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86 lines
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FreeCAD
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FreeCAD is a general purpose feature-based, parametric 3D modeler for
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CAD, MCAD, CAx, CAE and PLM, aimed directly at mechanical engineering
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and product design but also fits a wider range of uses in engineering,
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such as architecture or other engineering specialties. It is 100% Open
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Source (LGPL2+ license) and extremely modular, allowing for very
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advanced extension and customization.
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FreeCAD is based on OpenCASCADE, a powerful geometry kernel, features an
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Open Inventor-compliant 3D scene representation model provided by the
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Coin 3D library, and a broad Python API. The interface is built with Qt.
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FreeCAD runs exactly the same way on Windows, Mac OSX, BSD and Linux
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platforms.
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- [Home page](http://www.freecadweb.org)
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- [Documentation wiki](http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/)
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- [Forum](http://forum.freecadweb.org/)
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- [Bug tracker](http://www.freecadweb.org/tracker/)
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- [Git repository](https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD)
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Installing
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Precompiled (installable) packages are available for Windows and Mac on the
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[Releases page](https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases).
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On most Linux distributions, FreeCAD is directly installable from the
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software center application.
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Other options are described at the [wiki Download page](http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Download).
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Build Status <img src="https://blog.travis-ci.com/images/travis-mascot-200px.png" height="30"/>
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| Master | 0.16 | Translation |
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|[![Master][freecad-master-status]][travis-branches]|[![0.16][freecad-0.16-status]][travis-branches]|[](https://crowdin.com/project/freecad)|
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[freecad-0.16-status]: https://travis-ci.org/FreeCAD/FreeCAD.svg?branch=0.16
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[freecad-master-status]: https://travis-ci.org/FreeCAD/FreeCAD.svg?branch=master
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[travis-branches]: https://travis-ci.org/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/branches
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[travis-builds]: https://travis-ci.org/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/builds
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Compiling
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Compiling FreeCAD requires installation of several libraries and their
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development files such as OpenCASCADe, Coin and Qt, listed in the
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pages below. Once this is done, FreeCAD can be simply compiled with
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cMake. On Windows, these libraries are bundled and offered by the
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FreeCAD team in a convenient package. On Linux, they are usually found
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in your distribution's repositories, and on Mac OSX and other platforms
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you will usually need to compile them yourself.
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The pages below contain up-to-date build instructions:
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- [Linux](http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/CompileOnUnix)
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- [Windows](http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/CompileOnWindows)
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- [Mac OSX](http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/CompileOnMac)
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- [Cygwin](http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/CompileOnCygwin)
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- [MinGW](http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/CompileOnMinGW)
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Usage & Getting help
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[](https://gitter.im/freecad/freecad?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
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The FreeCAD wiki contains documentation on
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general FreeCAD usage, Python scripting, and development. These
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pages might help you get started:
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- [Getting started](http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Getting_started)
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- [Features list](http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Feature_list)
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- [Frequent questions](http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/FAQ)
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- [Workbenches](http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Workbench_Concept)
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- [Scripting](http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Power_users_hub)
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- [Development](http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Developer_hub)
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The [FreeCAD forum](http://forum.freecadweb.org) is also a great place
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to find help and solve specific problems you might encounter when
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learning to use FreeCAD.
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