My upcoming book on Pico robotics has a section on FreeCAD, and I’ve been using it to make the parts for the book. This week I have been going to some lengths to dodge the FreeCAD topological naming issue.

My current strategy is using a set of main sketches and building the bodies from there, but it’s pretty inconvenient.

The Youtube video below explains the issue well.

Robotics at Home with Raspberry Pi Pico

This post was based on research I did for the book Robotics at Home with Raspberry Pi Pico which is available now.