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FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.21.2 Latest Release

Published by adrianinsaval 10 months ago

This is a bug-fix release of the 0.21 release branch

Installers and executables for FreeCAD 0.21.2 are below in the release assets. You may need to expand the assets drop-down to see the build for your OS.

What's Changed Since 0.21.1

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/compare/0.21.1...0.21.2

FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.21.1

Published by chennes about 1 year ago

This is a bug-fix release of the 0.21 release branch, addressing a few issues that were discovered since the 0.21.0 release at the beginning of the month.

Installers and executables for FreeCAD 0.21.1 are below in the release assets. You may need to expand the assets drop-down to see the build for your OS. For installation information please see the original 0.21 release announcement.

NOTE: Mac OS 12 and older should use the "unsigned" DMG, the signed version does not work on older operating systems.

What's Changed Since 0.21.0

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/compare/0.21.0...0.21.1

FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.21.0

Published by chennes about 1 year ago

FreeCAD 0.21 Release

The FreeCAD team is happy to announce the release of FreeCAD 0.21! Details about this release can be found on the wiki v0.21 Release Page

Builds to install FreeCAD 0.21 are below in the release assets. You may need to expand the assets drop-down to see the build for your OS.

Installation instructions

Windows

To install, just execute the Windows installer. Administrator permissions are not necessary when you install FreeCAD only for the current user. In case Windows warns you about a potential risk, you can ignore this and select to install anyway. A standalone version is also provided for users who do not wish to install FreeCAD on their system, but prefer to run it from a thumb drive, etc.

The installer works on all Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11 systems. 32bit Windows, Windows Vista and older are not supported.
An installation of FreeCAD 0.21 will not interfere with an installation of FreeCAD 0.20. If you installed a release candidate of FreeCAD 0.21 or a weekly build, it is recommended to uninstall this first.

For administrators, see this page for how to install for several users and silent installations.

NOTE: If upon running FreeCAD you receive errors about missing MSVCP140_1.DLL, install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable packages for Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022 for your architecture.

MacOSX

Binary stable builds (no compiling necessary) are available for both the Intel and ARM (M1/M2) processors. Download the appropriate .dmg below (note that you may need to expand the assets drop-down to see the available packages). To install, open the disk image file and drag FreeCAD to your Applications folder. The build will only work correctly with MacOS version ≥ 10.12. The app is digitally signed by FreeCAD Maintainer Chris Hennes and notarized by Apple.

NOTE: If you are using an Intel processor on a version of Mac OS prior to Mac OS 13 (Ventura), you will need to download the "unsigned" version of the installer, below.

Linux

AppImages, a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros (no compiling necessary), are available below. Simply download the a--image for your system architecture, change its permissions to allow execution, then run the image.

AppImage (delta) updates

For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:

Using GUI
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
Command line
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

Known Issues

See known limitations.

FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.21 Release Candidate 1

Published by chennes about 1 year ago

This is a pre-release of FreeCAD 0.21 for testing purposes. Binaries and installers will be added as they become available.

FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.20.2

Published by donovaly almost 2 years ago

The FreeCAD team is happy to announce the release of version 0.20.2. This is a maintenance release.

Table of Contents

Changelog
Installation instructions
Known Issues

Changelog 0.20.1 → 0.20.2

Addon Manager fixes:

  • a8cb4e74: Fix bug in dependency resolver
  • #7356: Minor bugfix with Mod folder
  • 83f4b2c2: Fix failures with Unicode characters in filenames
  • d1ad3b492: Add try/except to integer conversion
  • 9bf0c5890: Fix formatting in error handler
  • 283fec68: Fix bug in updater

Arch fixes:

  • #6140: fix wrong line spacing in 3D-view
  • #6178: External Reference does not load Windows nested in Walls
  • #7370: Wall not visible when base sketch lines overlap
  • #7528: Fix crash related to SoBrepEdgeSet
  • #7591: Improve handling of window hosts
  • #7859: Fix CutPlane color

Core (App and Gui) fixes:

  • 746a56f5: Don't show non-existing and unusual directories in file dialog
  • ff876bf7: Clear combo boxes before re-filling them and fix handling of icon size in preferences packs
  • 63954657: make FreeCAD 0.20.x to compile with Python 3.11
  • #7388: Prevent crash when trying to create ExpressionBinding without arguments
  • #7422: Allow set up expression even if property value is currently being edited
  • #7444: Assure message boxes appear and stay on top of main window
  • #7507: Allow None parameter again in drag and drop methods in Python ViewProviderPy class
  • #7539: TinkerCAD navigation was always stopping right mouse button propagation
  • #7277: Write to network drive failed on Windows
  • bc9897caf8: TreeView selection can not be undone
  • #7628: Fix crash after creating a Sketch for a Body
  • 4d8e6154: If expression is set for Euler angles in the placement dialog then evaluate the expression instead of determining the angles from the rotation
  • 6f302d33: Backport class WrapperManager to fix possible crashes when using PySide
  • #7737: Add default JPEG save quality and set it to 90%
  • 7d9b3445: Fix memory leak
  • 4067cc15: Fix endless-loop in View3DInventorSelection::checkGroupOnTop
  • 710a4707: Fix endless-loop in DocumentObject::getParents
  • #5942: Revit navigation: rotation stop on scroll release
  • #7819: ActionGroup: also get its tooltip title updated

