Published 5/2025
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 955.75 MB | Duration: 2h 33m
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 955.75 MB | Duration: 2h 33m
Create dynamic 3D models in FreeCAD using spreadsheets, VarSets, expressions, and configuration tables
What you'll learn
Build fully parametric 3D models in FreeCAD using spreadsheets, expressions, and VarSets all without writing a single line of code or script.
Link model geometry to data sources in FreeCAD to create dynamic, responsive designs that automatically adapt to input changes and user-defined values.
Create reusable, flexible components using configuration tables and variant links to streamline complex projects and assemblies in FreeCAD
Apply data-driven design skills to real-world examples that we will build. An adaptive toy bricks, hinged boxes, and custom signs that scale with text input.
Requirements
Basic familiarity with FreeCAD's interface, including navigating the 3D view and using the tree view
FreeCAD installed on your computer
A willingness to learn and experiment with data-driven tools inside FreeCAD
If you're completely new to FreeCAD, we recommend taking our Ultimate Beginner's Course first to cover the essential modeling tools.
Description
Welcome to a practical, beginner-friendly course designed to teach you core skills in creating dynamic, data-driven 3D models using FreeCAD's powerful built-in tools, spreadsheets, expression editor, and VarSets. Whether you're an engineer, designer, maker, or hobbyist, this course will help you embed data directly into your designs to control dimensions, automate behavior, and build flexible models without any coding or scripting.You'll start by mastering the fundamentals of parametric design in FreeCAD, including navigating the interface, understanding variable sets (VarSets) for centralized control, and using spreadsheets to manage model parameters. Using the expression editor, you'll connect data across your model to drive intelligent, adaptable designs.Throughout the course, you'll work on real-world projects created from a beginner's perspective: build a parametric toy brick, a hinged box that adapts to its length, and dynamic custom signs that automatically resize based on the text's height and length pulled from spreadsheets. These hands-on examples will show you how to create smart, reusable components using configuration tables and variant links, making it easy to manage complex assemblies with different variants and visual properties.By the end, you'll confidently create fully parametric FreeCAD models that are easy to update, scalable, and ready for any design challenge. Enroll now and start building smarter, data-driven 3D designs with FreeCAD!
Overview
Section 1: Introduction to Course
Lecture 1 Introduction and Prerequisites
Lecture 2 What Will You Learn
Section 2: Spreadsheets And VarSets : The Absolute Basics
Lecture 3 Introduction: Spreadsheets And VarSets : The Absolute Basics
Lecture 4 Modelling with Spreadsheets 101
Lecture 5 Modelling With VarSets 101
Lecture 6 Configuration Tables 101
Lecture 7 Avoiding Dependency Errors
Lecture 8 Spreadsheets Vs VarSets : Knowledge Dump
Section 3: Parametric Toy Brick : Spreadsheet Driven Project
Lecture 9 Introduction to Project 1: Parametric Toy Brick : Spreadsheet Driven Project
Lecture 10 Modelling the Basic Block Footprint
Lecture 11 Refine Concreate Values into Parametric Ones
Lecture 12 Conditional Expressions Explained
Lecture 13 Allow for Both High and Low Brick Profile
Lecture 14 Adding the Studs
Lecture 15 Creating the Thickness / Shelling the Brick
Lecture 16 Creating the Tubes
Lecture 17 Using the Tubes in a Linear Pattern
Lecture 18 Suppressing a Feature
Lecture 19 Chaining Conditions
Lecture 20 Using a Chained Condition Against the Tube
Section 4: Hinged Box: Variable Set & Expression Driven Project
Lecture 21 Introduction to Project 2: Hinged Box: Variable Set & Expression Driven Project
Lecture 22 Setup the VarSet
Lecture 23 Sketch the Basic Footprint
Lecture 24 Sketch the Hinge
Lecture 25 Apply the Linear Pattern and Thickness
Lecture 26 Create the Lid
Lecture 27 Add the Hinge to the Lid
Lecture 28 Finishing the Box
Section 5: Documenting : Keeping Track of Design Intent
Lecture 29 Introduction to Documenting : Keeping Track of Design Intent
Lecture 30 What Information to Include
Lecture 31 Ways of Including the Information
Section 6: Textual Based Expressions
Lecture 32 Using Text Within Spreadsheets and Expressions
Section 7: Dynamic Sign Maker : Configuration Tables & Affecting Text With Spreadsheets
Lecture 33 Introduction to Project 3: Dynamic Sign Maker
Lecture 34 Sketch the Footprint
Lecture 35 Creating Text in the Draft Workbench
Lecture 36 Bounding Box Expressions
Lecture 37 Creating the Spreadsheet
Lecture 38 Adding the Spreadsheet Sketch Constraints
Lecture 39 Setting up the Configuration Table
Lecture 40 Apply the ShapeString
Lecture 41 Creating a Variant Link
Section 8: Where now - Further Learning
Lecture 42 Where now?
Beginners who want to go beyond basic modeling and explore parametric, data-driven design in FreeCAD,Existing FreeCAD users looking to automate design workflows using spreadsheets, expressions, and configuration tools,Engineers, designers, makers, and hobbyists who want to build smart, flexible, and reusable 3D models without coding,Anyone curious about creating models that adapt to changing inputs, like size, text, or configuration options
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