Sorry if I discomforted you but I am only trying to explain my issue as best as I can, sorry. You can been my best help until now.
I have made my decision on software, its not design or software choice a problem, its using the software itself. 
Could you please help me with this FreeCAD error, please. 
Read the room 
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I am only trying to be friendly and clear to the community, thatâs all, sorry if I did something that you didnât like.
I know but if everyone is here already why bother making new topic. Therefore the subject has already changed to CAD.
Sorry if I did something the people here from the community did not like. Its my first time in an online community. Did not even participate on reddit, only read topics and comments not been part of.
I didnât say âread the forum,â I said âread the roomââŚ
Kid, slow down⌠take a quick break, re-read what people here said about contacting them the way you do. Youâre jumping from one thing to the next. First itâs likes to the model, then itâs CAD software, then itâs help with the model page, then you know everything and made up your mind on which softwareâŚ
âŚand now you expect people here to be your FreeCAD tech-support?!?
That said, the guy in the videoâs got 4 lines, you got 5⌠and with that Iâm out.
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I would have picked Fusion as my CAD if it did not want personal data before download, and be dependent on cloud. Also the $1000 revenue limit, donât say I would have used for business, but would have been nice to have the possibility with it to do so without paying huge subscription.
What, I got 4 lines too, not kid, and and you not FreeCAD support, but thought you guys used it as you recommended free cad software.
I donât use FreeCAD so that isnât something I can help with. Iâd suggest maybe finding some other tutorials and maybe in the course of going through those youâll figure out what was causing you grief on that one. We all use different tools here though so itâs tough to come for advice on specific applications.
Iâm just being bluntly realistic with you based on some of the things youâve said. Iâm not trying to be a jerk or anything either. I want you to succeed (because why not).
I see you trying to pick the trim of a skyscraper while your foundation still needs work, and to me itâs just. thereâs some things here it feels like youâre getting too ahead of yourself on. You know, you say itâs the error in freecad thatâs holding you up, but I think itâs your unstable foundation that is the real issue, and thatâs something you need to spend some time on, in my opinion.
There isnât any quick rewards or warm fuzzies to building a solid foundation either, so we often gloss way past it while we dream of making cool things thatâll get us all the attention. Without that solid foundation though, weâre just always going to be fighting ourselves.
Iâve been learning to play the drums. Some days, I spend a hour doing a single simple beat. hihats on 8th notes, bass on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4. The most basic of beats, for a hour, non stop, no fills, no extra notes. Just me. boom chi boom chi boom chi boom chi boom chi. Itâs not the most exciting thing, but itâs spending time to build the foundation thatâll help me go crazy later on.
Knock it off. Stop feeling bad for yourself, or trying to retreat. You came and asked a question and got a bunch of responses, and some of them might have been rough. If you turn your back to this moment though, then youâve learned nothing, and youâve done northing to improve yourself.
Own the moment, realize and admit that maybe this didnât go the way you wanted or hoped. What is important is how you build off of those moments, not that they happened.
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I loved Shapr3D, and got used to it, did many personal projects in it, but hated poor export quality, so I think I have the foundation down, only now I need new one.
Thanks for the supportive feedback, you been the best in this thread, how can I remove flag.
Uhh, I donât even know how to fully summarize this, because it can mean a lot of things. I mean, clearly youâre putting some work into that foundation, but you still have some more to go.
I work in a job that often requires me to pick up different applications, with different toolsets, different methods the client wants stuff done. I donât ever customize like 3dsmax or maya because it constantly changes, and Iâve realized over the years that itâs better for me to adapt to each new system Iâm presented with rather than forcing it to try and be what Iâm most comfortable with.
Having that solid foundation and core is what allows me to do that. You know, like even within my main applications there, 3dsmax and maya, thereâs some big differences and while the core of how it functions is the same, how you get there can be different. Like you know, I can do a ring dot select easily in 3dsmax, but I donât think maya even has a tool for that. (I never even did a tutorial for Fusion 360 [the main app I use for my cad work here] because I had years of experience previous working with nurbs in maya and other cad applications like Rhino3d and Solidworks)
Having that more solid foundation can help you figure out whatâs causing your FreeCAD error because if you have a better solid understanding about how it should work, you can more easily spot whatâs going wrong, what youâre doing wrong vs the tutorial.
I guess thereâs a bit of a chicken and egg situation there with that though, because sometimes itâs hard to get past certain road blocks when you donât have that solid foundation, but sometimes that road block can be what is stopping you from further building that foundation. Although, thatâs also part of building a solid foundation. Itâs learning to adept and adjust and not get hung up on one specific thing.
Itâs why I suggested maybe finding some other tutorials, and putting that one aside for the moment. Within those other tutorials, youâll keep moving forward, and maybe along the way youâll catch a solution for the issue you had with the one.
Also, as another little tidbit. When I started doing 3d printing, most of my models were done in 3dsmax. Full on polygon modeling.
I have good news, solved my problem in FreeCAD on my own by accident. 
Tutorials from Mango Jelly are great, now I can continue, yoohoo.
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Well there ya go! And you didnât need us fools to hold your hand through it. And thatâs one more point towards your strong foundation.
Also, as another little tidbit. When I started doing 3d printing, most of my models were done in 3dsmax. Full on polygon modeling.
Thatâs amazing, to me itâs so difficult to do that, I can do it with blender, and I work in it, tried to print a stand for something and was pain in my as*, amazing how you could do it.
Yeah, real glad I fixed it was a real bummer for days.
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If I analyze now, my polyline had too many constraints of the same type and wouldnât do a dimension one.
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And thatâs totally an issue you can run into in other applications. I certainly have with Fusion, haha. But thatâs part of your foundational knowledge now too. A lot of these applications operate off of the same or similar principles.
Check out MaKimâs work. Heâs a Blender user. Iâve heard the guy complain a couple of times about the limits of blender, to which every time Iâm like dude, do you not see what youâre creating though?! MaKim | Published - MakerWorld
CAD software is nice, but in the end itâs all about how you use the software to achieve your goals, and I think guys like MaKim have a strong show as to that, that itâs not about the tools, but who is wielding them.
Although, I think we can be realistic too and admit some tools work better than others for certain task. I can set a parameter for my screw sizes and change it mid-production, where thatâd be a pain in the butt in Blender if you decided you needed to change all the screw hole sizes. Every time I have to tweak the sizes across a whole model like that, I thank my stars I can do it through parameters and not having to remodel everything. Haha.
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Yeah, CAD is a real time saver and ease in more technical and mechanical stuff.
Love MaKimâs models, and I would go the same as you if he told me Blender is limited.