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== FreeCAD documentation ==
== FreeCAD documentation ==

Revision as of 03:58, 7 December 2010

There are several downloads for various operating systems available. Before downloading keep in mind:

FreeCAD is still in ALPHA state and not ready for end user usage

official FreeCAD installers

These are ready-to-install packages for Windows (2000 & XP, and Vista), and for Debian-based Linux systems. The installer may work on older Windows platforms, but has not been tested yet. You need Windows Installer V1 on your system (msiexec.exe). See Installing on Windows for details about different installation options. Download the latest .msi file for windows systems, or the appropriate .deb file for your version of Ubuntu or Debian.

Note for linux users: The pivy python module is needed by FreeCAD from version 0.9 or above. If it is not available on your system, you must download it from here too.

unofficial FreeCAD builds

These are versions of FreeCAD built by other persons and not officially maintained by the FreeCAD team. They may include customized parts or be optimized for certain types of processors.

FreeCAD documentation

The user documentation of FreeCAD is being written on this wiki site. The best way is to read it online, so you are sre to get the latest version:

The manual can also be displayed as one big text, so you can print it or save it as a pdf file:

And finally the manual can also be compiled as a qt help file, so it can be browsed offline with the Qt help viewer. This is usually made at each release and is available together with FreeCAD package on most linux software repositories and is also bundled in the windows installer. You can also grab a copy of the 0.10 version here:

Here you can also find a copy of the OpenCasCade 5.2 docs, in a .chm file. After 5.2, the openCasCade documentation is not available as a single file anymore, but as a heavy 180Mb package. So, since there is little change, we keep this one around for convenience:

FreeCAD Source package

For all other platforms you need to compile FreeCAD on your own from the Source package. You might also want to compile FreeCAD yourself if you want to optimize certain things, or customize certain parts of FreeCAD. Instructions for compiling can be found on the CompileOnWindows, CompileOnMac and CompileOnUnix pages. You can grab a zip or tar.gz file containing the latest official version here (look for the latest version for your system):

Alternatively, you can also download latest source code from the SVN repository. You'll get a more recent version, but it might contain bugs or even fail to compile. Instructions for accessing the SVN repository can be found here:

You can also download automatically a GNU tarball from the latest source code tree or any part of it by using the code browser and clicking the "Download GNU tarball" at any time. The trunk folder contains the current development version, while the branches folder contains a snapshot of all stable releases to date.

FreeCAD LibPack

To collect all the needed libraries to compile FreeCAD can be a time consuming task. So we deliver a convenient package for development on Windows (VS8) with all needed libraries. You can download the latest version of the libpack from

For linux, you will normally find all necessary libraries in your software management system, so you should just read the CompileOnUnix page.

Additional modules

There are additional modules, addons of plugins for FreeCAD developed outside of the main FreeCAD development team. They are listed here but are not officially supported by the FreeCAD team.

  • Fold module: a module in development for working with metal sheets.
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