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The workbenches marked with [[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|16px]] are obsolete, or unmaintained or maybe they don't work with Python 3 and Qt5, so they should not be used in recent versions of the software. |
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|[[MOOC_Workbench|MOOC]] |
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|Education |
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|General |
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|It provides an interactive tutorial to learn about FreeCAD directly inside the program. It allows you to evaluate your self-learning. |
|It provides an interactive tutorial to learn about FreeCAD directly inside the program. It allows you to evaluate your self-learning. |
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|[[File:ArchTextures_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[ArchTextures_Workbench|ArchTextures]] |
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|Architecture and construction |
|Architecture and construction |
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|https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-ArchTextures |
|https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-ArchTextures |
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|[[File:BCFPlugin_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[BCFPlugin_Module|BCFPlugin]] |
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|Architecture and construction |
|Architecture and construction |
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|It aims to support the BIM Collaboration Format (BCF). |
|It aims to support the BIM Collaboration Format (BCF). |
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|https://github.com/podestplatz/BCF-Plugin-FreeCAD |
|https://github.com/podestplatz/BCF-Plugin-FreeCAD |
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|[[BIM_Workbench|BIM]] |
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|Architecture and construction |
|Architecture and construction |
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|https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/BIM_Workbench |
|https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/BIM_Workbench |
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|[[BIMBots_Module|BIMBots]] |
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|Architecture and construction |
|Architecture and construction |
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|It allows you to upload a FreeCAD model or selected parts of a FreeCAD model to a BIMBots instance (usually a [http://bimserver.org/ BIMServer] with external services enabled), and perform different services and analyses on your model, and read the results in FreeCAD, usually under the form of a text report, or a BCF file. |
|It allows you to upload a FreeCAD model or selected parts of a FreeCAD model to a BIMBots instance (usually a [http://bimserver.org/ BIMServer] with external services enabled), and perform different services and analyses on your model, and read the results in FreeCAD, usually under the form of a text report, or a BCF file. |
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|https://github.com/microelly2/geodata |
|https://github.com/microelly2/geodata |
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|[[File:Geomatics_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[Geomatics_Workbench|Geomatics]] |
|[[Geomatics_Workbench|Geomatics]] |
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|Architecture and construction |
|Architecture and construction |
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|It is partially based on the GeoData Workbench. It provides functionality specific to Geomatics or Survey engineering, including importing point files, creating surfaces, creating contours, and creating sections. |
|It is partially based on the [[GeoData Workbench|GeoData]]. It provides functionality specific to Geomatics or Survey engineering, including importing point files, creating surfaces, creating contours, and creating sections. |
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|HakanSeven12 |
|HakanSeven12 |
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|https://github.com/HakanSeven12/FreeCAD-Geomatics-Workbench |
|https://github.com/HakanSeven12/FreeCAD-Geomatics-Workbench |
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|[[File:Arch_Rebar.svg|32px]] |
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|[[Reinforcement Addon|Reinforcement]] |
|[[Reinforcement Addon|Reinforcement]] |
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|Architecture and construction |
|Architecture and construction |
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|https://github.com/amrit3701/FreeCAD-Reinforcement |
|https://github.com/amrit3701/FreeCAD-Reinforcement |
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|[[File:Render_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[Render_Workbench|Render]] |
|[[Render_Workbench|Render]] |
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|Architecture and construction |
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|It provides tools to facilitate the design and modeling of wood-frame and structural walls. |
|It provides tools to facilitate the design and modeling of wood-frame and structural walls. |
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This workbench is no longer developed |
This workbench is no longer developed nor maintained by its author. |
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|j-wiedemann |
|j-wiedemann |
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|https://github.com/j-wiedemann/FreeCAD-Timber |
|https://github.com/j-wiedemann/FreeCAD-Timber |
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|https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD_assembly3 |
|https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD_assembly3 |
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|[[File:Assembly4_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[Assembly4_Workbench|Assembly4]] |
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|Assembly |
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|https://github.com/microelly2/Animation |
|https://github.com/microelly2/Animation |
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|[[ExplodedAssembly_Workbench|ExplodedAssembly]] |
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|Pseudo-assembly |
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|https://github.com/JMG1/ExplodedAssembly |
|https://github.com/JMG1/ExplodedAssembly |
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|[[Lattice2_Workbench|Lattice2]] |
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|Pseudo-assembly |
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|[[Part-o-magic_Workbench|Part-o-magic]] |
|[[Part-o-magic_Workbench|Part-o-magic]] |
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|Pseudo-assembly |
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|It is an experimental workbench that provides some improvements to [[Std Part|Std Part]] and [[ |
|It is an experimental workbench that provides some improvements to [[Std Part|Std Part]] and [[PartDesign_Body|PartDesign Body]] containers (automatic grouping, visibility automation, etc.), in order to work with documents that have multiple parts with deep feature hierarchies. It provides a Body-like container for the [[Part_Workbench|Part Workbench]], and for other workbenches that produce solid shapes. Part-o-magic does not provide assembly constraints, but the tools included may be useful in conjunction with a true assembly workbench. |
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|DeepSOIC |
|DeepSOIC |
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|https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Part-o-magic |
|https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Part-o-magic |
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|[[Workfeature_Workbench|Workfeature]] |
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|Pseudo-assembly |
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|[[AirPlaneDesign_Workbench|AirPlaneDesign]] |
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|Engineering |
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|It is an experimental workbench to design wings and airplane objects. |
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|FredsFactory |
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|https://github.com/FredsFactory/FreeCAD_AirPlaneDesign |
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|[[File:Cfd_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[Cfd_Workbench|Cfd]] |
|[[Cfd_Workbench|Cfd]] |
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|Simulation |
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|Engineering |
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|It provides a graphical interface to the OpenFOAM solver to perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. |
|It provides a graphical interface to the OpenFOAM solver to perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. |
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|qingfengxia |
|qingfengxia |
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|[[CfdOF_Workbench|CfdOF]] |
|[[CfdOF_Workbench|CfdOF]] |
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|Simulation |
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|Engineering |
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|It is a fork of the Cfd workbench that focuses on ease of use; it is intended for people who are just starting in the world of CFD and OpenFOAM. |
|It is a fork of the Cfd workbench that focuses on ease of use; it is intended for people who are just starting in the world of CFD and OpenFOAM. |
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|jaheyns |
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|[[DesignSPHysics]] |
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|Simulation |
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|Engineering |
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|It provides a graphical user interface to DualSPHysics, a fluid dynamics solver. |
|It provides a graphical user interface to DualSPHysics, a fluid dynamics solver using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) model. |
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|ndrs92 |
