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Документация для разработчиков
Документация для разработчиков включает в себя следующие разделы

Do it yourself: Compiling FreeCAD

 * Source code management
 * Find assistance when you have a problem or think you may have found a bug
 * Compiling on Windows
 * Compiling on Unix
 * Compiling on Mac OS X
 * Licence details about the FreeCAD licences
 * Third Party Libraries
 * Third Party Tools
 * Start up and Configuration
 * Source documentation

Build Support Tools

 * The FreeCAD Build Tool
 * Adding an application module to FreeCAD
 * Debugging FreeCAD
 * Testing FreeCAD
 * Compiling (Speeding up) FreeCAD
 * Continuous Integration

Modifying FreeCAD

 * Understanding The FreeCAD source code
 * Submitting patches
 * Add Features to FreeCAD or a Workbench
 * Branding or how to give FreeCAD a unique look
 * Artwork we made for FreeCAD, that you can freely reuse
 * Artwork_Guidelines standards for icons
 * Translating FreeCAD
 * Extra python modules, or how to extend python functionality within FreeCAD
 * Google Summer of Code get involved via Google's student support program
 * Fine-tuning shows different options and parameter switches that can overcome problems

Module developer's guide
FreeCAD Mod Dev Guide: This is an ebook under writing on github, please fork and send pull request to contribute.

Chapters:
 * Overview and Software Architecture
 * Source code structure
 * Base and App module
 * Gui module
 * Python wrapping
 * Modular design
 * Fem module source analysis (mixed C++ and Python)
 * Development of CFD Module (pure Python)
 * Module testing and debugging
 * Contribute code with git

Latest pdf preview can be downoaded from pdf folder of this git repo


 * Translating an external workbench

OpenCascade Documentation
OpenCascade is a software development platform for 3D surface and solid modeling, CAD data exchange, and visualization, mostly in the form of C++ libraries.


 * Roman Lygin's tutorials
 * Full Online Documentation
 * Reference Manual
 * The openCascade wiki (currently containing ?? Chinese spam)

Roadmap
FreeCAD, though usable in certain areas, is at the beginning of a long way into the CAD mainstream. There is still a lot to do to reach a state where we can compete with commercial software.


 * Development roadmap

Credits
Contributors