FreeCAD is a free open-source 3D CAD software available on all platforms.
This guide was written for the recent 1.0 release, features and workflow may change as the program is still under active development.
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Go to the FreeCAD website’s download page and choose the appropriate .zip file.
https://www.freecad.org/downloads.php
We recommend you use Flathub to download the program.
https://flathub.org/apps/org.freecad.FreeCAD
You will be greeted by a setup screen asking you to set your preferred language, units, control scheme — this guide will use the sown settings, and the theme.
Click on Parametric Part to create a 3D CAD file.
