External workbenches/ro
For current addon availability, use the addon catalog or Addon Manager. This page provides workbench descriptions and documentation links.
Utilizatori avansați au extins posibilitățile FreeCAD cu diverse ateliere de lucru personalizate externe, care nu sunt integrate în codul sursă al FreeCAD (încă!), dar sunt ușor de instalat pe o instalare FreeCAD existentă. Instrucțiunile sunt furnizate pe paginile legate mai jos:
External workbenches are those created by power users which haven't been integrated into the main FreeCAD source code.
These workbenches aren't supported by the core FreeCAD development team, so they aren't tested to work with every version of FreeCAD. Questions, bug reports, and improvement requests should be made directly to the authors of the workbench.
Workbenches marked with 
can be installed from the Addon Manager. For manual installation see Installing more workbenches. If there are specific instructions or prerequisites for using an external workbench, then these should be noted on the workbench's home page.
Workbenches marked with 
are not recommended for recent versions of FreeCAD. They are obsolete, unmaintained, superseded by a newer workbench, or maybe they don't work with Python 3 or with Qt5. In most cases they should be avoided.
Assembly workbenches
FreeCAD has a built-in Assembly Workbench (introduced in 1.0). There are also several external assembly workbenches. These workbenches are incompatible with each other. If you create an assembly with one of them, you should stick to the original workbench, and not use another assembly workbench in the same document.
There are also 'pseudo assembly' workbenches which actually don't use constraints to keep relationships between parts, but simply re-position them in space.
Overview
The table below is organized by topic. Click a column header to sort it. Names and links in the Description column lead to documentation; the Code column links to the project repository.
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| AIGenFurniture | Architecture and construction | Creates parametric furniture cabinets with fronts, shelves, and drawers, and exports manufacturing files. README |
Bogdan | https://github.com/yelloish6/AIGenFurniture-freecad-workbench |
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ArchTextures | Architecture and construction | It allows you to add basic, non-photorealistic textures to architectural objects created with the BIM Workbench. | furti | https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-ArchTextures |
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BCFPlugin | Architecture and construction | It aims to support the BIM Collaboration Format (BCF). | podestplatz | https://github.com/podestplatz/BCF-Plugin-FreeCAD |
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BIMBots | Architecture and construction | It allows you to upload a FreeCAD model or selected parts of a FreeCAD model to a BIMBots instance (usually a BIMServer with external services enabled), and perform different services and analyses on your model, and read the results in FreeCAD, usually under the form of a text report, or a BCF file. | BIMBots | https://github.com/opensourceBIM/BIMbots-FreeCAD |
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Cables | Architecture and construction | It is a toolset for modeling electrical installations in architectural design projects. | SargoDevel | https://github.com/sargo-devel/Cables |
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| Corridor-Road | Architecture and construction | Tools for parametric road corridor design, review, and output preparation. README |
Kcod | https://github.com/ganadara135/CorridorRoad |
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| Cubinets | Architecture and construction | Creates cabinet assemblies from parametric templates and generates cut lists. README (stable) |
Vytautas Rimkevicius | https://github.com/foreachidea/Cubinets |
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Dodo | Architecture and construction | It provides tools to create frames (trusses, beams) and pipelines (tubes, elbows, flanges), and query those objects.
This is the new version of Flamingo, intended for Python 3 and Qt5. |
oddtopus | https://github.com/oddtopus/dodo |
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| EasyProfileFrame | Architecture and construction | Creates frames from profiles and exports bills of materials. | ovo-Tim | https://github.com/ovo-Tim/EasyProfileFrame |
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Flamingo | Architecture and construction | It provides tools to create frames (trusses, beams) and pipelines (tubes, elbows, flanges), and query those objects.
