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tricks and tips

tripod

background:

draft on 2 planes then connect them with a sweep (CADZiS)
rotating of shapes is tricky my example in onedrive/cad/trangleConstrained2rotate

https://wiki.freecadweb.org/images/1/10/PartDesign_Body.svg

offset rectangle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdm-GUvisJo

https://www.glassondesignstudio.com.au/blog/how-model-mortice-and-tenon-joint-using-freecad

I was finally able to get an offset rectangle with this sequence: Select rectangle. Click on Offset button on toolbar. Click on Copy button in Offset dialog. Move cursor to inside/outside of rectangle in main window. Enter offset into Distance edit box in Offset dialog. Strike Enter. Jul 28, 2016

How do I make Draft Offset work? - FreeCAD Forum

copy sketch

https://youtu.be/ek_e-s1mUKo

jupyter

https://wiki.freecadweb.org/IPython_notebook_integration