This is the official source code of FreeCAD, a free and opensource multiplatform 3D parametric modeler.
The FreeCAD team is happy to announce the release of v0.19.2. This is a bugfix release that includes some enhancements as well.
7b5e18a075 [Gui] ProDark Stylesheet QT Icon Fix ed87d3aceb [Stylesheet] ProDark: major bugfix for add-ons 133ef7173d [Gui] Update usability enhancements to ProDark theme 51855e5341 [Gui] Stylesheet fix for icons in Qt file dialog 8e7a8b1e7b [FEM] fix specific heat of air b3abe32683 [Draft] Eliminate required GUI for importDXF 53b4eb0b2e [Start] Correct TestStart installation location 12055a22d8 [Python] fix memory leak 6f67fbc425 [Gui] Remove explicit triangle styling from tabs 83e308c8eb [Gui] Enable compression of tablet motion events de1d0acaea [installer] improve uninstalling e239684102 [TechDraw] fixes #0004598: Segfault when deleting template without page aedd1f96e4 [PartDesign] Helix: update NbTurns in Pitch-Height-Angle mode e7c796edb4 [Gui] Enable dragging in dependency graph view 6858586642 [Import] [skip ci] avoid conflicting class names in global namespace
There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.
We understand through our forum users that FreeCAD can successfully run on Chromebooks which have Linux support. The only caveat known to us is the need to disable GPU acceleration via chrome://flags/#crostini-gpu-support The easiest way to install it is to enable Flatpak and then install using this link
AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros). AppImage (delta) updates
For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
Binary stable builds (no compiling necessary). Download the .dmg below, you may need to expand the assets tab to see the available packages. The build will only work correctly with macosx version >= 10.12.
NOTE: .app is not signed and will not run on MacOS out of the box.
After opening the download, drag the app into your Applications folder (if you already have FreeCAD in there, it is possible to keep both)
When you open the new version, you will get a pop-up saying that it cannot be verified. Do not Move to Bin, simply click Cancel or press Escape key.
Then go to System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General and at the lower part you will see that FreeCAD was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer
Click the option to Open Anyway
When prompted to confirm, choose Open
Binary stable builds (no compiling necessary) are available. Download the .7z file.
The builds are portable and do not require an installation. Extract the file using 7zip and start the application by double clicking on FreeCAD.exe in the bin sub-directory of the extracted package. For example
Download https://www.7-zip.org/
Download the FreeCAD_0.19.*-Win-Conda_vc14.x-x86_64.7z file from the release page
Extract the binary from the .7z
Run the FreeCAD.exe file to be found in the bin folder.
NOTE: The Conda Win based build are packaged from here: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-AppImage They should be the Windows equivalent of the Conda based .AppImage and .dmg
For windows users there is the option of using Chocolatey to manage and track upstream 0.19 releases. The 0.19 package is available of it's own dedicated FreeCAD Chocolatey package page
FreeCADLibs_12.5.4_x64_VC17.7z is not required to run the binaries provided here. It is a package that provides all necessary dependencies to compile FreeCAD with VS2015/17/19 (both release and debug mode). FreeCADLibs_12.5.4_VC1.7 updates QT 5.15.2, and gmsh is updated to 4.8.3. These packages are provided courtesy of FreeCAD community member apeltauer. The Win portable build and installer use these libraries.
After an untypically long release cycle, the FreeCAD team is finally happy to announce the release of v0.19.1
Details about this release can be found on the wiki v0.19 Release Page
There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.
We understand through our forum users that FreeCAD can successfully run on Chromebooks which have Linux support. The only caveat known to us is the need to disable GPU acceleration via chrome://flags/#crostini-gpu-support The easiest way to install it is to enable Flatpak and then install using this link
AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros).
For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:
# Using GUI
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
# Command line
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
Binary stable builds (no compiling necessary). Download the .dmg below, you may need to expand the assets tab to see the available packages. The build will only work correctly with macosx version >= 10.12.
NOTE: .app is not signed and will not run on MacOS out of the box.
Cancel or press Escape key.FreeCAD was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer
Open Anyway
Open
Binary stable builds (no compiling necessary) are available. Download the .7z file.
The builds are portable and do not require an installation. Extract the file using 7zip and start the application by double clicking on FreeCAD.exe in the bin sub-directory of the extracted package. For example
NOTE: The Conda Win based build are packaged from here: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-AppImage They should be the Windows equivalent of the Conda based .AppImage and .dmg
For windows users there is the option of using Chocolatey to manage and track upstream 0.19 releases. The 0.19 package is available of it's own dedicated FreeCAD Chocolatey package page
FreeCADLibs_12.5.3_x64_VC17.7z is not required to run the binaries provided here. It is a package that provides all necessary dependencies to compile FreeCAD with VS2015/17/19 (both release and debug mode). FreeCADLibs_12.5.3_VC1.7 updates QT 5.15.1, OpenCascade 7.5 with Fillet fix from https://gitlab.com/blobfish/occt provided by Chris Hennes and builds nglib without avx dependency. gmsh is updated to 4.8. It also includes a patch to .ssl.py These packages are provided courtesy of FreeCAD community member apeltauer. The Win portable build and installer use these libraries.
This is the end of the 0.18 series of releases. FreeCAD will try to provide binaries at a future date.
No binaries will be provided for this point release. This is planned to be the final release of the v0.18 series. This release addresses one singular major issue, the addon manager. Recently GitHub changed its infrastructure and subsequently the add-on manager broke.
