I followed this tutorial meant for Inventor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVJm9QLNHtY
and created the model presented here:
I used 0.20 (details below) and Link branch (just for the visualization).
Here are some notes:
- I really like the versatility of tools for coloring, especially the Pick Screen Color option
- I gave up on fillets for that middle section of the connector (they wouldn't improve the model's appearance significantly anyway)
- I had to mix Part Design and Part workbenches because of that complex cutout with triangular embossing - it was necessary to wrap the sketches on cylindrical faces and I used Part ProjectionOnSurface which worked really nice here
- when I tried to use PD workbench during the later steps of the modeling, the cutout disappeared and some glitches occurred so I sticked to Part wb for the remaining stages of the design
I attached the file below. I will be grateful for any tips on how this could be modeled in a better way.
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OS: Windows 10 (10.0)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.28717 (Git)
Build type: Release
Python 3.8.13, Qt 5.12.9, Coin 4.0.0, OCC 7.5.3
Locale: Polish/Poland (pl_PL)