We then apply a MultiTransform with two LinearPatterns. The depth of the pocket is as deep as the recess variable.

The size is dimensioned according to the dicewidth variable and the first recess is placed frameseparator away from the corner. The size of the pad corresponds to materialthickness.Įach of the four corners gets a 5mm fillet according to the radius variable.įor the recess we create a new sketch in the XY plane. We start with a sketch in the XY plane and make the square as wide as calculated in our variable framewidth. With all the dimensions set the actual modeling is quite simple. After all the aliases are set we can calculate the width of the array and the width of the entire frame so that we can use these variables later in the model. Have a look at this video that that explains the necessary steps in detail. You can install this macro in the tools menu. I use the alias macro to set all the aliases at once. When I am modeling something in FreeCAD I always create a spreadsheet that contains all the necessary parameters – so that I can easily change these later.įor this model we need the width of a dice, the width of the wooden separator between two dice, the width of the frame around the game, the amount of dice in one row, the radius of the corners, the thickness of the material we are going to use and the depth of the recess we create for each dice. I recently got a new CNC – a more detailed article on the machine will follow soon.I this article I will machine this simple dice game on the CNC and go step by step through the necessary operations in FreeCAD. In this article, we make this simple dice game in FreeCAD, run the CAM part and cut it on the CNC machine.

Freecad for beginners