FreeCAD [How-to] - Softcover

Falck, Daniel; Collette, Brad

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9781849518864: FreeCAD [How-to]
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1849518866 ISBN 13: 9781849518864
Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. Get the job done and learn as you go. Written in cookbook style, this book offers many recipes to create objects, import and export data, create 3D solid objects. Each recipe contains step-by-step instructions followed by analysis of what was done in each task and other useful information. If you've been toying around with FreeCAD and want to have more control over your work flow then this book is for you. The reader needs to have basic knowledge of modeling.

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About the Author

Daniel Falck has over 25 years experience in manufacturing, machining, CAD, CAM, and computer programming. He has worked for Gibson Guitar doing design and prototyping for over 14 years. Currently, he runs the Prototype machine shop at King Cycle Group, in Portland, Oregon (USA), where bicycle components are manufactured. His home shop is full of CNC machining equipment that he uses to create guitar parts for customers, using open source software running on Linux. Over the past 10 years he has worked with open source manufacturing software such as Linuxcnc, APT360, HeeksCAD, FreeCAD, and a myriad of specialized python scripts.

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Publisher
Packt Publishing
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1849518866
ISBN 13 
9781849518864
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
70
Rating
  • 3.44 out of 5 stars
    9 ratings by Goodreads