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Tinx<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@FreeCAD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FreeCAD</span></a></span> I have completed my outdoor sensor enclosure.</p><p>I learned that creating a smooth surface from an FDM print is not easy. I sanded and coated with acrylic paint at least five times, and there is still some surface structure from the printing process left.</p><p><a href="https://jit.social/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a> <a href="https://jit.social/tags/FreeCADFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCADFriday</span></a> <a href="https://jit.social/tags/IoT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IoT</span></a> <a href="https://jit.social/tags/HomeAutimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeAutimation</span></a> <a href="https://jit.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://jit.social/tags/3DPrint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrint</span></a></p>
concretedog<p>A small <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@FreeCAD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FreeCAD</span></a></span> video over on my shiny new <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MakerTube" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MakerTube</span></a></span> account. This, the first of a few <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a> tutorials is a slight outlier... we take a little look at a few issues that new users might have when trying to follow tutorials! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeCADFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCADFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CAD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Learning</span></a> <br> <a href="https://makertube.net/w/sjbmtxD3CbtcBk3pmYvQPJ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/w/sjbmtxD3CbtcBk</span><span class="invisible">3pmYvQPJ</span></a></p>
FreeCAD<p>FreeCAD at FAB25<br>Between July 4th and 11th split between Brno and Prague, FAB25, the latest iteration of the annual Fab Lab travelling conference, took place. Excellently we had representation from the FreeCAD community speaking at the event.<br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CAD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fablab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fablab</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FAB25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAB25</span></a><br><a href="https://blog.freecad.org/2025/07/18/freecad-at-fab25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.freecad.org/2025/07/18/fr</span><span class="invisible">eecad-at-fab25/</span></a><br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Events</span></a></p>
dereulenspiegel<p>Oh, and the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a> source file is of course also available on both sites in case someone wants to remix this.</p>
FreeCAD<p>How quickly a week slips by! Once again it's <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCADFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCADFriday</span></a> show us what you're working on with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a>!</p>
Espen Andersen<p>Planning out the front panel and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/pcb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pcb</span></a> edge cuts for another <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> summer project, realizing how insanely good <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cad</span></a> tools <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@qcad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>qcad</span></a></span> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/qcad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qcad</span></a> pro and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@FreeCAD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FreeCAD</span></a></span> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/freecad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freecad</span></a> have become ❤️</p>
YRabbit<p>Broke the thing in Toyota, interesting shape, I'll have to sweat drawing in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a> first and then choosing print orientation - those smooth transitions are usually a pain in the ass.😜 <br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinting</span></a></p>
amd<p>I was reading the manifold GitHub page and I saw that the STL format <a href="https://github.com/elalish/manifold#3d-formats" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">loses topology</a> and can make a properly manifold mesh <a href="https://sinestesia.co/blog/tutorials/non-manifold-meshes-and-how-to-fix-them/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">non-manifold</a>.</p><p>The suggestion is to use 3MF.</p><p>Is there any reason not to use 3MF when sharing files? Are there any slicers that can’t ingest 3MF at this point?</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://techhub.social/@3dprinting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>3dprinting</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://gts.amd.im/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinting</span></a> <a href="https://gts.amd.im/tags/3ddesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3DDesign</span></a> <a href="https://gts.amd.im/tags/cad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CAD</span></a> <a href="https://gts.amd.im/tags/freecad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a></p>
Adrian McEwen<p>Got my measurements right on the first attempt! (Was expecting there'd be a little bit of finessing, but no)</p><p>So I printed off a second, and the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://does.social/@DoESLiverpool" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DoESLiverpool</span></a></span> Events Room door handles are back to their full glory.</p><p>Which is the repaired one?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/maintenance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maintenance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinting</span></a></p>
WokStation<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MakersHour@cupoftea.social</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/makershour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>makershour@a.gup.pe</span></a></span> i am actually learning <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/freecad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freecad</span></a> at the moment. Still awful with it and only used parametric parts, but it's getting there! <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/makersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>makersHour</span></a></p>
Doug 🌈🇨🇦 :verified:<p>I should have my cereal, take my with food pills, get cleaned up, then go get my quarterly blood tests done. I hate sitting there waiting. I'd rather play with <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a> designing a new Sonicare toothbrush holder that clips it to it's glass shelf. An android <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a> for this Samsung Z Fold 6 phone would be fun.</p>
Das K™<p><a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/freecad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freecad</span></a> <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3d</span></a> </p><p>Dann versuche ich mal einen Drehknopf zu konstruieren, damit er ausgedruckt werden kann.</p><p>Ich hatte noch nie etwas mit CAD zu tun. Wie schwer kann es schon sein ... ? </p><p>*zuck*</p>
Uwe<p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Appimage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Appimage</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a></p><p>The use of appimages in Linux is sometimes somewhat cumbersome, for example you cannot simply select the appimage as the default program for opening the corresponding files. But I found a simple solution here: <a href="https://forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.php?t=63536" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.ph</span><span class="invisible">p?t=63536</span></a> and used it with the one change, adrianinsaval mentioned: "It's probably better to place those in the equivalent user level folders (I think it will be ~/.local/share instead of /usr/share)"</p><p>Now I can just doubleclick my files to open them in FreeCAD.</p>
Uwe<p>Broken links in</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/assembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assembly</span></a> </p><p>I had used the assembly workbench in FreeCAD 1.01 and some days later I got broken links of the integrated parts. The reason could be changing the location or, as in my case, changing the names of the files. Of course, renaming was a possible solution, but I found a much better one here:</p><p><a href="https://forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.php?t=86451&amp;start=200" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.ph</span><span class="invisible">p?t=86451&amp;start=200</span></a></p>
Workshopshed<p>This morning I was arranging a large number of hexagons in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a> sketcher, slowly turning each one green until the "fully constrained" message appeared.<br>Part of me was thinking I need to learn to do this as a macro. But the other part was thinking that this is quite calming, almost like one of those adult colouring books.</p><p>The Zen of FreeCAD!</p>
diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱<p>Looks like I'll be learning <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a> tonight. I miss having a pocket sized gas mask cartidge mouthpiece adapter. I have fit tested full sized respirators, but these are pocket sized evacuation essentials to have at all times.</p><p>My first job doing <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/hazmat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hazmat</span></a>, I acquired one of these pocket goodies in my toolkit for quick evacuations if the atmosphere because "less than lethal." A standard pocket sized MSA vapor cartridge (activated carbon) and this adapter would be a lifesaver in these uncertain times...</p>
Kurt Kremitzki<p>If you're coming to the 2025 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthAmerican</span></a> Meetup this August 8-10, this handy wikivoyage page should help you make the most of your visit to Central <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a> (go see <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cahokia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cahokia</span></a> too tho btw) <a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Springfield_(Illinois)" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Springf</span><span class="invisible">ield_(Illinois)</span></a></p>
Kurt Kremitzki<p>If you're coming to the 2025 @FreeCAD North American Meetup, The Black Crowes are gonna be at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a> State Fair that Saturday 🤙 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a></p>
concretedog<p>A random little waffle about printing mundane stuff on my blog. Whilst one printer was printing a long complicated back panel for my uConsole another machine made these practical tie down points for my USB light panels. <a href="https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2025/07/printing-mundane-can-be-so-rewarding.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">concretedog.blogspot.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">07/printing-mundane-can-be-so-rewarding.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/making" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>making</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freecad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freecad</span></a></p>
concretedog<p>Currently got 2 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3Dprinters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3Dprinters</span></a> running... one printing a battery hatched back panel for the Uconsole and one doing a little functional thingumybob I whipped up in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeCAD</span></a>.</p>
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