This is the old version of Dodo, intended for Python 2 and Qt4. You should prefer Dodo for new models. |
oddtopus | https://github.com/oddtopus/flamingo |
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| frame | Architecture and construction | Creates beams and frames. Documentation README |
https://github.com/looooo/freecad_frame |
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FrameForge | Architecture and construction | FrameForge is dedicated to creating Frames and Beams, and apply operations (miter cuts, trim cuts) to these profiles. | lukh | https://github.com/lukh/frameforge |
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| GeoData | Architecture and construction | It provides tools to import geographical information from a given point on Earth by its latitude and longitude, of from OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Bing Map, or Here Map. | microelly2 | https://github.com/microelly2/geodata |
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GeoData2 | Architecture and construction | An updated version of GeoData with preferences and UI enhancements. | rostskadat | https://github.com/rostskadat/FreeCAD-geodata2 |
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| MyCustomPiping | Architecture and construction | Creates parametric pipes, flanges, fittings, valves, and gaskets from CSV databases. | https://github.com/RamDj12049/MyCustomPiping |
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| OSAFE | Architecture and construction | Creates foundation models from CSI ETABS model results. | https://github.com/ebrahimraeyat/OSAFE |
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OSE Piping | Architecture and construction | Create different piping fittings. It supports Dodo. | Ruslan | https://github.com/rkrenzler/ose-piping-workbench |
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| Quetzal | Architecture and construction | Commands for drawing frames and pipelines; a successor to Dodo. FreeCAD wiki |
microelly, looo, triplus, Riccardo Treu (oddtopus), Edgar Robles | https://github.com/EdgarJRobles/quetzal |
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Reinforcement | Architecture and construction | It provides tools for Reinforcement Generation and Detailing. This workbench provides an interface and presets for the creation of common rebar types. And tools to generate rebars bill of material, rebar shape cut list, bar bending schedule, and rebars drawing and dimension. | amrit3701 | https://github.com/amrit3701/FreeCAD-Reinforcement |
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Road | Architecture and construction | It provides tools specific to transportation and geomatics engineering. | HakanSeven12 | https://github.com/HakanSeven12/Road |
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| StandardBeams | Architecture and construction | Creates standard beam profiles. README |
Morten Vajhøj | https://github.com/MortenVajhoj/StandardBeams |
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| SteelColumn | Architecture and construction | It provides tools for creating complex steel columns assembled from IPE profiles and plates. | ebrahimraeyat | https://github.com/ebrahimraeyat/momen |
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SweetHome 3D | Architecture and construction | It provides a simple importer for Sweet Home 3D files, an open-source interior design application. | rostskadat | https://github.com/rostskadat/FreeCAD-SH3D |
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Timber | Architecture and construction | It provides tools to facilitate the design and modeling of wood-frame and structural walls. This workbench is no longer developed nor maintained by its author. | j-wiedemann | https://github.com/j-wiedemann/FreeCAD-Timber |
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Trails | Architecture and construction | It provides functionality specific to transportation engineering (roads and rail). It includes components to perform analysis of curvature. | joelgraff | https://github.com/joelgraff/freecad.trails |
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Wood Frame | Architecture and construction | It provides tools to facilitate the design and modelling of wood-frame and structural walls, as well as cut lists for beams. | JeromeL63 | https://github.com/JeromeL63/Wood-Frame |
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Woodworking | Architecture and construction | This workbench is a good starting point for all FreeCAD woodworkers. | Darek L (dprojects) | https://github.com/dprojects/Woodworking |
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A2plus | Assembly | It provides tools to create multi-part assemblies. It is a fork and extension of the older Assembly2 Workbench, but it is not compatible with it. | kbwbe | https://github.com/kbwbe/A2plus |
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Assembly2 | Assembly | It provides tools to create multi-part assemblies. It is unmaintained since 2016. Consider using A2plus instead. | hamish2014 | https://github.com/hamish2014/FreeCAD_assembly2 |
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Assembly3 | Assembly | It is used to perform assembly of different bodies contained in a single file or in multiple documents. It was a testbed for the App Link object that was eventually included in the master code. It is the most complex solution and supports things like interactive kinematics. | realthunder | https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD_assembly3 |
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Assembly4 | Assembly | It is a solution based on the enhanced expression engine and the App Link object developed in the branch of Assembly3. Assembly4 does not work with a proper constraint solver, instead it uses the expression engine to position bodies with respect to Local Coordinate Systems (LCS). | Zolko | https://codeberg.org/Zolko/Assembly4 |
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| Assembly4.1 | Assembly | Assembles Part and Body objects inside an Assembly container. FreeCAD wiki |
