A collection of tools to use FreeCAD to design wood frames.
Note: this a fork of the FreeCAD-Timber Workbench.
It uses the FreeCAD Draft and Arch workbenches.
- Create beams with advanced positioning
- Create panels with advanced positioning
- Attributes, used to select and filter objects (name, groups, sub-group, material, type ....) easily
- Select and show by attributes
- Listing for invoices and production list
Add a wood beam. To move insertion point, use the Numpad.
(Click the clip above to see the Add Panel tool in action)
Add a wood panel. This tool operates simliarly to Add beam, but with panel size restriction. To move insertion point, use the Numpad.
(Click the clip above to see the Add Panel tool in action)
Edit the attributes of existing oobjects (name, groups, sub-group, material, type ....)
(Click the clip above to see the Edit Attributes tool in action)
Select or hide elements in the 3D view by their specific attributes.
Generate a Spreadsheet listing of the different materials selected in the 3D view
(Click the clip above to see the Generate Listing tool in action)
Duplicates an element.
Align view from current workplane,
(Click the clip above to see the Stretch tool in action)
- FreeCAD >= v0.19
Expand this section to learn how to install and auto-update Wood Workbench
Use FreeCAD's built-in Addon-Manager. It requires a one-time setup and then updates seamlessly afterwards.
- Start FreeCAD
- Go to Tools > Addon Manager
- Click on the Configure button in the top right corner
- Select the checkbox to Automatically check for updates at start
- Add the Wood Workbench Github repo address in to the Custom repositories (one per line) text box:
https://github.com/JeromeL63/Wood-Frame - Press OK
- Restart FreeCAD
Result: You should see the Wood Workbench available in the Workbench drop-down menu.
Expand this section to learn how to manually install Wood Workbench
cd ~/.FreeCAD/Mod
git clone https://github.com/JeromeL63/Wood-FrameNote: To stay up-to-date with FreeCAD Wood Workench:
cd ~/.FreeCAD/Mod
git fetchNote: Make sure to restart FreeCAD after you install or update the Wood Workbench.
Numpad viewstyle shortcuts are modified to:
CTRL + 1
CTRL + 2
....
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| 7:above plan left corner | 8:axis plan left corner | 9:behind plan left corner |
| 4:above plan beam axis | 5:axis plan beam axis | 6:behind plan beam axis |
| 1:above plan right corner | 2:axis plan right corner | 3: behind plan right corner |
Now Positioning is integrated in dialog taskbox
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