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Continue reading →: Tutorial: Importing and Using Scaled Reference ImagesOften we might need to create geometry to fit real world objects that we don’t have a CAD model for. Whilst we might jump to complex 3D scanning methods and more, sometimes a simple reference image, or images, can really help the process. Even more so if we can accurately…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 8 April 2026
It looks like the original post didn’t show up on Wed/Thu here on the blog, but was posted on the forum. Not sure what the glitch was, but here is the post in its entirety on the blog as well, backdated for accuracy. Now that FreeCAD 1.1 is out, maintainers…
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Continue reading →: Q1 2026 grants announced
The FPA members have voted for Q1 2026 grants. The following work will be paid for once completed: The total non-Ondsel allocated funding is EUR 10,721 against a budget of EUR 10,000. However, the “CAM/BIM: 2D Nesting Tool for FreeCAD” grant has been recently cancelled due to the developer’s inactivity,…
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Continue reading →: FreeCAD: It IS Rocket Science!
In full disclosure the author of this post is involved in model, amateur and high power rocketry so forgive their over excitement! The National Association of Rocketry in the USA has run NARCON a rocketry themed convention for many years and recently has moved to vNARCON moving the majority of…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 1 April 2026
Now that FreeCAD 1.1 is out, maintainers will keep backporting some changes from the main development branch to the 1.1 branch for future bugfix releases. There have been 37 such backports these last 7 days. We’ve also accumulated a backlog of 400+ open pull requests, and we keep getting new ones,…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 25 March 2026
FreeCAD 1.1 is now out, maintainers will keep backporting some changes from the main development branch to the 1.1 branch for future bugfix releases. This week in FreeCAD development: Sketcher: Part and PartDesign: Assembly: PaddleStroke fixed a bug where double-clicking would be broken when a linked assembly is in an…
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Continue reading →: FreeCAD Version 1.1 Released
After an enormous amount of work and dedication from FreeCAD contributors we are delighted to announce that FreeCAD Version 1.1 is now released and available for download. There are significant amounts of improvements and new features. These include; transparent Part Design previews, interactive draggers added to tools like Fillet and…
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Continue reading →: KiCad 10 is released!Whilst we await our own significant releases, we wanted to take an opportunity to congratulate our wider open source family members, KiCad, on the recent release of KiCad version 10. The new version builds on the previous excellence with a whole host of new features and improvements which you can…
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Continue reading →: The bug bounty program has been renewed
The FreeCAD Project Association has renewed the bug bounty program it launched last year. The budget is once again €5,000. The rules are simple: fix 5 confirmed issues from the FreeCAD GitHub issue tracker and receive a reward of €250. For a quick guide on finding the issues and claiming…
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Continue reading →: New Feature Merged; Cosmetic Threads
We don’t always write individual blog posts about single new features that have been merged into the weekly development versions of FreeCAD, but this one, deserves a special mention. Lots of people have been eagerly and patiently waiting the arrival of cosmetic threads in fact the arrival of this closes…