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hello friends welcome to free tutorial and uh in this tutorial we will uh model
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this part from the scratch and uh we will also create a drawing in freeat so
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this is the very simple part which we will uh convert into the 3D model first
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and then we will create this technical drawing if you want to learn free from
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so let's come back to our tutorial so let's
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create a new file and then create a body and on the origin plane so as per the
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orientation of a part we will uh create our first sketch on a front plane so
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select the front plane and click on the sketch and the first profile which we create is this one
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so if you see here we will create a L-shaped profile
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so let's first of the origin and to create a L-shaped profile we will first
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create a rectangle and then we will give this two dimension
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50 and 100 select a smart dimension and uh provide the 50 mm and uh provide this
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uh 100 mm and uh for this tutorial I am using the
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free version 1.0 so you must have at least 1.0 or higher version of freead
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so now I will create one uh vertical and horizontal line and trim the unwanted
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entities so let's create a vertical and
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then horizontal and uh we will use the trim tool to trim
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it now we can see that the thickness is of 20 mm so here we will give the 20 mm
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dimensions and uh instead of giving this vertical one 20 mm I will use the
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constraint i will press the control key and select the both and give the equal
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now our sketch is fully constrained and now we will extrude it to the distance of 120
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so here we can come out of the sketch you can also this icon to come out of it
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now select the sketch and click on the pad and uh give it a 120 and uh make it
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symmetric to the plane and say okay now if you see the side view so we can
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see that two radius of R20 one is here and one is here and on the top view we
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can see that two radius of R30 so select the fillet tool
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and uh click on the select and select this edge
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and this edge and uh give it 20
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say okay again click on the fillet select this edge
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and this edge and uh give it a R30
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say okay now the benefit of giving this fillet is that we can project this
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radius and we can get a center to draw this slot so there are the two slot one
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is on this face and one is on this face so let's first select the face and click
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on the sketch and switch our model to the right orientations
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and now we will project this two radius so click on the project geometry select
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this and this and uh freetate having the slot feature so we will create a slot
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equal to the center and now this slot is of R15
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so we will select a smart dimensions and uh provide it R15
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and now if we zoom it the center is not coincidence so we will press the control
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key and select both the points and give the coincidence and similarly we will zoom it select the
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control key and select both the center points and add a coincidence now our sketch is fully constrained so
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we will come out of it and we will click on the pocket you can also click on here
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or here and simply say it true all and say okay
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now we will select this face and click on the sketch and uh switch our model to
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the right orientations click on the project geometry and select this two radius and we will click the slot tool
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and create a slot and now here radius is of R6 so select a
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smart dimensions give the 6 mm
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and uh let's make a coincidence relation with the center merge it
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select this and this and merge it again click on it select this and this
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so fully constrained come out of it and click on the pocket
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and simply say it true all and say okay
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so this is the very simple model which we have created and now let's save our
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part so this is a exercise two of a 200
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drawing series so
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I will give the same name and now let's uh create the drawing
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to create the drawing first uh we will uh switch to the tech draw workbench so
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here is my tech draw i will activate it and uh here you can see that tech draw
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workbench is active but we do not have any template here so we have to insert a
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template so here you will see the two options so one option is of insert default page and uh here you will have
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the some standard templates so click on it and here you will see the different
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templates of a z for the bigger drawing a 0 A1 A2 these templates are used for
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the bigger drawing on the other hand uh A3 is used for the midsize drawing and
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A4 is used for the small drawings so our drawing is small so we will use the
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landscape format of A4 so I will choose the A4 landscape ISO 54
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57 minimal click on it and press enter so you can
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see that one template is uh inserted here and now we will place the exact
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view so if you see that uh this view is our base view so here you will see the
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option of projection view so click on it so you can see that uh it cannot be
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inserted because I have not selected my body so
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I have to again close it go to the model tab and select my body and then click on
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the insert view so insert view the my first view is place as per my
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requirement now I wanted to insert the side view so click on it
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and click on the this options to get this
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view so we can see that we have placed the all the three view and we will keep
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our scale to the paste type and we will say okay
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now we will uh reduce our uh scale size to
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fit our page so we will click on the page options and here you will see the
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scale options so let's make the scale 0.5
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and now let's move our base view
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now we have a placed view and now we will give the dimensions so you can see
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that uh these are the chord point so you do not have to be you know uh discomfort
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with this quad point because we can easily hide this quad point by clicking on the turn off the frame so if we turn
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off the frame this quad point will be get hidden now
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the first thing uh we have to do is to first insert the center marks so press
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the control key select these two radius in this view and uh click on the insert
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center marks now same way select uh this one and this one
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and add a center marks now let's give the dimensions so press
