Release notes 0.19

Older FreeCAD release notes can be found in Getting started.

Draft Workbench

 * Edit shapes by directly manipulating the nodes [Forum discussion]

TechDraw Workbench

 * Improved scaling support for viewport geometry added as an image to a drawing. (Forum discussion)



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


 * A2plus is a new workbench to assemble different parts in FreeCAD. It is an extension of the Assembly2 workbench providing an extended color and transparency handling for parts and a new constraint using the center of mass of parts.


 * 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.