Draft fixes:

  • #5765: Clone did not maintain the colours of the original
  • 2b5b7cd6: Fix snapper icons
  • #7354: Add tolerance to BoundBox check
  • #7424: Fix working plane auto alignment to front view
  • #7441: Fix flatten wire
  • #7453: Fix alignment of angular dimension arrows
  • #7528: Fix crash related to SoBrepEdgeSet
  • #7616: Make Std_TransformManip work for Point
  • #7670: Fix rectangle with face offset bug
  • #7806: arcFromSpline() function uses wrong parameter

FEM fixes:

  • b716644e: Fix handling of case fluids + solid materials
  • bd796c91: Fix error for 2D shapes
  • 08af39c1: Fix heat flux handling
  • #7360: CalculiX write_constraint_temperature.py outputs incorrect file name format
  • b14a9094: Fix flux equation
  • #7538: Fix remaining result object in memory in FemMesh2Mesh
  • c0a45ec6: Add standard path for Gmsh on MacOSX

PartDesign fixes:

  • #7445: Improve offset handling of SubShapeBinder
  • #7504: Add format parameter for Wedge X-min
  • #7626: Hole cut depth was not recalculated correctly
  • #7674: Improve Helix calculation for straight shape
  • #7629: Keep sketch visible during revolution tasks
  • #7722: assure source sketch is visible when in selection mode of Helix
  • 145c3bf7: Fix UTF-8 in filename handling for Hole
  • #7943: Fix check for orthogonality when padding/pocketing along a custom direction

Path fixes:

  • #7438: Change Default Drilling Retraction from G99 to G98
  • #7454: Fix for testing verticallity during PathFeedRate generation
  • #7455: Fix for setup-sheet-stepover

Sketcher fixes:

  • #7324: Fix WhatsThis for Constrain an arc or circle
  • #7426: Prevent dangling state of Shift key if key released out of Quarter
  • #7429: Some user colors were not taken into account
  • 2d5b8747: PointOnObject: do not substitute constraint if conditions are not OK
  • #7641: Correct icon for CreatePointFillet in menu
  • e3cd132a: Fix typo in tooltip for Clone
  • #7082: Dimension size on perspective view scales "backwards"
  • #7860: Dimensions became unreadable small if a second sketch is visible

Spreadsheet fixes:

  • #7604: Fix multi-screen management of QtColorPicker
  • #7841: Alias field can't be set for empty cells

TechDraw fixes:

  • #7351: Fix multiple dimension drag
  • #7362: Fix hatch file default handling
  • ff01905f: Fix UTF-8 handling in LineGroup
  • #7463: Fix extent dimension
  • #7555: Encode XML characters in SpreadsheetView
  • #7856: Segfault when opening task on DetailView for which the parent View was deleted

Compilation:

  • #7389: Fix MacOSX build of FreeCAD 0.20.x
  • #7434: Fix makeWireString for Windows with Python 3.09 and newer

Miscellaneous:

Installation instructions

Windows

To install, just execute the Windows installer. Administrator permissions are not necessary when you install FreeCAD only for the current user.
You can safely install FreeCAD 0.20.2 over an existing FreeCAD 0.20.x installation.
In case Windows warns you about a potential risk, you can ignore this and select to install anyway.

The installer works on all Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11 systems. Windows Vista and older are not supported.
An installation of FreeCAD 0.20.x will not interfere with an installation of FreeCAD 0.19 or a weekly build of FreeCAD's master.

Linux

AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros).
AppImage (delta) updates

For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:

Using GUI

chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

Command line

chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

MacOSX

Binary stable builds (no compiling necessary). Download the .dmg below, you may need to expand the assets tab to see the available packages. The build will only work correctly with MacOS version ≥ 10.13. For older macOS versions use FreeCAD 0.19: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/rele ... -conda.dmg.

NOTE: .app is not signed and will not run on MacOS out of the box.

  1. After opening the download, drag the app into your Applications folder (if you already have FreeCAD in there, it is possible to keep both)
  2. When you open the new version, you will get a pop-up saying that it cannot be verified. Do not Move to Bin, simply click Cancel or press Escape key.
  3. Then go to System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General and at the lower part you will see that FreeCAD was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer
  4. Click the option to Open Anyway
  5. When prompted to confirm, choose Open

Known Issues

Chromebook

At the moment there is no support for aarch64 builds which is pretty popular for arch of Chromebooks. We're monitoring the upstream issue. Apologies for the inconvenience!

