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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.
Full Changelog: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/compare/0.21.1...0.21.2
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.
Full Changelog: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/compare/0.21.0...0.21.1
Published by chennes about 1 year ago
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.
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.
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.
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.
For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
See known limitations.
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.
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.
Changelog
Installation instructions
Known Issues
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.
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:
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
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.
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
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.
Changelog
Installation instructions
Known Issues
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.
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:
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
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.
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
Published by donovaly over 2 years ago
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.
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.
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.
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:
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
snap install freecad
(prepend sudo
if necessary on your distro)flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub org.freecadweb.FreeCAD
There are currently only know issues for Windows run via remote desktop, see the known limitations.
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.
snap install freecad --candidate
(prepend sudo
if necessary on your distro)flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub-beta org.freecadweb.FreeCAD
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.
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"
Changelog
Installation instructions
Known Issues
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:
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
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.
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.
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
Published by donovaly almost 3 years ago
The FreeCAD team is happy to announce the release of v0.19.3. This is a bugfix release.
Changelog
Installation instructions
Known Issues
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:
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
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.
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.
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
Published by sgrogan over 3 years ago
The FreeCAD team is happy to announce the release of v0.19.2. This is a bugfix release that includes some enhancements as well.
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
There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.
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
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:
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
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
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.
Published by sgrogan over 3 years ago
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
There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.
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
AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros).
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
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.
Cancel
or press Escape key.FreeCAD was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer
Open Anyway
Open
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
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.
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.
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.
Published by sgrogan almost 5 years ago
(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
There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.
AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros). Download the highest revision of the .AppImage
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
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.
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
Published by sgrogan over 5 years ago
This is the official 0.18.3 release of FreeCAD.
There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.
AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros). Download the highest revision of the .AppImage
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
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.
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.
Published by sgrogan over 5 years ago
This is the official 0.18.2 release of FreeCAD.
There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.
AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros). Download the highest revision of the .AppImage
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
Binary builds (no compiling necessary) are available. Download the highest revision of the .dmg
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.
Published by sgrogan over 5 years ago
This is the official 0.18.1 release of FreeCAD.
There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.
AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros). Download the highest revision of the .AppImage
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
Currently we provide two versions for MacOS:
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.
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
Published by sgrogan over 5 years ago
This is the official 0.18.0 release of FreeCAD.
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.
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.
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.
Note:
OS X build supports >=10.11
Win x86 supports 7/8/10
Win x64 supports 7/8/10
BACK-UP YOUR 0.16.67xx FILES BEFORE OPENING IN 0.17.xxxxx! MIGRATION TO 0.17.xxxxx MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS.