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From YouTube: Installing FreeCAD Macros
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A
Is
a
quick
lesson
on
freecad
macros
say
you
want
to
add
a
macro
to
freecad
find
a
macro
that
you
want
to
download.
For
example,
pipe
creation.
Macro
macro
is
a
Python
piece
of
code
which
adds
functionality
to
free
cats.
So
we
have
here,
for
example,
a
creator
for
pipes
you
could
which
allows
you
to
create
different
pipes
based
on
selection
of
length
and
pipe
diameter.
So
right
click,
Save,
Link
As
on
this
macro,
quite
the
Create
pipe
macro,
save
it
save
that
on
your
desktop
and
now
you
have
to
add
that
to
freak
out.
A
How
do
you
do
that?
First
of
all
find
out
where
your
macros
directory
is
so
in
freecad
go
to
edit
preferences
and
there
you
will
see
where
the
macro
folder
is
in
a
free
CAD.
So
here
we
see,
for
example,
if
you
look
at
macros,
the
macro
path
is
home:
Marcin,
free
CAD,
so
I
can
go.
Go
to
my
computer
in
a
directory
structure.
I
go
to
the
home
directory
March
and
now
here
the
only
trick
is
in
the
home
directory.
A
You
have
to
go
to
the
View
menu
and
say
show
hidden
files,
ctrl
H,
those
are
files
that
are
hidden.
Let's
start
with
a
point
like
point
3
cat
right
here:
here's
my
directory
I'm
looking
for
so
this
is
the
macros
directory.
So
then
I
will
take
that
macro
that
then
I
just
downloaded,
which
was
on
my
desktop.
So
this
is
the
create
piped
macro.
I
drag
it
into
here,
and
that's
it
well.
A
I
actually
already
have
it
dragged
in
here
so
so
skip
that
now,
with
this
macro
in
the
folder,
you
can
go
to
free
CAD.
So
now,
let's
go
back
to
the
free
CAD
and
we
want
to
create
pipes.
This
is
one
inch
pipe
that
was
created
so
to
use
the
macro
go
to
the
macros
menu,
come
back
rose
and
select
the
macro
that
you
added,
which
is
create
pipe
macro
click
execute
and
there
you
go.
This
is
the
program
that
Ruslan
has
made
its
a
create
PVC
macro,
so
you
select
the
size.
A
Yeah,
actually
we
did
it
was
it's
actually
hidden
in
there.
So
let's
try
that
again.
So
here
we
have
one
pin
just
to
make
sure
that
this
works
well
here.
So
macro
macros
go
to
the
create
pipe
macro
once
again
go
to
here
now,
we're
gonna.
Do
a
tiny
pipes,
a
3/8
inch
pipe
two
feet:
long
click!
Ok,
yes!
Indeed
that
was
created.
So
this
is
a
standard
pipe
that,
instead
of
trying
to
figure
it
out
from
scratch,
what's
the
diameter
and
everything
else,
this
macro
allows
us
to
do
it.