https://github.com/leoheck/FreeCAD_Assembly4.1 |
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| Assembly2MuJoCo | Assembly | Exports assemblies from the built-in Assembly Workbench to MuJoCo. README |
Anes Benmerzoug | https://github.com/AnesBenmerzoug/FreeCAD-Assembly2MuJoCo |
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AddonManager | Customization | Installs workbenches, macros, themes, and other addons. README (main) |
Yorik van Havre, Jonathan Wiedemann, Kurt Kremitzki | https://github.com/FreeCAD/AddonManager |
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| Autoload | Customization | It is a small extension that allows you to select the workbenches that should be loaded when you start FreeCAD. It can be used in combination with other extensions from the same author such as CommandPanel, PieMenu, and ShortCuts. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/Autoload |
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| CommandPanel | Customization | It is an extension that provides a panel that can be used store tools from different workbenches. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/CommandPanel |
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| CubeMenu | Customization | CubeMenu provides the ability to manage the FreeCAD navigation cube menu structure and overall appearance. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/CubeMenu |
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| freecad_streamdeck_addon | Customization | Uses an Elgato Stream Deck as an input device. | Giraut | https://github.com/Giraut/freecad_streamdeck_addon |
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| Glass | Customization | It is an extension that shows the combo view (tree view and property editor) as a transparent overlay over the 3D view. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/Glass |
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| IconThemes | Customization | It is an extension that provides the ability of changing the icons of the default program. Icon sets aren't provided with this extension; these need to be provided separately. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/IconThemes |
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| InstrumentInput | Customization | Uses Bluetooth measurement instruments, such as calipers, as input devices. README |
Steffen Vogel (stv0g) | https://codeberg.org/stv0g/freecad-instrumentinput |
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| Launcher | Customization | It is a small extension that provides a dedicated dialog box to search and launch commands. Instead of clicking on a toolbar button or menu entry, this method of executing commands may be faster for some users. | triplus | https://github.com/Addon-Shelter/Runner |
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ModernUI | Customization | Replaces the standard user interface (UI) with feature such as ribbon menus and collapsing/expanding panels on mouse-over. | HakanSeven12 | https://github.com/HakanSeven12/Modern-UI |
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| NavigationIndicator | Customization | It is an extension that adds an indicator for the mouse navigation style in the status bar. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this extension is obsolete, as the indicator is included natively in FreeCAD. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/NavigationIndicator |
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| NeoRibbon | Customization | Ribbon interface for FreeCAD 1.1 and later. | https://github.com/robdevtech/NeoRibbon |
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| PersistentToolbars | Customization | It is a small extension to keep the toolbars in their locations. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this extension is obsolete, as the functionality is included natively in FreeCAD. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/PersistentToolbars |
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PieMenu Workbench | Customization | It is a small extension that shows a pie menu to select tools or commands when the Tab key or a key sequence established by the user is pressed. A pie menu is an interface that appears in Blender and other systems like Android mobile phones to launch commands. | Grubuntu | https://github.com/Grubuntu/PieMenu |
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| Pluginloader | Customization | It is a small extension that allows the user to install macros, external workbenches, and other extensions in FreeCAD. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this utility is obsolete, as this functionality is already provided by the Addon Manager. | microelly2 | https://github.com/microelly2/freecad-pluginloader |
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| RemBench | Customization | It is a small extension that remembers and automatically activates a workbench based on the document tab that is selected. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/RemBench |
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| Ribbon | Customization | A customizable ribbon UI for FreeCAD. | APEbbers | https://github.com/APEbbers/FreeCAD-Ribbon |
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| SaveAndRestore | Customization | Saves and restores settings. | https://github.com/APEbbers/SaveAndRestore |
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SearchBar | Customization | It is an extension that adds a search bar next to the what's this? tool. The search results include tools, objects and preferences. Other mods can extend it by registering a result provider. | Suzanne Soy, APEbbers | https://github.com/APEbbers/SearchBar |
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| SelectorToolbar | Customization | It is a small extension that provides a point and click experience for switching workbenches. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/SelectorToolbar |
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| ShortCuts | Customization | It is a small extension that provides a manager and overlay for shortcuts. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/ShortCuts |
