Release notes 0.16

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FreeCAD 0.16 was released on XXXXX, 2015. This is a summary of the most interesting changes. The complete list of changes can be found in the Mantis changelog. Older versions at: 0.15 - 0.14 - 0.13 - 0.12 - 0.11

Spark Plug Plane by r-frank

General

  • Gesture Navigation (with touchscreen support on Windows)
  • Workbench customization

Part Workbench

New tools for joining walled objects (e.g., pipes): Connect, Embed and Cutout

Part Design & Sketcher Workbench

  • Sketcher New Feature: Toggle Mode for Reference/Driving constraints
  • Sketcher: New Feature: Continuous creation mode
  • Sketcher new Feature: Non-driving constraints (aka Driven constraints)
  • Sketcher: major speedup
  • Sketcher: advanced solver control

Spreadsheet Workbench

  • Added functions: round, trunc, ceil, and floor.

Draft Workbench

Drawing Workbench

  • Drawing: Added SVG pattern generation module

Arch Workbench

  • Arch: Added materials support
  • Arch: added more properties needed for green buildings: this is in preparatory work for gbXML export
  • Arch: Cut plane/Section view, featuring real-time cutting the view of everything.
  • Arch: Improvements to IFC importer for treating large IFC files

FEM Workbench

  • FEM: new constraint pressure
  • FEM: better material handling
  • FEM: new materials where added
  • FEM: add Support for loads and supports on edges to CalculiX file
  • FEM: Add preferences dialog
  • FEM: multiple constraints in one analysis
  • FEM: use shape functions for node load calculation of constraint force
  • FEM: drag & drop of analysis member
  • FEM: keyboard short cuts for commands
  • FEM: FreeCAD build-in editor including syntax highligting for CalculiX input files
  • FEM: ViewProvider for shell and beam FEM-Meshes
  • FEM: lots of new Python Methods for working with FEM-Meshes


There is a macro which uses gmsh for meshing. Very usefull for all not able to compile FreeCAD with netgen.

Additional Modules

  • Animation workbench
  • Exporter to Kerkythea (Macro)
  • Pie Menu