how to draw in free cad

Development of the Drawing Workbench stopped in FreeCAD 0.16, and the new TechDraw Workbench aiming to supervene upon information technology was introduced in v0.17. Both workbenches are still provided in v0.17, but the Drawing Workbench may exist removed in future releases.

Topic
Tutorial
Blueprints / Drawings
Level
Beginner
Time to complete
15 minutes
Authors
Drei
FreeCAD version
0.16 or above
Case files
None

Introduction

This tutorial is meant to innovate the reader to the basic workflow of the Cartoon Workbench, equally well as most of the tools that are available to create blueprints.

Requirements

FreeCAD version 0.xvi or above
The reader has the basic knowledge to employ the Part and PartDesign Workbenches
The reader has finished the Draft tutorial

Process

Preparations

To reduce the time required for this tutorial, information technology is compulsory to grouping together similar elements in the Tree View to apply operations at the same time to several elements.

Grouping elements

In the Tree View, right-click on the proper name of the certificate. In this case Unnamed.
Select Create group. You lot can modify the name of the grouping by double clicking on it from the Tree View.
Select the elements that you wish to add and drag them into the group

Create the following groups:

Draft_objects
Draft_dimensions
Draft_annotations_text

Drawing Templates

Templates are the base for the creation of Drawings, you can use the templates provided or create your own.

Slect the dropdown menu side by side to New A3 landscape drawing
Select A4 Landscape

We now take a binder called Folio in the Tree View. This object volition comprise everything related to the Drawing.

Projections

Projections are defined every bit the visual representation of an object on a specific plane, it displays the properties of the object that are visible from that specific orientation.

Orthographic Projections

These are used in Engineering science to specify the properties of an object that volition be machined. At that place are 2 mutual standards: 3rd Angle and Beginning Angle projections.

For this tutorial, these projections aren't used because our objects simply have a meaningful representation in the XY aeroplane.

Select the object you wish to projection into the drawing.
Select Ortho Views
Select the type of projection yous want to use
Select the view you want to add together

In the Full general and Axonometric tabs you can specify the location, calibration and separation of each view.

Other Role Projections

It is possible to create custom views of the object.

Select the object y'all wish to project into the drawing.
Select Insert a view
In the Data tab edit the Direction of the Shape View past altering the values for the X, Y, and Z axes. By default, the values are (0, 0, one)

Yous can also modify the location, calibration and rotation of the View from within the Data tab. The same tin can exist done for the Orthographic Projections.

Typhoon Projections

The preferred way to add elements created in the Draft Workbench is with a tool independent in the Typhoon Workbench designed specifically for this. With this procedure, it is possible to import Dimensions, Annotations, Shapestrings and any other element created whithin the Draft Workbench.

Switch to the Draft Workbench
Select the group or elements that you lot wish to project. In this case Draft_dimensions
Select Drawing
Edit the X and Y coordinates to (140,100)
Prepare the calibration to 0.5