Join me on a wild ride as I attempt to speedrun the Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) exam using the PartDesign workbench in FreeCAD in 42:43!
In this video, I try to use ALL the keyboard shortcuts in the sketcher to fully constrain a reasonably complex sketch. Also watch me struggle for a full 10 minutes with a thin-walled structure that would have taken only a few clicks in any other CAD software.
I show some best practices on how to avoid the Topological Naming Problem whilst managing to create a part that is robust to the changes required in the exam.
The example is taken from the Certified SolidWorks Associate practice exam. This is available online at https://www.solidworks.com/sites/default/files/2018-07/CSWASampleExam_2.pdf - I have no affiliation with Solidworks or DS.
The FreeCAD model is available at https://github.com/da-crivelli/freecad-tutorials/tree/main/cswa
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro to the CSWA
01:18 Timer start! A quick look at the exam questions
02:00 Step 1 - Sketch and body extrusion
16:02 Step 2 - Modifying the first parameters
17:33 Step 3 - Some relatively simple cuts. Avoiding the Topological Naming Problem.
31:20 Step 4 - The final boss: thin wall features, but the hard way round
42:07 I move a sketch to another plane using attachment editor, without breaking anything!
44:02 I finished!