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Изберете вашата операционна система
FreeCAD е напълно мулти-платформена програма разработена върху световно известния Qt фреймуърк. Блгаодарение на това FreeCAD изглежда и работи по един и същ начин на Windows, Linux и Mac. Въпреки това процедурата по инсталиране е различна на трите операционни системи. Кликнете върху вашата операционна система за специфични инструкции за инсталация.

Инсталиране на допълнителни компоненти
Освен включените по подразбиране в FreeCAD работни плотове и модули, общността от потребители публикува постоянно растяща колекция от модули в интернет. Има няколко проекта да се обединят и организират тези модули, описани по-долу.

Тъй като тези проекти не са част от официалната FreeCAD дистрибуция и не се поддържат от разработчиците на FreeCAD, моля прочетете информацията за всеки модул на неговата страница преди да инсталирате. Също за доклади за бъгове в допълнителни модули моля обърнете се към разработчиците на съотвения модул.

Онлайн Хранилище на FreeCAD добавки
Хранилището на добавки и модули е базирано на git submodules системата, която позволява постоянно обновяване на компонените. Хранилището може да бъде намерено на https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-addons. То съдържа макрос за инсталиране които може да бъде пуснат от FreeCAD. Макросът изрежда всички достъпни добавки, автоматично сваля и инсталира всички избрани добавки. За да инсталирате макроса:

With older version of FreeCAD, to install the installer macro:


 * 1) Кликнете с десния бутон на мишката на addons_installer.FCMacro и изберете Save as...(Запазете като)
 * 2) Сложете сваления макрос в директорията FreeCAD Macros folder. Ако не знаете къде се намира тази директория, може да видите в менюто Macros -> Macros -> User macros location:
 * 1) Рестайтирайте FreeCAD. Макроса за инсталиране на добавки вече ще бъде в менюто Macro -> Macros и може да бъде пуснат като го селектирате и натиснете върху бутона Execute':

Добавката "pluginloader"
Добавката "plugin loader" е по сложен начин за инсталиране и контролиране на добавки в FreeCAD. Инсталирайте го използвайки горния макрос, или като следвате инструкциите на тази страница.

Ръчна инсталация
Външните модули написани изцяло на Python (в момента всичките) могат да се инсталират ръчно като първи ги свалим (обикновенно като натискаме бутона **Download ZIP** в горната част на страницата на модула в github) и след това ги поставим в вашата FreeCAD/Mod директория (или в директорията Macros ако сваляте нов макрос). Вижте страницата на съответния модул за по-подробни инструкции.

Бележка за потребители на 32-bit системи със FreeCAD 0.16.6706
След опит за инсталация новте модули може да не са достъпни. В такъв случай
 * задръжете панела Report отворен докато стартирате FreeCAD, и прочетете грешката която се изписва там
 * вижте тази тема във форума: http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=12839#p102933

External software supported by FreeCAD
FreeCAD supports a whole lot of external software packages out of the box. This means, you just need to install the software and it will be automatically available, the next time you start it. There's no need to recompile it. This section aims to provide a list of all such software packages, together with some information of where it's used in FreeCAD and where you can grab them.

CAD Exchanger
A proprietary, closed source application for exchanging various file formats used in CAD. You can use it to convert proprietary, closed formats into a format which is accessible by FreeCAD. The homepage is at https://cadexchanger.com/ where you can download an evaluation version or purchase a license for the application.

CalculiX
CalculiX is a suite of two finite element packages. One, CalculiX GraphiX, or calculix-cgx, is a GUI frontend to display the results of the second package, CalculiX CrunchiX, or calculix-ccx, a FEM solver. Only the latter one is supported by FreeCAD. It can be accessed from the FEM Workbench through. There's a standard and experimental solver supported by FreeCAD. CalculiX can be downloaded from http://calculix.de

DXF Importer
FreeCAD has a native importer and exporter for DXF files, programmed in C++. Currently this importer does not implement all features of the DXF format. If you rely on a not yet implemented feature, you enable an older python based importer/exporter through by activating the  option. You can then choose to let FreeCAD automatically download the needed files or you can grab them from https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/Draft-dxf-importer. The chosen importer / exporter is used by selecting or  and choosing the  file format.