|ndrs92 |
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|https://github.com/DualSPHysics/DesignSPHysics |
|https://github.com/DualSPHysics/DesignSPHysics |
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|[[EM_Workbench|EM Workbench]] |
|[[EM_Workbench|EM Workbench]] |
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|Simulation |
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|It provides a graphical interface for different solvers by [http://www.fastfieldsolvers.com FastFieldSolvers]. At present it supports the 3D magneto-quasistatic impedance solver FastHenry. Support for the 3D electrostatic capacitance solver FasterCap is ongoing. |
|It provides a graphical interface for different solvers by [http://www.fastfieldsolvers.com FastFieldSolvers]. At present it supports the 3D magneto-quasistatic impedance solver FastHenry. Support for the 3D electrostatic capacitance solver FasterCap is ongoing. |
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|FastFieldSolvers S.R.L. |
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* [https://github.com/Siardeni/FreeCADTools FreeCADTools]: (github link) workbench for create metal profiles, square tubing, z profile, palette, rotation, drawing, and more. |
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* [https://github.com/KeithSloan/GDML GDML] (github link) workbench for the Geometry Definition Markup Language (GDML). |
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* [https://github.com/juanvanyo/FreeCAD-GDT GDT] is a collection of tools to add geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GDT) labels in 2D and 3D technical drawings. It implements the standard ISO 16792. |
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* [[KicadStepUp_Workbench|KicadStepUp]] is aimed at helping both KiCad and FreeCAD users in collaborating with electrical (ECAD) and mechanical (MCAD) design. With FreeCAD it's possible to design a printed circuit board, and push it to KiCad; alternatively, the board can be designed in KiCad, it can be imported by FreeCAD, it can be edited with the [[Sketcher Workbench|Sketcher Workbench]], and pushed back into KiCad. The 3D model, boards and enclosure, can be exported to VRML with materials properties for use in KiCad or Blender. |
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* [https://github.com/execuc/LCInterlocking LCInterlocking] (github link) tools to create parts for laser-cutters. Add tabs and hinges. Export to SVG. |
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* [https://github.com/mess42/pyrate/tree/master pyrate] (github link) is a workbench to design optical lenses. The project aims to provide an optical raytracer for isotropic, homogeneous anisotropic and inhomogeneous isotropic GRIN media. |
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* [[SheetMetal Workbench|SheetMetal]] provides tools to design an object made of a folded sheet, such as a metal case or enclosure. The user starts with a flat sheet, then uses tools to extrude and bend the faces of the object by a certain distance, radius or angle, until the desired shape is obtained. The body may then be unfolded to obtain the required flat material that would be necessary to manufacture this body. The outline of this unfolded body may be used finally as the input for mills or lasercutting machines to obtain the required sheet profile. |
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* [https://github.com/FreeCAD/freecad.ship Ship Workbench] (github link) is used to create structures that are common to ships. It currently is seeking a maintainer. |
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|[[File:AirplaneWB_logo.svg|32px]] |
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|[[AirPlaneDesign_Workbench|AirPlaneDesign]] |
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|Engineering |
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|It is an experimental workbench to design wings and airplane objects. |
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|FredsFactory (a179308) |
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|https://github.com/FredsFactory/FreeCAD_AirPlaneDesign |
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|[[FreeCADTools_Workbench|FreeCADTools]] |
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|Engineering |
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|It contains tools to create metal profiles, square tubing, z profile, palette, rotation, drawing, and more. |
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|Siardeni |
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|https://github.com/Siardeni/FreeCADTools |
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|[[File:Glider workbench.svg|32px]] |
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|[[Glider_Workbench|Glider]] |
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|Engineering |
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|It contains tools to design paragliders and kites using the OpenGlider library. |
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|booya |
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|https://github.com/booya-at/OpenGlider |
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|[[File:GDML_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[GDML_Workbench|GDML]] |
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|Engineering |
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|It contains tools to handle the Geometry Definition Markup Language (GDML). |
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|KeithSloan |
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|https://github.com/KeithSloan/GDML |
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|[[File:GDT-WB-logo.svg|32px]] |
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|[[GDT_Workbench|GDT]] |
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|Engineering |
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|It is a collection of tools to add geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GDT) labels in 2D and 3D technical drawings. It implements the standard ISO 16792. |
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|juanvanyo |
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|https://github.com/juanvanyo/FreeCAD-GDT |
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|Engineering |
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|It is aimed at helping both KiCad and FreeCAD users in collaborating with electrical (ECAD) and mechanical (MCAD) design. With FreeCAD it's possible to design a printed circuit board, and push it to KiCad; alternatively, the board can be designed in KiCad, it can be imported by FreeCAD, it can be edited with the [[Sketcher Workbench|Sketcher Workbench]], and pushed back into KiCad. The 3D model, boards and enclosure, can be exported to VRML with materials properties for use in KiCad or Blender. |
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|easyw |
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|https://github.com/easyw/kicadStepUpMod |
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|[[File:LCInterlocking_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[LCInterlocking_Workbench|LCInterlocking]] |
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|Engineering |
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|It contains tools to create interlocking parts that can be cut with laser-cutters. Tabs and hinges can be added, and the sketch can be exported to SVG. |
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|execuc |
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|https://github.com/execuc/LCInterlocking |
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|[[File:Pyrate_logo_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[Pyrate_Workbench|Pyrate]] |
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|Engineering |
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|It is used to design optical lenses. The project aims to provide an optical raytracer for isotropic, homogeneous anisotropic and inhomogeneous isotropic GRIN media. |
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|mess42, joha2 |
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|https://github.com/mess42/pyrate |
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|[[File:SheetMetal_SMLogo.svg|32px]] |
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|[[SheetMetal_Workbench|SheetMetal]] |
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|Engineering |
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|It provides tools to design an object made of a folded sheet, such as a metal case or enclosure. The user starts with a flat sheet, then uses tools to extrude and bend the faces of the object until the desired shape is obtained. The body may then be unfolded to obtain the required flat material, and to use as input for mills or laser cutting machines. |
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|Shai Seger and Ulrich Brammer |
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|https://github.com/shaise/FreeCAD_SheetMetal |
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|[[File:Workbench_Ship.svg|32px]] |
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|[[Ship_Workbench|Ship]] |
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|Engineering |
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|It is used to create structures that are common to ships. It currently is seeking a maintainer. |
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|Jose Luis Cercós Pita |
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|https://github.com/FreeCAD/freecad.ship |
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|[[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|32px]] |
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* [https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/CADExchanger/tree/master CADExchanger] (github link) is an extension that allows FreeCAD to import and export file formats supported by the commercial "CAD Exchanger" application, such as Rhino 3dm or ACIS sat, and mesh formats like OBJ and STL. |
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* [https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/Draft-dxf-importer/tree/master dxf_library] (github link) downloads the files needed to support importing and exporting DXF files in FreeCAD versions before v0.16. These files are not needed anymore when using the built-in DXF importer in v0.16 and above. They are still needed if you wish to use the legacy Python importer, or if you wish to export directly from the 3D model. |
