Interesting links

This page contains some maybe useful links to other FLOSS resources and project in this area.

FreeCAD on the net

Specific platform pages related to FreeCAD

• SourceForge The FreeCAD project page on SourceForge
• Ohloh Ohloh statistics for the FreeCAD project
• Cia CIA activity tracking for FreeCAD
• Debian Debian package info
• Ubuntu Ubuntu package info
• Slackware Slackware package info
• Gentoo Gentoo package info
• OpenSuse/Fedora Packman package info
• Freenode The official #freecad IRC channel on Freenode
• Facebook The official FreeCAD facebook page
• Pardus Linux build script

Other CAD Projects

• OpenPLM An open-source, web-based PLM collaborative platform
• BRL CAD Big Open Source package, a bit old fashion
• Heekscad a CAD/CAM application based on OpenCasCade and WxWidgets
• Narocad another OpenCasCade-based project, windows-only
• Salome more a FEM system but have also a modeling part
• PythonOCC complete python bindings for OpenCasCade, with own GUI builder
• PythonCAD a simple 2D CAD application programmed in python
• LibreCAD a 2D CAD project based on QCad

Tutorials

Written tutorials

• Introduction to FreeCAD
• Parametric modeling at work
• Python scripting in FreeCAD

Video tutorials

• FreeCAD's Draft module tutorial
• FreeCAD parametric modeling
• Making a 2D drawing from a 3D model
• Creating a "mushroom"
• Creating arrays with python
• Using FreeCAD with OpenPLM

Other articles about FreeCAD

• A peek at what's coming in 0.11 version
• Working like Generative Components in FreeCAD
• The Draft module's new SVG output capabilities

Advanced

Research

• PLaSM "Functional language for computing with geometry"

FEM

• Calculix our favorite for FEM in FreeCAD
• Salome FEM system with complicated design
• Z88 is a fast, powerful and compact Finite Elements Analysis Program especially designed for PCs running LINUX, workstations and large computers with UNIX and PCs with Windows XP/95. Z88 is a work of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Rieg of University of Bayreuth. License: GPL

Math

Python

• NumPy Scientific computing with Python (basic commands very similar to MATLAB)
• matplotlib Python 2D plotting library (usually used in conjunction with with NumPy)

Other

• Octave powerful MATLAB clone

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