FreeCAD Version 1.1 Released March 25, 2026 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Announcement (94) Release (16) 1.1 (3) 108 words 1 min
KiCad 10 is released! March 23, 2026 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) KiCAD (5)Community (10) 154 words 1 min
The bug bounty program has been renewed March 21, 2026 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Bounty (4) 83 words 1 min
New Feature Merged - Cosmetic Threads March 20, 2026 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Feature (18) PartDesign (2) 142 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday, 18 March 2026 March 18, 2026 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 581 words 3 min
Rules regarding AI-generated patches March 16, 2026 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) Code (4)AI (1) 197 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday, 11 March 2026 March 11, 2026 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 883 words 5 min
Forged in FreeCAD (and OpenSCAD) - OpenBrushoGraph March 9, 2026 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22)Community (10)Art (1) 266 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday, 4 March 2026 March 4, 2026 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 690 words 4 min
Q1 2026 Grant Program March 2, 2026 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 166 words 1 min
FPA Grant Program 2025 year-in-review March 1, 2026 Chris Hennes (80) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 1194 words 6 min
FreeCAD 1.1rc3 February 28, 2026 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) Release (16)RC (2) 1.1 (3) 87 words 1 min
Amazing Multibody Dynamics with FEM February 27, 2026 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) Addon (5)Community (10) 275 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday, 25 February 2026 February 25, 2026 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 672 words 4 min
WIP Wednesday, 18 February 2026 February 18, 2026 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 454 words 3 min
FreeCAD at FOSDEM 2026 February 12, 2026 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Event (22) FOSDEM (7)Community (10) 693 words 4 min
WIP Wednesday, 11 February 2026 February 11, 2026 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 578 words 3 min
FreeCAD Day 2026 February 6, 2026 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Event (22) FreeCAD Day (3)Community (10) 533 words 3 min
WIP Wednesday, 4 February 2026 February 4, 2026 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 554 words 3 min
WIP Wednesday, 28 January 2026 January 28, 2026 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 487 words 3 min
WIP Wednesday, 21 January 2026 January 21, 2026 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 416 words 2 min
FreeCAD Friday! Get involved! January 16, 2026 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) Community (10) 139 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday, 14 January 2026 January 14, 2026 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 758 words 4 min
WIP Wednesday, 7 January 2026 January 7, 2026 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 598 words 3 min
Mini Documentary on Dr Adrian Bowyer, with bonus FreeCAD appearances! January 5, 2026 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22)Documentary (1) 111 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday, 31 December 2025 December 31, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 375 words 2 min
Q4 2025 grants selected December 25, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 170 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday, 24 December 2025 December 24, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 888 words 5 min
Tutorial - Festive Star Decoration using a Macro December 22, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) Marco (1)3D Printing (15) 595 words 3 min
Dec 2025 bug bounty update December 19, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) FPA (44)Bounty (4) 68 words 1 min
Guest Post, Turan at the Google Summer of Code Summit December 18, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Event (22) GSOC (3) 4315 words 21 min
WIP Wednesday, 17 December 2025 December 17, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 641 words 4 min
FOSDEM 2026, Open Hardware CAD/CAM room update December 15, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Event (22) FOSDEM (7)Community (10) 224 words 2 min
Rockets, windblades, and 3D-printing food, with Matt Thomas aka LT72884 December 12, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Showcase (30) Research (4)Interview (1)CFD (1)FEM (4) 1993 words 10 min
WIP Wednesday, 10 December 2025 December 10, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 319 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday, 3 December 2025 December 3, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 690 words 4 min
The first release candidate of FreeCAD 1.1 is out November 26, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) Release (16)RC (2) 1.1 (3) 194 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday, 26 November 2025 November 26, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 658 words 4 min
Forged In FreeCAD - The Modulathe V2 November 21, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22)3D Printing (15) 335 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday, 19 November 2025 November 19, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 637 words 3 min
WIP Wednesday, 12 November 2025 November 12, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 358 words 2 min
Forged in FreeCAD - SL-24, An Open Source Record Lathe November 11, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22)3D Printing (15)PCB (2) 313 words 2 min
Explainer - Appearance Properties in FreeCAD November 9, 2025 Tomas Polak (1) Tutorial (26) Materials (1)Light (1) 801 words 4 min
WIP Wednesday, 5 November 2025 November 5, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 492 words 3 min
WIP Wednesday, 29 October 2025 October 29, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 441 words 3 min
FOSDEM 2026, FreeCAD Day and the Open Hardware and CAD/CAM Devroom Cfp October 28, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Event (22) FOSDEM (7)FreeCAD Day (3)Open Hardware (5) 626 words 3 min
FreeCAD Running on New Arduino UNO Q at SKF25 October 28, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Event (22) Conference (1)Workshop (1) 179 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday, 22 October 2025 October 22, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 373 words 2 min
