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FreeCAD 1.0 Released With UI/UX Improvements, New Materials System


FreeCAD 1.0 was just released as a major update to this leading open-source, cross-platform 3D parametric modeler software.

FreeCAD continues to build off the OpenCASCADE code, Coin3D library, and leveraging the Qt toolkit for a nice cross-platform UI. With FreeCAD 1.0 there are many UI/UX improvements, a new materials system, an integrated assembly workbench, and new topological naming problem mitigation code, among other changes. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.

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