On this page, I'll be posting video tutorials that will help you quickly become familiar with the free 3D CAD/CAM/CAE/BIM software FreeCAD.
I have grouped the tutorials into the following categories:
Introduction for beginners
| FreeCAD 1.0: Introduction to FreeCAD Part 1: Getting Started | DigiKey | FreeCAD 1.0: Introduction to FreeCAD Part 2: Sketches, Constraints, and Part Design | DigiKey |
| FreeCAD 1.0 - Reducing Friction by tweaking UI settings | FreeCAD 1.0 Tutorial #2: Complete User Interface Walkthrough for Beginners |
| FreeCAD 0.18 For Beginners p.1 - UI, Sketching, Constraints, Extruding, and 3D Printing | FreeCAD 0.20: Escape from the claws of the corporate CAD overlords - with FreeCAD! |
| FreeCAD 1.0: FreeCAD is the BEST for 3D Printing - 5 reasons WHY ! |
Installation
| FreeCAD 1.0: How to Install FreeCAD on all OS | Basic Beginners FreeCAD v1 | Lesson 1 | FreeCAD 1.1: FreeCAD - How To Get Development Version |
| FreeCAD 1.0: FreeCAD Tutorial #1 – How to Install FreeCAD (Step by Step Guide) | Try out FreeCAD 1.1 Bleeding Edge Changes; How to Install Weekly Versions |
Preferences
| FreeCAD 1.0: Essential Preferences and Settings | Basic Beginners FreeCAD v1 | Lesson 2 | !NEW! Basic Beginners FreeCAD v1 / 0.22 | Lesson 2 | Basic Preferences for Course |
| FreeCAD 1.0: Tutorial #18 – How to Customize Workbench (Default, Autoload & Performance Tips) | Unit Systems in FreeCAD Explained |
Interface
| FreeCAD 1.0: Improve Your UI & Work Faster! The ULTIMATE SETUP (+GIVEAWAY) | FreeCAD 1.0: How To Customize FreeCAD Toolbars and Panels | Basic Beginners FreeCAD v1 Lesson 3 |
| Basic Beginners FreeCAD v1 / 0.22 | Lesson 3 | - UI and Panel Layout and How To Change | FreeCAD 1.1: FreeCAD - Interface customization |
| Setting Up Panels in FreeCAD’s UI |
Addon Manager
FreeCAD 1.0: Tutorial #20 – How to Add-on Manager