Google Summer of Code 2025 recap October 17, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 258 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday, 15 October 2025 October 15, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 310 words 2 min
Job Offer - Competition Co-ordinator October 12, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Job (5) 117 words 1 min
Tutorial - Getting Started with TechDraw October 10, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) TechDraw (4) 1352 words 7 min
WIP Wednesday, 8 October 2025 October 8, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 290 words 2 min
Q3 2025 grants announced October 3, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 343 words 2 min
First bugfix program payouts done October 2, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Bounty (4) 83 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday, 1 October 2025 October 1, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 524 words 3 min
Jo Hinchliffe at OSHWA Show and Tell September 30, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Showcase (30) User Story (22)Community (10)Open Hardware (5) 178 words 1 min
Forged in FreeCAD - XYZ Micro Manipulator for Sub Micron Motion Control September 25, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22)Open Hardware (5)KiCAD (5) 284 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday, 24 September 2025 September 24, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 524 words 3 min
WIP Wednesday, 17 September 2025 September 17, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 591 words 3 min
Forged in FreeCAD (and KiCad) - Community Bike Sound System Solutions! September 11, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22)Open Hardware (5)KiCAD (5) 856 words 5 min
WIP Wednesday, 10 September 2025 September 10, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 678 words 4 min
What’s new in FEM for FreeCAD 1.1? September 9, 2025 NewJoker (3) Update (158) FEM (4) 847 words 4 min
We are looking for a regression bisection specialist September 4, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Job (5) 228 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday, 3 September 2025 September 3, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 794 words 4 min
New FPA Positions Filled August 29, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Job (5) 348 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday, 27 August 2025 August 27, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 740 words 4 min
Forged In FreeCAD - Juze Crailsheim Summer RC Boat Workshops August 25, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22)Community (10) 317 words 2 min
Tutorial - Using the Surface Workbench August 22, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) Surface (1) 741 words 4 min
WIP Wednesday, 20 August 2025 August 20, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 474 words 3 min
The FPA announces a pilot bugfix rewards program August 14, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Bounty (4) 257 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday, 13 August 2025 August 13, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 433 words 3 min
Forged in FreeCAD - CERN CMS Detector Cable Clamps August 11, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22) 209 words 1 min
The Q3 2025 grant applications deadline is near August 7, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 180 words 1 min
FreeCAD 1.0.2 released August 6, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) Release (16) 1.0 (4) 239 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday, 6 August 2025 August 6, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 365 words 2 min
Tutorial - Using the Additive Pipe Tool July 31, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) PartDesign (2) 552 words 3 min
WIP Wednesday, 30 July 2025 July 30, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 374 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday, 23 July 2025 July 23, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 620 words 3 min
WIP Wednesday, 16 July 2025 July 16, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 382 words 2 min
Tutorial - Getting Started With the SheetMetal Workbench July 11, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) Sheetmetal (1)Workbench (1) 1360 words 7 min
Q2 2025 grants announced July 10, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 714 words 4 min
WIP Wednesday, 9 July 2025 July 9, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 322 words 2 min
The FreeCAD 2025 North American Meetup Returns to Illinois July 4, 2025 Kurt Kremitzki (3) Event (22) FreeCAD Meetup (2) 175 words 1 min
WandererFan is retiring July 3, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)TechDraw (4)Community (10) 251 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday, 2 July 2025 July 2, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 406 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday, 25 June 2025 June 25, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 573 words 3 min
Forged in FreeCAD - IO Rodeo's Open Colorimeter June 23, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22)Open Hardware (5)3D Printing (15) 274 words 2 min
KiConnect at KiCon, New interoperability between FreeCAD and KiCad June 20, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) Addon (5)KiCAD (5) 127 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday, 18 June 2025 June 18, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 306 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday, 11 June 2025 June 11, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 361 words 2 min
Forged in FreeCAD - Bjørn's Vacuum Cleaner Repair June 10, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22)3D Printing (15)Repair (1) 187 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday, 4 June 2025 June 4, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 278 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday, 28 May 2025 May 28, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 331 words 2 min
Fused Filament Design Addon May 23, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) Addon (5)3D Printing (15) 155 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 21 May 2025 May 21, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 312 words 2 min
Lens Platform now available, Collaborate with FreeCAD Online May 19, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Announcement (94) Lens (1)Service (1)Collaboration (1) 146 words 1 min
FreeCAD 1.0.1 Released May 16, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) Release (16) 1.0 (4) 71 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 14 May 2025 May 14, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 261 words 2 min