We understand through our forum users that FreeCAD can successfully run on Chromebooks which have Linux support. The only caveat known to us is the need to disable GPU acceleration via chrome://flags/#crostini-gpu-support The easiest way to install it is to enable Flatpak and then install using this link

FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.20.1

Published by donovaly about 2 years ago

The FreeCAD team is happy to announce the release of v0.20.1. This is a bugfix release.

Table of Contents

Changelog
Installation instructions
Known Issues

Changelog 0.20 → 0.20.1

Addon Manager fixes:

  • #7112: Addon manager did not work on windows with special characters in username
  • 0e2508cc: Fix for non-Github URLs
  • 119a402c: Add other_files download for wiki macros
  • 0865b974: Fix thread termination bug

Arch fixes:

  • #7135: Invert opening symbol for simple door
  • #7212: Fix getCutVolume
  • #6679: Could not change type of profile after its addition

Core (App and Gui) fixes:

  • #7032: Fix expressions assignment for FreeBSD
  • #7044: Set missing angle in Rotation::inverse function
  • #5592: Respect symbolic links
  • 212b140d8: GuiPy: allow to call setupWithoutGUI more than once
  • 3f8dc1a5: Fix crash in ViewProviderLink::currentDraggingPlacement()
  • #7113: Pressing OK button in "Placement Panel" changed color of the Link object
  • c4547c03: Python console: Fix a Latin1 <-> UTF-8 conversion problem

Draft fixes:

  • #7058: Draft to sketch does not take placement into account
  • #7105: Fix align working plane to DatumPlane
  • #7109: Fix default fillmode
  • #7138: DisplayStatusbarScaleWidget should be checked in preferences
  • #6734: Join fails when there is a minor difference in coordinates due to rounding
  • #7173: Fix setEdit
  • #7174: Fix EditMode for hatch, facebinder and shapestring
  • #7186: Fix Hatch task panel title
  • #7215: Remove unnecessary DisplayStatusbar preference
  • #7259: Fix handling of groups on move-copy and rotate-copy
  • #7295: Fix Draft Edit AddPoint with BSpline
  • #6181: Ctrl+Z dis not work in Draft_Wire

FEM fixes:

  • e8f32271: Fix point filter initialization issue
  • ef088674: Fix wrong console outputs for fluid materials
  • 1f7374ed: Fix material task dialog for fluids
  • 5d389e38: Check if solver executables exist
  • #7158: Fix CalculiX multi-threading bug
  • #7160: Fix solver console bugs
  • faa1f96f: Check if Gmsh, CalculiX and Mystran solver binaries exist
  • #7230: Color bar for result pipelines and filters not updated in view
  • 057e90bf: Add missing info about transparency
  • #7242: Fix regression that result pipeline missed some results
  • 864c9eca: set default selection mode to BoundBox for post objects
  • c4b8983a: Fix errors on missing material properties
  • 8303a550: Add missing eigenfrequcy calculation for Elmer
  • 8bb85d2b: Use SoAnnotation to highlight result pipeline objects
  • ba858175: Use direct solving as default for stresses
  • 357989c5: Allow to edit solver input files also for Elmer and Z88
  • 7e071623: Fix selection issues with electrostatic constraint
  • 90afc193: Fix pipeline recompute bug
  • d438514d: Fix another pipeline recompute bug
  • 515584c8: Fix warp filter factor
  • 4b2a486d: Fix selection issues with flow velocity constraint

Material improvements: :

  • c7a2ddba: new material card for plain Aluminum
  • 9c50b541: new material cards for Copper and Invar

Mesh fix:

  • #7023: 3mf created with FreeCAD cannot be loaded with PruseSlicer

OpenSCAD fix:

  • #7301: Get rid of SCAD-Import error

Part fixes:

  • #7083: Fix display "labelfillet" name for Chamfer and Fillet
  • 9de8b33b: Fix GeomBSplineCurve::toBiArcs
  • #7154: Rename preferences page to "Part/Part Design"
  • 639ff927: Fix TopoShape.isInside() for faces
  • #7219: Correction of decimal places on creation of primitives
  • #7260: Fix KnotSequence for periodic BSpline surfaces

PartDesign fixes:

  • 360b4282: Hole dialog fixes
  • 1b2f0063: Hole initialization bugfix
  • 65640861: Fix ProfileBased::getSupportFace()
  • 094ae936: Fix Pad/Pocket logic issue
  • #7198: Add property enabling logic for pad/pocket
  • #7201: Improve face selection for Pad/Pocket

Path fixes:

  • #6693: LeadInOut dressup breaks simulator
  • #7164: Fix wrong "Please delete and recreate the job" message
  • #6974: Restore drilling op retract value to user supplied Retract Height
  • #7137: Fix Type=Polar regression in PathArray
  • #7278: Fix vcarve c++ exception
  • #7333: Fix external thread issues

Sketcher fixes:

