Name Discussion

As a lot of you mentioned... FreeCAD is not a very good name for this project. There fore maybe its time to think of a new one. This page is for that purpose.

Maintainers thoughts
For me FreeCAD was always a working or project name. Especially because FreeCAD is not really a CAD yet but more an ongoing effort to put a lot of engineering software together to create something bigger then the pieces. To create maybe a community which take the torch of Open Source in a field of software which is still held hostage by Dassaults and Autodesks.

But which name to give such an effort?? Who knows??? ;-)

Maybe something completly different, like an animal name?

So join the discussion:

Cons of the name FreeCAD

 * The (older) freeCAD Project
 * FreeCAD.org is already used/blocked

Pros of the name FreeCAD

 * Already known
 * At least in the German Google the first hit of "FreeCAD" is our project

Possible new names

 * CADalytix
 * HobbyCad ;-
 * How about "CADenza", "CADence" or even "DeCADence" ?
 * foCAD - freedom of CAD
 * Fosoid - Freedom of solid design
 * Fancyfactum - Factum: lat. made, done... And Google says: Your search - fancyfactum - did not match any documents.
 * Fantafactor - Doing Fantasy. No Google matches
 * FreeDCAD - Amphibolic structure implying that CAD design has been "freed," made opensouce, and implied 3D creation.
 * Eleversum - The Universe of Elements. No Google matches.
 * EngineersDesk - That's what it could be. But at least the com-domain is allready taken
 * CADQuarks - It contains a lot of small CAD-particles that should create something bigger...
 * EngineeringQuarks - The fusion of the last two ( I admit, I am a physicist, but it is not infective ;-)
 * OpenProjekt - English+German
 * Modus or ModusCAD - From latin
 * Revolve
 * OpenCad - it is open for all...
 * Worksite
 * Mechframe, Mechanic, Nmech - something with mech...
 * Hitech, Hitechnic, Paratechnic - something with tech...
 * Your girlfriend/wife name ;-) - After all Catia is also a girl's name!
 * FormReactor
 * Mecheneer or Mechineer(ing) - from mechanical engineer(ing)
 * TurboDimension or TurboDim
 * ThinkDimension
 * MechFlux
 * MechPhysx
 * MoskitoCad - small, simple, efficient, many childs, adaptable
 * FreeCadProject.org
 * FusionCAD, or just Fusion
 * MECA - Mechanical Engineering Construction Assistant (sorry for those that would use this for non mechanical applications ;-) )
 * SPIRAL - Super Project Inventor Really Aiming for Liberty (doesn't really make sense, I let it up to english-speaking natives to find better ^^)
 * IcePeach - name of a flower, I just like it, and the icon would be quite simply found: a picture of the flower
 * arcade or ArCADe
 * CADemlia - (not Kademlia)
 * Engine
 * openCAx - 1. FreeCAD seams to be a really powerful platform that will hopefully evolve into much more than only "designing" application, hence X for Engineering, Manufacturing etc.; 2. I didn't find any application with that name.; 3. It's easy to find out the purpose of the application from its namel.; 4. It's short and easy to remember (I believe). (The logo could be something like )
 * mechfoundry
 * grindmill
 * steelmold, ironmold
 * LiberationCAD
 * Gleipnir from Norse mythology - see this post in the FreeCAD forum for complete explanation
 * Skíðblaðnir from Norse mythology - see this post in the FreeCAD forum for complete explanation
 * Eldhrímnir from Norse mythology - see this post in the FreeCAD forum for complete explanation
 * Mjöllnir from Norse mythology - see this post in the FreeCAD forum for complete explanation