Video tutorials/en

This page presents a selection of video tutorials made by FreeCAD users and developers. Visit the Tutorials and videos subforum for more links. A useful source of video tutorials is YouTube.

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Please notice the version of FreeCAD used in the tutorial as some tutorials may use an old version of the program. Although the general modelling process may still work, some tools may have changed.

Part design
Videos that go through modeling of various parts using workbenches such as Part, PartDesign and Sketcher. Some of them were recorded a long time ago, but are still relevant.


 * Learn FreeCAD - FreeCAD Lessons for Beginners by our dear late friend Roland Frank.


 * Bejant Tutorials: a playlist of FreeCAD 0.14 detailed lessons using the Part Design workbench. A list of all the videos is at: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuwmvJXdUCik-Z6goNzTxKQ/videos


 * Cad1919 Tutorials: several playlists starting with downloading and installing 0.15.4671 on Windows 8, FreeCAD Part Design / Sketcher basics, and moving on to more advanced models. The GUI is in Chinese or Japanese but the videos have graphics added so they can still be followed by someone unfamiliar with cad1919's language.


 * Bram de Vries Tutorials: complete work flow to 3D design.


 * BPLRFE's introduction to FreeCAD in German: this is the first in a series of German tutorials by Roland Frank. They pre-date the Learn FreeCAD channel videos.


 * TutorialField's Product design tutorials play list


 * freecadscourse play list


 * FreeCAD Beginners Tutorials: a series of tutorials that start with downloading and installing FreeCAD, exploring the user interface.


 * FreeCAD Tutorials - FEATURES by AllVisuals4U: a playlist of tutorials focusing on tools in the Part and PartDesign workbenches.


 * from mathcodeprint: A number of CAD related playlists for FreeCAD 0.17 (amongst others) ranging from some Basic Part Design, to Shed Framing and an interesting small series of challenges from the CAD subReddit on Reddit.


 * Ha Gei YouTube channel: excellent range of mostly Part Design related videos

Architectural design

 * BIM with FreeCAD - introduction by Yorik (Arch workbench developer).


 * Presentation of FreeCAD's Arch Workbench by Yorik (Arch workbench developer)


 * An Introduction to FreeCAD FEM/Civil/Structural/Arch


 * Architectural BIM Modeling Course Using FreeCAD


 * Regis's FreeCAD Arch tutorials series - A series of tutorials covering a wide range of aspects of BIM/Arch modeling with FreeCAD


 * House project and energy analysis with FreeCad, Blender 3D and VI Suite, Part 01, 02, by sergiobini
 * Complete house project part 6, How to customize your page layout, part 13, modeling canopy and facade element, by FreeCAD for architecture

Technical Drawing

 * TechDraw Workbench Parts 1 (Basics), 2 (Dimensions), 3 (Multiview), by sliptonic
 * TechDraw Workbench Parts 4 (Section and Detail), 5 (Customizing templates), by sliptonic

Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM)

 * Using FreeCAD Path playlist by sliptonic.

Other

 * Animation Workbench tutorials: series of tutorials about microelly's Animation add-on workbench.


 * FreeCAD Tutorials - GENERAL by AllVisuals4U: tutorials about general things in FreeCAD.

Outdated Videos
These videos were made many years ago, and may not be relevant anymore.


 * Beginners tutorial part 1


 * MarthamEngineering Tutorials - Basics and Draft workbench


 * John Durston Tutorials - Advanced manipulations


 * openPLM demo - FreeCAD interface (no longer working with a recent version of FreeCAD)