KiCon, Look out for FreeCAD content! May 13, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Event (22) KiCAD (5) 178 words 1 min
Q2 2025 Grant program deadline May 9, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 68 words 1 min
Design for 3D Printing, an Excellent Article May 8, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) 3D Printing (15) 221 words 2 min
Google Summer of Code 2025 Projects Announced May 8, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) GSOC (3) 184 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 7 May 2025 May 7, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 259 words 2 min
Forum and Wiki Performance - Anubis deployed April 30, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Announcement (94) 111 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 30 April 2025 April 30, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 337 words 2 min
New Grant - Fixes and improvements in TechDraw and PartDesign April 29, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 148 words 1 min
Tutorial - Installing CfdOF WB to begin exploring Computational Fluid Dynamics April 24, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) 1262 words 6 min
WIP Wednesday - 23 April 2025 April 23, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 357 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 16 April 2025 April 16, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 178 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 9 April 2025 April 9, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 280 words 2 min
Tutorial - Getting started with Spreadsheets and Parametric Design April 8, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) Spreadsheet (1) 839 words 4 min
Q1 2025 Grants announced April 7, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 348 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 2 April 2025 April 2, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 223 words 2 min
FreeCAD Telemetry Addon is now available March 30, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Addon (5) 404 words 2 min
Forged In FreeCAD - A beginners Keyring and Candlestick March 27, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22)3D Printing (15) 444 words 3 min
WIP Wednesday - 26 March 2025 March 26, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 313 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 19 March 2025 March 19, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 192 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 12 March 2025 March 12, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 314 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 5 March 2025 March 5, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 305 words 2 min
New contracts at FPA March 2, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Job (5) 108 words 1 min
FPA's 2024 Annual Report February 27, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Report (2) 123 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 26 February 2025 February 26, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 350 words 2 min
FPA Grant Program 2025 February 20, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 215 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 19 February 2025 February 19, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 277 words 2 min
2024 Grant program recap February 13, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 590 words 3 min
WIP Wednesday - 12 February 2025 February 12, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 297 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 5 February 2025 February 5, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 271 words 2 min
New Grant - Refactoring Sketcher, part 2 January 31, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 115 words 1 min
FreeCAD Forum performance issues January 30, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Announcement (94) 130 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 29 January 2025 January 29, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 220 words 2 min
Job openings at the FPA January 24, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Job (5) 111 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 22 January 2025 January 22, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 367 words 2 min
Tutorial - Using the Measure Tool in Version 1.0 January 20, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) 340 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 15 January 2025 January 15, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 210 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 8 January 2025 January 8, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 295 words 2 min
Tutorial - Using the Turntable Function January 6, 2025 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) 255 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 1 January 2025 January 1, 2025 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 92 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 25 December 2024 December 25, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 206 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 18 December 2024 December 18, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 304 words 2 min
Tutorial - Festive tree decoration, using the Revolution Tool! December 13, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) 3D Printing (15) 380 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 11 December 2024 December 11, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 322 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 4 December 2024 December 4, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 315 words 2 min
Tutorial - Themes and Workbench layout December 3, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) UI (7) 560 words 3 min
New Grants - Transparent preview in Part Design, interactive Sketcher tutorials December 2, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 207 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 27 November 2024 November 27, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 302 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 20 November 2024 November 20, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 357 words 2 min
FreeCAD Version 1.0 Released November 19, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Announcement (94) Release (16) 1.0 (4) 831 words 4 min
New Grants - VarSets, Mediawiki, artwork guidelines and icons November 18, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 237 words 2 min