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* [[DynamicData Workbench|DynamicData]] is an extension that allows creating container objects to hold custom properties of any type that FreeCAD supports, for example, length or placement. These custom properties can then be used in mathematical [[expressions|expressions]] just like other properties in the [[Sketcher Workbench|Sketcher Workbench]] or [[Spreadsheet Workbench|Spreadsheet Workbench]]. |
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* [https://github.com/jmplonka/InventorLoader InventorLoader] is an extension designed to import Autodesk Inventor files. Currently only Parts (IPT) can be displayed, not assemblies (IAM) nor drawings (IDW). As Inventor files contain a complete ACIS model representation, SAT and SAB files can also be imported. Export will not be supported, neither to IPT nor to SAT. |
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* [https://github.com/marmni/FreeCAD-Kerkythea/blob/master/exportToKerkythea.FCMacro kerkythea] (github link) adds a simple exporter to produce XML files for use with the Kerkythea freeware renderer. |
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* [https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Reporting/tree/master Reporting] (github link) makes it possible to extract information from a FreeCAD document using SQL statements, and show the results in a spreadsheet. The SQL statements can be used from a graphical user interface or from Python scripts. It works in a similar way to the [[Arch Schedule|Arch Schedule]] tool but is more powerful due to the flexibility that SQL provides. |
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* [[WebTools Workbench|WebTools]] contains a series of tools to communicate with web services like Git, a BIM server, and Sketchfab. |
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* [https://github.com/Mambix/FreeCAD-yaml-workspace/tree/master yaml-workspace] (github link) is an extension that adds an importer to load and manipulate objects from YAML files. In this way it's easier to design and check 3D parts before manufacturing. |
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|[[File:CADExchanger_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[CADExchanger_Workbench|CADExchanger]] |
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|Information and data |
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|It is an extension that allows FreeCAD to import and export file formats supported by the commercial "CAD Exchanger" application, such as Rhino 3dm or ACIS sat, and mesh formats like OBJ and STL. |
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|yorikvanhavre |
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|https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/CADExchanger |
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|[[Dxf_library_Module|dxf_library]] |
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|Information and data |
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|It installs the DXF Python importer and exporter. This was required in FreeCAD versions v0.15 and below. This is not needed anymore when using the built-in DXF importer in v0.16 and above. This library is still needed if you wish to explicitly use the Python importer, or if you wish to export directly from the 3D model. Please notice that the built-in importer is faster than the Python importer, but in many cases the Python importer produces better results. |
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|yorikvanhavre |
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|https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/Draft-dxf-importer |
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|[[DynamicData Workbench|DynamicData]] |
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|Information and data |
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|It is an extension that allows creating container objects to hold custom properties of any type that FreeCAD supports, for example, length or placement. These custom properties can then be used in mathematical [[expressions|expressions]] just like other properties in the [[Sketcher Workbench|Sketcher Workbench]] or [[Spreadsheet Workbench|Spreadsheet Workbench]]. |
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|mwganson |
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|https://github.com/mwganson/DynamicData |
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|[[File:InventorLoader_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[InventorLoader_Module|InventorLoader]] |
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|Information and data |
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|It is an extension designed to import Autodesk Inventor files. Currently only Parts (IPT) can be displayed, not assemblies (IAM) nor drawings (IDW). As Inventor files contain a complete ACIS model representation, SAT and SAB files can also be imported. Export will not be supported, neither to IPT nor to SAT. |
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|jmplonka |
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|https://github.com/jmplonka/InventorLoader |
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|[[Macro_Kerkythea|Kerkythea]] |
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|It adds a simple exporter to produce XML files for use with the Kerkythea freeware renderer. |
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|marmni |
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|https://github.com/marmni/FreeCAD-Kerkythea/blob/master/exportToKerkythea.FCMacro |
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|[[Plot_Workbench|Plot]] |
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|Information and data |
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|It is a layer on top of the Matplotlib Python module to graph mathematical functions and vectors of points. |
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|Jose Luis Cercós Pita |
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|https://github.com/FreeCAD/freecad.plot |
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|[[File:Reporting_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[Reporting_Workbench|Reporting]] |
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|Information and data |
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|It adds tools to extract information from a FreeCAD document using SQL statements, and show the results in a spreadsheet. The SQL statements can be used from a graphical user interface or from Python scripts. It works in a similar way to the [[Arch_Schedule|Arch Schedule]] tool but is more powerful due to the flexibility that SQL provides. |
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|furti |
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|https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Reporting |
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|[[File:WebTools_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[WebTools_Workbench|WebTools]] |
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|Information and data |
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|It contains a series of tools to communicate with web services like Git, a BIM server, and Sketchfab. |
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|yorikvanhavre |
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|https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/WebTools |
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|[[File:Yaml-workspace_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[YAML_Workbench|YAML Workbench]] |
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|Information and data |
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|It is an extension that adds an importer to load and manipulate objects from YAML files. In this way it's easier to design and check 3D parts before manufacturing. |
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|Mambix |
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|https://github.com/Mambix/FreeCAD-yaml-workspace |
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* [https://github.com/mark1791/3D_Printing_Tools 3D Printing Tools] (github link) is a workbench to do small changes to meshes imported from external files like STL. |
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* [https://github.com/berndhahnebach/BOLTSFC/tree/master BOLTSFC] (github link) is an extension that allows you to use the BOLTS "Open Library for Technical Specifications", which is a collection of objects like nuts, screws, bolts, and so on, parametrically defined. |
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! style="width:8%;" |Name |
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* [https://github.com/jmwright/cadquery-freecad-module/wiki CadQuery] allows users to design parametric 3D CAD models defined by the [https://dcowden.github.io/cadquery/ CadQuery CAD scripting API]. It includes a full-featured editor with features such as auto-completion, syntax highlighting and checking, line numbering, and code folding. Example scripts are included to make the user get started with using the API. Script variables can be edited dynamically through the use of a parameter dialog. This workbench also includes [https://github.com/cqparts/cqparts cqparts], which is a library that adds support for parts and assemblies with constraints on top of CadQuery. |
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* [https://github.com/tomate44/CurvesWB Curves] is a collection of tools to create and edit NURBS curves and surfaces. |
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* [[Defeaturing Workbench|Defeaturing]] provides tools to edit STEP objects to remove features like holes, faces, and edges, and perform some operations with the simplified objects. |
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* [[Fasteners Workbench|Fasteners Workbench]] is a workbench that provides various fasteners, screws, bolts, nuts, etc., to attach to your model. Development happens at [https://github.com/shaise/FreeCAD_FastenersWB/tree/master Fasteners Github repo] (github link) |
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! style="width:10%;" |Code |
