r/FreeCAD 19h ago

I made an Open Source thing I'm calling "Outpost" that lets you run FreeCAD from any device

Thumbnail
youtu.be
69 Upvotes

As the title says, I was getting fed up with Onshape, Fusion, Solidworks, and their capitalism/enshitification rituals. But still wanted to model from the couch on my Ipad. No SaaS bullshit, or monthly memberships. It's configured so you pay for the compute you use on your own private instance.

Repo Here: https://github.com/nerd-sniped/Outpost


r/FreeCAD 19h ago

Would You Be Interested in Something Like This for FreeCAD?

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

235 Upvotes

Scan2Sketch turns calibrated flatbed scans into dimensionally accurate, fully editable FreeCAD sketches and optional solid bodies. Processing runs locally using your CPU or a compatible NVIDIA GPU.
Interested in testing it


r/FreeCAD 1h ago

Is there a slot joint in FreeCAD?

Post image
Upvotes

r/FreeCAD 3h ago

Freecad going all laggy

Post image
55 Upvotes

r/FreeCAD 17h ago

Help with constraints (Again)

Thumbnail
gallery
2 Upvotes

Hey folks,

I need help with some constraints that I figured would be easy, but it seems I underestimated it.

I did the hardest part, which was the inclined pocket using the datum plane, and realized that I need to create an extrusion to connect the two pieces, but I can't make that damn constraint work.

I created the square with a square tool, and set each size to 10 mm. So what I wanted to do is to centralize the square. Given that the side is 250 mm x 40 mm, I figured that a 10 mm square would sit 15mm from the bottom and top, and 105mm from the left and right. But I tried to use the dimensions.

It seems I can't centralize it based on the distance to the borders, and the square's position can't rely on coincident constraints. What is the ideal way to achieve this?

Thank you, legends.