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Continue reading →: Tutorial: Using the Clipping View functionThere are lots of ways to adjust the view of objects in the preview window but a simple one, that is often overlooked, is the Clipping View tool. We’ve just made a simple object, a fusion of two cylinders and a cube on the part workbench, to explore the clipping view…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 27 May 2026
This week in FreeCAD development: Sketcher CAM Other changes Additional improvements and fixes were contributed by andershol, awgrover, Lgt2x, maxwxyz, PaddleStroke, rehan-ahmed-aix, Roy_043, and semhustej. If you are interested in testing the latest weekly build, you can grab it here. Activity stats PR stats: since the previous report, 31 pull…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 20 May 2026
This week in FreeCAD development: Draft Sketcher Part and PartDesign Assembly TechDraw CAM BIM Other changes Additional improvements and fixes were contributed by alecGraves, andershol, awgrover, Bojan9597, chennes, davidosterberg, drwho495, ElementW, ItSaulGoodMan, kadet1090, Lgt2x, maxwxyz, mosfet80, pjcreath, tarman3, and tritao. If you are interested in testing the latest weekly build,…
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Continue reading →: Tutorial: Tips for the Measuring ToolSince version 1.0 FreeCAD has had the Measure tool, a persistent tool available across all workbenches. Let’s take a quick look through it in use using version 1.1.1. We’ve got a project that is a small flat part with fillets in the corners and a collection of holes and slots,…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 13 May 2026
This week in FreeCAD development: Part and PartDesign CAM Other changes Additional improvements and fixes were contributed by 3x380V, alfrix, andershol, boomskats, chennes, coldtobi, danieljimol, ElementW, ItSaulGoodMan, Maik-0000FF, maxwxyz, rehan-ahmed-aix, Roy_043, tarman3, tritao, wwmayer, and z0r0. If you are interested in testing the latest weekly build, you can grab it here.…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 6 May 2026
This week in FreeCAD development: Draft Roy_043 fixed a regression where clones would not receive the correct Diffuse color (PR#29725), added statusbar hints for annotation tools (PR#29649), and fixed a bug where the XYZ would be overridden by the cursor position when creating a shapestring (PR#29762). Sketcher Part and PartDesign…
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Continue reading →: GSoC2026 projects announced
Google announced the projects that will be part of the Summer of Code 2026 project. Here is what our GSoC students will be working on this year. Aymi will be adding support for animated multibody dynamics visualizations. The project will be built on top of the 3rd-party Motion workbench (by Jose…
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Continue reading →: Q2 2026 Grant Program
The FreeCAD Project Association is beginning to accept applications for the second grant review wave in 2026. If you are interested in improving FreeCAD and its ecosystem, please read more about the program and apply. In 2026, we introduced several changes to the grant program, including these: Please see here for…
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Continue reading →: FreeCAD Community Design Contest 2026: Open Science
The FreeCAD Project Association (FPA) are really pleased to share our first community design competition. We really want to see how people are using FreeCAD and thought a competition might be the way, furthermore, we thought a competition might produce something of use. As such we’ve chatted and partnered with…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 29 April 2026
This week in FreeCAD development: Sketcher Part and PartDesign Assembly PaddleStroke fixed two issues in the Simulation tool (PR#29428 and PR#29433) and another bug where the Distance joint wouldn’t be solved properly depending on the selection order (PR#29461). CAM FEM BIM Other changes Additional improvements and fixes were contributed by…