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In this episode I'm showing how I use FreeCAD to cut pieces out of sheet goods, such as plywood, MDF or even wooden panels. I used the parametric approach for defining the board, which means I can change the values in the spreadsheet and the sheet updates automatically.
I define the boards or shapes (you can cut any shape you want) that I want to cut in a separate sketch, making the workflow easy and repeatable.
00:05 Creating the spreadsheet
01:02 Creating the base board (the sheet)
02:19 Making the sketch to define the required pieces or shapes
02:50 Drawing the pieces to be cut
03:34 Arranging the pieces
04:32 Making the pocket using the sketch
05:28 Making and setting the job in the path/cam workbench
05:56 Making the profile operation
06:24 Tweaking the profile operation
08:45 The workflow to cut the sheet