  • #7064: "Toggle Construction Geometry Button" is not working in "Custom Workbenches"
  • #7324: Fix "WhatsThis?" for Sketcher_CompConstrainRadDia

Spreadsheet fixes:

  • 469e4f16: Fix several memory leaks
  • #7285: Crash if cell value ' is set

Stylesheet fixes:

  • #7190: Remove whitespace and add "checked" icon style
  • #6102: Group box lines were not correctly styled

TechDraw fixes:

  • fb1a7af360: Fix Projection group view spacing
  • 4b47d38eb6: Fix dimension update on change of Projection group scale
  • #7106: Fix Dimension export to DXF
  • #7121: Fix bitmap hatch
  • #7066: Fix Image scaling
  • #7131: Fix multiple open dialogs
  • #7144: Fix bad edge in face finder
  • #7184: Fix crash on body with no shape
  • #7266: Fix symbol recompute and scale

Compilation:

  • #7136: Prepend CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX if CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR is not absolute
  • b85e9b1f: Fix Conda test errors

Miscellaneous:

  • e89ebba736: Do not exclude widget plugins from tarball

Installation instructions

Windows

To install, just execute the Windows installer. Administrator permissions are not necessary when you install FreeCAD only for the current user.
You can safely install FreeCAD 0.20.1 over an existing FreeCAD 0.20.x installation.
In case Windows warns you about a potential risk, you can ignore this and select to install anyway.

The installer works on all Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11 systems. Windows Vista and older are not supported.
An installation of FreeCAD 0.20.x will not interfere with an installation of FreeCAD 0.19 or a pre-release/weekly build of FreeCAD 0.21.

Note: there is also a windows build that has been generated using python v3.10 (FreeCAD_0.20.1-2022-08-28-conda-Windows-x86_64-py310.7z). This build needs to be unzipped using 7zip and can be run as an executable. This build will is of interest for users who'd like to experiment with the FreeCAD<->Blender(Sverchok) geometry nodes effort. See forum thread for details.

Linux

AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros).
AppImage (delta) updates

For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:

Using GUI

chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

Command line

chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

MacOSX

Binary stable builds (no compiling necessary). Download the .dmg below, you may need to expand the assets tab to see the available packages. The build will only work correctly with MacOS version ≥ 10.12.

NOTE: .app is not signed and will not run on MacOS out of the box.

  1. After opening the download, drag the app into your Applications folder (if you already have FreeCAD in there, it is possible to keep both)
  2. When you open the new version, you will get a pop-up saying that it cannot be verified. Do not Move to Bin, simply click Cancel or press Escape key.
  3. Then go to System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General and at the lower part you will see that FreeCAD was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer
  4. Click the option to Open Anyway
  5. When prompted to confirm, choose Open

Known Issues

Chromebook

At the moment there is no support for aarch64 builds which is pretty popular for arch of Chromebooks. We're monitoring the upstream issue. Apologies for the inconvenience!

We understand through our forum users that FreeCAD can successfully run on Chromebooks which have Linux support. The only caveat known to us is the need to disable GPU acceleration via chrome://flags/#crostini-gpu-support The easiest way to install it is to enable Flatpak and then install using this link

FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.20

Published by donovaly over 2 years ago

FreeCAD 0.20 Release

The FreeCAD team is happy to announce the release of FreeCAD 0.20!
Details about this release can be found on the wiki v0.20 Release Page

Note: We are still waiting for more cross-platform builds to be generated. When they are they'll be added to this release tag.

Builds to install FreeCAD 0.20 are below in the release assets.

Installation instructions

Windows

To install, just execute the Windows installer. Administrator permissions are not necessary when you install FreeCAD only for the current user.
In case Windows warns you about a potential risk, you can ignore this and select to install anyway.

The installer works on all Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11 systems. 32bit Windows, Windows Vista and older are not supported.
An installation of FreeCAD 0.20 will not interfere with an installation of FreeCAD 0.19. If you installed a pre-release of FreeCAD 0.20 or a weekly build, it is recommended to uninstall this first.

For administrators, see this page for how to install for several users and silent installations.

MacOSX

Binary stable builds (no compiling necessary). Download the .dmg below, you may need to expand the assets tab to see the available packages. The build will only work correctly with MacOS version ≥ 10.12.

NOTE: .app is not signed and will not run on MacOS out of the box.

  1. After opening the download, drag the app into your Applications folder (if you already have FreeCAD in there, it is possible to keep both)
  2. When you open the new version, you will get a pop-up saying that it cannot be verified. Do not Move to Bin, simply click Cancel or press Escape key.
  3. Then go to System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General and at the lower part you will see that FreeCAD was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer
  4. Click the option to Open Anyway
  5. When prompted to confirm, choose Open

Linux

AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros).
AppImage (delta) updates

For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:

Using GUI

chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

Command line

chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
Alternate Downloads not in the assets
Linux
  • Snap package: Install the stable release via snap install freecad (prepend sudo if necessary on your distro)
  • Flatpak package: Install the release viaflatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepoflatpak install flathub org.freecadweb.FreeCAD
  • Builds from the PPA are not yet available

Known Issues

There are currently only know issues for Windows run via remote desktop, see the known limitations.

