The frustrating part, and I do mean frustrating, is that I don't know what I'm not getting... and it is taking way too much of my time. I have a lot to do right now.
To accomplish the Open Source Ecology Developer Test (OSE), I need to be able to put some parts together in a cube, install bolts and draw my initials on a part.
There are a bunch of developer tests there to look at, and I've hunted down a bunch of videos on YouTube. I know that to assemble the parts in FreeCAD that I need to do it in Assembly2. I have tried in vain for hours.
I can get it done in Blender, no problem. I downloaded the parts from the OSE Part Library, opened it in FreeCAD, then converted the file to Stl, which Blender can understand, and built the project in short order.
Rendered (I did forget to put my initials on it).
How do I learn this? Obviously I'm overlooking something basic.
You can do this much i can't even start hahah :)
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That's annoying for you that it is not clicking @diggndeeper.com, sorry to hear! I think that your best bet is to start with really basic joining functions for two objects; I generally use solidworks because you can build full products without swapping between different software.
If you have any specific questions, I'm all ears! Just let me know.
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I have come to the conclusion that it is the software. The concepts are really simple and I am not a total noob at following directions and using complicated software (Blender). I am only trying to move and rotate objects. It seems that the software glitches out every time and I just can't get the task accomplished. Doing some homework shows FreeCAD as buggy, but others are getting it done, so that is confusing.
I don't even know what questions to ask at this point.
FreeCAD is the choice of the Open Source Ecology project because FreeCAD is also open source. It is what they want people to pass the test with.
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I See! Yeah it looked like simple tasks so I was surprised to see it not working alright.
I get you, that's annoying! I splashed out the other day and bought a Solidworks license, as I'll be using it a lot. Very pricey though!
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Good
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outstanding post
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Well CAD is a very powerful tool ... I used it for making 3D structures specially buildings..... its just great.... learn it well man
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