Standing room only in a full #fosdem #openhardware #CAD #CAM room for Yoriks "state of #FreeCAD" presentation. #opensource
Remote
FreeCAD
@FreeCAD@fosstodon.org
mastodon 4.7.3This is the official account of the FreeCAD project. FreeCAD is a free and open source multiplatform 3D parametric modeler.
1461 Followers
150 Following
23 Posts
Joined December 30, 2018
Web:
Source code:
Busy start on the joint #FreeCAD and @kicad@fosstodon.org booth at #FOSDEM Come and see us... we have micro manipulator robots, @librespace@fosstodon.org spaceships and more.. all designed in FreeCAD and KiCad.
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.
https://blog.freecad.org/2026/02/12/freecad-at-fosdem-2026/
#Community #Events #opensource #cad #freecaD #openhardware
It's #FreeCADFriday and over in Belgium we are hosting #FreeCADDay but tell us what you are working on with #FreeCAD! #CAD #CAM
FreeCAD 1.0.1 released
We've just released FreeCAD 1.0.1. There are no new features in this version. The 176 commits that we backported from the main development branch are fixes for various issues identified in the stable release. We encourage everyone using v1.0 to upgrade!
https://blog.freecad.org/2025/05/16/freecad-1-0-1-released/
#Announcement
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 Draft_WorkingPlaneProxy (PR#27605) and fixed dependency of pa
https://blog.freecad.org/2026/02/18/wip-wednesday-18-february-2026/
#DevelopmentUpdates
Once again it's #FreeCADFriday! Show us what you are working on with #FreeCAD you wonderful people. #CAD #fc3d
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:
Roy-043 fixed incorrect labels preview when moving or rotating the object (PR#27480).
caio-venancio fixed th
https://blog.freecad.org/2026/02/11/wip-wednesday-11-february-2026/
#DevelopmentUpdates
Holey moley, time flies! It's #FreeCADFriday once again! What are you working on with #FreeCAD? #CAD #CAM #BIM
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:
Lgt2x sped up the solving for the Move/Array operation (PR#26977).
theo-vt changed the way driven constraints a
https://blog.freecad.org/2026/02/25/wip-wednesday-25-february-2026/
#Announcement
It's #FreeCADFriday! Hope you all have had a great week. Show us what you are working on in #FreeCAD. #CAD #CAM #fc3d
Forged in FreeCAD (and KiCad): Community Bike Sound System Solutions!
A lovely story of a #community #bike group ride solving some audio problems using #FreeCAD and #KiCad. Thanks to @MCQN_Ltd for sharing their story. #biketooter #opensource #CAD #3Dprint #KiCad
What’s new in FEM for FreeCAD 1.1?
Now that the feature freeze for FreeCAD 1.1 is on, and we are not too far off from the final release, let’s summarize the main changes in the FEM workbench. Just like in the case of the revolutionary 1.0.0 release (see this blog post), FEM dominates the release notes. There have been many significant improvements, so let’s go through them.
Electromagnet
https://blog.freecad.org/2025/09/09/what-is-new-in-fem-for-freecad-1-1/
#DevelopmentUpdates #FEM
Replying to
@kuulman@social.tchncs.de ah OK, I'll go take a re read. They have music playing and wireless speakers dispersed at the front and the back of the riding group. /Jo