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Jun 29, 2025
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hello friends welcome to free tutorial and in this tutorial we will do this uh
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exercise where we will uh convert this uh drawing into the 3D model and we will
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also create a drawing with respect to the dimension shown so for this tutorial
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so let's come back to our tutorial and you can see that a part design
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workbench is active now I will create a new file and here I will uh insert the
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body now this is a very simple part so
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we will uh create our first feature on a right plane and we will create this
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profile and then we will extrude it to the distance of 100 mm so now I will on
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the origin plane and I will select this YZ plane and click on the sketch now
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here I will uh off the origin plane and here I will uh create a simple rectangle
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and then I will select a line tool draw one vertical line and one horizontal
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line and click on the trim now let's read the dimensions so this is
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a very simple drawing so drawing dimensions reading will be very easy so
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we can easily see that horizontal is 60 and vertical is a 70 so select a smart
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dimension and uh provide it a 60 mm
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and uh vertical 70 and uh provide this horizontal
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dimension 20 mm and here
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instead of giving 20 mm dimensions to this vertical line we will give the
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constraint we will select the both and we will give the equal constraint
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so our uh sketch is fully constrained we will come out of it and we will click on
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the pad and we will give the distance of 100 mm and we will keep it symmetric to
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the plane and now say okay so the base feature we have created so
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let's save our part save it
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so our model is saved now let's create the next feature so next feature
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we will add a material here so first we will do the material
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addition operations and then we will do the material subtraction operation so
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now I will select the front face and click on the sketch and let's switch to
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the isometric view and now here we can do one thing
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here if you see the color so this portion is already included here which
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means that we have already added the material if you wanted to add a material
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extra here so we will keep this dimension 45 so instead of creating a
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cut we will make this vertical dimension 45 so we will close this sketch and go
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to the pad option and here I will make it a 45
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and now I will close it and now I will go to the sketch
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press zero from your keyboard and now we will add this material
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because why I choose this options if I go with a cut to keep this dimension 70
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then I have to create a cut on one side then I have to mirror it so one feature
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will be get increased in my tree browser which I do not want i wanted to keep as
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much as less features in my browser so now
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I will uh simply click on the project geometry and project this age and switch
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to the front view and now we will read the dimensions so we can see that uh
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this uh center of this uh 50 mm diameter is in a line with the age of 45 so here
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I will create a circle i will create away and then I will apply the
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constraint because sometimes uh snap point does not pick up so select it and
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apply the coincidence relations and this is of R
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25 so we can give the both the dimension either radius or diameter so let's go
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with the radius and provide it a 25
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and now if we wanted to trim it then we can also
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trim it but we will directly extrude it select the sketch and click on the pad
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and here click on the reverse and define the end condition up to face to the back
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side and say okay
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now we will uh create the cut so this is of a diameter 40 so for a larger diameter
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create it with a cut but if the diameter is of a 10 20 then use the whole wizard
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tool so select the face and click on the sketch press zero and here we will uh
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simply project the radius and this is the cutff of 40 mm so we
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will uh select the circle options and constrain it with a diameter 40 now we
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will close it select the sketch click on the pocket and say through all
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so now you can uh see that uh we have successfully created the model if you
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wanted to apply the color then uh you can also do it in freeat for example
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let's consider this red face so I will select the face and uh switch to the
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part workbench and uh click here color per face and now face is not added so I
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will select the face so once I click on the face face is added and I will go in
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a custom appearances and uh let's select the color
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let's drag it to the
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approximate color and click on close so you can see that more or less uh we have
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created but this is very time consuming if you wanted to decorate your model as
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it is like that then select the each faces and apply the color now
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I will uh set it to the default so I will go to the custom appearances and
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set to the default and close so we have created very simple model and
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now we will create the drawing
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now we will create a drawing of this model so for this we have to switch to
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the tech draw workbench and you can see that I have activated the tech draw workbench to create a drawing we require
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a template so in freet there are the two options one is of default options which
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will create a blank template and one another one is to use the installed
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template so always go with the second option because once you click on this you will get a lots of a template if you
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are creating a bigger drawing then you can use the A Z A1 A2 and A3 used for
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the midsize of a drawing and A4 is used for the small size of a drawing so our
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part is very small so we will select this uh A4 landscape minimal and press
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the enter so you can see that uh a template has been inserted now
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we will switch to the front view and uh this is our base view so we will select
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the body and here is a projection group so here we will uh select the template
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page 001 if you have inserted the multiple page click on okay so now you
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can see that our first view is a place and now we will uh place this view so
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click on the side one so here you can see that it is a first angle of
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projection so I will switch to the third angle
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and uncheck this one and check this one also check the
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if you hover your mouse you will see here this is the right this is the left
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so in this drawing what happened is that uh
