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'''Title of script''': '''Basic Geometric Construction'''

'''Author: '''

'''Keywords: '''Freecad, set preferences, Draft workbench, draft modification tools, Line, snap tools, orthographic drawing, video tutorial.

{| border=1
|-
|| '''Narration'''
|-
| '''Slide Number 1'''

'''Title Slide '''
||Welcome to the tutorial on '''Basic Orthographic Drawing.'''
|-
| '''Slide Number 2'''

'''Learning Objectives'''

||In this tutorial, we will learn to,

* Set user preference
* Draw 2D objects with Draft workbench
* Draw a line
* Use snap tools

|-
| '''Slide Number 3'''

'''Learning Objectives'''
||* Snap a line to the end point of a line
* About Draft modification tools and
* Move and copy an object

|-
| '''Slide Number 4'''

'''System and Software Requirement'''

||To record this tutorial, I am using

* '''Windows 11 '''OS and
* '''FreeCAD v0.21.1'''

|-
| '''Slide Number 5'''

'''Pre-requisites'''

'''https://www.spoken-tutorial.org'''

||To follow this tutorial, * Learners must be familiar with the '''FreeCAD''' interface.
* For pre-requisite tutorials, please visit this site.

|-
| Open the '''FreeCAD''' interface.
||I have opened the '''FreeCAD''' interface.
|-
| Click on '''File''', '''New'''.
||To create a new exercise, click on '''File''', '''New'''.
|-
| Cursor on '''Workbench'''.

For the '''workbench''' option, select '''Draft workbench'''.
||The '''Workbench '''option on the top shows '''start'''.

In the menu option on top, select '''Draft workbench'''.
|-
| Show the changed interface.
||The interface menu options change.
|-
| Go to '''View''', '''Toolbars''' in the menu.
||Go to '''View '''then '''Toolbars''' in the menu.
|-
| Cursor on the options. Uncheck and check a box.
||Make sure that all the tool bar options are enabled in the list.

If any option is not enabled click on the left side to enable it as seen.
|-
| Cursor on '''Macro'''.
||'''Macro''' option allows the user to write and install own features.
|-
| Cursor on the top menu.

Left click, hold and drag the menu bars on the top.
||All menu buttons may not be seen on the top as in the video.

If so, drag and rearrange them to make them visible for future use.
|-
| Click on '''Edit''', '''Preferences'''.
||Now click on '''Edit''', '''Preferences'''.
|-
| Preferences window opens.
||'''Preferences''' window opens.
|-
| Click on the '''General '''tab.
||Go to the '''General''' tab.

Ensure that the styles are appropriately selected .
|-
| Click on '''General '''tab.

Cursor on the '''Units''' tab.
||Now choose the '''units tab'''.
|-
| For the '''unit system''', choose '''Standard'''.
||From here you can change the unit system that you desire.

For the '''unit system''', I will choose '''Standard'''.
|-
| Cursor on '''number of decimals and''' the default value.
||I will keep the '''number of decimals''' as 2.

You may change this later on.
|-
| Click on the '''Draft''' tab on the left side panel at the bottom.
||Next, click on the '''Draft''' option on the left side panel.
|-
| Go to '''General setting''' tab.

For '''Default working plane''', select '''XY top'''.

Cursor on the gizmo on the canvas.
||In the '''General setting''' tab, make sure the default working plane is selected.

I will select '''XY top'''.

We can also select this view using the '''gizmo''' on the interface as seen here.
|-
| The yellow colored menu tools are Draft creation tools.
||Internal precision level can be changed based on user preference.

I will leave it as is for now.
|-
| Click on '''Grid and snapping''' tab.
||Now go to '''Grid and snapping''' tab.
|-
| Uncheck first 4 (Use grid, Always use grid, show grid border, show human figure).
||I will uncheck the '''Grid''' options as seen here for ease of drawing later on.
|-
| Click on '''Apply''' and then on '''Ok'''.
||Click on '''Apply''' to accept the changes and then on '''OK''' to close the window.
|-
| Click on '''View >> Panels'''.

Make sure '''Report View''' and '''Combo view'''
||Now click on '''View''', then on '''Panels'''.

Make sure '''Report View''' and '''Combo view''' are checked or selected.
|-
| Cursor on the '''Report View''' window.
||Stepwise procedure and any bugs will be shown here by '''FreeCAD'''.
|-
| Cursor on the '''Model''' panel at the bottom.
||'''Model''' shows the tools used during drawing.
|-
| Cursor on '''Property View''' window.
||The''' Property View''' window shows the properties of the object that can be changed.
|-
| Click on the '''cube'''.

Cursor on the dropdown options.
||Click on the '''cube''' or the gizmo icon as seen.

The drop down prompts the user to make 2D, 3D or another selection.
|-
| Cursor on '''orthographic''' and '''isometric'''.
||Select '''orthographic''' or '''isometric''' as desired.

'''Orthographic''' gives 2D drawing and '''isometric''' is projection of 3D drawing.
|-
| Select '''orhographic'''.
||For now I will select '''Orthographic'''.

