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FunCAD QuickStart Tutorial

Introduction

The purpose of this tutorial is to get you started in FunCAD quickly. There is not a lot of in depth discussion.

Tutorial Steps

1. Start FunCAD from the command line via the following command:

       prompt> funcad &	
   								

   This should bring up the following display:

   

2. Next, click on the node labeled "Head" under the node labeld "History1" in the design tree outline. The selection diamond should move from "History1" to "Head" as shown below:

   

3. Next, click no the operation labeled [Manufacture] in the operations list to get the display below:

   

4. Now, click no the field labeled Name with a value of "Manufacture1". Using the [Backspace] and [Delete] keyboard keys, delete the value "Manufacture1". Again, using the keyboard, type in the new name "Tutorial1". Finally, click on the [Apply] button to commit the change to design tree resulting in the following display with a new Manufacture node labeled "Tutorial1" in the design tree outline:

   

5. Next, select the "Head" node under "Tutorial1" to get the following display:

   

6. Now, start installing a block node by clicking on the [Block] operation button to get the following display:

   

7. Next, click on the [Apply] button to get the next display which has one red 1 × 1 × 1 cube in it:

   

8. You can verify that there is really a block there by clicking on the track ball above "Tilt" and tilting the block over a little as follows:

   

9. Now start drilling a hole halfway into the cube by clicking on the [Drill] button:

   

10. Finish the drill operation by clicking on [Apply]:

    

11. Select the "Tutorial1" node by clicking on it in the design tree outline:

    

12. Save the cube out to disk by clicking on the [Save] operation:

    

    The [Save] button will briefly flash Green but leave the display intact. The file is written as "Tutorial1.fcd" (i.e. the node name with a suffix of ".fcd".)
13. Exit FunCad by clicking on the close button labeled as [X] in the far upper right corner. Verify that Tutorial1.fcd was written out using the ls directory listing command:

        prompt> ls -l Tutorial1.fcd
        -rw-rw-r--  1 user  group    size date time Tutorial1.fcd
    								

14. Restart FunCAD from the command line as follows:

        prompt> funcad Tutorial1.fcd &
    								

    And the following dispaly is shown:

    

15. Click on the "Drill3" node to force the display of the previously designed block with a hole:

    

16. Exit FunCAD by clicking on the [X] in the upper right corner.
17. That is it, this tutorial is done.

Summary

In this tutorial, you have started up FunCAD, created a Manufacture node, entered a block into the Manufacture node, drilled halfway into the block, saved the result and exited FunCAD. FunCAD was restarted, the previously created file was reread and redisplayed. It is not much, but it is start!