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FreeCAD is an open-source parametric 3D modeler made primarily to design real-life objects of any size. Parametric modeling allows you to easily modify your design by going back into your model history and changing its parameters.

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How would you make this tray? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm new to freecad, so far I made it this way :

Sketch a rectangle for the top surface, pad it, add filets for the corners. Then select to bottom face, make a new sketch, another rectangle, then a datum plane 40mm below, sketch another smaller rectangle, and make a loft between the two to create the bottom of the tray.

Now for the hole I made a rectangle on the top face and made a pocket with an angle.

Downside of this, the thickness of the walls is not equal. Ideally I'd like a 1.5mm thickness everywhere. And I'm not really sure how to proceed to make the separators inside the tray.

What is the most efficient way to do it? thanks

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for these tips and provisos - they are true and important. ... How would you do the divider?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

In this case as a loft. Not say that's necessarily the right way to do it, but that's how I'd do it. See my other comment on the matter here.