The source files for this manual are hosted on this wiki, and on the original github account used to write the first version of this book. The contents of this manual are published under the Creative Commons 4.0 license, and can be freely used, downloaded, copied, and modified. This manual is being written for the newest stable version of FreeCAD, version 0.18 (early 2019). It will become a companion for the wiki, but not replace it. This manual will walk you through much of the information available on the wiki, but we hope the step-by-step approach based on examples and a more unified tone due to a smaller number of authors will make it more suitable for a first contact with FreeCAD.

This makes it an excellent resource for reference, but a less practical tool for learning FreeCAD. Like most wikis, it contains huge amounts of information but is somewhat difficult to access and navigate by newcomers. The wiki is written collaboratively by dozens of community members. This manual is an experiment, taking a different approach from the official FreeCAD documentation wiki. The data you produce with FreeCAD is fully yours, and can be recovered without FreeCAD.įreeCAD is also fundamentally a social project, as it is developed and maintained by a community of developers and users united by their passion for FreeCAD. FreeCAD is free to download, use, distribute and modify, and its source code is open and published under the very permissive LGPL license. It is made primarily to model real-world objects, ranging from small electronic components up to large objects such as buildings and civil engineering projects, with a strong focus on 3D-printable objects. Specify the point or enter the angle value.FreeCAD is a free, open source parametric 3D modeling application. The rotation angle is set relative to the first corner specified (point 1) and is measured from the X-axis on the XY plane.Ĭommand prompts when selecting the Reference option: Specify rotation angle of wedge about the Z axis or : Specifies the rotation angle, counted from the reference angle to the conditional segment, specified by two points. Specifies the rotation angle of the wedge, counted from the reference angle. The command creates a right-angled wedge-shaped polygon. Ribbon: Modeling modes – Meshes – Mesh > Wedge

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