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* [https://github.com/looooo/freecad.gears/tree/master FCGear] (github link) is an extension that adds many different gears like cylindric involute, involute rack, cylindric cycloid, spherical involute bevel-gear, and crown gear. |
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* [https://github.com/looooo/freecad.frametools frame] (github link) is an extension with tools to create frames and beams, including two intersecting beams, in which one beam is cut by a plane or by another beam. |
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* [https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Lithophane/tree/master Lithophane] (github link) is an extension to convert a provided image to a "lithophane" for 3D printing. A lithophane is an image that can only be seen properly when illuminated from behind. |
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|[[File:3D_Printing_Tools_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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* [https://github.com/microelly2/freecad-nurbs nurbs] is a collection of scripts for managing freeform surfaces and curves. |
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|[[3D_Printing_Tools_Workbench|3D Printing Tools]] |
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* [https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-library/tree/master parts_library] (github link) is an extension that downloads a library of parts in Step format {{FileName|.step}} or in FreeCAD format {{FileName|.FCstd}} that can be imported into a FreeCAD document. Users can contribute content to this library by forking the repository, adding their own parts under a permissive CC-BY 3.0 license, and submitting a pull request to merge the new objects. |
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|Shapes |
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* [https://github.com/marmni/FreeCAD-PCB/tree/master pcb] (github link) is a workbench that allows the user to import and create printed circuit boards (PCB) in FreeCAD. It supports layers, colors, transparencies, importing Step and Iges models, and displaying holes and vias. |
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|It has tools to do small changes to meshes imported from external files like STL. |
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* [[Pyramids and polyhedrons Workbench|Pyramids and Polyhedrons Workbench]] or [https://github.com/eddyverl/FreeCAD-Pyramids-and-Polyhedrons Pyramids_and_Polyhedrons] (github link) is a workbench for generating pyramids and polyhedrons, fully scalable and usable like standard Parts. |
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|mark1791 |
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* [https://github.com/microelly2/reconstruction/tree/master reconstruction] (github link) provides utilities to reconstruct models from images. |
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|https://github.com/mark1791/3D_Printing_Tools |
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* [https://github.com/Maaphoo/Retr3d/tree/master retr3D] (github link) is a framework designed to model and manufacture 3D printable parts starting from electronic waste, in order to build more 3D printers. The intention of this project is to recycle e-waste, promote 3D printing, especially in developing economies, and in this way reduce the amount of waste that goes to landfills. Using locally built, and inexpensive 3D printers could also be a way of localizing manufacturing, thus stimulating the local economy of these regions. |
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* [https://github.com/edwardvmills/Silk Silk] is a collection of NURBS surface modeling tools focused on low degree and seam continuity. Silk is the new name of the NURBSlib-EVM project. |
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|[[File:CurvedShapes_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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* [https://github.com/luzpaz/SlopedPlanesMacro/tree/master SlopedPlanesMacro] (github link) allows you to build figures controlling the slopes of the faces of objects. |
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|[[CurvedShapes|CurvedShapes]] |
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* [https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-symbols/tree/master symbols_library] (github link) is an extension that downloads a library of SVG symbols that can be used in FreeCAD, particularly in the [[TechDraw Workbench|TechDraw Workbench]] to produce technical documentation. Users can contribute content to this library by forking the repository, adding their own symbols under a permissive CC-BY 3.0 license, and submitting a pull request to merge the new objects. |
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|Shapes |
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* [https://github.com/mwganson/ThreadProfile ThreadProfile] (github link) allows to easily create parametric 2d thread profile object compatible in Part and Part Design workbenches. |
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|It has tools to create 3D curves from 2D profiles |
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* [https://github.com/wood-galaxy/FreeCAD-Timber/tree/master timber] (github link) is a workbench to produce wood and timber objects. |
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|chbergmann |
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|https://github.com/chbergmann/CurvedShapesWorkbench |
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|[[File:Curves_Workbench_Icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[Curves_Workbench|Curves]] |
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|Shapes |
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|It is a collection of tools to create and edit NURBS curves and surfaces. |
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|tomate44 (Chris_G) |
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|https://github.com/tomate44/CurvesWB |
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|[[File:DefeaturingWB-ico.svg|32px]] |
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|[[Defeaturing_Workbench|Defeaturing]] |
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|Shapes |
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|It provides tools to edit STEP objects to remove features like holes, faces, and edges, and perform some operations with the simplified objects. |
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|easyw |
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|https://github.com/easyw/Defeaturing_WB |
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|[[File:Lithophane_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[Lithophane_Workbench|Lithophane]] |
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|Shapes |
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|It is an extension to convert a provided image to a "lithophane" for 3D printing. A lithophane is an image that can only be seen properly when illuminated from behind. |
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|furti |
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|https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Lithophane |
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|[[File:MeshRemodel_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[MeshRemodel_Workbench|MeshRemodel]] |
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|Shapes |
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|It provides tools to help re-create or re-model imported mesh objects to obtain a solid shape. The workflow is to create points from the mesh's vertices, and use those to create sketches, which can then be extruded. |
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|mwganson |
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|https://github.com/mwganson/MeshRemodel |
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|[[Nurbs_Workbench|Nurbs]] |
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|Shapes |
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|It is a collection of scripts for managing freeform surfaces and curves. |
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|microelly2 |
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|https://github.com/microelly2/freecad-nurbs |
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|[[File:Pyramids-and-Polyhedrons_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[Pyramids_and_polyhedrons_Workbench|Pyramids and Polyhedrons Workbench]] |
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|Shapes |
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|It has tools for generating pyramids and polyhedra, fully scalable and usable like regular bodies. |
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|eddyverl |
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|https://github.com/eddyverl/FreeCAD-Pyramids-and-Polyhedrons |
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|[[Reconstruction_Workbench|Reconstruction]] |
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|Shapes |
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|It provides utilities to reconstruct models from images. |
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|microelly2 |
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|https://github.com/microelly2/reconstruction |
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|[[Silk_Workbench|Silk]] |
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|Shapes |
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|It is a collection of NURBS surface modeling tools focused on low degree and seam continuity. Silk is the new name of the NURBSlib-EVM project. |
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|edwardvmills |
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|https://github.com/edwardvmills/Silk |
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|[[File:slic3r-tools_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[Slic3r-tools_Workbench|Slic3r-tools]] |
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|Shapes |
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|It allows exporting parts, and opening the resulting STL in Slic3r. You can set up a default print profile, and directly get information about the resources that would be used to 3D print it, as well as quickly generate the .gcode file. |
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|limikael |
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|https://github.com/limikael/freecad-slic3r-tools |