FreeCAD - First beta release for FreeCAD 0.20

Published by donovaly over 2 years ago

This is beta1 of the upcoming FreeCAD 0.20.

DON'T use the release for real-life projects yet!

This release is done in order to build and test installation packages for FreeCAD. There will be further commits to FreeCAD master before version 0.20 will be released.

In the assets are the release builds.

Alternate Downloads not in the assets
Linux
  • Snap package: Install the beta release via snap install freecad --candidate (prepend sudo if necessary on your distro)
  • Flatpak package: Install the beta release viaflatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepoflatpak install flathub-beta org.freecadweb.FreeCAD
  • Builds from the PPA are not yet available
FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.19.4

Published by donovaly over 2 years ago

The FreeCAD team is happy to announce the release of v0.19.4. This is a bugfix release.

📢 Important Note

For this release there will only be binaries for Windows (no builds or Linux or macOS). All of our manpower is going in to getting the next major FreeCAD release out the door.For Win users: the larger installer version "-2" provides a fully functional FEM environment. If you don't need FEM simulations, you can opt for the smaller installer version "-1"

Table of Contents

Changelog
Installation instructions
Known Issues

Changelog 0.19.3 → 0.19.4

Arch fixes:

Core (App and Gui) fixes:

Draft fixes:

Import/Export fix:

Part fixes:

PartDesign fixes:

Path fixes:

Sketcher fix:

TechDraw fixes:

Web fix:

Compilation:

Miscellaneous:

Installation instructions

Linux

AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros).
AppImage (delta) updates

For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:

Using GUI

chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

Command line

chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

MacOSX

Binary stable builds (no compiling necessary). Download the .dmg below, you may need to expand the assets tab to see the available packages. The build will only work correctly with MacOS version ≥ 10.12.

NOTE: .app is not signed and will not run on MacOS out of the box.

  1. After opening the download, drag the app into your Applications folder (if you already have FreeCAD in there, it is possible to keep both)
  2. When you open the new version, you will get a pop-up saying that it cannot be verified. Do not Move to Bin, simply click Cancel or press Escape key.
  3. Then go to System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General and at the lower part you will see that FreeCAD was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer
  4. Click the option to Open Anyway
  5. When prompted to confirm, choose Open

Windows

To install, just execute the Windows installer. Administrator permissions are not necessary when you install FreeCAD only for the current user.
You can safely install FreeCAD 0.19.4 over an existing FreeCAD 0.19.x installation.
In case Windows warns you about a potential risk, you can ignore this and select to install anyway.

The installer works on all Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11 systems. Windows Vista and older are not supported.
An installation of FreeCAD 0.19.x will not interfere with an installation of FreeCAD 0.18 or a pre-release of FreeCAD 0.20.

Known Issues

Chromebook

At the moment there is no support for aarch64 builds which is pretty popular for arch of Chromebooks. We're monitoring the upstream issue. Apologies for the inconvenience!

We understand through our forum users that FreeCAD can successfully run on Chromebooks which have Linux support. The only caveat known to us is the need to disable GPU acceleration via chrome://flags/#crostini-gpu-support The easiest way to install it is to enable Flatpak and then install using this link

FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.19.3

Published by donovaly almost 3 years ago

FreeCAD 0.19.3 Release

The FreeCAD team is happy to announce the release of v0.19.3. This is a bugfix release.

Table of Contents

Changelog
Installation instructions
Known Issues

Changelog 0.19.2 → 0.19.3

Addon manager fixes:

Arch fixes:

Core (App and Gui) fixes:

Draft fixes:

Import/Export fixes:

Part fixes:

PartDesign fixes:

Path fixes:

Spreadsheet fixes:

Sketcher fixes:

TechDraw fixes:

Miscellaneous:

Installation instructions

Linux

AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros).
AppImage (delta) updates

For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:

Using GUI

chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

Command line

chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

MacOSX

Binary stable builds (no compiling necessary). Download the .dmg below, you may need to expand the assets tab to see the available packages. The build will only work correctly with MacOS version ≥ 10.12.

NOTE: .app is not signed and will not run on MacOS out of the box.

  1. After opening the download, drag the app into your Applications folder (if you already have FreeCAD in there, it is possible to keep both)
  2. When you open the new version, you will get a pop-up saying that it cannot be verified. Do not Move to Bin, simply click Cancel or press Escape key.
  3. Then go to System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General and at the lower part you will see that FreeCAD was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer
  4. Click the option to Open Anyway
  5. When prompted to confirm, choose Open

Windows

To install, just execute the Windows installer. Administrator permissions are not necessary when you install FreeCAD only for the current user.
You can safely install FreeCAD 0.19.3 over an existing FreeCAD 0.19.x installation.
In case Windows warns you about a potential risk, you can ignore this and select to install anyway.

