Release notes 0.16

FreeCAD 0.16 was released on XXXXX, 2015. This is a summary of the most interesting changes. The complete list of changes can be found in the Mantis changelog. Older versions at: 0.15 - 0.14 - 0.13 - 0.12 - 0.11



Spark Plug Plane by r-frank

General

 * Gesture Navigation
 * Workbench customization

Part Design & Sketcher Workbench

 * Sketcher New Feature: Toggle Mode for Reference/Driving constraints
 * Sketcher: New Feature: Continuous creation mode
 * Sketcher new Feature: Non-driving constraints (aka Driven constraints)

Drawing Workbench

 * Drawing: Added SVG pattern generation module

Arch Workbench

 * Arch: Added materials support
 * Arch: added more properties needed for green buildings: this is in preparatory work for gbXML export
 * Arch: Cut plane/Section view

FEM Workbench

 * FEM: new constraint pressure
 * FEM: additional materials available
 * FEM: add Support for loads and supports on edges to CalculiX file
 * FEM: Add preferences dialog

Additional Modules

 * Animation workbench
 * Exporter to Kerkythea (Macro)
 * Pie Menu