The FPA has voted to approve three grants in the 2026 Q2 wave of the program.
- BIM Plan Edit and Supporting BIM Workflow Improvements in FreeCAD by @tritao. João Matos will implement a new BIM authoring workflow for FreeCAD that will let users work directly in a building level’s floor plan, similar in intent to the plan-based workflows in Revit and Archicad. Plan Edit will provide a focused 2D editing context for a selected storey: walls, openings, spaces, and symbols. João will be awarded a grant of EUR 4,000 for the project.
- Parametric Snapping System for the Measure Tool by @Krrish777. Krish Sharma will deal with some of the current Measurement tool limitations by introducing six per-element snap modes (Auto, None, Vertex, Center, Axis, Midpoint) and a hover preview showing which point will be used. Existing files will open identically because the Auto mode will be the default one and will preserve the current behavior. Krish will be awarded a grant of EUR 500 for the project. He will be awarded a grant of EUR 1,750 for the project.
- Implement Feature Thread by @caio-venancio. Caio Venâncio do Rosário will implement a parametric threading feature. It will use OCCT to detect cylindrical and conical faces, extract parameters, and generate standard-compliant threads on existing geometry, with support for both internal and external threading, while allowing both cosmetic and modeled threads. You can track the draft PR. Caio will be awarded a grant of EUR 2,000 for the project.
The total spending, once all three projects are completed, will be EUR 7,750, well within the quarterly EUR 10,000 budget for the grant program.
All three people behind the approved grant applications have contributed to FreeCAD before.
