I've enjoyed this entire series, but I think this may be my favorite video. Demonstrating how to use the tools is an incredible reference for later on.
I primarily use the Fusion 360 free version but this video applies to it as well. Your explanation of constraints was spot on and helped me to understand them better. Well done!
Yet another amazing collection of technics, coming together on a useful physical part. I love your unique to approach things; and you have likely saved me from a ton of unnecessary steps in my next project. Thank you
Looking over that print, that is a bang up job. Center to center? Check. Edge to center of hole? 🤷♂️ Edge to center of hole? Check. Center to center? 🤷♂️ Two holes are close enough to suggest they are in line through the Y axis, yet they are probably 1 to 2 mm off from being in a straight line. But this is a good way to help people get the hint of prototyping. You can't expect to get your model right the first time, every time. Sometimes, you have to print and adjust dimensions.
I'ts amazing to see your dedication, clarity, such a detailed and high quality content you've been provided to everyone. Your edit, attention to the minimal details and failures sharing give everyone hope. Congratulations for your work and a warm hug from Brazil :)
Been watching for about 2 years, but your onshape series stands out for me. I'd been looking to move up from meshmixer/tinkercad, so as soon as you mentioned it I started experimenting, watched all of your 3d design tutorials 2-3 times and i was inspired but still struggled to translate my vision into a design with that program But those tutorials of yours kept reminding me how powerful the tool is, and I'm looking forward to master it, so I jumped back in last week and used it to design 3 more complex objects I struggled with the basics but with persistence got the results I wanted. And now that I'm done with the rush, here comes the video to explain how I could have done it 10x more elegantly. Thanks, I'm sure I'll watch it again, too!
Thank you for doing this video! Since you started your tutorial series I've made a number of designs and printed them for various needs around the house and my bicycle. I hadn't yet gotten the hang of constraints beyond coincident and dimension though, and now my designs will go much faster. Thanks!
Great series. Probably already been commented but if you don't want the automatic constraints to kick in when drawing a line you can use "shift" to disable it temporarily. That way you won't have to click elsewhere while sketching.
I know that the focus of this particular tutorial was constraints, but it may have been worth mentioning the rib feature in this example towards the end. I usually forget to use the trim tool myself, then get annoyed having to select loads of tiny faces when extruding. I'll have to use it more often!
On the topic of over-constraints you gave the example of 2 dimensions for the same feature that conflict and are unsolvable. All software I've worked with is more general than that, Catia, solidworks, creo don't like 2 or more combinations of dimensions and constraints that might position a feature in the same place, the combinations don't have to conflict. For example a simple set of 12 square stairs with an equal tread depth of 30cm will be 3.6m long, to put both in a sketch means 1 is just for reference. I don't think you spelled that out for the beginner.
How do you un-constrain to edit again? 6:48 you set the vertical height for the lower right hole but you left the horizontal placement in the wrong place as it no longer aligns with the upper right one as you had it earlier...
Hover the mouse over any element to see what constraints it has. You can then click on the icon and press delete to remove that constraint. An example of this is shown at the end in the over constrained segment.
@@TeachingTech But you didn't address the second point: you didn't align the vertical position of the two right holes. It appeared that you clicked a dimension rather than a construction line so the lower right hole horizontal position didn't get set equal to the other spacing lines. And I didn't see where you actually set that dimension of equal spacing feature of those four holes. Yes, they are black but ... I will review the video again and the actual part in OnShape. OPPS, Upon review, I realized that the vertical spacing of the right holes is correctly dimensioned because the "equal" constraint divides the remainder of the two given dimensions in half between the vertical spacing from the edge. Sorry, Michael.
Excellent video Michael, however I prefer to use canvases in 3D CAD software, I take a photo of the object (if you have it) along it an item you know the length (again I use a rule) and import this into the CAD. Then calibrate the photo using the known length, then just model on top. Of course there are issues with this method like getting the correct angle on your photo as some complex parts can be challenging. Keep it up with these videos!
@Teaching Tech just getting into more advanced CAD after finding tinkerCAD to be too tedious and limiting on what I'd like to do. However, I'm finding new challenges in Onshape. Specifically, how do I incorporate stp files into new designs. I'm trying to create some new #gridfinity components and can't figure out how to modify the #gridfinity stp template @Zach Freedman provides. Any tips or videos that you can recommend? I can't seem to find any that address this specifically.
If you have a tenlog tld3 pro would appreciate some tutorials on that having nothing but problems after replacing my failed v1 integral mboard with the v2 split boards.
Everything that was done in these videos may be done in FreeCAD (and most other CAD packages out there). The only differences are where icons and menu items are located within the program. The reasoning behind using OnShape was explained in the first video. It takes a very small amount of effort to transfer the knowledge to FreeCAD so the options left are to thank Michael for providing these wonderful tutorials or to ask him what rate he would like to make a set of videos for training in FreeCAD.
