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New feature: Limit 3D Surface op to selected faces. Disabled the IgnoreWaste feature, until it can be made compatible with new features. New feature: Face avoidance using new `AvoidLastXFaces` property. New cut patterns: `Circular` and `CircularZigZag`. New patterns include customizable center point and optional optimizations. Implemented G2/G3 gcode commands. New feature: Safe travel for transitional paths. New methods to allow safe travel over stock, cut area, and avoided features. New feature: Start point for operation. Choose a custom XY start point for the operation. Restructure code to improve management and prepare for separation of the `Waterline` algorithm into an independent operation in the PathWB. New feature: `ProfileEdges`. Allows the user to profile the edges(boundary) of the selected face(s) with or without cutting the entire face area. Add my name to the `Credits` tab in the `About FreeCAD` documentation. Added new feature and property: `CutPatternReversed`. This will make Circular, Line, and ZigZag patterns work in reverse order - outside to inside. PathSurface: Add select-face(s) feature and other improvements New feature: Limit 3D Surface op to selected faces. Disabled the IgnoreWaste feature, until it can be made compatible with new features. New feature: Face avoidance using new `AvoidLastXFaces` property. New cut patterns: `Circular` and `CircularZigZag`. New patterns include customizable center point and optional optimizations. Implemented G2/G3 gcode commands. New feature: Safe travel for transitional paths. New methods to allow safe travel over stock, cut area, and avoided features. New feature: Start point for operation. Choose a custom XY start point for the operation. Restructure code to improve management and prepare for separation of the `Waterline` algorithm into an independent operation in the PathWB. New feature: `ProfileEdges`. Allows the user to profile the edges(boundary) of the selected face(s) with or without cutting the entire face area. Add my name to the `Credits` tab in the `About FreeCAD` documentation.
Your own 3D parametric modeler
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Overview
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Freedom to build what you want FreeCAD is an open-source parametric 3D modeler made primarily to design real-life objects of any size. Parametric modeling allows you to easily modify your design by going back into your model history and changing its parameters.
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Create 3D from 2D & back FreeCAD allows you to sketch geometry constrained 2D shapes and use them as a base to build other objects. It contains many components to adjust dimensions or extract design details from 3D models to create high quality production ready drawings.
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Designed for your needs FreeCAD is designed to fit a wide range of uses including product design, mechanical engineering and architecture. Whether you are a hobbyist, a programmer, an experienced CAD user, a student or a teacher, you will feel right at home with FreeCAD.
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Cross platform FreeCAD runs on Windows, Mac and Linux
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Underlying technology
- OpenCASCADE A powerful geometry kernel, the most important component of FreeCAD
- Coin3D library Open Inventor-compliant 3D scene representation model
- Python FreeCAD offers a broad Python API
- Qt Graphical User Interface built with Qt
Installing
Precompiled (installable) packages are available for Windows and Mac on the Releases page.
On most Linux distributions, FreeCAD is directly installable from the software center application.
Other options are described at the wiki Download page.
Build Status 
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Compiling
Compiling FreeCAD requires installation of several libraries and their development files such as OpenCASCADe, Coin and Qt, listed in the pages below. Once this is done, FreeCAD can be simply compiled with cMake. On Windows, these libraries are bundled and offered by the FreeCAD team in a convenient package. On Linux, they are usually found in your distribution's repositories, and on Mac OSX and other platforms you will usually need to compile them yourself.
The pages below contain up-to-date build instructions:
Usage & Getting help
The FreeCAD wiki contains documentation on general FreeCAD usage, Python scripting, and development. These pages might help you get started:
The FreeCAD forum is also a great place to find help and solve specific problems you might encounter when learning to use FreeCAD.