Interesting links

This page contains some maybe useful links to other FLOSS resources and project in this area.

Specific platform pages related to FreeCAD

 * SourceForge The FreeCAD project page on SourceForge
 * Ohloh Ohloh statistics for the FreeCAD project
 * Cia CIA activity tracking for FreeCAD
 * Debian Debian package info
 * Ubuntu Ubuntu package info
 * Slackware Slackware package info
 * Gentoo Gentoo package info
 * OpenSuse/Fedora Packman package info
 * Freenode The official #freecad IRC channel on Freenode
 * Facebook The official FreeCAD facebook page

Other CAD Projects

 * OpenPLM An open-source, web-based PLM collaborative platform
 * BRL CAD Big Open Source package, a bit old fashion
 * Heekscad a CAD/CAM application based on OpenCasCade and WxWidgets
 * Narocad another OpenCasCade-based project, windows-only
 * Salome more a FEM system but have also a modeling part
 * PythonOCC complete python bindings for OpenCasCade, with own GUI builder
 * PythonCAD a simple 2D CAD application programmed in python
 * caduntu a 2D CAD project based on QCad

Written tutorials

 * Introduction to FreeCAD
 * Parametric modeling at work
 * Python scripting in FreeCAD

Video tutorials

 * FreeCAD's Draft module tutorial
 * FreeCAD parametric modeling
 * Making a 2D drawing from a 3D model
 * Creating a "mushroom"
 * Creating arrays with python
 * Using FreeCAD with OpenPLM

Other articles about FreeCAD

 * A peek at what's coming in 0.11 version
 * Working like Generative Components in FreeCAD
 * The Draft module's new SVG output capabilities

Research

 * Pasm functional language to programing shapes

FEM

 * Calculix our favorite for FEM in FreeCAD
 * Salome FEM system with complicated design
 * Z88 is a fast, powerful and compact Finite Elements Analysis Program especially designed for PCs running LINUX, workstations and large computers with UNIX and PCs with Windows XP/95. Z88 is a work of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Rieg of University of Bayreuth. License: GPL

Math

 * Octave powerful MathLab clone