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PistonPinRock solid and imho quite pretty.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/filmPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#filmPhotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/3dPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3dPrinting</a>

PistonPinSince I've come across some camera lenses with missing caps, I've designed a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/parametric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parametric</a> model in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a>.Just enter the filter thread size (and optionally thread pitch, spring width/thickness, and some other variables), et voilà: lens cap.The first prototypes are already working quite well. The model just needs some minor tweaks before it is ready to be released into the wild.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/filmPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#filmPhotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/3dPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3dPrinting</a>

Arne ClaassenI find myself drawing a lot of construction mode lines in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> as a means to measure where lines start. E.g. I want to start a line 3' along another line and the only way I can think of doing that is to first draw a throw away 3' line that snaps to the current line, so that I get an endpoint I can snap my new line to. Is that the normal way of doing these things or am i missing some tooling for locating line start points?

FreeCADIt's <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCADFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCADFriday</a>! Happy weekend to everyone when we get there. What have you all been working on with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a>?

FreeCADForged in FreeCAD: CERN CMS Detector Cable Clamps In case it passed you by, over on our mastodon account and on the X platform we have run the hashtag <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCADFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCADFriday</a> for a long time. It's a straightforward "show everyone what you are up to with FreeCAD" type affair and every week so many amazing projects show up as responses. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CERN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CERN</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CAD</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CMS</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Muons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Muons</a> <a href="https://blog.freecad.org/2025/08/11/forged-in-freecad-cern-cms-detector-cable-clamps/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.freecad.org/2025/08/11/forged-in-freecad-cern-cms-detector-cable-clamps/</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UserStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UserStory</a>

mikonzeptCombining surface modelling and solid modelling in FreeCAD. Render with Blender. <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/freeCAD?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freeCAD</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/fc3d?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fc3d</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/blenderrender?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blenderrender</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/render?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#render</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/3d?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3d</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/3dart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3dart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/3ddesign?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3ddesign</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/digitalart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digitalart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/graphicart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#graphicart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/graphics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#graphics</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/graphicdesign?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#graphicdesign</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/design?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/visual?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#visual</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/abstract?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abstract</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/hardsurface?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hardsurface</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/cad?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cad</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/surfacemodelling?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surfacemodelling</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/surfacemodeling?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surfacemodeling</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/posterdesign?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#posterdesign</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/posterreposter?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#posterreposter</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/posterjam?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#posterjam</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/xuxoe?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#xuxoe</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/inspirationgrid?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inspirationgrid</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/computergenerated?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#computergenerated</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/blendercommunity?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blendercommunity</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/visualjammingsession?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#visualjammingsession</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/manchester?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#manchester</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.art/discover/tags/manchesterdesign?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#manchesterdesign</a>

FreeCADHappy <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCADFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCADFriday</a> everyone! Hope you all have a grand weekend. Show us what you've been up too with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a>. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CAD</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CAM</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BIM</a>

FreeCADFreeCAD 1.0.2 released We’ve just released a new update with over 30 bugfixes and small improvements, go get it here. As a reminder, these 1.0.X releases bring added stability to version 1.0 of FreeCAD, whereas new features in development will be released in version 1.1. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CAD</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> <a href="https://blog.freecad.org/2025/08/06/freecad-1-0-2-released/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.freecad.org/2025/08/06/freecad-1-0-2-released/</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Releases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Releases</a>

concretedogJust blogged about those Magnet PCB Clamp tools I've been making, There's links to the repo on the blog should you want to make some of your own. They work really well even if I do say so myself! Source is open and open toolchain as designed in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a>. <a href="https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2025/08/magnet-pcb-clamps.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2025/08/magnet-pcb-clamps.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3dprinting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tools</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#electronics</a> Boosts welcome!