FreeCAD 1.0 Release Candidate 4 is out November 14, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) Release (16) 79 words 1 min
Tutorial - Sketcher Offset Geometry Tool November 14, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) Sketcher (8) 353 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 13 November 2024 November 13, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 246 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 6 November 2024 November 6, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) WIP (153) 246 words 2 min
FOSDEM and KiCAD + FreeCAD day 2025 November 4, 2024 Yorik Van Havre (13) Event (22) FOSDEM (7)FPA (44)Hackathon (4) 887 words 5 min
WIP Wednesday - 30 October 2024 October 30, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) WIP (153) 391 words 2 min
Tutorial - Editing the Light Source October 28, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) UI (7) 353 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 23 October 2024 October 23, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) WIP (153) 277 words 2 min
Tutorial - On View Parameters October 20, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) Sketcher (8) 785 words 4 min
WIP Wednesday - 16 October 2024 October 16, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 202 words 1 min
New Grants - CI hosting research, bugfixing, v1.0 teaser video October 15, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 150 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 9 October 2024 October 9, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 454 words 3 min
RIP Bradley “bgbsww” McLean October 8, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) 277 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 2 October 2024 October 2, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 263 words 2 min
Tutorial - Getting started with the Assembly Workbench September 30, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) Assembly (2) 488 words 3 min
Major FEM Workbench improvements for FreeCAD 1.0 September 28, 2024 NewJoker (3) Announcement (94) FEM (4) 705 words 4 min
WIP Wednesday - 25 September 2024 September 25, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 307 words 2 min
New Grants - Variant Parts, debugging with CLion and VSCode, Homebrew build update September 24, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 290 words 2 min
The second Release Candidate of FreeCAD 1.0 is out September 24, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) Release (16) 140 words 1 min
Tutorial - Multiple operations from a single Sketch September 20, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) Part (1)Sketcher (8) 409 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 18 September 2024 September 18, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 292 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 11 September 2024 September 11, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 393 words 2 min
The first Release Candidate of FreeCAD 1.0 is out September 10, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) Release (16) 235 words 2 min
North America FreeCAD Meetup August 2024. September 9, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Event (22) FreeCAD Meetup (2) 352 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 4 September 2024 September 4, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 273 words 2 min
1.0RC1 is coming next week, let’s update Addons August 30, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) 186 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 28 August 2024 August 28, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 321 words 2 min
MangoJelly Solutions latest playlist explores Version 1.0 Features August 27, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) Feature (1) 1.0 (4) 191 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 21 August 2024 August 21, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 228 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 14 August 2024 August 14, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 268 words 2 min
Shawn Hymel discusses FreeCAD on the Amp Hour Podcast August 13, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22) 195 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 7 August 2024 August 7, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 225 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 31 July 2024 July 31, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 311 words 2 min
Forged in FreeCAD - Avian Hang Gliders July 30, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22)Research (4)Aero (1) 859 words 5 min
Quick intro to FreeCAD programming July 25, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Event (22) Code (4) 73 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 24 July 2024 July 24, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 300 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 17 July 2024 July 17, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 414 words 2 min
Forged in FreeCAD - STEMFIE, 3D printable Open Source construction kit July 13, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22)3D Printing (15) 531 words 3 min
WIP Wednesday - 10 July 2024 July 10, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 347 words 2 min
Tutorial - Helping translate FreeCAD using Crowdin July 4, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) 368 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 3 July 2024 July 3, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 318 words 2 min
New Grants - further Toponaming work, better API documentation July 2, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 259 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 26 June 2024 June 26, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 290 words 2 min
Forged in FreeCAD - Boat hull hydrostatic and stability analysis June 21, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22)Research (4) 239 words 2 min
Announcing the FreeCAD 2024 North American Meetup June 14, 2024 Kurt Kremitzki (3) Announcement (94) 383 words 2 min
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Tutorial - Approaching the “How do I get started in FreeCAD” question! June 11, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) Getting Started (1) 810 words 4 min
GSoC projects in 2024 June 10, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) GSOC (3) 142 words 1 min
New Grants - Sketcher work, Toponaming, components for FreeCAD Library, User Manual Update June 9, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 303 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 5 June 2024 June 5, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 317 words 2 min
