FreeCAD 0.21 Released
The FreeCAD team is happy to announce the release of FreeCAD 0.21! This release contains thousands of bug fixes and hundreds of other improvements. New Sketcher tools, improved TechDraw features, and significant advances in the finite element method (FEM) workbench are just a few of the many areas developers worked on over the last year. More details can be found on the wiki v0.21 Release Page https://blog.freecad.org/2023/08/02/freecad-0-21-released/ #Announcement
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution is back in development after nearly 20 years! This lost Shantae sequel fills in the gaps between the original Shantae (2002...
Please help collecting statistics to optimize Emacs GC defaults
Many of us know that Emacs defaults for garbage collection are rather ancient and often cause singificant slowdowns. However, it is hard to know which alternative defaults will be better.
#ReleaseFriday Among the multitude of minor updates and refactoring of various packages and some shared core types/interfaces (see readme & changelogs), the 40th #ThingUmbrella release of 2023 (already 555 in total!) is also featuring...
https://thi.ng/fibers - a new package providing a fiber process tree abstraction around ES6 generators for cooperative multitasking, incl. support for spawning & waiting for child processes, cancellation, event & error handling, logging, time slicing and various other highlevel operators to compose fibers (also via transducers). Please see readme, docs and the commented source code of this little #GenerativeArt example project for more insights:
FreeCAD Hackathon Goals
On the weekend of 11-13 August, 2023, the FPA is hosting the first ever FreeCAD Hackathon. The in-person event is being held at The Garden Strathcona in Vancouver, BC, and we hope to be joined by many virtual attendees across the world helping us work on a few specific FreeCAD projects. But not only do we need your attendance at the event to make it a success (whether in-person or virtuall https://blog.freecad.org/2023/06/20/freecad-hackathon-goals/ #Announcement
FreeCAD Hackathon 11-13 August, 2023
Vancouver skyline image by Kyle Pearce/ DIY Genius, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The FreeCAD Project Association is sponsoring a FreeCAD Hackathon 11-13 August 2023. The in-person event will be held in Vancouver, BC, and we'll be live-streaming/live-blogging the event so that those who can't make it to the event can still participate. It's open to anyone https://blog.freecad.org/2023/05/24/freecad-hackathon-11-13-august-2023/ #Announcement
WIP Wednesday 8 May 2024
This week in FreeCAD development:
Toponaming: bgbsww added some missing code (there will be more to add, it seems) and started performance testing. So far, things don't look bad at all performance-wise.
Sketcher:
PaddleStroke: added arc length to the Dimension tool and fixed the placing of the on-view parameter inputs.
Bringing Stability to the FreeCAD Release Process
Since its inception, FreeCAD's build and release process has been an entirely volunteer effort. As the project has grown, however, this has resulted in ever more work for the volunteers. Maintaining the various builds and releases is a mostly invisible, thankless process; but also one that is mission-critical. The FreeCAD Project Associat https://blog.freecad.org/2023/10/30/bringing-stability-to-the-freecad-release-process/ #Announcement
Vote for a new FreeCAD logo
There have been 46 submissions to the new FreeCAD logo contest. The user poll is closing on May 1 (this Wednesday). You can still pick your top 5 entries. The 5 winning submissions will then be submitted to the maintainers team for the final voting. https://blog.freecad.org/2024/04/29/vote-for-a-new-freecad-logo/ #Announcement
Tutorial, Getting Started With the Path Workbench. Part Two.
In the first part of this tutorial we looked at setting up the Tool Bit Library when running the Path WB for the first time and creating a custom 3mm endmill tool. As a reminder in these tutorials we will describe tool icons by the text description that is displayed when you rollover an icon. This means you’ll have to e https://blog.freecad.org/2023/12/07/tutorial-getting-started-with-the-path-workbench-part-two/ #Announcement
Forged in FreeCAD: Thor, An Opensource Robotic Arm
We imagine most visitors to this blog will already know that amazing things can be achieved or designed using opensource tools like FreeCAD. The Thor opensource robotic arm is a great example of a complex opensource project built using a totally opensource tool chain.
FreeCAD 1.0 Logo Refresh Contest
With FreeCAD 1.0 on the horizon, it's time to refresh the official FreeCAD logo. At the request of the project maintainers, the intent here is to follow a similar approach to corporate logos and evolve/iterate the current FreeCAD symbol instead of completely reinventing the symbology of it.
Meet Max: Working on Bug Triage
Based in Germany Max is a mechanical engineer in the automotive industry working on electric drive systems for vehicles. In his work life Catia seats are more the norm but Max was interested in alternatives he could use at home to fuel his passion for 3D printing. Of course this led him to FreeCAD. Max has some lovely personal projects he has created using FreeCAD which you https://blog.freecad.org/2024/03/22/meet-max-working-on-bug-triage/ #Announcement
Forged in FreeCAD: LumenPnP, An Open Source Pick and Place Machine
It’s an amazing age for making things, and an even greater age for making things using open source solutions. At our recent FOSDEM stand we shared the booth with KiCad, the open source electronics environment. It was fabulous at the event to see items and machines made using KiCad and FreeCAD in combination https://blog.freecad.org/2024/04/12/forged-in-freecad-lumenpnp-an-open-source-pick-and-place-machine/ #Announcement
WIP Wednesday 24 April 2024
This week in FreeCAD development:
TechDraw:
PaddleStroke unified Insert View tools (View, ProjGroup, Sheet, Arch, SVG, Image). He also made App::Links of views work in TechDraw, this also removes 'Share Views' from the toolbar.
WondererFan fixed several bugs and added two new Python methods, for getting visible and hidden vertices.
The #CEO will be based in #Amsterdam and will be entrusted with the dual responsibilities of overseeing GÉANT’s day-to-day operations and guiding the long-term strategic direction of the organisation.
Forged In FreeCAD: 4Axis for CNC Ring Engraving
We’ve featured a few projects under the “Forged In FreeCAD” title but what caught our eye with this one is that FreeCAD was used to not only create an innovative solution, but also was used to then help operate the created machine.
AEW DYNAMITE Discussion Thread 11/01/23
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Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution - LRG3 Announcement Video (www.youtube.com)
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution is back in development after nearly 20 years! This lost Shantae sequel fills in the gaps between the original Shantae (2002...
TEKKEN 8 — Azucena Reveal & Gameplay Trailer (youtu.be)
Not everyone can handle a strong and punchy blend ☕ Azucena the Peruvian coffee queen will give you a taste of defeat in TEKKEN 8!
FINAL FANTASY XIV: DAWNTRAIL Teaser Trailer (www.youtube.com)
FINAL FANTASY XIV: DAWNTRAILhttps://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/dawntrail/]#ffxiv #Dawntrail