I was a guest speaker at this online conference, where I gave a presentation on FreeCAD’s Fasteners Workbench
The presentation is available as a VOD on youtube:
Alternatively, you can take a look at the pdf presentation: presentation.pdf
All of the content for this talk is also available on Github: https://github.com/alexneufeld/FreeCAD_userConference_2023
The most basic possible example of Fasteners Workbench usage. A single screw is attached to a PartDesign body.
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Used to demonstrate the ScrewTap and ScrewDie object functionality.
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A simple assembly of a structural beam connection, with duplicates of multiple types of fasteners. The Bill of Materials too can be used to count the number and type of scews, washers, and nuts used.
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A more advanced example that demonstrates a more general use of fasteners objects for solid modelling.
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