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FreeCAD is a general purpose open source parametric 3D CAD modeler licensed under the LGPL License. FreeCAD is aimed directly at mechanical engineering and product design but, being very generic, also fits in a wider range of uses around engineering, such as architecture, finite element analysis, 3D printing, and other tasks.

FreeCAD features tools similar to CATIA, SolidWorks, Solid Edge or Revit, and therefore also falls into the category of CAD, PLM, CAx, CAE and BIM. It is a feature based parametric modeler with a modular software architecture making it possible to provide additional functionality without modifying the core system.

As with other CAD modelers it has many 2D components in order to sketch planar shapes or create production drawings. However, direct 2D drawing (like Inkscape or AutoCAD LT) is not the focus, neither are animation or mesh editing (like Blender, Maya, 3ds Max, or Cinema 4D). Nevertheless, thanks to its wide adaptability, FreeCAD is useful in a much broader area around its base feature set.

FreeCAD makes heavy use of open-source libraries that exist in the field of scientific computing. Among them are Open Cascade Technology (OCCT), a powerful CAD kernel; Coin3D, a toolkit for 3D graphics development compatible with Open Inventor; Qt, the world-famous user interface framework; and Python, a modern scripting language. FreeCAD itself can also be used as a library by other programs.

FreeCAD is also multi-platform, and currently runs on Linux/Unix, Windows, and macOS systems with the same look and functionality on all platforms.

For more information about FreeCAD's capabilities, take a look at the feature list, the latest release notes, and the getting started articles, or see more screenshots.

About the FreeCAD project

The FreeCAD project was started as far back as 2001, as described on the history page.

FreeCAD is maintained and developed by a community of enthusiastic developers and users and is built through the patient work of hundreds of contributors, some regular, some occasional. Most work on FreeCAD as volunteers. The FreeCAD forum is where most of the ideas and decisions are discussed, and the GitHub repository is where the code is being kept, shared, discussed and worked on. Anybody is welcome to participate.

About the FPA

The FreeCAD project is also supported by a non-profit organization, the FreeCAD project association (FPA). The FPA is an independent body created by some FreeCAD veterans in 2021 to collect donations and other resources to support the project and its community, to help protect that community and allow it to continue developing in the best conditions, and to represent the project against other bodies such as companies and institutions.

Online Help Startpage

Feature list

Index

User documentation

Getting started
Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties, Help FreeCAD, Donate

Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
Workbenches: Std Base, Arch, Assembly, CAM, Draft, FEM, Inspection, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Points, Reverse Engineering, Robot, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Start, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework, Web