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|[[SlopedPlanes_Workbench|SlopedPlanesMacro]] |
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|Shapes |
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|It allows you to build figures controlling the slopes of the faces of objects. |
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|Damian Caceres Moreno |
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|https://github.com/luzpaz/SlopedPlanesMacro |
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|[[File:BOLTSFC_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[BOLTSFC_Workbench|BOLTSFC]] |
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|Parts |
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|It is an extension that allows you to use the BOLTS "Open Library for Technical Specifications", which is a collection of objects like nuts, screws, bolts, and so on, parametrically defined. |
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|jreinhardt, berndhahnebach |
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|https://github.com/berndhahnebach/BOLTSFC |
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|[[File:Cadquery_module_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[CadQuery_Workbench|CadQuery]] |
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|Parts |
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|It allows users to design parametric 3D CAD models defined by the [https://dcowden.github.io/cadquery/ CadQuery CAD scripting API]. It includes a full-featured editor with auto-completion, syntax highlighting, line numbering, and code folding. Example scripts are included. Script variables can be edited dynamically through the use of a parameter dialog. This workbench also includes [https://github.com/cqparts/cqparts cqparts], which is a library that adds support for parts and assemblies with constraints on top of CadQuery. |
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|jmwright |
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|https://github.com/jmwright/cadquery-freecad-module/wiki |
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|[[File:FNLogo.svg|32px]] |
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|[[Fasteners_Workbench|Fasteners Workbench]] |
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|Parts |
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|It is a workbench that provides various fasteners, screws, bolts, nuts, etc., to attach to your model complying with ISO standards. |
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|Ulrich Bramar (@ulrich1a) and Shai Seger (@shais) |
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|https://github.com/shaise/FreeCAD_FastenersWB |
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|[[File:FCGear_workbench_icon.svg|32px]] |
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|[[FCGear_Workbench|FCGear]] |
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|Parts |
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|It is an extension that adds many different gears like cylindric involute, involute rack, cylindric cycloid, spherical involute bevel-gear, and crown gear. |
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|looooo |
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|https://github.com/looooo/freecad.gears |
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|[[Frametools_Workbench|Frametools]] |
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|Parts |
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|It is an extension with tools to create frames and beams, including two intersecting beams, in which one beam is cut by a plane or by another beam. |
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|looooo |
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|https://github.com/looooo/freecad.frametools |
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|[[Parts_Library_Workbench|Parts Library]] |
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|Parts |
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|It is an extension that downloads a library of parts in STEP format {{FileName|.step}} or in FreeCAD format {{FileName|.FCStd}} that can be imported into a document. Users can contribute content to this library by forking the repository, adding their own parts under a permissive CC-BY 3.0 license, and submitting a pull request to merge the new objects. |
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|Community |
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|https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-library |
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|[[PCB_Workbench|PCB]] |
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|Parts |
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|It is a workbench that allows the user to import and create printed circuit boards (PCB) in FreeCAD. It supports layers, colors, transparencies, importing Step and Iges models, and displaying holes and vias. |
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|marmni |
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|https://github.com/marmni/FreeCAD-PCB |
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|[[Retr3d_Workbench|Retr3d]] |
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|Parts |
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|It is a framework designed to model and manufacture 3D printable parts starting from electronic waste. The intention of this project is to recycle e-waste, and promote 3D printing, especially in developing economies. |
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|Maaphoo |
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|https://github.com/Maaphoo/Retr3d/ |
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|[[Symbols_Library_Workbench|Symbols Library]] |
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|Parts |
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|It is an extension that downloads a library of SVG symbols that can be used in FreeCAD, particularly in the [[TechDraw_Workbench|TechDraw Workbench]] to produce technical documentation. Users can contribute content to this library by forking the repository, adding their own symbols under a permissive CC-BY 3.0 license, and submitting a pull request to merge the new objects. |
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|Community |
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|https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-symbols |
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|[[File:ThreadProfileSVGLogo.svg|32px]] |
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|[[ThreadProfile_Workbench|ThreadProfile]] |
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|Parts |
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|It provides tools to create parametric 2D thread profiles compatible with extrusion tools in [[Part_Workbench|Part]] and [[PartDesign_Workbench|PartDesign]] workbenches. |
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|mwganson |
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|https://github.com/mwganson/ThreadProfile |
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* [[Assembly2_Workbench|Assembly2]] provides tools to create multi-part assemblies. It is unmaintained since 2016. Consider using [[A2plus Workbench|A2plus]] instead. |
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* [https://github.com/cblt2l/FreeCAD-CuraEngine-Plugin/tree/master cura_engine] (github link) is an extension that integrates CuraEngine into FreeCAD in order to facilitate gcode generation for 3D printing. This addon is unmaintained since 2014 and no longer works with recent versions of CuraEngine. |
* [https://github.com/cblt2l/FreeCAD-CuraEngine-Plugin/tree/master cura_engine] (github link) is an extension that integrates CuraEngine into FreeCAD in order to facilitate gcode generation for 3D printing. This addon is unmaintained since 2014 and no longer works with recent versions of CuraEngine. |
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* [[Drawing Dimensioning Addon|Drawing Dimensioning]] adds dimensioning and annotation tools to the [[Drawing_Workbench|Drawing Workbench]]. It is deprecated since FreeCAD 0.17. Consider using [[TechDraw_Workbench|TechDraw Workbench]] instead. |
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* [https://github.com/triplus/NavigationIndicator NavigationIndicator] (github link) is an extension that adds an indicator for the [[Mouse Model|mouse navigation style]] in the status bar. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this extension is obsolete, as the indicator is included natively in FreeCAD. |
* [https://github.com/triplus/NavigationIndicator NavigationIndicator] (github link) is an extension that adds an indicator for the [[Mouse Model|mouse navigation style]] in the status bar. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this extension is obsolete, as the indicator is included natively in FreeCAD. |
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* [https://github.com/triplus/PersistentToolbars/tree/master persistenttoolbars] (github link) is a small extension to keep the toolbars in their locations. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this extension is obsolete, as the functionality is included natively in FreeCAD. |
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Revision as of 18:42, 9 February 2020
Introduction
External workbenches are those created by power users which haven't been integrated into the main FreeCAD source code.
Most extensions can be installed from the Addon Manager (menu Tools → Addon manager). If there are specific instructions for using these workbenches, these should be noted in each workbench's home page.
These workbenches aren't supported by the main FreeCAD development team, so they aren't tested to work with every version of FreeCAD. Questions, bug reports, and improvement requests should be made directly to the authors of the particular workbench.
The lists in this page are organized in topics, but not all of them are available in the Addon Manager. See external workbench list for an alphabetic list of those workbenches that really appear in the Addon Manager.
Current extensions
The workbenches marked with are obsolete, or unmaintained or maybe they don't work with Python 3 and Qt5, so they should not be used in recent versions of the software.
General
Add workbenches that don't fit a special category here.
