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@mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2025-12-06 16:16:49

Over the past couple weeks, I've been designing a spool with some particular features in #FreeCAD, encompassing 6 parts to 3d-print. I've been manually re-orienting them when I print them.
Now that it's working, I realized that I could use the FreeCAD Assembly workbench to create a good packing of the parts in the right orientation for printing, saving anyone else who wants to prin…

FreeCAD screen shot showing the parts as they will be used. This is not an assembly; the parts are designed with parametric placement.
FreeCAD screen shot of top view of parts arranged to print, showing one fixed joint and five 0-valued distance joints between faces that should be coplanar for printing
FreeCAD screen shot showing edge view with printing surfaces aligned
Screen shot of sliced assembly, imported into the slicer and sliced without any further arrangement.