(0.18.3 --> 0.18.4) 980bf9060 pre-select name filter in import/export file dialog f972b010b [TD]Fix slow GC of QGIPrimPath 5a1527f95 Merge pull request #2489 from Jantek/patch-1 dea7d2080 [Spreadsheet] Excel File Import fix Py3 bug a4a42b36e Merge pull request #2541 from Syres916/patch-4 7fa0eea88 Fix xrange bug in PathSurface.py 2b28c5052 Fix xrange bug in PathCircularHoleBaseGui.py 31d928332 fix print preview function for >= Qt 5.9 f07b6e3e1 Follow-up: Fixed thumbnail for problematic FEM example file 38e0e9957 Merge pull request #2490 from Jantek/patch-2 2483c467b Backport: startwb files restored in 0.18.3 to display thumbs correctly d9b8faf8b Fixed problems with 'pythonopen' 102b97aca Correction of drill speed calculation 1e9f9faa2 Material: py2 fix in depreciated mat file parser (back port from 0.19) 7320c4c44 [TD]Fix #4017 Crash on bad hatch scale
There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.
AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros). Download the highest revision of the .AppImage
For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:
# Using GUI
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
# Command line
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
Binary builds (no compiling necessary) are available. Download the highest revision of the .dmg NOTE: For OSX it is recommended to use the 0.19_dev builds. https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/tag/0.19_pre FreeCAD 0.19.x has been ported to QT5.9 and QTWebEngine which solves some OSX specific issues.
Binary builds, install-able and portable, are available (no compiling necessary) The Win x64 builds use Conda as a package manager, The binaries use PY3.6, QT5, and VS2015+ The Win x32 builds use Libpack 11.11. The binaries use PY2.7, QT4, and VS2013
The portable builds do not require an installation. Extract the file using 7zip and start the application by double clicking on FreeCAD.exe in the bin sub-directory of the extracted package. For example
This is the official 0.18.3 release of FreeCAD.
There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.
AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros). Download the highest revision of the .AppImage
For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:
# Using GUI
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
# Command line
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
Binary builds (no compiling necessary) are available. Download the highest revision of the .dmg NOTE: For OSX it is recommended to use the 0.19_dev builds. https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/tag/0.19_pre FreeCAD 0.19.x has been ported to QT5.9 and QTWebEngine which solves some OSX specific issues.
Installers are available. The Win x64 installer uses Conda as a package manager, The binaries use PY3.6, QT5, and VS2015+ The Win x32 installer uses Libpack 11.11. The binaries use PY2.7, QT4, and VS2013
The portable build does not require an installation. Extract the file using 7zip and start the application by double clicking on FreeCAD.exe in the bin sub-directory of the extracted package.
This is the official 0.18.2 release of FreeCAD.
There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.
AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros). Download the highest revision of the .AppImage
For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:
# Using GUI
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
# Command line
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
Binary builds (no compiling necessary) are available. Download the highest revision of the .dmg
Installers are available. The Win x64 installer uses Conda as a package manager, The binaries use PY3.6, QT5, and VS2015+ The Win x32 installer uses Libpack 11.11. The binaries use PY2.7, QT4, and VS2013
The portable build does not require an installation. Extract the file using 7zip and start the application by double clicking on FreeCAD.exe in the bin sub-directory of the extracted package.
This is the official 0.18.1 release of FreeCAD.
There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.
AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros). Download the highest revision of the .AppImage
For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:
# Using GUI
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
# Command line
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
Currently we provide two versions for MacOS:
Installers are available. The Win x64 installer uses Conda as a package manager, The binaries use PY3.6, QT5, and VS2015+ The Win x32 installer uses Libpack 11.11. The binaries use PY2.7, QT4, and VS2013
The portable builds do not require an installation. Extract the file using 7zip and start the application by double clicking on FreeCAD.exe in the bin sub-directory of the extracted package.
FreeCAD.0_18.Offline.Doc.7z is compressed version of the FreeCAD offline documentation.
FreeCAD.0_18.Quick.Reference.Guide.7z is a compressed version of the FreeCAD Quick Reference Guide
Unzip them with a 7zip utility
This is the official 0.18.0 release of FreeCAD.
There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.
FreeCAD 0.18.1 is released Find the latest binaries and source code there.
FreeCAD.0_18.Offline.Doc.7z is compressed version of the FreeCAD offline documentation.
FreeCAD.0_18.Quick.Reference.Guide.7z is a compressed version of the FreeCAD Quick Reference Guide
Unzip them with a 7zip utility.
This release of FreeCAD is dedicated to our friend Roland Frank who left us in 2017. He was an active and well-appreciated member of the FreeCAD forum, and his video tutorials on the Learn FreeCAD and BPLFRE Youtube channels helped many people get started with FreeCAD.
A word of caution to users of v0.16: there has been tremendous changes to the PartDesign workbench, with the introduction of the Part and Body containers. A Body is now mandatory to create PartDesign features. When trying to edit a document made in v0.16, you will be prompted to migrate it automatically. If your model was done with a mix of PartDesign features and Part objects, the migration process will most certainly leave your model in a broken state! So if you are not willing to migrate it manually (expect having to delete some stuff and recreate it), it would be best to keep a working version of v0.16 on the side to edit your old documents.
This is the official 0.17 release of FreeCAD for Windows and Mac OS platforms. Linux users are advised to get FreeCAD from their distribution's repository, or from our PPA if using Ubuntu.
The AppImage should work on most modern 64 bit Linux distributions. Download the file and make it executable. It's self contained and should be portable.
Note: OS X build supports >=10.11 Win x86 supports 7/8/10 Win x64 supports 7/8/10
BACK-UP YOUR 0.16.67xx FILES BEFORE OPENING IN 0.17.xxxxx! MIGRATION TO 0.17.xxxxx MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS.