Why am I unable to create this pocket in 1.1beta like shown in this tutorial? (programming.dev)

submitted 2 months ago by nieceandtows@programming.dev to c/freecad@lemmy.ml

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzf1yP6HUmY

I'm getting errors trying to create a pocket (2:25) because one of the edges of the inner rectangle is right on top of the outer rectangle, and I can't select just the inner rectangle

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[-] j4k3@piefed.world 3 points 2 months ago

Not enough info and I'm about to go to bed. Easiest is delete and start again. You need to constrain geometry better than tutorials tend to show. I have never seen someone show proper topological design in tutorials either.

The main issue in cad is always π. When there are problems, think about where π is potentially being truncated to constrain a vertex. All geometry in cad is built sequentially

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