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* Assembly: removal of object of fixed joint causing crash FreeCAD is crashing if the 'Object' property of fixed joint (Assembly/Joints/Fixed/Joint Connector 1/Object1 or Assembly/Joints/Fixed/Joint Connector 2/Object2) is manually removed. Steps to reproduce: - make simple Assembly e.g. of two cubes with Fixed joint - Select Fixed joint in the tree and go-to property 'Data' tab - Select 'Object1' or 'Object2' of the 'Joint Connector 1' or 'Joint Connector 2' and remove this reference - click by your pointing device (mouse) to the arbitrary other property The FreeCAD will crash here because the call App::DocumentObject* obj = getObjFromNameProp(joint, propObjName, propPartName); will return NULL pointer. This problem is similar to the4b5d079e6b. * Assembly: fixed warning message text The warning message text is not describing two cases which can happen, but only one - property of specific joint. * Assembly: avoiding possible crash in rack pinion joint code Similar problems: 07c6df61f8456a6b02e88b369dcef5643ac1574e and4b5d079e6bwere causing real crashes (Linux + Sway Wayland compositor) when Fixed joint type was used. This patch tries to avoid the same situation, but now for the rack pinion joint type. The returned pointer value (part1 and obj1) can get NULL pointer value and is used in the code: if (obj1->getNameInDocument() != part1->getNameInDocument()) { .... a few lines later.
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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 to change its parameters.
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Create 3D from 2D and back FreeCAD lets 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, programmer, experienced CAD user, student or teacher.
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Cross platform FreeCAD runs on Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems.
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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 packages for stable releases are available for Windows, macOS and Linux on the Releases page.
On most Linux distributions, FreeCAD is also directly installable from the software center application.
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Other options are described at the wiki Download page.
Compiling
Compiling FreeCAD requires installation of several libraries and their development files such as OCCT (Open Cascade), Coin and Qt, listed in the pages below. Once this is done, FreeCAD can be 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 macOS and other platforms, you will usually have to compile them yourself.
The pages below contain up-to-date build instructions:
Reporting Issues
To report an issue please:
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Help > About FreeCAD > Copy to clipboard; - Post a Step-By-Step explanation on how to recreate the issue;
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