Very good support of the IFC file format, which allows you to export and import models from/to other BIM applications.Many ways to structure and organize your models, with no predefine structure (you organize your model the same way as you organize files and folders on your computer, you decide).We need help to model more parametric components, though! Basic tools for MEP/piping BIM work such as pipes, and already a few MEP objects in the library.Structural BIM objects (columns, beams, slabs, metallic profiles, etc.) with built-in wire representation.Architectural BIM objects (the usual ones like walls, windows, stairs, etc.).Generic 3D objects such as extrusions, unions, subtractions, intersections (all usable as BIM components).2D drawing tools (all the usual ones like lines, arcs, polylines, rectangles, etc.) plus pretty powerful, complex, constrainable sketches with common drafting aid environment such as snapping, working planes, etc. There is much more than that, refer to the full documentation to know more. This is a rather short overview of what it can do, just to give you a taste of it. If you are working with IFC files, give it a look! Features Note: The NativeIFC addon is being developed as an upgrade/extension of this add-on. You are more than welcome to try, give us your feedback and help us to build a better BIM workflow, just remember that some features might change or disappear without notice over time. Although it is perfectly safe to use, and won't break anything, it is meant to be an place where we can try things and experiment, and not a production environment (yet). In the BIM workbench, we try to ease that curve as best as we can. FreeCAD is a powerful application, but has a rather steep learning curve. The BIM workbench, rather than trying to be a all-in-one, independent application and mimic the above ones, integrates into all layers of FreeCAD and allows you to use all the other moldeling and analysis tools of FreeCAD for BIM purposes too.īut one of the specific goals of this particular workbench, is to try to focus on user experience. This book has been written originally by Yorik van Havre, (and corrected, proof-read or updated by many other people) but using a lot of information built by FreeCAD users, mostly from the FreeCAD wiki.This is a workbench for FreeCAD that implements a complete set of Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools and allows a proper BIM workflow similar to professional BIM applications like Revit, ArchiCAD, Tekla, AllPlan or BricsCAD.įreeCAD is an open-source generic, parametric 3D modeling application. At this address, you can also find and download all the files that have been created during the different exercises that are part of this book. The source files of this manual are hosted on github. You can also read it directly from github pagesĪll the contents of this manual are published under the Creative Commons 4.0 license, and can be freely used, downloaded, copied, and modified. PDF, EPUB and MOBI versions of the original editions can be found in the Releases section. It is now in the process of being updated to the upcoming 0.19. This manual has been originally written for the stable version of FreeCAD at that time, which was version 0.16. However, we hope that the more step-by-step pace, based on examples, and the more unified tone given by a smaller number of authors, will make it more suitable for a first contact with FreeCAD, and that it will become a perfect companion for the wiki. This manual will walk you through the same information available on the wiki. This makes it a precious resource for reference, but not a very practical tool to learn FreeCAD. The wiki is written collaboratively by dozens of community members and, like most wikis, it contains huge amounts of information, but is very hard to access and navigate by newcomers. This manual is an experiment at taking the opposite way from the official FreeCAD documentation wiki. The data you produce with FreeCAD is fully yours, and can be recovered without FreeCAD.įreeCAD is also fundamentally a social project, as it is developed and maintained by a community of developers and users united by their passion for FreeCAD. FreeCAD is free to download, use, distribute and modify, and its source code is open and published under the very permissive LGPL license. It is made primarily to model real-world objects, ranging from the small electronic components up to buildings and civil engineering projects, with a strong focus on 3D-printable objects. IntroductionįreeCAD is a free, open-source parametric 3D modeling application. If you wish to propose edits, please do them there, as this repository will be kept only for generating the ebook versions and will not be directly edited anymore. Important Note: The manual has been moved to the official FreeCAD wiki which is now its new home.
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