현실을 위해 만들다

FreeCAD는 주로 실제 환경을 위한 객체를 설계하기 위해 만들어졌습니다. 미크론, 킬로미터, 인치, 피트, 심지어 어떤 조합의 유닛이든 FreeCAD에서 하는 모든 작업은 실제 단위를 사용합니다. FreeCAD는 솔리드, 완전 정밀도 모델을 제작, 내보내기 및 편집, 3D 인쇄 또는 CNC 가공을 위해 내보내기, 모델의 2D 도면 및 미리보기 작성, 유한 요소 분석과 같은 분석 수행, 수량 또는 BOM과 같은 모델 데이터 내보내기 도구를 제공합니다.

강력한 솔리드 기반 지오메트리 커널

FreeCAD features an advanced geometry engine based on Open CASCADE Technology. It supports solids, Boundary Representation (BRep) objects, and Non-uniform rational basis spline (NURBS) curves and surfaces, and offers a wide range of tools to create and modify these objects, including complex Boolean operations, fillets, shape cleaning and much more.

A wi(l)dly parametric environment

All FreeCAD objects are natively parametric, meaning their shape can be based on properties such as numeric values, texts, on/off buttons, or even other objects. All shape changes are recalculated on demand, recorded by an undo/redo stack, and allow to maintain a precise modelling history. Properties of one object can drive the value of properties of other objects, allowing complex, custom parametric chains that could only exist in your wildest dreams. New parametric objects are easy to code.

Python을 어디서든

While the FreeCAD core functionality is coded in C++ for robustness and performance, large parts of the external layers, workbenches and and almost all the communication between the core and the user interface is coded in Python, a flexible, user-friendly, easy to learn programming language. From Python code, you are able to do just anything in FreeCAD, from simple one-line commands in the integrated Python console to recording macros, coding your own tools up to full custom workbenches.

File formats frenzy

FreeCAD allows you to import and export models and many other kinds of data from your models such as analyses results or quantities data to dozens of different file formats such as STEP, IGES, OBJ, STL, DWG, DXF, SVG, SHP, STL, DAE, IFC or OFF, NASTRAN, VRML, OpenSCAD CSG and many more, in addition to FreeCAD's native FCStd file format. Add-on workbenches can also add more file formats.

A parametric constraints-based 2D sketcher

FreeCAD features a state-of-the-art Sketcher with integrated constraint-solver, allowing you to sketch geometry-constrained 2D shapes. Sketches are the main building block of FreeCAD, and the constrained 2D shapes built with it may then be used as a base to build other objects throughout FreeCAD, be it either with the dedicated Part Design workbench or any other workbench.

A large (and growing) multi-specialty ecosystem

FreeCAD offers dedicated workbenches for a variety of purposes such as CSG modeling, simple 2D CAD drafting, NURBS surfaces, architectural or BIM modeling, 3D printing, CAM and CNC, point clouds, working with OpenSCAD files, designing industrial robot trajectories, doing Finite Element Analyses, and much more. FreeCAD also provides easy tools to install and manage add-on workbenches and macros developed by the users community.

커뮤니티에 의해 개발되었다.

FreeCAD is made for everybody, by everybody. It is developed and maintained by a community of developers, users, moderators, translators, all united by their wish make FreeCAD a free and powerful tool. There is no commercial aim behind decisions being taken, no urge to make you upgrade your version of FreeCAD or to corner you into a specific workflow or ecosystem. FreeCAD and the files and data you produce with FreeCAD are truly yours, forever.

• 릴리즈 0.11 - 2011년 3월
• 릴리즈 0.12 - 2011년 12월
• 릴리즈 0.13 - 2013년 3월
• 릴리즈 0.14 - 2014년 3월
• 릴리즈 0.15 - 2015년 3월
• 릴리즈 0.16 - 2016년 3월
• 릴리즈 0.17 - 2018년 3월
• 릴리즈 0.18 - 2019년 3월
• 릴리즈 0.19 - 2021년 3월 (current stable release)