After more than 20 years of continuous development, Freecad has announced a historic step: the official version of version 1.0. This Open Source CAO software, which is popular among users around the world, now supports all consumer platforms, including Windows, Mac and Linux, and its source code is hosted on the GitHub platform.
Freecad version 1.0 has successfully solved two longtime technical problems: topological name problems and the lack of native assembly modules. The problems of topological denomination have always been considered a weakness of the configured conception of Freecad, and this time a major breakthrough was carried out through the algorithm of the Realthunder community developer. The new system improves the capacity of the model to manage topological changes and considerably improves the stability and reliability of the configured model.
The introduction of native assembly modules is another strong point. The module incorporates the Ondsel solver, which can precisely manage the assembly of complex components, considerably improving the applicability of industrial scenarios.
Freecad 1.0 has undergone drastic updates on the user interface, offering a range of new features designed to improve operational control and visual experience:
- Rotation center indicator: It facilitates users to accurately locate the model rotation center in 3D views.
- Select the filter options: more flexible selection tools, improving the efficiency of the complex model editing.
- Theme of colors Droids and Bright: adapt to different scenarios of use, which makes users more comfortable to operate.
In addition, the different Freecad establishments have also received various degrees of functional improvement:
- Arch Workbench: Addition of BIM (Building Information Modeling) function to provide more professional tools for architectural and structural design.
- Path Workbench: officially renamed ** CAM **, and thanks to optimization, it further improves the support capacities for precision manufacturing.
- Sketcher Workbench: New Tool of Territoire and Capacities of Context Dimension Simplify the Flow of Sketch Design.
- WORK WORKBENCH: Improvement of mirror and scaling tools, which makes the logic of operation more intuitive.
- Techdraw Workbench: introduces capture and new drawing tools to make the creation of technical drawings more effective.
To reflect the meaning of the time, the Freecad community also designed a brand new software logo to make it visually new. Meanwhile, Freecad 1.0 has been fully optimized for the Python API, improved material management capacities and added many additional tools. Whether you are a beginner or a main user, you can find a functional support that suits you in this version.
As a free high performance design tool, Freecad changes the landscape of professional CAD software, allowing more people to easily obtain design capacities at the professional level. If you want to know more and download it, you can go
