FreeCAD: Tutorial Mug (1/3)

Summary

What we will create?: Mug

Mouse operation

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Note: FreeCAD has other modes like Inventor mode, Blender mode and touchpad mode. Please refer to "FreeCAD: Mouse operation setting".

Creating a basic solid

1. Creating a new document

   Start FreeCAD and create new document.

2. Creating a sketch plane

   Switch workbench to Part Design workbench.

   create a new sketch plane and select XY-Plane in the dialog. Click OK to create sketch plane.

   

3. Drawing a sketch of cup part

   Select circle and click 2 point on sketch plane to draw a circle. Right click to finish circle drawing.

   

   Click the circle and select radius constraint. On displayed dialog, set 40 mm to constrain the radius.

   

   

   Select a center of the circle and a sketch origin. And select coincident constraint to match the center of the circle with the sketch origin.

   

   The sketch will be fully contained and be displayed with green lines. Then click Close on Task tab to finish sketch edit. The viewpoint may change to 3D mode, so select zoom all to adjust the viewpoint.

   

4. Extrusion

   Select the created sketch in model tree and execute pad. On a dialog, set 95 mm as extrusion length and click OK.

   

   

5. Hollowing the solid

   Click a top face of the created solid and select thickness tool. On a dialog, set 4 mm as thickness and click OK.