About FreeCAD

FreeCAD will be a general purpose 3D CAD modeller. The development will be completely Open Source. As with many modern 3D CAx modellers it will have a 2D component to extract design (detail) drawings from the 3D model, but 2D (like AutoCAD LT) is not the focus, neither are animation and organic shapes (like Maya, 3D StudioMAX and Cinema 4D). FreeCAD is aimed directly at mechanical engineering, product design and related features like CatiaV4 and V5, SolidWorks and Solid Edge. It will be a feature based parametric modeler with a modular software architecture that makes it easy to provide additional functionality without modifying the core system.