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Continue reading →: Amazing Multibody Dynamics with FEM
It’s incredible that we have free and open source CAD, then even more amazing we have the capability to create complex assemblies. On top of this, tools like Finite Element Methods and analysis make FreeCAD hugely capable. Therefore the sight of the above video from MbDFEM where they are combining…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 25 February 2026
Maintainers have been backporting some of the fixes to the v1.1 branch where possible — 14 backports in the past 7 days. The list of changes in this recap applies to the main development branch (future v1.2). This week in FreeCAD development: Sketcher: Part and PartDesign: BIM/Arch: FEM: TechDraw: CAM:…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 18 February 2026
Maintainers have been backporting some of the fixes to the v1.1 branch where possible — 26 backports in the past 7 days. The list of changes in this recap applies to the main development branch (future v1.2). This week in FreeCAD development: Draft: Roy-043 fixed ghost previews of Arch_SectionPlane and…
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Continue reading →: FreeCAD at FOSDEM 2026
FOSDEM fell on the 31st January and the 1st of February this year and, as ever, FreeCAD had a presence at the excellent event in numerous ways. Once again our main visible presence was on the joint FreeCAD and KiCad booth in the AW building which, as ever, saw great footfall.…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Maintainers have been backporting some of the fixes to the v1.1 branch where possible — 12 backports in the past 7 days. The list of changes in this recap applies to the main development branch (future v1.2). This week in FreeCAD development: Draft: Sketcher: Part and PartDesign: Assembly: CAM: BIM/Arch:…
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Continue reading →: FreeCAD Day Europe 2026.
On the 30th January 2026 we once again held our pre FOSDEM fringe meet up event FreeCAD Day. Once again we met at the fabulous Les Ateliers des Tanneurs venue, where, fuelled with plenty of coffee and tea, we had an excellent day of talks and discussions. We kicked of…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 4 February 2026
Maintainers have been backporting some of the fixes to the v1.1 branch where possible — 19 backports in the past 7 days. The list of changes in this recap applies to the main development branch (future v1.2). This week in FreeCAD development: Draft: Sketcher: Part and PartDesign: Assembly: PaddleStroke contributed…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 28 January 2026
Maintainers have been backporting some of the fixes to the v1.1 branch where possible — 14 backports in the past 7 days. The list of changes in this recap applies to the main development branch (future v1.2). This week in FreeCAD development: Sketcher: Part and PartDesign: captain0xff added an interactive…
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Continue reading →: WIP Wednesday, 21 January 2026
Maintainers have been backporting some of the fixes to the v1.1 branch where possible — 18 backports in the past 7 days. The list of changes in this recap applies to the main development branch (future v1.2). This week in FreeCAD development: Draft: Roy-043 fixed snapping to geometry when the…
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Continue reading →: FreeCAD Friday! Get involved!
On a Friday, in a range of FreeCAD community platforms, you might see the hashtag #FreeCADFriday. The author of this post looks after this on the FreeCAD Fosstodon account but it also often happens on X and Bluesky. Indeed it may well happen on other social media platforms that we…