Feature freeze for FreeCAD 1.0 is now on June 4, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) 142 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 29 May 2024 May 29, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 462 words 3 min
Meet Dave Carter, Rocketry Workbench and Materials Editor contributor May 27, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) Contributor (2) 770 words 4 min
FreeCAD gets a Logo Upgrade May 22, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) Logo (6) 119 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 22 May 2024 May 22, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 521 words 3 min
Upcoming Feature freeze and UI freeze for FreeCAD 1.0 May 15, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) Roadmap (2)Release (16) 279 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 15 May 2024 May 15, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 321 words 2 min
Forged In FreeCAD - 4Axis for CNC ring engraving May 14, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22)CNC (1) 471 words 3 min
WIP Wednesday - 8 May 2024 May 8, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 440 words 3 min
WIP Wednesday - 1 May 2024 May 1, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 336 words 2 min
Vote for a new FreeCAD logo April 29, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) Logo (6) 46 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 24 April 2024 April 24, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 439 words 3 min
WIP Wednesday - 17 April 2024 April 17, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 281 words 2 min
Forged in FreeCAD - LumenPnP, an Open Source Pick and Place machine April 12, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22) 624 words 3 min
WIP Wednesday - 10 April 2024 April 10, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 322 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 3 April 2024 April 3, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 456 words 3 min
FreeCAD 1.0 Logo Refresh Contest March 28, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) Contest (3)Logo (6) 106 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 27 March 2024 March 27, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 462 words 3 min
Meet Max - Working on Bug Triage March 22, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) Contributor (2) 426 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 20 March 2024 March 20, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 392 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 13 March 2024 March 13, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 378 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 6 March 2024 March 6, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 444 words 3 min
Forged in FreeCAD - Thor, an Opensource robotic arm March 5, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Announcement (94) User Story (22)3D Printing (15) 293 words 2 min
The annual Grant program is live March 1, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 205 words 1 min
Good bye GSoC 2023, Hello GSoC 2024 February 29, 2024 Yorik Van Havre (13) Announcement (94) 589 words 3 min
WIP Wednesday - 28 February 2024 February 28, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 359 words 2 min
New Grants - Electromagnetic system simulations and bug triage February 27, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 134 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 21 February 2024 February 21, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 246 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 14 February 2024 February 14, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 393 words 2 min
The FreeCAD day 2024 February 13, 2024 Yorik Van Havre (13) Event (22) FOSDEM (7)FPA (44)Hackathon (4) 661 words 4 min
FreeCAD, Ondsel and Prusa save FOSDEM! February 8, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Announcement (94) FOSDEM (7) 222 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 7 February 2024 February 7, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 207 words 1 min
Recap - GSoC 2023 Mentor Summit February 2, 2024 Kurt Kremitzki (3) Announcement (94) 407 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 31 January 2024 January 31, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 237 words 2 min
FPA Grant for Toponaming work January 25, 2024 Chris Hennes (80) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 98 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 24 January 2024 January 24, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 294 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 17 Jan 2024 January 17, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 206 words 1 min
Forged In FreeCAD - Angharad's bin repair January 16, 2024 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) 3D Printing (15) 430 words 3 min
FreeCAD 0.21.2 Released January 12, 2024 Chris Hennes (80) Announcement (94) Release (16) 0.21 (1) 46 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 10 Jan 2024 January 10, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 296 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 3 Jan 2024 January 3, 2024 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 214 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 27 Dec 2023 December 27, 2023 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 216 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 20 Dec 2023 December 20, 2023 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 188 words 1 min
Tutorial - Create custom TechDraw Templates. December 19, 2023 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) TechDraw (4) 1048 words 5 min
WIP Wednesday - 13 Dec 2023 December 13, 2023 Aleksandr Prokudin (169) Update (158) WIP (153) 271 words 2 min
Tutorial - Getting started with the Path Workbench. Part Two. December 7, 2023 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) 1806 words 9 min
Tutorial - Getting started with the Path Workbench. Part One. November 24, 2023 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Tutorial (26) 1100 words 6 min
Forged in FreeCAD - Alexander's PCB Holder November 20, 2023 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22)3D Printing (15)PCB (2) 411 words 2 min
WIP Wednesday - 15 Nov 2023 November 16, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 147 words 1 min
Forged In FreeCAD - Erika's “Not a Moon” November 9, 2023 Jo Hinchliffe (77) Showcase (30) User Story (22)3D Printing (15) 258 words 2 min
FOSDEM, FreeCAD day and hackathon 2024 October 31, 2023 Yorik Van Havre (13) Event (22) 1087 words 6 min