Icon | Name | Topic | Description | Author | Code | Status |
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MOOC | Education | It provides an interactive tutorial to learn about FreeCAD directly inside the program. It allows you to evaluate your self-learning. | rockn | https://framagit.org/freecad-france/mooc-workbench |
Architecture and construction
Icon | Name | Topic | Description | Author | Code | Status |
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ArchTextures | Architecture and construction | It allows you to add basic, non-photorealistic textures to architectural objects created with the Arch Workbench. | furti | https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-ArchTextures | ||
BCFPlugin | Architecture and construction | It aims to support the BIM Collaboration Format (BCF). | podestplatz | https://github.com/podestplatz/BCF-Plugin-FreeCAD | ||
BIM | Architecture and construction | It aims to implement a complete building information modeling (BIM) workflow in FreeCAD. It extends the Arch Workbench, and gathers tools from other workbenches to provide an environment that is convenient to model buildings, and work with IFC files. | yorikvanhavre | https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/BIM_Workbench | ||
BIMBots | Architecture and construction | It allows you to upload a FreeCAD model or selected parts of a FreeCAD model to a BIMBots instance (usually a BIMServer with external services enabled), and perform different services and analyses on your model, and read the results in FreeCAD, usually under the form of a text report, or a BCF file. | BIMBots | https://github.com/opensourceBIM/BIMbots-FreeCAD |
Icon | Name | Topic | Description | Author | Code | Status |
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Dodo | Architecture and construction | It provides tools to create frames (trusses, beams) and pipelines (tubes, elbows, flanges), and query those objects.
This is the new version of Flamingo, intended for Python 3 and Qt5. |
oddtopus | https://github.com/oddtopus/dodo | ||
Flamingo | Architecture and construction | It provides tools to create frames (trusses, beams) and pipelines (tubes, elbows, flanges), and query those objects.
This is the old version of Dodo, intended for Python 2 and Qt4. You should prefer Dodo for new models. |
oddtopus | https://github.com/oddtopus/flamingo | ||
GeoData | Architecture and construction | It provides tool to import geographical information from a given point on Earth by its latitude and longitude, of from OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Bing Map, or Here Map. | microelly2 | https://github.com/microelly2/geodata | ||
Geomatics | Architecture and construction | It is partially based on the GeoData. It provides functionality specific to Geomatics or Survey engineering, including importing point files, creating surfaces, creating contours, and creating sections. | HakanSeven12 | https://github.com/HakanSeven12/FreeCAD-Geomatics-Workbench | ||
Reinforcement | Architecture and construction | It augments the Arch Workbench with additional Arch Rebar tools, including straight, U-shape, L-shape, bent, stirrup, and helical, to be used inside objects created with the Arch Structure tool. | amrit3701 | https://github.com/amrit3701/FreeCAD-Reinforcement | ||
Render | Architecture and construction | It can produce high-quality rendered images, using open-source external rendering engines like Pov-ray, Luxrender, and Appleseed. Render is a replacement for the Raytracing Workbench, and uses the same templates so they are compatible. In the future Render may also support Kerkythea, Blender's EEVEE, and OpenCascade's CadRays engines. | yorikvanhavre | https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-render | ||
Timber | Architecture and construction | It provides tools to facilitate the design and modeling of wood-frame and structural walls.
This workbench is no longer developed nor maintained by its author. |
j-wiedemann | https://github.com/j-wiedemann/FreeCAD-Timber |
- Civil Engineering is a proposed workbench that intends to combine and develop different tools of interest to civil engineers, including those working with road engineering, terrain topology and geographic data.
Assembly and animation
As of FreeCAD 0.19 there is no official assembly workbench. However, several external tools have been created or are in development to manipulate objects to produce assemblies.
Note: assembly workbenches are generally incompatible with each other. If you create an assembly with one of these workbenches, you should stick to the original workbench, and not use another assembly workbench in the same document.
Icon | Name | Topic | Description | Author | Code | Status |
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A2plus | Assembly | It provides tools to create multi-part assemblies. It is a fork and extension of the older Assembly2 Workbench, but it is not compatible with it. | kbwbe | https://github.com/kbwbe/A2plus | ||
Assembly3 | Assembly | It is used to perform assembly of different bodies contained in a single file or in multiple documents. It was a testbed for the App Link object that was eventually included in the master code. It is the most complex solution and supports things like interactive kinematics. | realthunder | https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD_assembly3 | ||
Assembly4 | Assembly | It is a solution based on the enhanced expression engine and the App Link object developed in the branch of Assembly3. Assembly4 does not work with a proper constraint solver, instead it uses the expression engine to position bodies with respect to Local Coordinate Systems (LCS). | Zolko | https://github.com/Zolko-123/FreeCAD_Assembly4 |
Pseudo-assembly
These workbenches don't use constraints to keep relationships between parts, but simply re-position the parts in space.
Icon | Name | Topic | Description | Author | Code | Status |
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Animation | Pseudo-assembly | It contains many tools to simulate movement of parts, create sequences of pictures, and thus produce an animation. The position and rotation of objects can be changed at different times, but also other properties like visibility, transparency, shape color, and camera position. | microelly2 | https://github.com/microelly2/Animation | ||
ExplodedAssembly | Pseudo-assembly | It allows creating exploded views and animations of assemblies. It was previously known as "ExplodedAnimation". | JMG1 | https://github.com/JMG1/ExplodedAssembly | ||
Lattice2 | Pseudo-assembly | It provides tools for working with placements and arrays of placements. It is a sort of assembly workbench but there are no constraints nor relationships. Instead, the workbench focuses in arrays of placements that can be generated, combined, transformed, superimposed, and populated with shapes. It can also create exploded assemblies. | DeepSOIC | https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Lattice2 | ||
Manipulator | Pseudo-assembly | It is aimed at helping users in aligning, moving, rotating, and measuring 3D objects through a friendly graphical interface. | easyw | https://github.com/easyw/Manipulator | ||
Part-o-magic | Pseudo-assembly | It is an experimental workbench that provides some improvements to Std Part and PartDesign Body containers (automatic grouping, visibility automation, etc.), in order to work with documents that have multiple parts with deep feature hierarchies. It provides a Body-like container for the Part Workbench, and for other workbenches that produce solid shapes. Part-o-magic does not provide assembly constraints, but the tools included may be useful in conjunction with a true assembly workbench. | DeepSOIC | https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Part-o-magic | ||
Workfeature | Pseudo-assembly | It provides tools to produce different points, axes, and planes, in order to facilitate the creation of assemblies. This workbench is based on the older Workfeatures macro, which was hosted in the macros recipes page. Currently, the macro has a bit more functionality than the workbench, but eventually the workbench will integrate all existing tools of the macro. They also differ in the graphical user interface; the macro creates a panel next to the tree view and the task panel, while the workbench provides its tools in toolbars, just like other workbenches. | Rentlau | https://github.com/Rentlau/WorkFeature-WB |
Customization
Icon | Name | Topic | Description | Author | Code | Status |
