Did you know that you can create sheet metal objects in FreeCAD? You can do this with the Sheet Metal workbench that you can download and add to FreeCAD!

When in FreeCAD, select the ‘Tools’ tab and click on ‘Addon manager’. There you can install many workbenches, making FreeCAD even more usable. I also published an article about how to do this. You can read it here.

Check out my videos on the AllVisuals4U channel to learn more about FreeCAD! I’ve been uploading a lot of tutorials there.

In the first video, you can see how i created a sheet metal object in FreeCAD. It’s a simple bended plate. Just click on it to watch.

A cool feature in FreeCAD is that you can create datum planes very easily. In the Part Design workbench, you can click the datum plane button to create a plane on the position you want. Then you can work from positions under an angle or a specific height.

When you select the built in Part Design workbench, there’s a button with an oblique rectangle on it. When you click on it, you can create a plane as you want. It can be referred to another plane for example or it can also be a so called deactivated attachment. Then the plane is independent from any other object.

Check out my videos on the AllVisuals4U channel to learn more about FreeCAD! I’ve been uploading a lot of tutorials there.

In the video in this article, i demonstrate how i created an independent datum plane under an angle. I also show you how to create an object on this plane. You can click the video on this page to watch it!