FreeCAD V1.0.0 Assembly Workbench Intro

Click "...more" for Links, Key Moments, and Related Content! Here, I lay out the basic tools needed to get started in the new FreeCAD Assembly Workbench and get over some of the initial frustration. This is the 1st video in a series I've done on the new V1.0 Assembly Workbench. FreeCAD Version 1.0.0 recently came out and includes a default assembly tool. It's a bit counter-intuitive especially if you're used to other CAD packages. The wiki (https://wiki.freecad.org/Assembly_Wor...) isn't much help yet either because it's a new package and the documentation just isn't fully developed yet. The big theme for me is the difference between a "Constraint" and a "Joint." In Solidworks for example, you make an assembly by adding constraints, which is essentially eliminating one degree of freedom at a time. But if you think of a physical joint on a piece of machinery, all of the possible degrees of freedom are already constrained by the design of that joint. Same thing in FreeCAD. We have to define the joint first, which defines all degrees of freedom simultaneously, with default values for the constraints. Then we have to go in and adjust those default values My full Library of FreeCAD videos: Assembly Workbench - FreeCAD V1.0.0 1) Assembly Workbench Intro:    • FreeCAD V1.0.0 Assembly Workbench Intro   ------- You are here. 2) Mastering Primary Joints:    • FreeCAD V1.0.0 Assembly Workbench - Master...   3) Introducing Secondary Constraints:    • FreeCAD V1.0.0 Assembly Workbench - Master...   4) Advanced Mates:    • FreeCAD Assembly Workbench Group 3 - Advan...   CAM Workbench - FreeCAD V1.0.0 1) Cam Workbench Intro, Design to built part with Maslow CNC -    • FreeCAD V1.0.0 CAM Workbench + Maslow CNC:...   2) Set Tool Axis, simulate toolpath -    • FreeCAD V1.0.0 CAM workbench Set Z-axis an...   Part Design Workbench- V0.19 and V0.21 The videos in this series focus primarily on the Part Design workbench. They were released before FreeCAD V1.0. There are some nice upgrades in V1.0, but the concepts covered here remain valid. 1) Downloading and finding help -    • Downloading FreeCAD and Navigating the Help   2) Workbench, Toolbars, Panels -    • FreeCAD: Workbench, Toolbars and Panels   3) Zoom, Pan, Rotate -    • FreeCAD: Zoom, Pan, Rotate   4) Sketching -    • FreeCAD: Sketching with Polyline, Adding C...   5) Mirroring and Symmetry -    • FreeCAD: Mirroring and Symmetry   6) Sketcher from Part Design -    • FreeCAD Tip   Start models in Part Design ...   7) Toggle Const. Geometry -    • FreeCAD Tip: Toggle Construction Geometry   8) Edge linked to Ext. Geometry -    • FreeCAD - Create an edge linked to an exte...   9) Expressions -    • FreeCAD Tip - Expressions   10) Configuration Tables -    • FreeCAD Tip - Configuration Tables   11) Part vs Part Design 1 -    • FreeCAD part vs part design 1   12) Part vs Part Design 2 -    • FreeCAD Part vs Part Design 2   13) Generic Vs Native Files -    • FreeCAD: Generic vs Native CAD Files   14) Sketcher and Part Design updates in V1.0 - Stay Tuned!