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Autoload | Customization | It is a small extension that allows you to select the workbenches that should be loaded when you start FreeCAD. It can be used in combination with other extensions from the same author such as CommandPanel, PieMenu, and ShortCuts. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/Autoload | ||
CommandPanel | Customization | It is an extension that provides a panel that can be used store tools from different workbenches. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/CommandPanel | ||
Glass | Customization | It is an extension that shows the combo view (tree view and property editor) as a transparent overlay over the 3D view. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/Glass | ||
IconThemes | Customization | It is an extension that provides the ability of changing the icons of the default program. Icon sets aren't provided with this extension; these need to be provided separately. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/IconThemes | ||
Launcher | Customization | It is a small extension that provides a dedicated dialog box to search and launch commands. Instead of clicking on a toolbar button or menu entry, this method of executing commands may be faster for some users. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/Launcher | ||
PieMenu | Customization | It is a small extension that shows a pie menu to select tools or commands when the Tab key is pressed. A pie menu is an interface that appears in Blender and other systems like Android mobile phones to launch commands. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/PieMenu | ||
SelectorToolbar | Customization | It is a small extension that provides a point and click experience for switching workbenches. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/SelectorToolbar | ||
ShortCuts | Customization | It is a small extension that provides a manager and overlay for shortcuts. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/ShortCuts | ||
TabBar | Customization | It is a small extension that adds a window with tabs in order to select workbenches. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/TabBar | ||
ToolbarStyle | Customization | It is a small extension that allows the configuration of toolbars, with icons, text, or both. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/ToolbarStyle |
Simulation
Icon | Name | Topic | Description | Author | Code | Status |
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Cfd | Simulation | It provides a graphical interface to the OpenFOAM solver to perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. | qingfengxia | https://github.com/qingfengxia/Cfd | ||
CfdOF | Simulation | It is a fork of the Cfd workbench that focuses on ease of use; it is intended for people who are just starting in the world of CFD and OpenFOAM. | jaheyns | https://github.com/jaheyns/CfdOF | ||
DesignSPHysics | Simulation | It provides a graphical user interface to DualSPHysics, a fluid dynamics solver using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) model. | ndrs92 | https://github.com/DualSPHysics/DesignSPHysics | ||
EM Workbench | Simulation | It provides a graphical interface for different solvers by FastFieldSolvers. At present it supports the 3D magneto-quasistatic impedance solver FastHenry. Support for the 3D electrostatic capacitance solver FasterCap is ongoing. | FastFieldSolvers S.R.L. | https://github.com/ediloren/EM-Workbench-for-FreeCAD |
Engineering
Icon | Name | Topic | Description | Author | Code | Status |
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AirPlaneDesign | Engineering | It is an experimental workbench to design wings and airplane objects. | FredsFactory (a179308) | https://github.com/FredsFactory/FreeCAD_AirPlaneDesign | ||
FreeCADTools | Engineering | It contains tools to create metal profiles, square tubing, z profile, palette, rotation, drawing, and more. | Siardeni | https://github.com/Siardeni/FreeCADTools | ||
Glider | Engineering | It contains tools to design paragliders and kites using the OpenGlider library. | booya | https://github.com/booya-at/OpenGlider | ||
GDML | Engineering | It contains tools to handle the Geometry Definition Markup Language (GDML). | KeithSloan | https://github.com/KeithSloan/GDML | ||
GDT | Engineering | It is a collection of tools to add geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GDT) labels in 2D and 3D technical drawings. It implements the standard ISO 16792. | juanvanyo | https://github.com/juanvanyo/FreeCAD-GDT |
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KicadStepUp | Engineering | It is aimed at helping both KiCad and FreeCAD users in collaborating with electrical (ECAD) and mechanical (MCAD) design. With FreeCAD it's possible to design a printed circuit board, and push it to KiCad; alternatively, the board can be designed in KiCad, it can be imported by FreeCAD, it can be edited with the Sketcher Workbench, and pushed back into KiCad. The 3D model, boards and enclosure, can be exported to VRML with materials properties for use in KiCad or Blender. | easyw | https://github.com/easyw/kicadStepUpMod | ||
LCInterlocking | Engineering | It contains tools to create interlocking parts that can be cut with laser-cutters. Tabs and hinges can be added, and the sketch can be exported to SVG. | execuc | https://github.com/execuc/LCInterlocking | ||
Pyrate | Engineering | It is used to design optical lenses. The project aims to provide an optical raytracer for isotropic, homogeneous anisotropic and inhomogeneous isotropic GRIN media. | mess42, joha2 | https://github.com/mess42/pyrate | ||
SheetMetal | Engineering | It provides tools to design an object made of a folded sheet, such as a metal case or enclosure. The user starts with a flat sheet, then uses tools to extrude and bend the faces of the object until the desired shape is obtained. The body may then be unfolded to obtain the required flat material, and to use as input for mills or laser cutting machines. | Shai Seger and Ulrich Brammer | https://github.com/shaise/FreeCAD_SheetMetal | ||
Ship | Engineering | It is used to create structures that are common to ships. It currently is seeking a maintainer. | Jose Luis Cercós Pita | https://github.com/FreeCAD/freecad.ship |
Information and data
Icon | Name | Topic | Description | Author | Code | Status |
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CADExchanger | Information and data | It is an extension that allows FreeCAD to import and export file formats supported by the commercial "CAD Exchanger" application, such as Rhino 3dm or ACIS sat, and mesh formats like OBJ and STL. | yorikvanhavre | https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/CADExchanger | ||
dxf_library | Information and data | It installs the DXF Python importer and exporter. This was required in FreeCAD versions v0.15 and below. This is not needed anymore when using the built-in DXF importer in v0.16 and above. This library is still needed if you wish to explicitly use the Python importer, or if you wish to export directly from the 3D model. Please notice that the built-in importer is faster than the Python importer, but in many cases the Python importer produces better results. | yorikvanhavre | https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/Draft-dxf-importer | ||
DynamicData | Information and data | It is an extension that allows creating container objects to hold custom properties of any type that FreeCAD supports, for example, length or placement. These custom properties can then be used in mathematical expressions just like other properties in the Sketcher Workbench or Spreadsheet Workbench. | mwganson | https://github.com/mwganson/DynamicData | ||
InventorLoader | Information and data | It is an extension designed to import Autodesk Inventor files. Currently only Parts (IPT) can be displayed, not assemblies (IAM) nor drawings (IDW). As Inventor files contain a complete ACIS model representation, SAT and SAB files can also be imported. Export will not be supported, neither to IPT nor to SAT. | jmplonka | https://github.com/jmplonka/InventorLoader |
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Kerkythea | Information and data | It adds a simple exporter to produce XML files for use with the Kerkythea freeware renderer. | marmni | https://github.com/marmni/FreeCAD-Kerkythea/blob/master/exportToKerkythea.FCMacro | ||