Elmer
Elmer is a multiphysical simulation software, which was open sourced in 2005. In FreeCAD its Grid and Solver modules can be used by the FEM workbench through. The projects homepage is at https://www.elmerfem.org and it can be downloaded from GitHub at https://github.com/ElmerCSC/elmerfem/releases.

FEniCS
FEniCS is a computing platform to solve partial differential equations (PDEs), which are widely used when solving FEM problems. As such it can be used by the FEM workbench. FreeCAD can import and export FEniCS meshes through and  by selecting the  file format. The homepage of FEniCS is at https://fenicsproject.org.

GitPython
A python library which is used to interact with Git repositories. The feature is currently in development status in FreeCAD. The Addon Manager can use this library to import addons from a Git repository. The project is hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython.

Gmsh
A 3D automatic finite element mesh generator. It can be used in FreeCAD from the FEM workbench through. The homepage of gmsh is at http://www.geuz.org/gmsh

GraphViz
GraphViz is an open source graph visualization software. In FreeCAD it is used to generate dependency graphs through Its homepage is at https://www.graphviz.org

ifcOpenShell
IfcOpenShell is a library for working with the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) file format used in architectural design. It can be accessed from the arch workbench through. It's homepage is at http://ifcopenshell.org

LuxCoreRender
LuxCoreRender aka LuxRender is one of two currently supported render engines in FreeCAD. It is used through the workflow on the raytracing workbench. Currently only the old and abandoned LuxRender-1.x is supported by FreeCAD. If you want help to update to the new LuxCoreRender-2, you might want to get in touch with the Raytracing_project team. Downloads for LuxRender-1.6 can be grabbed from the LuxCoreRender GitHub release page at https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/LuxCore/releases. The homepage for the current LuxCoreRender project is at https://www.luxcorerender.org.

ODA File Converter
The ODA file converter is a proprietary, closed source, binary and freely available application to import and export DWG and DXF file formats. In FreeCAD it can be used from the and  menus, when you select the  file type. It can be downloaded from https://www.opendesign.com/guestfiles/oda_file_converter.

OpenCAMLib
An open source library aiming to provide computer aided manufacturing (CAM) algorithms. It is used in FreeCAD in the path workbench. Its homepage is at http://www.anderswallin.net/CAM/.

OpenFOAM
A library for Field Operation and Manipulation (FOAM), which is needed by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations. As such, OpenFOAM is needed by the FEM workbench of FreeCAD. You can access it through the submenu. The project resides at https://openfoam.org.

OpenSCAD
The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller is another CAD software, based on Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG). This means, it can not handle meshes, but operates exclusively on solid geometry. FreeCAD can import and export files created from OpenSCAD through the and  menus by the selecting the  or the  file types. You can get OpenSCAD from https://www.openscad.org.

POVRay
POVRay is well-known raytracer which can render photorealistic images. It is one of two raytracers currently supported by FreeCAD in the raytracing workbench. Its usage is described on the raytracing module page. You can download POVRay from https://www.povray.org.

pycollada
Pycollada aka python-collada is a python library to read and write COLLADA documents, a standard for exchanging 3D scenes and elements. If it is installed you can im- and export scenes to and from COLLADA files through the and  commands by selecting the COLLADA file type. The project is hosted through GitHub at https://pycollada.github.io/ and you can download the releases at https://github.com/pycollada/pycollada/releases/

Z88
Z88 is another FEM program, containing a mesher, solver and converters, which can be used by FreeCAD's FEM workbench. It can be accessed through. Z88 distributes several packages, which all freely available, but are closed source. The Z88OS however, published under an open source license, is what is needed by FreeCAD. The homepage is at https://en.z88.de/. Z88OS is also hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/LSCAD/Z88OS if you want to compile it yourself.