The installer works on all Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11 systems. Windows Vista and older are not supported.
An installation of FreeCAD 0.19.x will not interfere with an installation of FreeCAD 0.18 or a pre-release of FreeCAD 0.20.

Known Issues

Chromebook

At the moment there is no support for aarch64 builds which is pretty popular for arch of Chromebooks. We're monitoring the upstream issue. Apologies for the inconvenience!

We understand through our forum users that FreeCAD can successfully run on Chromebooks which have Linux support. The only caveat known to us is the need to disable GPU acceleration via chrome://flags/#crostini-gpu-support The easiest way to install it is to enable Flatpak and then install using this link

FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.19.2

Published by sgrogan over 3 years ago

FreeCAD 0.19.2 Release

The FreeCAD team is happy to announce the release of v0.19.2. This is a bugfix release that includes some enhancements as well.

Changelog 0.19.1 ➡️ 0.19.2

7b5e18a075 [Gui] ProDark Stylesheet QT Icon Fix
ed87d3aceb [Stylesheet] ProDark: major bugfix for add-ons
133ef7173d [Gui] Update usability enhancements to ProDark theme
51855e5341 [Gui] Stylesheet fix for icons in Qt file dialog
8e7a8b1e7b [FEM] fix specific heat of air
b3abe32683 [Draft] Eliminate required GUI for importDXF
53b4eb0b2e [Start] Correct TestStart installation location
12055a22d8 [Python] fix memory leak
6f67fbc425 [Gui] Remove explicit triangle styling from tabs
83e308c8eb [Gui] Enable compression of tablet motion events
de1d0acaea [installer] improve uninstalling
e239684102 [TechDraw] fixes #0004598: Segfault when deleting template without page
aedd1f96e4 [PartDesign] Helix: update NbTurns in Pitch-Height-Angle mode
e7c796edb4 [Gui] Enable dragging in dependency graph view
6858586642 [Import] [skip ci] avoid conflicting class names in global namespace

Known Issues

There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.

Chromebook

We understand through our forum users that FreeCAD can successfully run on Chromebooks which have Linux support. The only caveat known to us is the need to disable GPU acceleration via chrome://flags/#crostini-gpu-support The easiest way to install it is to enable Flatpak and then install using this link

Linux

AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros).
AppImage (delta) updates

For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:

Using GUI

chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

Command line

chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

MacOSX

Binary stable builds (no compiling necessary). Download the .dmg below, you may need to expand the assets tab to see the available packages. The build will only work correctly with macosx version >= 10.12.

NOTE: .app is not signed and will not run on MacOS out of the box.

After opening the download, drag the app into your Applications folder (if you already have FreeCAD in there, it is possible to keep both)
When you open the new version, you will get a pop-up saying that it cannot be verified. Do not Move to Bin, simply click Cancel or press Escape key.
Then go to System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General and at the lower part you will see that FreeCAD was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer
Click the option to Open Anyway
When prompted to confirm, choose Open

Windows

Binary stable builds (no compiling necessary) are available. Download the .7z file.

The builds are portable and do not require an installation. Extract the file using 7zip and start the application by double clicking on FreeCAD.exe in the bin sub-directory of the extracted package.
For example

Download https://www.7-zip.org/
Download the FreeCAD_0.19.*-Win-Conda_vc14.x-x86_64.7z file from the release page
Extract the binary from the .7z
Run the FreeCAD.exe file to be found in the bin folder.

NOTE: The Conda Win based build are packaged from here: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-AppImage
They should be the Windows equivalent of the Conda based .AppImage and .dmg

For windows users there is the option of using Chocolatey to manage and track upstream 0.19 releases. The 0.19 package is available of it's own dedicated FreeCAD Chocolatey package page

FreeCADLibs_12.5.4_x64_VC17.7z is not required to run the binaries provided here. It is a package that provides all necessary dependencies to compile FreeCAD with VS2015/17/19 (both release and debug mode).
FreeCADLibs_12.5.4_VC1.7 updates QT 5.15.2, and gmsh is updated to 4.8.3.
These packages are provided courtesy of FreeCAD community member apeltauer.
The Win portable build and installer use these libraries.

FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.19.1

Published by sgrogan over 3 years ago

FreeCAD 0.19.1 Release

After an untypically long release cycle, the FreeCAD team is finally happy to announce the release of v0.19.1
Details about this release can be found on the wiki v0.19 Release Page

Known Issues

There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.

Chromebook

We understand through our forum users that FreeCAD can successfully run on Chromebooks which have Linux support. The only caveat known to us is the need to disable GPU acceleration via chrome://flags/#crostini-gpu-support The easiest way to install it is to enable Flatpak and then install using this link

Linux

AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros).

