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.. _installation:
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Installing CadQuery
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CadQuery is based on `FreeCAD <http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/free-cad/index.php?title=Main_Page>`_,
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which is turn based on the open-source `OpenCascade <http://www.opencascade.com/>`_ modelling kernel.
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Prerequisites--FreeCAD and Python 2.6 or 2.7
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CadQuery requires FreeCAD and Python version 2.6.x or 2.7.x *Python 3.x is NOT supported*
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Ubuntu Command Line Installation
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On Ubuntu, you can type::
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sudo apt-get install -y freecad freecad-doc
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pip install cadquery
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This `Unix Installation Video <http://youtu.be/InZu8jgaYCA>`_ will walk you through the installation
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Installation: Other Platforms
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1. Install FreeCAD using the appropriate installer for your platform, on `www.freecadweb.org <http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/?title=Download>`_
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2. pip install cadquery
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This `Windows Installation video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWw4Y_ah-8k>`_ will walk you through the installation on Windows
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Test Your Installation
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If all has gone well, you can open a command line/prompt, and type::
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$python
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$import cadquery
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$cadquery.Workplane('XY').box(1,2,3).toSvg()
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Adding a Nicer GUI via the cadquery-freecad-module
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If you prefer to have a GUI available, your best option is to use
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`The CadQuery Freecad Module <https://github.com/jmwright/cadquery-freecad-module>`_.
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Simply extract cadquery-freecad-module into your FreeCAD installation. You'll end up
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with a cadquery workbench that allows you to interactively run scripts, and then see the results in the FreeCAD GUI
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Zero Step Install
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If you would like to use cadquery with no installation all, you can
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use `ParametricParts.com <https://www.parametricparts.com>`_, a web-based platform that runs cadquery scripts
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It is free, and allows running and viewing cadquery scripts in your web browser or mobile phone
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