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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 26 March 2025
This week in FreeCAD development: Draft: Roy_043 contributed several improvements and bugfixes including one for the bug where Near Snap would not obey the Always Snap setting. Sketcher: PaddleStroke improved the way length is enforced in Line and Slot tools when an angle is set. Part and PartDesign: Assembly: TechDraw: CAM:…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 19 March 2025
This week in FreeCAD development: Sketcher: CAM: Among other changes: Additional fixes were contributed by chennes, pmjdebruijn, mosfet80, jbaehr, bofdahof, tritao, thomasgi1, adrianinsaval, kpemartin (measurements), xtemp09, ljo, yomgui1, thyssentishman, hasecilu, luzpaz, wwmayer, alfrix, benj5378, hyarion, and karliss. PR stats: since the previous report, 54 pull requests have been merged, and…
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Continue reading →: Tutorial: Custom Toolbars
When you use any tool for a while you often build a more personal connection to it. Perhaps you have that old screwdriver in a drawer that’s become polished with years of use and fits your hand perfectly. We’ve looked previously at changing the appearance of FreeCAD using themes and…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 12 March 2025
This week in FreeCAD development: Draft: Roy_043 fixed several bugs, including Draft’s fillet not working the first time you try it, as well as incorrect snapping behavior. He also implemented a new Dim Auto Flip Text option to disable automatic text orientation based on where you click first. BIM: Sketcher: Shkolik…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 5 March 2025
This week in FreeCAD development: Draft: Roy_043 fixed numerous issues and regressions, including ones where the Trimex command would change the visibility of an object or extend to the wrong face. BIM: galou, mosfet80, furgo16, and paullee0 cleaned up the code and fixed several issues including ones where Shape2DCut would not…
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Continue reading →: New contracts at FPA
The FreeCAD project association has filled three previously announced developer-support roles: All three roles come with a 1‑year long contract and a grant of up to $500 a month to support their efforts.
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Continue reading →: FPA’s 2024 Annual Report
The FreeCAD Project Association (FPA) has just published the 2024 annual report. Here are some of the report’s highlights: The report also announces 2025 plans, such as increasing the spending and improving various aspects of the FPA’s operation. We are also looking into better collaboration with educators around the world,…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 26 February 2025
This week in FreeCAD development: Sketcher: Shkolik fixed a bug in Sketcher where it wouldn’t be able to project a BSpline from another sketch. TechDraw: FEM: UI changes: Among other changes: Additional fixes were contributed by tritao, PhoneDroid, mosfet80, Shkolik, adrianinsaval, benj5378, chennes, furgo16, Syres916, kpemartin, looooo, serkonda7, kadet1090, bofdahof,…
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Continue reading →: FPA Grant Program 2025
The FreeCAD Project Association collects corporate and personal donations and distributes the funds to contributors who improve FreeCAD and its ecosystem. In 2025, we are switching to quarterly waves of grant application reviews. Here are the submission deadlines: If you want to apply for a grant for the next round…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 19 February 2025
This week in FreeCAD development: Part Design: BIM: FEM: CAM: Toponaming: Among other changes: Additional fixes were contributed by tritao, hyarion, alfrix, xtemp09, mosfet80, bofdahof, benj5378, PhoneDroid, hasecilu, bofdahof. PR stats: since the previous report, 44 pull requests have been merged, and 36 new pull requests have been opened. Issue…
