Can someone help add dimensions to my freecad file?

[D.sebens]

I feel so lost on freecad. I try to watch some videos and what not and end up just as confused. I am trying to add dimensions spaced every 1/16 along the large fillet. Basically I want to use my parting blade to rough the fillet and it is 1/16 wide. I will end up with a stepped surface and then file smooth. I cant for the life of me make dimensions work. I am in draft and am having a heck of a time making it work.

I am hoping someone can add them and also tell me how they did it because I cant make them show up.

My son wants me to make a yo-yo on the lathe and I am trying to reproduce an "organic" style yo yo.

 

[verbotenwhisky]

I feel so lost on freecad. I try to watch some videos and what not and end up just as confused. I am trying to add dimensions spaced every 1/16 along the large fillet. Basically I want to use my parting blade to rough the fillet and it is 1/16 wide. I will end up with a stepped surface and then file smooth. I cant for the life of me make dimensions work. I am in draft and am having a heck of a time making it work.

I am hoping someone can add them and also tell me how they did it because I cant make them show up.

My son wants me to make a yo-yo on the lathe and I am trying to reproduce an "organic" style yo yo.

Can you save it to a DXF or STP file format? If so I can likely help you. If not one of those tell me what Saveas and/or Export options you have.

 

[D.sebens]

Can you save it to a DXF or STP file format? If so I can likely help you. If not one of those tell me what Saveas and/or Export options you have.

Here it is exported. Hopefully they work? I did both formats.

 

[verbotenwhisky]

Here it is exported. Hopefully they work? I did both formats.

See if this is what you needed.

 

[D.sebens]

The drawing looks great but I’m looking for dimensions of the larger radius every 1/16” so I can pre-form it with a parting blade then file round. I don’t have a cnc and want to try to keep both sides symmetrical.

 

[verbotenwhisky]

The drawing looks great but I’m looking for dimensions of the larger radius every 1/16” so I can pre-form it with a parting blade then file round. I don’t have a cnc and want to try to keep both sides symmetrical.

Ah, okay give me a few to do that you you. Have you thought about grinding a radius tool from HSS? Just asking, I do not know what your tooling is like...

 

[D.sebens]

I don’t have a hss blank large enough. Well. Not yet. My new lathe is still a lantern post setup. I do have a parting blade for it though but nothing larger than 1/4. I plan on getting a qctp but will wait till after the holidays.

 

[verbotenwhisky]

I don’t have a hss blank large enough. Well. Not yet. My new lathe is still a lantern post setup. I do have a parting blade for it though but nothing larger than 1/4. I plan on getting a qctp but will wait till after the holidays.

Working on it, your actual radius is .350" you could that arc into a piece of .25" HSS then make several cuts starting at the top working down, just a thought.

What kind of lathe did you get?

 

[verbotenwhisky]

See if that is better.

 

[rabler]

Unfortunately FreeCad has a steep learning curve. To add dimensions you would usually use the TechDraw workbench. But I don't know of any way to pick off points on an arc and have it give dimensions without first drawing the steps.