Addons: Addon Manager, External workbenches, Scripting and macros

Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub

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-'''FreeCAD''' е програма за параметрично 3D [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAD '''CAD'''] моделиране. Разработва се изцяло под [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Отворен Код] (LGPL License). FreeCAD и е с основен фокус  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_engineering механичното инжинерство] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_design дезайн на продукти] но има широк диапазон приложения, като например в архитектурата, роботиката и т.н.
+'''FreeCAD''' is a general purpose [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source open source] parametric 3D [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAD '''CAD'''] modeler licensed under the [[License|LGPL License]]. FreeCAD is aimed directly at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_engineering mechanical engineering] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_design product design] but, being very generic, also fits in a wider range of uses around engineering, such as architecture, finite element analysis, 3D printing, and other tasks.
-FreeCAD има инструменти подобни на to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catia Catia], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidworks SolidWorks] или [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_Edge Solid Edge], и затова попада в категорията на  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAD '''MCAD'''], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_Lifecycle_Management '''PLM'''], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAx '''CAx'''] и [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided_engineering '''CAE'''] програми. Базира се на [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parametric_feature_based_modeler параметричното моделиране на обекти]. FreeCad има модулна софтуерна архитектура, която позволява лесно добавяне на нови функции без промяна на самата програма.
+FreeCAD features tools similar to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CATIA CATIA], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidworks SolidWorks], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_Edge Solid Edge] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_Revit Revit], and therefore also falls into the category of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAD '''CAD'''], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_Lifecycle_Management '''PLM'''], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAx '''CAx'''], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided_engineering '''CAE'''] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_information_modeling '''BIM''']. It is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parametric_feature_based_modeler feature based parametric modeler] with a modular software architecture making it possible to provide additional functionality without modifying the core system.
-As with many modern 3D [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAD CAD] modelers it has many 2D components in order to sketch 2D shapes or extract design details from the 3D model to create 2D production drawings, but direct 2D drawing (like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoCAD#AutoCAD_LT AutoCAD LT]) is not the focus, neither are animation or organic shapes (like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_(software) Maya], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3ds_Max 3ds Max], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_%28software%29 Blender] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CINEMA_4D Cinema 4D]), although, thanks to its wide adaptability, FreeCAD might become useful in a much broader area than its current focus.
+As with other CAD modelers it has many 2D components in order to sketch planar shapes or create production drawings. However, direct 2D drawing (like [https://inkscape.org/ Inkscape] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoCAD#AutoCAD_LT AutoCAD LT]) is not the focus, neither are animation or mesh editing (like [https://www.blender.org/ Blender], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_(software) Maya], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3ds_Max 3ds Max], or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CINEMA_4D Cinema 4D]). Nevertheless, thanks to its wide adaptability, FreeCAD is useful in a much broader area around its base feature set.
-FreeCAD makes heavy use of all the great open-source libraries that exist out there in the field of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_Computation Scientific Computing]. Among them are [http://OpenCascade.org OpenCascade], a powerful CAD kernel, [http://www.Coin3D.org Coin3D], an incarnation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Inventor Open Inventor], [http://www.qtsoftware.com/ Qt], the world-famous UI framework, and [http://www.python.org Python], one of the best scripting languages available. FreeCAD itself can also be used as a library by other programs.
+FreeCAD makes heavy use of open-source libraries that exist in the field of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_Computation scientific computing]. Among them are [http://OpenCascade.org Open Cascade Technology (OCCT)], a powerful CAD kernel; [https://github.com/coin3d/coin/wiki Coin3D], a toolkit for 3D graphics development compatible with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Inventor Open Inventor]; [http://www.qt.io/ Qt], the world-famous user interface framework; and [http://www.python.org Python], a modern scripting language. FreeCAD itself can also be used as a library by other programs.
-FreeCAD is also fully [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-platform multi-platform], and currently runs flawlessly on Windows and Linux/Unix and Mac OSX systems, with the exact same look and functionality on all platforms.
+FreeCAD is also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-platform multi-platform], and currently runs on Linux/Unix, Windows, and macOS systems with the same look and functionality on all platforms.
-For more information about FreeCAD's capabilities, take a look at the [[Feature list]], the [[Getting_started#What's new| latest release notes]] or the [[Getting started]] articles, or see more [[screenshots]].
+For more information about FreeCAD's capabilities, take a look at the [[Feature_list|feature list]], the [[Feature_list#Release_notes|latest release notes]], and the [[Getting_started|getting started]] articles, or see more [[Screenshots|screenshots]].
 ===About the FreeCAD project===
-The FreeCAD project was started as far as 2001, as described in its [[history|history]] page.
+The FreeCAD project was started as far back as 2001, as described on the [[History|history]] page.
-FreeCAD is maintained and developed by a community of enthusiastic developers and users (see the [[contributors|contributors]] page). They work on FreeCAD voluntarily, in their free time. They cannot guarantee that FreeCAD contains or will contain everything you might wish, but they will usually do their best! The community gathers on the [http://forum.freecadweb.org FreeCAD forum], where most of the ideas and decisions are discussed. Feel free to join us there!
+FreeCAD is maintained and developed by a [[contributors|community of enthusiastic developers and users]] and is built through the patient work of hundreds of contributors, some regular, some occasional. Most work on FreeCAD as volunteers. The [http://forum.freecad.org FreeCAD forum] is where most of the ideas and decisions are discussed, and the [https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD GitHub repository] is where the code is being kept, shared, discussed and worked on. Anybody is [[Help FreeCAD|welcome to participate]].
+=== About the FPA ===
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+The FreeCAD project is also supported by a non-profit organization, the [https://fpa.freecad.org FreeCAD project association (FPA)]. The FPA is an independent body created by some FreeCAD veterans in 2021 to collect [[donate|donations]] and other resources to support the project and its community, to help protect that community and allow it to continue developing in the best conditions, and to represent the project against other bodies such as companies and institutions.
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