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FreeCAD: How to create solid from a sketch?

FreeCAD 1.0
Operation example video

Steps

  1. Click [File]-[New] in menu bar and create new documentcreate new document.

  2. Move to Part Design workbenchPartDesign workbench

  3. Select "New Sketch"Sketcher_NewSketch from the toolbar and select "XY plane" in diplayed dialog. Click OK to create new sketch plane.

    Create Sketch
    Creates sketch plane

  4. Select "Circle"Creates circle from the toolbar and draw rough circle on sketch plane. When you have finished drawing, right-click to finish drawing the circle.

    Create Circle
    Creates circle

  5. Select the "Coincident"Constraint_Coincident from the toolbar. Select the center of the circle and the origin of the sketch to make the two points coincident, and right-click to end the coincident constraint.

    Lock Center
    Constraints the center of the circle

  6. Select the "Dimension"Constraint_Dimension from the toolbar. When you select the circle, the dimensions will be displayed, so press the M key on the keyboard to switch from diameter mode to radius mode, and click the sketch plane. Then the dimension input dialog will be displayed, so enter "20" as the radius and the circle radius will be constrained to 20mm. Right-click to end the dimensional constraint.

    Lock Radius
    Constraints the radius

  7. Then the sketch will be full-constrained and displayed in green color.

  8. Click Close on Tasks panel to exit sketch editing.

  9. Selecte the created sketch on Tree View and execute "Pad"PartDesign_Pad to start padding operation. Enter "20 mm" as Length on Tasks panle and click OK.

    Extrude
    Pads a sketch

Now we have created a cylinder with radius of 20 mm, and height of 20 mm. Various solid can be created from any sketches by a similar process.

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