FreeCAD the open-source CAD Software

Hello everyone, today I´m goint to make a little intorduction to FreeCAD, this program save me when I wasn´t able to use Windows on my computer and also I used in one of my classes.

FreeCAD is an open source 3D modeler, design to make objects of different sizes, it is a good option for hobbyist makers, students and teachers that don´t want to worry about license issues. I have used for a while and I think it has the essential tools to model pieces and printed with a 3D printer.

With this softwae you can run robot simulations and automatize it with you python scripts, also it counts with sketcher for 2D drawing.

FreeCAD supports the next standard formats:

• STEP
• STL
• IGES
• SVG
• DXF
• OBJ
• IFC
• DAE

You can downloaded for Windows, Mac and linux.

Download

For linux you can use:

sudo apt-get install freecad 

References:

https://www.freecadweb.org/