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Controlling an entire A2Plus assembly through one Spreadsheet in FreeCAD

Defining a specification of the g-clamp assembly In our example of a g-clamp we are defining one specifying parameter for the whole assemly. The main driving parameter is the clamping width of the clamp. Driving parameters: clamping width All other dimensions are going to be based on that or directly reference it. Modeling all components […]

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Trying to create a drawing from a FreeCAD A2Plus assembly

Trying to place a projection of A2Plus components directly on a page I am trying to place a view of an A2Plus shaft assembly on a TechDraw page. First I tried placing projections or views of A2Plus components on the drawing page directly. This would create an empty views for some of the components. The […]

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Assembling a shaft with standard components using FreeCAD A2Plus

Finding and downloading CAD models of standard components When you want to use standard components in your assemblies, you do not need and you also shouldn`t model them up on your own. Manufacturers of standard components provide 3D CAD models of their produced components in most industry standard 3D formats. The most flexible 3D format […]