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those who have created this drawing they have placed the right view on a right
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side so we will uncheck this and we will drag it to the other side and now
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I will create a bottom view and this top view I will move to the top
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now if you see here we have placed the all three view
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so we will change our scale so to change
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the scale uh keep your scale type on a page and say okay
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now if you see here we will move it and
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and let's see now it is not disturbing we can lock our
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view positions but uh we will do it once we set our view so here
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our uh drawing is going outside of a border so we will uh go to the page and
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inside of this page you will see the scale options so here we will keep our
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drawing not to scale so I will make it 7
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so you can see that every time this view get disturbed
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so we will fix it so let's let's see uh once the our view fit in the page we
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will log the view so here you can see the cord points the
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benefit of this chord point is to create a dimensions but if you are facing
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difficulty with this quadpoint go to the frame options and hide it so once you go
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out of the frame then this will be get hidden so here we can see that we have
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placed the our three required view and now first thing which we will do is to
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insert a center mark so select the diameter and here you will see the option of add a center marks
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so add a circle center line so once you click on add a center line it will add horizontal and vertical center line and
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now we will give the dimensions so let's start with a from a side view so here I
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will uh press the control key select these two horizontal edges and uh
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provide the vertical dimension now the font size and arrow size you can
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change it you go to the edit and then preferences and here go to the dimensions and here
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you will see the option of arrow size and font size you can adjust it
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now let's select this line and uh go to the dimension option and provide the
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horizontal dimension now here is a 45 dimension is shown
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so I will select this two horizontal line select it and give the vertical
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dimension of a 45 select this line and provide this uh 20
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mm dimension provide the horizontal dimension
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and uh this one is also 20
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now here let's uh on the frame and shift
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this view to the here and move this right
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view little right hand side
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and let's make this front view now we do not want that uh our view get disturbed
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so we will lock it so this is the front view which is our parent so we will
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click on the right view and here is a lock symbol so
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once you click on the lock symbol this view position get locked now if you drag
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it you won't be able to move it but on the other hand this view is unlocked so
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I can move it now let's also lock the top view
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click on the lock symbol and now of the frame so we have given the all the dimension
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of a side view now let's give the dimension in a front view so select this
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line select the smart dimension give the 100 mm and now
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provide this uh dimensions 20 mm so here some of the dimension are
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repeated like uh 20 mm is repeated here 20 mm repeated
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here as well so this is the basic drawing tutorial we are not creating a
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technical drawings where we have to avoid the duplicate dimensions this tutorial is for the drafting purpose how
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to create a view and give the dimensions and now uh I will on the frame and uh I
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have observed that uh there is a less space is there so I want to move my
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right view little bit right hand side so
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first I have to remove the lock so select the view and click on the lock symbol so lock will be get disappeared
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and now drag this view little bit right hand side and once you got the
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appropriate positions then again lock it now
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of the frame and uh here
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if you see the frame here so chord point is small because I have a change in my
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setting to do that you can go to the edit and preferences
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and uh here is a vertex scale so initially my
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vertex scale was a five so I set it three and if you reduce is to the two or
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one then this chord point will be the smaller so this is how you can change it
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but I prefer the dimension by of the frame but if you are uh okay with this
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chord point because this chord points help a lot by selecting the end point
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now we have given the 20 and quad point is very useful i can uh select these two
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points and uh give the dimension but if
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you off it you will be also be able to give it so in this case if you are
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offing the frame then you have to select the line but if you are oning the chord points
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then chord point will be get visible so that is totally depend upon how comfortable you are so let's uh on and
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off the frame now let's give the diameter 40 so just
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select the diameter and select the smart dimension and give the 40 select this and uh give the R25
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and uh from this age to the center is of a 50 so select this vertical edge and
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this vertical center line
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so here sometimes this is smart dimension misbehave so to avoid it press
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the control key and select this and specific select the horizontal dimension
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so if you see the smart dimension once you go with the smart dimension then you move your mouse then your horizontal
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dimensions change to the vertical and vertical change to the horizontal based on your mouse position now
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if you see here there is a hidden line is shown but in our top view hidden line
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is off so we cannot select the view until and unless frame is on so we have
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to on the frame and click on the frame boundary and go to the
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data tab and here you will find that hard hidden is a false so we have to
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make it true to on the hidden line so make it true and it will take some time
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and our hidden line will be get visible
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so you can see that it is updated now I will off the frame and now I will insert
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one center line to insert a center line in Frecad select these two lines and go
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here and click on add center line between two lines and click on okay
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now our center line and hidden line is on now let's give the diameter so I will
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uh select this vertical line and this vertical
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line and provide the horizontal dimension
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so now here one thing you observe that it is a diameter but diameter symbol is
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not inserted so we can easily insert it select the dimensions and here you will
