We’ve just published builds of the first release candidate for FreeCAD 1.0. You can download them here.
So far, we’ve enjoyed the contributions of users who are happy to be living on the edge with our weekly builds and reporting whatever bugs they run into. That really helped us make the proverbial edge less edgy.
The intention behind making release candidates is to give them into the hands of a different demographic — users who usually stay away from unstable software yet are happy enough to try very nearly complete software and report issues they come across.
We are currently down to just 7 release blockers, but we expect that the release candidates will bump that number up a tad, and that’s a good thing. While we desperately want 1.0 out, delivering a really stable release is a big deal for us.
So please download the RC1, try it on a real project if you can, give it some really hard time if you must, and report any bugs you see to our issue tracker.
If you are a developer who is interested in contributing to the effort, come look at the list of reports, pick an issue that seems trivial to resolve, write a fix, and submit a pull request. We have weekly merge meetings on Mondays to go through the queue of currently open pull requests. You are welcome to join!
29 responses to “The first release candidate of FreeCAD 1.0 is out”
oooo BIG thank you to all of you guys !
Thank you for the update. Downloading rc1 right now.
Great news 😍
Will be downloading later this week 😁
I’ve not been this excited about a software release since Windows 98.
I have already started using the RC1 version, and thank you all very much for your efforts in developing such a great solution for 3D parametric models.
So the topological naming problem is solved? Surely that’s a v1.0 requirement?
It can never be 100% solved, it’s the curse of parametric modeling. But it’s mitigated.
At least is should be good enough — close to other modern CADs. Never had this issue with Onshape for example. Had lots of broken models in FreeCAD — got frustrated and abandoned it.
Making good open software is hard and I’m ready to pay for it. But for now FreeCAD is just trying to be a jack of all trades instead of focusing on being a good opensource CAD instead.
Will be downloading very soon, got to reload my Ubuntu OS first. No NetworkManager
Thank You 🙂
Hi, for the people not so tech savvy, just CAD users and mech engs, could you give some instructions on how to actually start the latest version? Downloaded the .7z file for windows from github in the link above but don’t see any freecad.exe or similar to start it when i unpack it. would love to give support at least in bug finding.
Sure, the executable file is in the ‘bin’ folder.
Very exciting news! FreeCAD is starting to feel like a very mature and production-ready CAD environment. Many many thanks to all contributors.
A big thank you.
I haven’t tested it extensively yet. But it looks very good.
FreeCAD for Ubuntu is;
FreeCAD_1.0.0RC1-conda-Linux-x86_64-py311.AppImage
Yes?
(not “Linux-aarch64-py311.AppImage”?)
aarch64 is for 64-bit ARM. Unless you have that, please use the x86_64 one
Thank you, Aleksandr.
Hi bit of an oddity with the widows release works OK if the freecad.exe file is launched directly from “FreeCAD_1.0.0RC1-conda-Windows-x86_64-py311” (either as user or administrator) but when accessed via a shortcut on the desktop the program does not execute. Bug in windows file properties?
Could you please report it to the tracker? Thank you!
Version macos arm64 crashes when entering preferences.
Could you please report it to the tracker? Thank you!
Finally, congratulations!
It does look good ‑and runs nicely.
Have had a few crashes while using the measuring tool. Not worried about it.
However the Dependency graph does not work.
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Hi,
FreeCad’s old icon was much more legible and recognizable than the new change-for-change-sake one. My eye is instanlty drawn to the red left-hand style crap, which has no reason to be there–yet, the important ideas, the F and gear, are not as recognizable. This should be reverted before 1.0 release. No, I am sorry, but I am not kidding. The new logo does not do the job.
When using CFDOF, there isn’t enough transparency to do things. It’s properties menus appear–wherever.
It’s not discoverable how to place the view menus out, like the last version had. Who would use the program without the view buttons out?
So far, I am sorry, but I am disappointed with the usability–just when it should have been improving. Sigh.
Will you solve the offset problem in the Sketcher workbench?
Is this a reported issue?
I don’t know if this is a reported problem; I’m not familiar with these things. But I noticed that the offset tool does double and closed offset for you, it doesn’t allow you to do it by single line
Sorry It does not work using freecad.exe from bin directory in windows7.Error 0x000007b