I will also select top view.

These can also be accessed from the View menu on the top.
|-
| Cursor near the Snap tools

Click on the '''Snap ortho''' icon.

Cursor on the icon.
||First let’s click on the '''Snap ortho''' tool.

When the snap tool is enabled the icon background changes to cyan color.
|-
|| Cursor on '''Draft creation tools'''.
|| Now let’s draw a Line on the canvas.
|-
| Cursor on the tooltips of snap tool icons.
||Snap tools aid the user in selecting specific points on an object.

They can be start point, end point, mid point, intersection or perpendicular.
|-
|| Click to enable/disable '''Lock icon'''.
||Make sure that the '''Lock icon''' is disabled.
|-
|| Cursor on Report View. <span style="background-color:#cccccc;">Highlight Report view while editing.

||Now the '''Report view panel''' prompts the user to pick the first point.
|-
|| Click on the '''Line '''icon.
||The options in the '''Draft creation tools '''can be used to choose '''Line'''.
|-
|| Cursor on the left panel that changes.

Move the cursor to the canvas on the drawing area.
||Notice the changes on the panels on the left side when we click on the line tool.
|-
|| Left click on the canvas, hold and drag to draw a line.

Point to the Combo view panel on the left panel.
||Left click on the canvas, hold and drag to draw a line as desired.

Click again to end the line.

You can change the length of the line from the task tab in the combo View panel.
|-
|| Highlight x change in combo view during
||At this time notice the coordinates on''' combo view''' change.

Since this is a horizontal line, only x coordinate changes.
|-
|| Cursor on the comboview x dimension.
||The exact dimension of the line can also be specified here.

You may pause the video and do the following.
|-
|| Cursor on the comboview x dimension.
||Add another line by giving x coordinate dimension as 100 mm.
|-
|| Highlight the blue + sign in video editing.
||Notice a '''blue''' small + sign, which indicates that the '''snap ortho''' is on.

It aids in drawing a horizontal or vertical line.
|-
||
||Let’s draw another line which will snap to the end of the first line.
|-
|| Cursor on the '''Endpoint''' and '''Midpoint''' icons.
|| Next enable the '''Endpoint''' and '''Midpoint''' icons in snap tools.
|-
|| Place the cursor close to the end of the first line.
||Now place the cursor close to the end of the first line.

Notice a white dot at the end of the line.
|-
|| Cursor at the end of the line.
||Now the snap tool will snap the new line to this point.
|-
|| Click on '''File''', '''save'''.

||To save the file, click on '''File''', '''Save'''.

|-
|| Cursor on the '''Line'''.

Highlight the green outline on the selected object at editing.
||Now two line objects can be seen in the list.

To select an object click on it and notice the green outline.

We can also select an object from the Combo View.
|-
|| Cursor on '''Draft modification tool'''.
||Next, we will use '''Draft modification tools'''.
|-
|| Select line.

Click on the 4 direction arrow.
|| To move the object, first click on the 4 direction arrow.
|-
|| Cursor in combo view panel. drag down a little to see during recording. Highlight at editing.

Click on the line.
||Many parameters can be tracked during the move in the '''combo view''' panel.

First click on the object and move the mouse to the new location.
|-
|| Left click again.
||Left click again at the desired location, to move the object.
|-
|| Select the '''line''' in the combo''' view''' window.

Click on '''Edit''', '''duplicate selection'''.
||To make a copy of an object, first select it.

Click on the check box for Copy

|-
|| Cursor on the new line object name and select it.
||Notice the duplicated object name appears on the '''combo view panel'''.

The new object is superimposed on the parent and is indistinguishable.
|-
|| Click on the move icon, place the cursor on the '''line'''.

Move the cursor to move the new object and left click to set the new location.
||Now select it and click on the '''Move''' tool.

Then, place the cursor on the object and move it to the desired location.
|-
|| Click on '''File''', '''save''' or press '''Ctrl+S''' to save the file.

Use '''File''', '''Exit''' to close '''FreeCAD'''.
||Save your work as needed.

Use '''File''', '''Exit''' to close '''FreeCAD'''.
|-
|| '''Slide Number 9'''

'''Summary'''

||Now let's summarize. In this tutorial, we,

* Set user preferences before starting to draw
* Used '''Draft''' workbench to draw a line
* Used '''snap tools''' to snap a second line to it’s endpoint
* Moved and copied an object

|-
|| '''Slide Number 11'''

'''Assignment'''

||For assignment activity, please do the following.

* Draw a rectangle
* Draw a square with a side of 30 mm

|-
|| '''Slide Number 11'''

'''Assignment'''
||Next let’s construct concentric circles with the following steps.

* Draw a circle
* Click on '''Snap Center (ON)'''
* Click on '''Point icon''' in '''Draft creation tools'''

|-
|| '''Slide Number 11'''

'''Assignment'''
||* Move cursor close to the circle and notice the center point appear
* Then left click to form the next circle
* Choose the circle icon again
* Move cursor to canvas and resize the 2nd circle

|-
|| '''Slide Number 12'''

'''Spoken Tutorial Project'''

||This video summarises the '''Spoken Tutorial''' Project .