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see the options to insert prefix diameter so click on it so once you
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click on it diameter symbol will be get inserted now let's give this 25 mm
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dimension so select this vertical line and this
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vertical line and provide the horizontal dimension of 25
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now select this horizontal line and this horizontal line and provide the vertical
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dimension of 20 now select this horizontal line and this
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horizontal line and provide the vertical dimension of 60
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and let's move this dimension 20 mm inside now
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now we will cross check if there any dimension is missing so we have given the 60 70 45 20 and 20 we have given 100
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20 and 45 we have given this diameter 40 and
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this radius we will give again select it and select the insert the radius
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dimension and move it this is the 50 and 100 given
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now in the top view diameter 50 25 20 so we have given all the dimensions and now
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we will insert the one isometric view so to insert isometric view go to the
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model tab press zero from your keyboard or click on here isometric options and
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set our model to the fit all condition and now
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here you will see one camera option insert the active view
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click on it and here we have drawn on the page 001 say okay and now here click
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on the crop image and if you wanted to insert the solid background or any
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background 3D background you can use it but uh as my paper color is a
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white so I I want to keep my view as a transparent background so click on okay
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and now move to the our page so you can see that view is inserted but we cannot
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move it so we have to on the frame and uh drag this active view
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to the corner now let's reduce the scale little bit so go
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to the active view here and here scale is of
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1 to 1 so we will make it 8 and here if you see that this active view boundary
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is overlapping on our right view so we will uh
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change it here so instead of 128 we will give it 100 and
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let's see so you can see that uh it updated now
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width 100 instead of 100 let's reduce is to the 85 and let's see okay now height
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height we can see that uh there are the extra spaces so instead of 102 let's
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make it 85 as well 85 by 85 let's make it uh 75
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and uh let's make it uh 80 and now
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let's move our active view to the side view and uh let's reduce the height to the 70
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let's make it a 60 directly let's see so it is a cropping the view so make it 65
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or slowly we can increase it to the 68
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press enter so 70 will be the right one
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now let's move it and here
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we do not want this overlapping so we will move this dimension here and we
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will move this uh 70 mm dimension
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why I'm uh clearing this portion because uh when you
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export this drawing to the PDF if this boundary is overlap here then that
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portion will not come in the PDF and now here let's uh move our base view
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okay and now here to create extra space I will move this 20 mm dimensions to the
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right hand side and move this 60 mm dimension here now let's
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off the frame and here we can see that still it is a
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cutting so we will go to the our drawing tab and go to the
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active view and here height we will keep it uh 75
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and now we will on the frame yes so you can see that uh we have uh created this
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drawing from the scratch and we have uh
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detailed this part and now if I see here 45 and 70 dimension are very close so I
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will simply move this 45 dimensions to the other side now off the frame so
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drawing should be neat and clean and dimension should be easily readable and
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now let's go to the title block field and now here I will insert my logo and I
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will change the title block field so here is my material is of uh stainless
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steel i am fine with it uh title is exercise 03 okay but uh this drawing is
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not assembly drawing this is a part drawing so we will edit a title block field so here you will see the uh blue
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line which means that now the title block field is editable
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if uh you are in a frame mode then only you can edit the title block field if you are not in a frame mode if you do
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anything you will not be able to change it so always on the frame when editing the title block and instead of a
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assembly drawing I will uh make it part drawing
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and uh drawing number uh drawing number my exercise is 03 so uh I will make uh
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03 number and this is
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created by I will put here my name Amar Patel
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approved by me so here I will give the my name
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Amar Patil say okay now language of my drawing is
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English so if you're using the German French or other language then you can
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simply change it date is automatically took by the free revision so this is a
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fresh drawing so revision will be the zero
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And here sheet two of two so here we will delete this page which is extra one
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and now we will go to the tri uh our page revision is zero and uh now we will
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insert the logo so go to the tech draw workbench and uh here you will see the
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option insert the bit map image so here I will insert my logo and uh let's
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browse my logo in exercise two I have uh my logo here
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and I will insert it so you can see that uh my logo is inserted now I will move
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it but this is very large as compared to the title block so as we have a scaled
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our isometric view we will also scale out this image so here is a scale 1 to 1
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we will make it a 0.5 or uh let's see the make it a 0 4 and uh
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I will move it
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and now I will off the frame so you can see that we have successfully created
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this beautiful drawing with respect to the our reference drawing and uh in this
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tutorial we have learned the lots of thing how to lock the view how to on the hidden lines how to insert the image and
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how to edit the title block field now you can easily convert this drawing into
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the PDF all you have to go with a file and then export to the PDF and here
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I will select my folder and I will give the PDF name 03
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and let's see our the PDF
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so PDF is loading so you can see that uh our drawing converted into the PDF and
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it's look so beautiful so nice dimension are very clear information is very
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precise date revision everything and you can also convert this drawing into the
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some other format like SVG and DXF so this is all about this tutorial
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thank you for watching and thank you for your valuable time
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