VIDEO TUTORIAL ON HOW TO BUILD A MODEL USIMG FREECAD

[dnsmith415]

I've been stumbling through tutorials on FREECAD for the past week and I think I'm ready to try building a Plane from scratch using FREECAD. Does anyone know of a video that covers how to build an rc model using FREECAD?

 

[Houndpup Rc]

I've been stumbling through tutorials on FREECAD for the past week and I think I'm ready to try building a Plane from scratch using FREECAD. Does anyone know of a video that covers how to build an rc model using FREECAD?

I started out with FreeCAD, but but now I use the free program Onshape as its a LOT easier and honestly a very powerful program and does all that I have needed! Here is a link to it and a few design tutorials done by @Mr Man for designing Master Series airplanes! https://www.onshape.com/en/sign-up

 

[Mr Man]

I started out with FreeCAD, but but now I use the free program Onshape as its a LOT easier and honestly a very powerful program and does all that I have needed! Here is a link to it and a few design tutorials done by @Mr Man for designing Master Series airplanes! https://www.onshape.com/en/sign-up

Yup, I agree, Onshape is a very powerful program, and it’s free! I use it all the time 😂

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Yup, I agree, Onshape is a very powerful program, and it’s free! I use it all the time 😂

Me too!👍

 

[AIRFORGE]

I've been stumbling through tutorials on FREECAD for the past week and I think I'm ready to try building a Plane from scratch using FREECAD. Does anyone know of a video that covers how to build an rc model using FREECAD?

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[telnar1236]

FreeCAD is decent but the workflow is just a bit clunky. Back when I was doing laser cut balsa I designed a number of parts in it and it always took twice as long to do something as it should have with all the switching back and forth between tools and menus.
If you have a computer that can run it, Fusion 360 has a free version that works great, and most other CAD software also has a more modern and user-friendly interface.

 

[dnsmith415]

I started out with FreeCAD, but but now I use the free program Onshape as its a LOT easier and honestly a very powerful program and does all that I have needed! Here is a link to it and a few design tutorials done by @Mr Man for designing Master Series airplanes! https://www.onshape.com/en/sign-up

Thanks. I'll check it out. I thimk Freecad is a lot. more than I need so this may be the ticket. I've got blueprints for a Hellcat and for the Bismarck. I want to load them into a cad program and scale the to build the models. Can I do that in Onshape?

 

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[dnsmith415]

FreeCAD is decent but the workflow is just a bit clunky. Back when I was doing laser cut balsa I designed a number of parts in it and it always took twice as long to do something as it should have with all the switching back and forth between tools and menus.
If you have a computer that can run it, Fusion 360 has a free version that works great, and most other CAD software also has a more modern and user-friendly interface.

I have a Fusion 360 account and watched a couple of videos. I decided to put my efforts into Freecad because its open source and has a couple of airplane modules. But I've put a lot of time into Freecad this weed and it doesn't seem to be bearing fruit. After a lot of frustration I learned that you have to convert pdfs to SVG or DXY or almost any image except a pdf. I learned how to do that but it took time I didn't want to spend. I don't want to be a CAD expert, I just want to know how to upload blue prints, scale models and build them. Thanks fior the input.
David

 

[telnar1236]

I have a Fusion 360 account and watched a couple of videos. I decided to put my efforts into Freecad because its open source and has a couple of airplane modules. But I've put a lot of time into Freecad this weed and it doesn't seem to be bearing fruit. After a lot of frustration I learned that you have to convert pdfs to SVG or DXY or almost any image except a pdf. I learned how to do that but it took time I didn't want to spend. I don't want to be a CAD expert, I just want to know how to upload blue prints, scale models and build them. Thanks fior the input.
David

Unfortunately for any CAD program, unless you have a 3D model, you're going to need to do the conversion from a 2D picture to a 3D airframe yourself.

In terms of scaling preexisting plans up or down, you probably want a PDF tool or something like Inkscape instead of a CAD program - I'm not aware of any CAD program that lets you read in PDFs directly off the top of my head.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Thanks. I'll check it out. I thimk Freecad is a lot. more than I need so this may be the ticket. I've got blueprints for a Hellcat and for the Bismarck. I want to load them into a cad program and scale the to build the models. Can I do that in Onshape?

Yup! Its very easy to do in Onshape and @Mr Man shows how to do it in the videos👍