3 HN users recommended this tutorial3 months2023–2024score 4
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
HN recommends it as an excellent beginner series that fills FreeCAD's gap in learning material.
The first lesson of MangoJelly's FreeCAD 0.20 beginner course, covering setup, preferences and navigation. The series teaches fundamentals through complete workflows such as sketching, Part Design and STL export.
“MangoJelly does an excellent work on that.” (HN, 2024)
FreeCAD's arch nemesis has been lack of good educational material, until very recently. Checkout MangoJelly's "FreeCAD 0.20 For Beginners Tutorials" and follow along. It will change your life. [this video]
Good beginner tutorials fill FreeCAD's educational gap
Look at MangoJelly's beginner's tutorial playlist, start on first video and follow along: [this video] There are definitely problems with FC (but then even expensive CADs have problems). One of the biggest problem I think was lack of good learning material. MangoJelly does an excellent work on that.
Excellent beginner playlist addressing FreeCAD's lack of learning material
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