open-source 3D CAD software FreeCAD to design and build machines that change the future.

Description
Learn to understand 3D shapes on a fundamental level, which is a core concept of 3D CAD. Through illustrated step-by-step instructions and practical exercises, you will gradually get a deep understanding of working with 3D shapes and get complete support, just like you would get at personal one-on-one engineering course. Learning the fundamentals from this chapter, allows you to judge which functions to use later for your own designs in FreeCAD. The goal of this chapter and the book this chapter is part of is to teach you from beginning to end, so you can be sure that there are no knowledge gaps in the underlying concepts of working with 3D CAD tools.

This chapter does not require you to use FreeCAD yet, as all exercises are are done on paper, just like the title suggests. This gradual approach to teaching helps beginners to stay confident and motivated.

Table of contents

• Working with projections of 3D shapes
• Working with cross-sections of 3D shapes

Who this book is for
Mechanical engineers who are switching from another 3D CAD software who would like to enter the world of FreeCAD or aspiring engineers or designers that want to start creating their own gadgets using modern and publically available 3D CAD tools.

This is chapter 1 “Working with 3D shapes on paper” is part of the book “FreeCAD Beginner’s Kit”.