Bringing stability to the FreeCAD Release process October 30, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Announcement (94) FPA (44) 155 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 25 Oct 2023 October 25, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 126 words 1 min
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WIP Wednesday - 11 Oct 2023 October 15, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 184 words 1 min
Renaming development GIT branch from master to main October 2, 2023 Yorik Van Havre (13) Update (158) 109 words 1 min
Revamping the FreeCAD Project Association’s Grant program September 28, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Grant (22) 1062 words 5 min
WIP Wednesday - 27 Sept 2023 September 27, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 177 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 20 Sept 2023 September 20, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 213 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 13 Sept 2023 September 13, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 191 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 6 Sept 2023 September 7, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 132 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 30 August 2023 August 30, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 204 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 23 August 2023 August 23, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 148 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 16 August 2023 August 16, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 158 words 1 min
Vancouver Hackathon Wrap-up August 14, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Event (22) Hackathon (4) 1043 words 5 min
WIP Wednesday - 9 August 2023 August 9, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 243 words 2 min
Toponaming and 0.21 Status Update July 14, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Announcement (94) Roadmap (2)TNP (1) 323 words 2 min
FreeCAD Hackathon Goals June 20, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Announcement (94) Hackathon (4) 254 words 2 min
FreeCAD Hackathon 11-13 August, 2023 May 24, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Announcement (94) 139 words 1 min
FreeCAD 0.21 - The Final Stretch May 22, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Announcement (94) Release (16) 129 words 1 min
Coming Soon - FreeCAD 0.21 April 28, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Announcement (94) Release (16) 562 words 3 min
WIP Wednesday - 26 April 2023 April 26, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 152 words 1 min
Image Import Refactored April 24, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Feature (18) Image (1)UI (7) 111 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 19 April 2023 April 19, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 132 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 12 April 2023 April 12, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 142 words 1 min
FPA Needs a Logo March 27, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Contest (3)Logo (6) 134 words 1 min
FPA 2022 report March 21, 2023 Yorik Van Havre (13) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Report (2) 52 words 1 min
Sketcher Grid Auto-Spacing February 27, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Feature (18) Sketcher (8) 133 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 12 Feb 2023 February 22, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 194 words 1 min
The FreeCAD day 2023 - The video! February 21, 2023 Yorik Van Havre (13) Event (22) FreeCAD Day (3) 28 words 1 min
FPA Logo Contest February 20, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Contest (3)Logo (6) 195 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 15 Feb 2023 February 15, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 199 words 1 min
A Research Grade Open Source Microscope February 13, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Showcase (30) User Story (22)3D Printing (15)Research (4)Microscope (1) 3782 words 18 min
Expression Autocomplete Improvements January 30, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Feature (18) Expression (1) 176 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 25 Jan 2023 January 25, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 111 words 1 min
New constraint - Point-on-Spline January 23, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Feature (18) Sketcher (8) 112 words 1 min
WIP Wednesday - 18 Jan 2023 January 18, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 235 words 2 min
FreeCAD (and free CAE) User's Conference January 16, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Event (22) 507 words 3 min
The Rotation API in FreeCAD January 16, 2023 Ed Williams (1) Feature (18) Code (4)API (2) 1821 words 9 min
WIP Wednesday - 11 Jan 2023 January 11, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Update (158) WIP (153) 328 words 2 min
FreeCAD 0.20.2 Released January 4, 2023 Chris Hennes (80) Announcement (94) Release (16) 109 words 1 min
Tangent constraint at B-spline knots December 28, 2022 Chris Hennes (80) Feature (18) Sketcher (8) 131 words 1 min
The Little Things - Navigation Cube Update December 21, 2022 Chris Hennes (80) Feature (18) UI (7) 137 words 1 min
New in 0.20 - Improved OpenSCAD compatibility December 14, 2022 Chris Hennes (80) Feature (18) OpenSCAD (1) 341 words 2 min
FPA Website and Handbook November 30, 2022 Chris Hennes (80) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Website (1) 187 words 1 min
FreeCAD Project Association Development Fund November 23, 2022 Chris Hennes (80) Announcement (94) FPA (44) 176 words 1 min
FOSDEM and FreeCAD Meeting travel Grants November 16, 2022 Yorik Van Havre (13) Announcement (94) 454 words 3 min
Coming Soon - TechDraw ComplexSection November 9, 2022 Chris Hennes (80) Feature (18) TechDraw (4) 168 words 1 min
Coming Soon - Sketcher Elements UI Refinement November 2, 2022 Chris Hennes (80) Feature (18) Sketcher (8) 127 words 1 min
Addon Spotlight - Assembly Workbenches October 19, 2022 Chris Hennes (80) Feature (18) Addon (5)Assembly (2) 472 words 3 min
The FreeCAD Project Association now owns a trademark October 12, 2022 Yorik Van Havre (13) Announcement (94) FPA (44)Logo (6) 291 words 2 min
First FPA sponsored development September 26, 2022 Chris Hennes (80) Announcement (94) FPA (44) 135 words 1 min
New in 0.20 - Preference Packs September 14, 2022 Chris Hennes (80) Feature (18) UI (7) 159 words 1 min
New in 0.20 - Sketcher Enhancements September 7, 2022 Chris Hennes (80) Feature (18) Sketcher (8) 250 words 2 min