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control key select this vertical edge and this vertical edge and click on the smart dimensions
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and give it a 100 mm similarly select this edge and uh this
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edge and give it a 50 and uh let's
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select this line and give it a 20
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so select this edge and this edge
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so I will prefer to selecting the edge rather than selecting this horizontal
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one so press control key select it and you can specific select the horizontal
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dimension i found some difficulty with the smart dimensions
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so let's wait this 20 mm dimension is created and uh
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I would uh recommend you to select the specific horizontal and vertical dimensions if uh insert dimension which
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is also known as a smart dimensions shortcut is D so you will have the both
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the options the problem is that sometimes this uh
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insert dimension does not pick up the horizontal and vertical dimensions I found in some cases now let's come back
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to this view and uh first thing we will do is to give the overall size which is
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uh 120 and 100 so I will press the control key
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select this edge and this edge and I specific give the vertical dimensions
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and I will select this edge and this edge and specific give the horizontal
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dimensions now you can also uh select the smart dimension and select this age and
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directly give the 120 so that is your choice you can also use this but uh I
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got habituated by selecting the ages because I'm using the free cat from very
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long time since the uh 0
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20 and 0.21 now let's uh give this position
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dimension 70 for the slot from this age so I will select this H and this
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vertical line of center marks and I specifically select the horizontal
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dimension and view the 70 and now
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let's define this 30 and 60 dimensions so I will press control
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select this edge and uh center mark of a horizontal line and I will provide the
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vertical dimensions now select this center line and this
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center line and uh provide the vertical dimension of uh 60
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now let's give this two radius select it and I specific select the radius
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dimensions so drop down it and here you will see the insert radius dimension
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so R30 now this R30 dimension having the two
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quantity so click on this dimension and go its property and under here format
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specifications you will see the R percentage 2W and
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here I will type the 2X and give one space so you can see that two x is
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inserted which means that uh this dimensions having the two quantity one
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is here and one is here
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and let's move our dimensions
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let's move it same way
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we will uh give the dimension of this slot so here we have given one radius so
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you can also give it on the other side so select it and uh instead of giving
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the radius we can also define the diameter for this slot or say the width
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so instead of this uh R15 we will define the width of this slot and we will
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select the horizontal dimensions
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see when you are creating a technical drawing then you can improvise the drawing is doesn't matter that you have
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to follow the exact what shown in the drawing so this both method are correct
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showing the slot width or sewing the slot radius but here I have saved my
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time if I give the radius then I have to go to it property and define the 2x
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now you can see that this view is got moved so we will lock it so we will on
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the frame and we will move our base view
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and we will move this uh view little bit
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top and
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go to the page scale and just adjust our page scale it is a 0.5
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so I will make it uh 0.45
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little bit smaller
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so here let's keep it uh 0.5
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yes in 045 it got updated and let's off the frame
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so here again on the frame and move this 30 dimension and this 100 dimension
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so that uh we get some space at the top side and we can move this view and this
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20 mm
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and we can also move this dimensions to the inside
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now let's off the frame so we can see that uh this side view we
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will move it little bit on the right hand side
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because we wanted to give this dimension so this position and uh looks okay now
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let's make a little bit to the down side okay so this is our base view so we will
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lock this bottom view and left view to lock the view in a free cat select the
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left view and here you will see the option of lock unlock view click on it
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so that it will be get locked it will not move until and unless you unlock
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this view so select the bottom view and click on the lock and now when we off
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the frame we will get a clear view now let's give dimension of this view so
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first I will select the this age and I simply select uh dimensions to get 120
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and now let's make this view larger and now we
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will give this 20 and 30 dimensions so here the problem is that we have used
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the first angle of projections so that's why we are not seeing
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the this line here so what we will do
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we will on the frame we have to use the third angle of a
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projection for this but do not worry we will on the hidden line so we will
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select the left view and go to the view options and let's enlarge our property view so
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here we will have the options to on the hidden line
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so let's see where it is so hard hidden is a false so make it true
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and wait to update the view
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so it is working so hidden is on same way we will select
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this bottom view and hard hidden is a false let's true
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and it will take some time to on the hidden line here as well because we have
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used the first angle of a projections so I'm not comfortable with the first angle
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of a projections i will show you the reason inside of uh this view once it
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once the hidden gets on
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so let's wait so hidden is on we will off the frame so here in a first angle
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of a projection we are viewing this model from the bottom side on the head if you have a
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took this views in a third angle then this hidden will be the visible line so
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let's get uh into the basics search over the internet what is the difference between the first angle and third angle
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of a projections the problem with the first angle of a projection is that uh it is not actual it is a viewing the
