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About FreeCAD
FreeCAD will be a general purpose 3D CAD modeller. The development will be completely Open Source. As modern 3D CAX modellers it will have a 2D component to extract design drawings from the 3D model, but 2D (like AutoCAD) is not the focus, neither are animation and organic shapes (Maya, 3D StudioMAX, Cinema 4D). FreeCAD will aim directly to mechanical engineering, product design and related features (like CatiaV4 and V5, and SolidWorks). It will be a feature based parametric modeler.

Developer Documentation

 * Do it yourself: Compiling FreeCAD
 * Compiling on Windows
 * Compiling on Unix
 * Branding or how to give FreeCAD a unique look

User Documentation
The documentation is divided in the following sections and subsections:
 * Installation
 * Install on Unix
 * Install on Windows
 * Getting Started
 * Application Overview
 * Mouse Model
 * Basic Application
 * Workbench Concept
 * Mesh Workbench
 * Image Workbench
 * Points Workbench
 * Ray Tracing Workbench
 * Part Workbench