AppImage (delta) updates

For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:

# Using GUI
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
# Command line
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

MacOSX

Binary stable builds (no compiling necessary). Download the .dmg below, you may need to expand the assets tab to see the available packages. The build will only work correctly with macosx version >= 10.12.

NOTE: .app is not signed and will not run on MacOS out of the box.

  1. After opening the download, drag the app into your Applications folder (if you already have FreeCAD in there, it is possible to keep both)
  2. When you open the new version, you will get a pop-up saying that it cannot be verified. Do not Move to Bin, simply click Cancel or press Escape key.
  3. Then go to System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General and at the lower part you will see that FreeCAD was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer
  4. Click the option to Open Anyway
  5. When prompted to confirm, choose Open

Windows

Binary stable builds (no compiling necessary) are available. Download the .7z file.

The builds are portable and do not require an installation. Extract the file using 7zip and start the application by double clicking on FreeCAD.exe in the bin sub-directory of the extracted package.
For example

  1. Download https://www.7-zip.org/
  2. Download the FreeCAD_0.19.*-Win-Conda_vc14.x-x86_64.7z file from the release page
  3. Extract the binary from the .7z
  4. Run the FreeCAD.exe file to be found in the bin folder.

NOTE: The Conda Win based build are packaged from here: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-AppImage
They should be the Windows equivalent of the Conda based .AppImage and .dmg

For windows users there is the option of using Chocolatey to manage and track upstream 0.19 releases. The 0.19 package is available of it's own dedicated FreeCAD Chocolatey package page

FreeCADLibs_12.5.3_x64_VC17.7z is not required to run the binaries provided here. It is a package that provides all necessary dependencies to compile FreeCAD with VS2015/17/19 (both release and debug mode).
FreeCADLibs_12.5.3_VC1.7 updates QT 5.15.1, OpenCascade 7.5 with Fillet fix from https://gitlab.com/blobfish/occt provided by Chris Hennes and builds nglib without avx dependency. gmsh is updated to 4.8. It also includes a patch to .ssl.py
These packages are provided courtesy of FreeCAD community member apeltauer.
The Win portable build and installer use these libraries.

FreeCAD - 0.18.6

Published by sgrogan over 3 years ago

This is the end of the 0.18 series of releases.
FreeCAD will try to provide binaries at a future date.

FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.18.5

Published by sgrogan almost 4 years ago

No binaries will be provided for this point release.
This is planned to be the final release of the v0.18 series. This release addresses one singular major issue, the addon manager. Recently GitHub changed its infrastructure and subsequently the add-on manager broke.

FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.18.4

Published by sgrogan almost 5 years ago

This is the official 0.18.4 release of FreeCAD.

Change Log

(0.18.3 --> 0.18.4)
980bf9060 pre-select name filter in import/export file dialog
f972b010b [TD]Fix slow GC of QGIPrimPath
5a1527f95 Merge pull request #2489 from Jantek/patch-1
dea7d2080 [Spreadsheet] Excel File Import fix Py3 bug
a4a42b36e Merge pull request #2541 from Syres916/patch-4
7fa0eea88 Fix xrange bug in PathSurface.py
2b28c5052 Fix xrange bug in PathCircularHoleBaseGui.py
31d928332 fix print preview function for >= Qt 5.9
f07b6e3e1 Follow-up: Fixed thumbnail for problematic FEM example file
38e0e9957 Merge pull request #2490 from Jantek/patch-2
2483c467b Backport: startwb files restored in 0.18.3 to display thumbs correctly
d9b8faf8b Fixed problems with 'pythonopen'
102b97aca Correction of drill speed calculation
1e9f9faa2 Material: py2 fix in depreciated mat file parser (back port from 0.19)
7320c4c44 [TD]Fix #4017 Crash on bad hatch scale

Known Issues

There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.

Linux

AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros). Download the highest revision of the .AppImage

AppImage (delta) updates

For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:

# Using GUI
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
# Command line
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

MacOSX

Binary builds (no compiling necessary) are available. Download the highest revision of the .dmg
NOTE: For OSX it is recommended to use the 0.19_dev builds. https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/tag/0.19_pre
FreeCAD 0.19.x has been ported to QT5.9 and QTWebEngine which solves some OSX specific issues.

Windows

Binary builds, install-able and portable, are available (no compiling necessary)
The Win x64 builds use Conda as a package manager, The binaries use PY3.6, QT5, and VS2015+
The Win x32 builds use Libpack 11.11. The binaries use PY2.7, QT4, and VS2013

The portable builds do not require an installation. Extract the file using 7zip and start the application by double clicking on FreeCAD.exe in the bin sub-directory of the extracted package.
For example

  1. Download https://www.7-zip.org/
  2. Download the FreeCAD_0.19.*-Win-Conda_vc14.x-x86_64.7z file from the release page
  3. Extract the binary from the .7z
  4. Run the FreeCAD.exe file to be found in the bin folder.
FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.18.3

Published by sgrogan over 5 years ago

This is the official 0.18.3 release of FreeCAD.