You may download and watch it.
|-
|| '''Slide Number 13'''

'''Spoken Tutorial workshops'''

||The '''Spoken Tutorial Project '''team,

<nowiki>* conducts workshops and</nowiki>* <div style="margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm;"><nowiki>* gives certificates.</nowiki>

Please write to us.
|-
|| '''Slide Number 14'''

'''Forum for specific questions:'''
||Please post your timed queries in this forum.
|-
|| '''Slide Number 15'''

'''Acknowledgement'''
||'''The Spoken Tutorial''' Project was established by the Ministry''' of Education, Government of India'''.
|-
||
||Thank you for joining.
|-
|}

@@ Line 50: / Line 50: @@
 * '''Windows 11 '''OS and
-* '''FreeCAD v0.21.1'''
+* '''FreeCAD version 0.21.1'''
@@ Line 204: / Line 204: @@
 ||For now I will select '''Orthographic'''.
-I will also select top view.
+I will also select the top view.
@@ Line 260: / Line 260: @@
 |-
 || Highlight x change in combo view during
-||At this time notice the coordinates on''' Combo View''' change.
+||At this time notice the coordinates on''' Combo View''' changes.
@@ Line 303: / Line 303: @@
 Highlight the green outline on the selected object at editing.
-||Now two line objects can be seen in the list.
+||Now the two line objects can be seen in the list.
 To select an object click on it and notice the green outline.
@@ Line 407: / Line 407: @@
 * Then left click to form the next circle
 * Choose the circle icon again
-* Move the cursor to canvas and resize the 2nd circle
+* Move the cursor on canvas and resize the 2nd circle
 |-

@@ Line 24: / Line 24: @@
 * Set user preference
-* Draw 2D objects with Draft workbench
+* Draw 2D objects with '''Draft  workbench'''
 * Draw a line
 * Use snap tools
@@ Line 215: / Line 215: @@
 Cursor on the icon.
-||First let’s click on the '''Snap ortho''' tool.
+||First  click on the '''Snap ortho''' tool.
@@ Line 232: / Line 232: @@
 ||Make sure that the '''Lock icon''' is disabled.
 |-
-|| Cursor on Report View. <span style="background-color:#cccccc;">Highlight Report view while editing.
+|| Cursor on Report View.
 ||Now the '''Report view panel''' prompts the user to pick the first point.
@@ Line 255: / Line 257: @@
-You can change the length of the line from the task tab in the combo View panel.
+You can change the length of the line from the task tab in the '''Combo''' '''View''' panel.
 |-
 || Highlight x change in combo view during
-||At this time notice the coordinates on''' combo view''' change.
+||At this time notice the coordinates on''' Combo View''' change.
 Since this is a horizontal line, only x coordinate changes.
 |-
-|| Cursor on the comboview x dimension.
+|| Cursor on the combo view x dimension.
 ||The exact dimension of the line can also be specified here.
@@ Line 269: / Line 271: @@
 You may pause the video and do the following.
 |-
-|| Cursor on the comboview x dimension.
+|| Cursor on the combo view x dimension.
 ||Add another line by giving x coordinate dimension as 100 mm.
 |-
 || Highlight the blue + sign in video editing.
-||Notice a '''blue''' small + sign, which indicates that the '''snap ortho''' is on.
+||Notice a blue small + sign, which indicates that the '''snap ortho''' is on.
@@ Line 288: / Line 290: @@
-Notice a white dot at the end of the line.
+Notice the white dot at the end of the line.
 |-
 || Cursor at the end of the line.
@@ Line 306: / Line 308: @@
-We can also select an object from the Combo View.
+We can also select an object from the '''Combo View'''.
 |-
 || Cursor on '''Draft modification tool'''.
@@ Line 327: / Line 329: @@
 |-
 || Left click again.
-||Left click again at the desired location, to move the object.
+||Left click again to the desired location, to move the object.
 |-
 || Select the '''line''' in the combo''' view''' window.
@@ Line 335: / Line 337: @@
 ||To make a copy of an object, first select it.
-Click on the check box for Copy
+Click on the check box for '''Copy'''.
 |-
@@ Line 366: / Line 368: @@
 '''Summary'''
-||Now let's summarize. In this tutorial, we,
+||Now let's summarize.
 * Set user preferences before starting to draw
 * Used '''Draft''' workbench to draw a line
-* Used '''snap tools''' to snap a second line to it’s endpoint
+* Used '''snap tools''' to snap a second line to it’s endpoint and
 * Moved and copied an object
@@ Line 403: / Line 407: @@
 * Then left click to form the next circle
 * Choose the circle icon again
-* Move cursor to canvas and resize the 2nd circle
+* Move the cursor to canvas and resize the 2nd circle
 |-
@@ Line 419: / Line 423: @@
 '''Spoken Tutorial workshops'''
-||The '''Spoken Tutorial Project '''team,
+||The '''Spoken Tutorial Project ''',