FreeCADTutorial: Using the Additive Pipe Tool The additive pipe tool is an excellent tool that allows a sketch or sketches to be swept along a series of edges to create a solid pipe with the profile of the original sketch. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CAD</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CAM</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BIM</a> <a href="https://blog.freecad.org/2025/07/31/tutorial-using-the-additive-pipe-tool/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.freecad.org/2025/07/31/tutorial-using-the-additive-pipe-tool/</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Tutorials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tutorials</a>

Christian Lawson-PerfectA 3d printer and <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> are so useful!One of the clamp things on my bike basket snapped. It was really easy to design and print a replacement.<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/3Dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3Dprinting</a>

FreeCADIt's <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCADFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCADFriday</a> once again! Happy weekend to everyone! As ever, show us what you're working on with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a>!

Espen AndersenI did a write-up on how I use <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/qcad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qcad</a> and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/freecad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freecad</a> to create visually appealing enclosures for your <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#electronics</a> projects. <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/3dprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3dprint</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#diy</a> <a href="https://espenandersen.no/building-professional-looking-enclosures/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://espenandersen.no/building-professional-looking-enclosures/</a>

Boor<a href="https://mastodon.social/@vladcampos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@vladcampos</a> good luck! You could model in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freecad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freecad</a> if you’re really worried 😂📐

concretedogKLAXXON! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SOURCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SOURCE</a> issue 2 is now available for download! In case you don't know what I am on about SOURCE is my attempt at an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a> "pay what you feel" magazine. In this issue we look at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Godot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Godot</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Inkscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Inkscape</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenStreetMap</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Logseq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Logseq</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Termux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Termux</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Syncthing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Syncthing</a> There's a little more info and a direct to pdf link on my blog as well as links to Issue 1 which was a deep dive on Computational Fluid Dynamics with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a>. <a href="https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2025/07/source-issue-2-out-now.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2025/07/source-issue-2-out-now.html</a>Please Boost!

Pepijn[thread for a little hobby project] 🧵 🚂 Couple days ago <a href="https://gruene.social/@jon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jon</a> stumbled upon a pair of truly amazing maintenance trains (<a href="https://gruene.social/@jon/114851694450625154" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gruene.social/@jon/114851694450625154</a>). They're basically sheds on wheels.I decided to construct some 1:87 / H0 scale versions. The models won't be 1:1 copies but instead "inspired copies" (if alone as it'll be difficult to get down the utter dorkiness of the real things).First model will be the boxed trailer. After that I'll work on the crew carrier. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/modeltrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#modeltrain</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/freecad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freecad</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/3dprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3dprint</a>

Tinx<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@FreeCAD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@FreeCAD</a> I have completed my outdoor sensor enclosure.I learned that creating a smooth surface from an FDM print is not easy. I sanded and coated with acrylic paint at least five times, and there is still some surface structure from the printing process left.<a href="https://jit.social/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> <a href="https://jit.social/tags/FreeCADFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCADFriday</a> <a href="https://jit.social/tags/IoT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IoT</a> <a href="https://jit.social/tags/HomeAutimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAutimation</a> <a href="https://jit.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DIY</a> <a href="https://jit.social/tags/3DPrint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3DPrint</a>

concretedogA small <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@FreeCAD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@FreeCAD</a> video over on my shiny new <a href="https://mastodon.social/@MakerTube" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@MakerTube</a> account. This, the first of a few <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a> tutorials is a slight outlier... we take a little look at a few issues that new users might have when trying to follow tutorials! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeCADFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCADFriday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CAD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Opensource</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Learning</a> <a href="https://makertube.net/w/sjbmtxD3CbtcBk3pmYvQPJ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://makertube.net/w/sjbmtxD3CbtcBk3pmYvQPJ</a>

FreeCADHow quickly a week slips by! Once again it's <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCADFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCADFriday</a> show us what you're working on with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FreeCAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCAD</a>!

WokStation<a href="https://cupoftea.social/@MakersHour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@MakersHour@cupoftea.social</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/makershour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@makershour@a.gup.pe</a> i am actually learning <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/freecad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freecad</a> at the moment. Still awful with it and only used parametric parts, but it's getting there! <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/makersHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#makersHour</a>

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