Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this FreeCAD video I just demonstrate some of the ways you can create surfaces from edges and the manipulate those edges. This is not a step-by-step tutorial just a tour.
Using only the "built-in" workbenches I show how I am trying to create a fender in FreeCAD.
With Sketcher based "wires", and Draft Wires along with the Advanced Utility to Create shapes Tool and the Create a Ruled Surface, you can likely re-create most surfaces.
In this FreeCAD video I just demonstrate some of the ways you can create surfaces from edges and the manipulate those edges. This is not a step-by-step tutorial just a tour.
Using only the "built-in" workbenches I show how I am trying to create a fender in FreeCAD.
With Sketcher based "wires", and Draft Wires along with the Advanced Utility to Create shapes Tool and the Create a Ruled Surface, you can likely re-create most surfaces.









![FreeCAD Assembly Tutorial - The new a2+ Workbench has arrived.
The newly released a2+ workbench is the first incarnation of an easy to use functinal Assembly tool in FreeCAD. We have seen several other attempts but for various reasons, the excellent efforts fell short. This version seems to make the grade.
This video is a general introduction to the new Assembly workbench.
I have released .step file versions of the parts in this video in case you want to play along. Currently the model pictured here does not work well. When it is finalized I will be releasing it on thingiverse / tinkercad etc., with instructions on my web site.
For now here is the github:
]https://github.com/mathcodeprint/freecad-fiddlybits/tree/master/strandbeest FreeCAD Assembly Tutorial - The new a2+ Workbench has arrived.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mnkecA9S7kc/mqdefault.jpg)
