Release notes 0.18

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FreeCAD 0.18 was released on DD Month, 201x, get it from the Download page. This is a summary of the most interesting changes. The complete list of changes can be found in the MantisBT bugtracker FC 0.18 changelog. Older FreeCAD release notes can be found in Getting started.

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 * The Document tree (Model tab) now offers 3 options for how all documents are displayed, with the option set from the View → Document Tree menu:
 * Only display the currently active document;
 * Display all documents as it used to be up to v0.17;
 * Expand the active document and collapse all others.

Additional Modules
Some of the new community modules that were actively developed during the 0.18 development cycle.


 * Curves, a collection of tools to create and edit NURBS curves and surfaces.


 * Nurbs, a collection of scripts for managing freeform surfaces and curves.


 * Silk, a collection of NURBS surface modeling tools focused on low degree and seam continuity.


 * Flamingo Workbench, a set of customized FreeCAD commands and objects that help to speed-up the drawing of frames and pipelines.


 * Civil Engineering/Transportation Workbench


 * GDT, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).


 * InventorLoader to import Autodesk Inventor files (in progress).


 * Kicad StepUp Workbench is aimed to help KiCad and FreeCAD users in ECAD and MCAD collaboration.


 * CadQuery FreeCAD Module is a workbench that allows users to write Python scripts, and is tailored to those based on the CadQuery CAD scripting API. A new code editor is made available, and script variables can be edited dynamically through the use of a parameter dialog. The workbench also adds a menu that includes normal file operations for CadQuery scripts (open, new, close, etc), and example scripts to help users learn new concepts.


 * Defeaturing Workbench is intended for editing imported STEP models, removal of the selected features from the model.