File:Plot workbench icon.svg | Plot | Information and data | It is a layer on top of the Matplotlib Python module to graph mathematical functions and vectors of points. | Jose Luis Cercós Pita | https://github.com/FreeCAD/freecad.plot | |
Reporting | Information and data | It adds tools to extract information from a FreeCAD document using SQL statements, and show the results in a spreadsheet. The SQL statements can be used from a graphical user interface or from Python scripts. It works in a similar way to the Arch Schedule tool but is more powerful due to the flexibility that SQL provides. | furti | https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Reporting | ||
WebTools | Information and data | It contains a series of tools to communicate with web services like Git, a BIM server, and Sketchfab. | yorikvanhavre | https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/WebTools | ||
YAML Workbench | Information and data | It is an extension that adds an importer to load and manipulate objects from YAML files. In this way it's easier to design and check 3D parts before manufacturing. | Mambix | https://github.com/Mambix/FreeCAD-yaml-workspace |
Shapes
Icon | Name | Topic | Description | Author | Code | Status |
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3D Printing Tools | Shapes | It has tools to do small changes to meshes imported from external files like STL. | mark1791 | https://github.com/mark1791/3D_Printing_Tools | ||
CurvedShapes | Shapes | It has tools to create 3D curves from 2D profiles | chbergmann | https://github.com/chbergmann/CurvedShapesWorkbench | ||
Curves | Shapes | It is a collection of tools to create and edit NURBS curves and surfaces. | tomate44 (Chris_G) | https://github.com/tomate44/CurvesWB | ||
Defeaturing | Shapes | It provides tools to edit STEP objects to remove features like holes, faces, and edges, and perform some operations with the simplified objects. | easyw | https://github.com/easyw/Defeaturing_WB | ||
Lithophane | Shapes | It is an extension to convert a provided image to a "lithophane" for 3D printing. A lithophane is an image that can only be seen properly when illuminated from behind. | furti | https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Lithophane | ||
MeshRemodel | Shapes | It provides tools to help re-create or re-model imported mesh objects to obtain a solid shape. The workflow is to create points from the mesh's vertices, and use those to create sketches, which can then be extruded. | mwganson | https://github.com/mwganson/MeshRemodel | ||
Nurbs | Shapes | It is a collection of scripts for managing freeform surfaces and curves. | microelly2 | https://github.com/microelly2/freecad-nurbs |
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Pyramids and Polyhedrons Workbench | Shapes | It has tools for generating pyramids and polyhedra, fully scalable and usable like regular bodies. | eddyverl | https://github.com/eddyverl/FreeCAD-Pyramids-and-Polyhedrons | ||
Reconstruction | Shapes | It provides utilities to reconstruct models from images. | microelly2 | https://github.com/microelly2/reconstruction | ||
Silk | Shapes | It is a collection of NURBS surface modeling tools focused on low degree and seam continuity. Silk is the new name of the NURBSlib-EVM project. | edwardvmills | https://github.com/edwardvmills/Silk | ||
Slic3r-tools | Shapes | It allows exporting parts, and opening the resulting STL in Slic3r. You can set up a default print profile, and directly get information about the resources that would be used to 3D print it, as well as quickly generate the .gcode file. | limikael | https://github.com/limikael/freecad-slic3r-tools | ||
SlopedPlanesMacro | Shapes | It allows you to build figures controlling the slopes of the faces of objects. | Damian Caceres Moreno | https://github.com/luzpaz/SlopedPlanesMacro |
Parts
Icon | Name | Topic | Description | Author | Code | Status |
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BOLTSFC | Parts | It is an extension that allows you to use the BOLTS "Open Library for Technical Specifications", which is a collection of objects like nuts, screws, bolts, and so on, parametrically defined. | jreinhardt, berndhahnebach | https://github.com/berndhahnebach/BOLTSFC | ||
CadQuery | Parts | It allows users to design parametric 3D CAD models defined by the CadQuery CAD scripting API. It includes a full-featured editor with auto-completion, syntax highlighting, line numbering, and code folding. Example scripts are included. Script variables can be edited dynamically through the use of a parameter dialog. This workbench also includes cqparts, which is a library that adds support for parts and assemblies with constraints on top of CadQuery. | jmwright | https://github.com/jmwright/cadquery-freecad-module/wiki | ||
File:FNLogo.svg | Fasteners Workbench | Parts | It is a workbench that provides various fasteners, screws, bolts, nuts, etc., to attach to your model complying with ISO standards. | Ulrich Bramar (@ulrich1a) and Shai Seger (@shais) | https://github.com/shaise/FreeCAD_FastenersWB | |
FCGear | Parts | It is an extension that adds many different gears like cylindric involute, involute rack, cylindric cycloid, spherical involute bevel-gear, and crown gear. | looooo | https://github.com/looooo/freecad.gears | ||
Frametools | Parts | It is an extension with tools to create frames and beams, including two intersecting beams, in which one beam is cut by a plane or by another beam. | looooo | https://github.com/looooo/freecad.frametools |
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Parts Library | Parts | It is an extension that downloads a library of parts in STEP format .step or in FreeCAD format .FCStd that can be imported into a document. Users can contribute content to this library by forking the repository, adding their own parts under a permissive CC-BY 3.0 license, and submitting a pull request to merge the new objects. | Community | https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-library | ||
PCB | Parts | It is a workbench that allows the user to import and create printed circuit boards (PCB) in FreeCAD. It supports layers, colors, transparencies, importing Step and Iges models, and displaying holes and vias. | marmni | https://github.com/marmni/FreeCAD-PCB | ||
Retr3d | Parts | It is a framework designed to model and manufacture 3D printable parts starting from electronic waste. The intention of this project is to recycle e-waste, and promote 3D printing, especially in developing economies. | Maaphoo | https://github.com/Maaphoo/Retr3d/ | ||
Symbols Library | Parts | It is an extension that downloads a library of SVG symbols that can be used in FreeCAD, particularly in the TechDraw Workbench to produce technical documentation. Users can contribute content to this library by forking the repository, adding their own symbols under a permissive CC-BY 3.0 license, and submitting a pull request to merge the new objects. | Community | https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-symbols | ||
ThreadProfile | Parts | It provides tools to create parametric 2D thread profiles compatible with extrusion tools in Part and PartDesign workbenches. | mwganson | https://github.com/mwganson/ThreadProfile |
Deprecated extensions
- Assembly2 provides tools to create multi-part assemblies. It is unmaintained since 2016. Consider using A2plus instead.
- cura_engine (github link) is an extension that integrates CuraEngine into FreeCAD in order to facilitate gcode generation for 3D printing. This addon is unmaintained since 2014 and no longer works with recent versions of CuraEngine.
- Drawing Dimensioning adds dimensioning and annotation tools to the Drawing Workbench. It is deprecated since FreeCAD 0.17. Consider using TechDraw Workbench instead.
- NavigationIndicator (github link) is an extension that adds an indicator for the mouse navigation style in the status bar. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this extension is obsolete, as the indicator is included natively in FreeCAD.
- persistenttoolbars (github link) is a small extension to keep the toolbars in their locations. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this extension is obsolete, as the functionality is included natively in FreeCAD.
- pluginloader (github link) is a small extension that allows the user to install macros, external workbenches, and other extensions in FreeCAD. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this utility is obsolete, as this functionality is already provided by the Addon Manager.
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