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by DaveHarm
Wed Mar 02, 2022 7:56 pm
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: Creating a 2D path job for ShapeStrings fails
Replies: 13
Views: 3807

Re: Creating a 2D path job for ShapeStrings fails

I am new user of FreeCAD version 0.19 on Linux Mint and just getting started with the Path toolbox and am seeing the "length of box too small" error also. It looks like maybe a round-off error? The amount the box is too small is tiny but appears visible at both the tip of my model and the ...
by DaveHarm
Mon Feb 28, 2022 6:11 pm
Forum: Job offers
Topic: Ann Arbor Tutor
Replies: 5
Views: 6801

Re: Ann Arbor Tutor

KAKM: If you know anyone in the FSAE group, please have them reach out to me. I was team leader of my FSAE team in 1983. Back then even Indycars didn't have carbon tubs. Like I said in my original post, I race Formula Fords so I speak that language and that's the type of thing I want to create in Fr...
by DaveHarm
Fri Feb 04, 2022 3:29 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Editing Part that was a Mesh
Replies: 3
Views: 995

Re: Editing Part that was a Mesh

Thank you for your reply. I think in the attached screenshot it's pretty obvious where there are mistakes in the data (spikes).
Is Blender the better software for repairing this sort of thing?
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by DaveHarm
Thu Feb 03, 2022 10:57 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Editing Part that was a Mesh
Replies: 3
Views: 995

Editing Part that was a Mesh

I scanned a physical part and then imported the STL file to FreeCad. Then I Used the Part Workbench to convert it to a Shape using "Create Shape from Mesh". Now how do I edit it? Every time I select a triangle I want to remove and right click delete, it deletes the whole part. Someplace I ...
by DaveHarm
Thu Feb 03, 2022 6:38 pm
Forum: Job offers
Topic: Ann Arbor Tutor
Replies: 5
Views: 6801

Re: Ann Arbor Tutor

Are there really no users in southeast Michigan interested in earning some side money, or is that just not done?
by DaveHarm
Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:32 pm
Forum: Job offers
Topic: Ann Arbor Tutor
Replies: 5
Views: 6801

Ann Arbor Tutor

I live about 10 miles from Ann Arbor and want to hire an in-person tutor.
My back ground: Retired Ford engineer, total beginner. Want to model then CNC racecar parts. I drive Formula Ford race cars.
by DaveHarm
Tue Jan 18, 2022 9:40 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Changing cylinder axis of rotation
Replies: 4
Views: 784

Re: Changing cylinder axis of rotation

Thank you. I misunderstood, naturally.
by DaveHarm
Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:59 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Changing cylinder axis of rotation
Replies: 4
Views: 784

Changing cylinder axis of rotation

I'm new and this seems so simple I baffled. I create a cube. I want to put cylinders through the middle of the cube faces and orthoginal to each other. I thought double clicking in the list of primitives on the cylinder and then changing Location>Rotation Axis from 0.00, 0.00, 1.00 to 1.00, 0.00, 0....