Known Issues

There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.

Linux

AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros). Download the highest revision of the .AppImage

AppImage (delta) updates

For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:

# Using GUI
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
# Command line
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

MacOSX

Binary builds (no compiling necessary) are available. Download the highest revision of the .dmg
NOTE: For OSX it is recommended to use the 0.19_dev builds. https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/tag/0.19_pre
FreeCAD 0.19.x has been ported to QT5.9 and QTWebEngine which solves some OSX specific issues.

Windows

Installers are available.
The Win x64 installer uses Conda as a package manager, The binaries use PY3.6, QT5, and VS2015+
The Win x32 installer uses Libpack 11.11. The binaries use PY2.7, QT4, and VS2013

The portable build does not require an installation. Extract the file using 7zip and start the application by double clicking on FreeCAD.exe in the bin sub-directory of the extracted package.

FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.18.2

Published by sgrogan over 5 years ago

This is the official 0.18.2 release of FreeCAD.

Known Issues

There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.

Linux

AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros). Download the highest revision of the .AppImage

AppImage (delta) updates

For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:

# Using GUI
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
# Command line
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

MacOSX

Binary builds (no compiling necessary) are available. Download the highest revision of the .dmg

Windows

Installers are available.
The Win x64 installer uses Conda as a package manager, The binaries use PY3.6, QT5, and VS2015+
The Win x32 installer uses Libpack 11.11. The binaries use PY2.7, QT4, and VS2013

The portable build does not require an installation. Extract the file using 7zip and start the application by double clicking on FreeCAD.exe in the bin sub-directory of the extracted package.

FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.18.1

Published by sgrogan over 5 years ago

This is the official 0.18.1 release of FreeCAD.

Known Issues

There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.

Linux

AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros). Download the highest revision of the .AppImage

AppImage (delta) updates

For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:

# Using GUI
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
# Command line
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage

MacOSX

Currently we provide two versions for MacOS:

  • 0.18.15310 is slightly outdated compared to the official release, but runs very stable. We recommend to use this version, unless you want to use some functions not included here.
  • 0.18.16110 is the official release version. However, this version crashes on some MacOS systems unexpectedly. If you use this version, save often!

Windows

Installers are available.
The Win x64 installer uses Conda as a package manager, The binaries use PY3.6, QT5, and VS2015+
The Win x32 installer uses Libpack 11.11. The binaries use PY2.7, QT4, and VS2013

The portable builds do not require an installation. Extract the file using 7zip and start the application by double clicking on FreeCAD.exe in the bin sub-directory of the extracted package.

Documentation

FreeCAD.0_18.Offline.Doc.7z is compressed version of the FreeCAD offline documentation.
FreeCAD.0_18.Quick.Reference.Guide.7z is a compressed version of the FreeCAD Quick Reference Guide
Unzip them with a 7zip utility

FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.18

Published by sgrogan over 5 years ago

This is the official 0.18.0 release of FreeCAD.

Known Issues

There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.

FreeCAD 0.18.1 is released
Find the latest binaries and source code there.

Documentation

FreeCAD.0_18.Offline.Doc.7z is compressed version of the FreeCAD offline documentation.
FreeCAD.0_18.Quick.Reference.Guide.7z is a compressed version of the FreeCAD Quick Reference Guide
Unzip them with a 7zip utility.

FreeCAD - FreeCAD 0.17 Roland

Published by sgrogan over 6 years ago

This release of FreeCAD is dedicated to our friend Roland Frank who left us in 2017. He was an active and well-appreciated member of the FreeCAD forum, and his video tutorials on the Learn FreeCAD and BPLFRE Youtube channels helped many people get started with FreeCAD.

A word of caution to users of v0.16: there has been tremendous changes to the PartDesign workbench, with the introduction of the Part and Body containers. A Body is now mandatory to create PartDesign features. When trying to edit a document made in v0.16, you will be prompted to migrate it automatically. If your model was done with a mix of PartDesign features and Part objects, the migration process will most certainly leave your model in a broken state! So if you are not willing to migrate it manually (expect having to delete some stuff and recreate it), it would be best to keep a working version of v0.16 on the side to edit your old documents.

This is the official 0.17 release of FreeCAD for Windows and Mac OS platforms. Linux users are advised to get FreeCAD from their distribution's repository, or from our PPA if using Ubuntu.

The AppImage should work on most modern 64 bit Linux distributions. Download the file and make it executable. It's self contained and should be portable.

Release notes

Note:
OS X build supports >=10.11
Win x86 supports 7/8/10
Win x64 supports 7/8/10

Download Stats

BACK-UP YOUR 0.16.67xx FILES BEFORE OPENING IN 0.17.xxxxx! MIGRATION TO 0.17.xxxxx MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS.

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