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part we are if we consider this side view so we are viewing this part from
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the left hand side and we are draw drawing it on the right hand side but in
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a third angle of a projections if we consider this view so we will view
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this part in this directions and we will draw in a same side so let's
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it does not matter which projection you use it depends upon how much you are
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comfortable with the certain type of a projections now let's give the 20 mm as
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this is the third angle of a projections so this line is visible and in my case
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it is the first angle of a projection that's why this line is a hidden now I
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will uh select this hidden line and this line and I will give the 20 mm vertical
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dimensions so let's give the vertical and uh move it select this and this and
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give the vertical dimension
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now we will select this edge select this one
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provide the horizontal dimension of uh 20 and center to center is of 80 select
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this and this and uh provide the horizontal dimension of uh
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80 mm and now let's give this uh radius
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R20 select this and specific select uh insert radius dimensions
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R20 and here in a format specifications we will define the quantity 2x
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and uh move it and uh like we have given
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the slot width so so same way we will do it here we will select these two ages
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and uh provide the vertical dimensions and give it a 12 and now define the
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position of this slot from the base is of a 30 mm so select this
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and this and uh provide the vertical dimension of
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30 and we can move this 12 mm outside
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now let's fit our drawing so you can see that uh we have
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successfully given all the dimensions in a front top and side view and now we
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will also insert the isometric view so inserting a isometric view we have to switch to the model tab and here
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first we recomp compute our object and we will fit our model so here is
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option of a fit all and shortcut is a v comm and let's
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make our model to the isometric positions and now here you will see the
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camera options so click on it and uh click on here the
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crop image and uh here
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we will keep the no background because our uh drawing paper color is
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white and we will say okay go to the page and you can see that
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isometric view is inserted and now we cannot move this view because frame is
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not on so we will on the frame and we will move this active view
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to the right hand side
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and now let's off the frame so you can see that we have created this technical
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drawing but if you wanted to give the colors like the image shown here you can
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also do it for example I wanted to give the blue color to this face so I will
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select the face and I will go to the part workbench and in the part workbench
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here is a option of a color per face click on it
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and here is a face so face is added and now we will go to the custom appearances
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and go to the diffuse color options and here I will uh click on this blue
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and I will uh adjust it and say okay
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say close so you can see that uh color is updated
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you can apply the by selecting the face and say okay
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and now let's on the frame and delete this view and again go to the model
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and uh first make it a fit all and make it isometric
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because the camera options
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if you fit it and set it to the isometric then it will perfectly create a frame the I mean to say that the
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boundary which when we on the frame on the drawing so here click on the camera crop image and
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say okay and go to the page options so you can see that uh now our isometric
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view is updated but if you provide the face color to the each faces then it
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will take a time i have shown you one face how you can do the same thing with
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all the faces so now I will uh off the frame
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now let's go to the title block field in a title block field you can see that
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uh here is a assembly drawing in a template but uh this is a part drawing so we will change it we will on the
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frame so once you on the frame you will be able to edit the
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technical details of a template so here is a assembly click on this blue one
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and uh instead of assembly I will make it part and say okay so you can see the title
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block field is updated this is exercise two uh I will give it a drawing number 200-0
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2 say okay now created by and here I will
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put my name Amar Patel and uh I will say in approval
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here I will also give my
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Say okay so you can see that both the places it is activated now here inside
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the owner I will insert my logo so I will go to the tech draw and uh in a
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tech draw views we will have the options of uh inserting the logo
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so let's find that options so if you go in a tech draw views you will see the
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insert the bit map image so click on it and here I will uh go to the my exercise
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one where is my logo i will uh press enter so you can see that logo is
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inserted you can insert your company logo or your brand logo and now here
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this logo is large so I will uh change it scale so let's make it a 0.5
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and uh move it so it is still large so let's make a 35
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and uh move it now off the frame
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now you can see that we have uh successfully created this 3D model and we have
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created the drawings and here the material you can change as per your
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requirement how you wanted to manufacture this part here is a journal tolerances and here is a scale so here
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is a scale is one to one which is wrong because our drawing is not to scale so
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we will click on it here and type the NTS which means that uh this drawing is
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not to scale now of the frame so this is how we have
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created this very simple drawing in free CAD and we have learned a lot in this
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tutorial how to create a model how to create a technical drawings how to
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insert a logo how to give the face color to the each face of a part and uh how we
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can uh improvised the drawing how we have eliminated some of the dimensions
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technique of this drawing and we have implemented especially for this slot
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dimensions we have eliminated this slot radius dimensions to the width of a slot
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so this is all about this tutorial thank you for watching and thank you for your valuable time
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