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Forged in FreeCAD: Bjørn’s Vacuum Cleaner Repair
There's all kinds of reasons to learn and use FreeCAD and we probably should never get into saying that one use case is better than any other. That said, it's always awesome to see FreeCAD combined with 3D printing for repair.
https://blog.freecad.org/2025/06/10/forged-in-freecad-bjorns-vacuum-cleaner-repair/
#UserStory

Google Summer of Code 2025 projects announced
The FreeCAD project got three students in this year's Google Summer of Code program.

Here are the projects:

1. chiragsingh1711 will enhance the TechDraw workbench to enable 3D PDF exporting. Users will be able to create standard technical drawings with traditional orthographic views and dimensions, plus an interactive 3D view that app
https://blog.freecad.org/2025/05/08/google-summer-of-code-2025-projects-announced/
#DevelopmentUpdates

WIP Wednesday 22 January 2025
This week in FreeCAD development:

Sketcher:

Beep6581 patched the workbench to automatically scroll to the constraint in the list view when you click on that constraint in the 3D view.

AjinkyaDahale’s second refactoring patch landed. No new features, it’s just cleaner code with tests.

chennes and Jonezzzzz fixed a couple of bugs.

PartDesign:

PaddleStroke add
https://blog.freecad.org/2025/01/22/wip-wednesday-22-january-2025/
#Announcement

Tutorial: Using the Measure tool in Version 1.0
Amongst the many changes you may have noticed in version 1, the Standard Measure tool icon has changed from an image of a tape measure to a set of Vernier Calipers. It’s not just the icon that’s changed though, the underlying measuring tools have been improved and expanded.

https://blog.freecad.org/2025/01/20/tutorial-using-the-measure-tool-in-version-1-0/
#Tutorials

Just a reminder about #FreeCAD activity and presence at #fosdem2025. We have meetups, hackathons and working days from the 28th January at various venues as well as a stand with our great friends @kicad at FOSDEM itself. More information about our activities are on this blog post. We look forward to seeing you there. https://blog.freecad.org/2024/11/04/fosdem-and-kicad-freecad-day-2025/

Tutorial: Using the Turntable Function for small rotating animations.

https://blog.freecad.org/2025/01/06/tutorial-using-the-turntable-function/
#Tutorials

Fantastic to see this article about #FreeCAD and #OpenFOAM being used to perform CFD analysis on #rocket designs. Lots of mentions for Dave Carter who is a fabulous FreeCAD contributor and creator of the Rocket Workbench. Check out the excellent Peak Of Flight rocketry newsletter here https://www.apogeerockets.com/Peak-of-Flight/Newsletter641

If you are interested in #FreeCAD and #Rocketry @concretedog is speaking at @fosdem about opensource rocketry tools and design.

Hey! It's #FreeCADFriday! Happy weekend to everyone when we get there! Show us what you are working on in #FreeCAD.

Tutorial: Festive Tree Decoration, Using the Revolution Tool!
The FreeCAD community is a wonderful diverse place and certainly not everyone in the community will be involved in traditions of bringing trees into their homes and then decorating them! However a festive tree decoration, in the shape of a tree, can be a good mini project for playing with the Revolution tool. #freecad #CAD #tutorials

https://blog.freecad.org/2024/12/13/tutorial-festive-tree-decoration-using-the-revolution-tool/
#Tutorials

WIP Wednesday 11 December 2024
This week in FreeCAD development:

Sketcher: 

PadleStroke implemented group dragging of geometries.

FlachyJoe improved the look of arc length for when the arc length is higher than half diameter.

Draft: Roy_043 improved the Trimex tool and fixed a couple of bugs.

BIM: yorikvanhavre implemented support for 2D objects in NativeIFC: linework, texts, dimensi
https://blog.freecad.org/2024/12/11/wip-wednesday-11-december-2024/
#DevelopmentUpdates

FreeCAD Version 1.0 Released
After more than twenty years of intense and sustained development, the FreeCAD community is proud to announce the release of version 1.0. FreeCAD 1.0 is now available for download on all platforms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5oXSGhK7EY

In software development, version 1 usually means: our software is now stable and ready for "real work". If you are a FreeC
https://blog.freecad.org/2024/11/19/freecad-version-1-0-released/
#Announcement #Releases

Good grief, where do the weeks go! It's #FreeCADFriday once again, show us what you are working on! Kudos bonus if you're working in RC4! #fc3d #freecad

FreeCAD 1.0 Release Candidate 4 is out
We've just released the fourth v1.0 release candidate, you can download it on GitHub. There was no official announcement of RC3 yesterday because we discovered a regression immediately after releasing the builds.

Currently, we are down to just one release blocker that is a macOS-specific UI issue. We'll wait another week to see if there are any new blockers pre
https://blog.freecad.org/2024/11/14/freecad-1-0-release-candidate-4-is-out/
#Releases

We are sad to announce that earlier this week, Bradley McLean "bgbsww" passed away due to unforeseen health complications.

Brad joined the project a little less than a year ago. Like many contributors, he started with small patches here and there. Building on these early contributions, Brad worked his way up to tackle one of the most serious challenges in the project : porting and revamping toponaming fixes developed by RealThunder.
https://blog.freecad.org/2024/10/08/rip-bradley-bgbsww-mclean/
#Announcement

Major FEM workbench improvements for FreeCAD 1.0
FreeCAD 1.0 brings a true revolution. But apart from the TNP mitigation, built-in Assembly workbench, material handling rework, and major Sketcher improvements, there’s a less common module that received many updates – FEM. 

In fact, it’s one of the workbenches that changed the most. Over 80 issues from the FEM Roadmap were fixed. Th
https://blog.freecad.org/2024/09/28/major-fem-workbench-improvements-for-freecad-1-0/
#Announcement

#FreeCAD #MergeMonday in progress 🤓

WIP Wednesday 3 September 2024
This week in FreeCAD development:

Sketcher:

PaddleStroke fixed a bug with geometry copy-pasting and another bug where on-view parameters would use numeric input for the wrong constraint in certain scenarios.

AjinkyaDahale fixed another bug that would prevent users from escaping the autosnapping of circles with autoconstraint enabled.

TechDraw:

benj537
https://blog.freecad.org/2024/09/04/wip-wednesday-3-september-2024/
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