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| TabBar | Customization | It is a small extension that adds a window with tabs in order to select workbenches. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/TabBar |
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| ToolbarStyle | Customization | It is a small extension that allows the configuration of toolbars, with icons, text, or both. | triplus | https://github.com/triplus/ToolbarStyle |
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| ToolSeek | Customization | Command palette for finding FreeCAD commands. | https://github.com/robdevtech/ToolSeek |
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WorkbenchOrganizer | Customization | Allows you to organize your workbenches in groups and to rename them for a better workflow WorkbenchOrganizer. | Palmstroem | https://github.com/Palmstroemen/WB_Organizer |
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| drawing_dimensioning | Drafting | Drawing dimensioning tools. README |
https://github.com/Addon-Shelter/Drawing-Dimensioning |
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| ShapeStrings | Drafting | Tools for creating and manipulating ShapeStrings. Documentation README |
Robert Massaioli | https://github.com/robertmassaioli/shapestrings |
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| SvgWorkbench | Drafting | Workbench for SVG files. Documentation |
Frank David Martínez Muñoz | https://github.com/mnesarco/SvgWorkbench |
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Templater | Drafting | It is a tool set to enhance TechDraw's drafting capabilities. | FBXL5 | https://codeberg.org/FBXL5/Templater |
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| TitleBlock | Drafting | Fills TechDraw title blocks using the Spreadsheet Workbench. | https://github.com/APEbbers/TitleBlock-WB |
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| FreeCAD-Beginner-Assistant | Education | Modeling assistant for the Part and Sketcher workbenches. | Aleksander Sadowski | https://github.com/alekssadowski95/FreeCAD-Beginner-Assistant |
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| FreeCAD-Documentation-html | Education | Local HTML version of the FreeCAD wiki. | Turan Furkan Topak | https://github.com/Reqrefusion/FreeCAD-Documentation-html |
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MOOC | Education | It provides an interactive tutorial to learn about FreeCAD directly inside the program. It allows you to evaluate your self-learning. | rockn | https://framagit.org/freecad-france/mooc-workbench |
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| offline-documentation | Education | FreeCAD documentation for offline use. | https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-documentation |
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| addFC | Engineering | Additional tools for bills of materials, exploded views, libraries, and sheet metal. Documentation |
Golodnikov Sergey | https://github.com/GS90/addFC |
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AirPlaneDesign | Engineering | It is an experimental workbench to design wings and airplane objects. | FredsFactory (a179308) | https://github.com/FredsFactory/FreeCAD_AirPlaneDesign |
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Beltrami | Engineering | It designs turbomachine blades, rotor and stator. From the original profile provided by Beltrami or an existing one, modifications can be made to match your design specifications. It uses geometrical drivers compatible with fluid dynamics analysis. For turbines, pumps, compressors and fans. | SimTurb | https://github.com/Simturb/Beltrami |
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| btl | Engineering | Manages CAM tool libraries. | https://github.com/knipknap/better-tool-library |
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| CamScripts | Engineering | Provides CAM ToolBit import, scripts, and configuration tools. | spanner888 | https://github.com/spanner888/CamScripts |
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| DFM | Engineering | Evaluates designs against manufacturing processes and associated rules. Documentation README |
Ryan Kembrey | https://github.com/ryankembrey/FreeCAD-DFM-Workbench |
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| FeedsAndSpeeds | Engineering | Calculates basic machining feeds and speeds for CAM. | Daniel Wood | https://github.com/dubstar-04/FeedsAndSpeeds |
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| FoamCut | Engineering | Prepares jobs and generates G-code for four- or five-axis CNC hot-wire cutters. | Andrew Shkolik | https://github.com/Shkolik/Foamcut |
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| free2ki | Engineering | Exports models to VRML with rotation and scaling applied for KiCad or Blender. README |
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| FreeCADTools | Engineering | It contains tools to create metal profiles, square tubing, z profile, palette, rotation, drawing, and more. | Siardeni | https://github.com/Siardeni/FreeCADTools |
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| FusedFilamentDesign | Engineering | PartDesign tools for FFF/FDM 3D printing. README |
https://github.com/rahix/FusedFilamentDesign.git |
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GDML | Engineering | It contains tools to handle the Geometry Definition Markup Language (GDML). | KeithSloan | https://github.com/KeithSloan/GDML |
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GDT | Engineering | It is a collection of tools to add geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GDT) labels in 2D and 3D technical drawings. It implements the standard ISO 16792. | juanvanyo | https://github.com/juanvanyo/FreeCAD-GDT |
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Glider | Engineering | It contains tools to design paragliders and kites using the OpenGlider library. | booya | https://github.com/booya-at/OpenGlider |
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| KiConnect | Engineering | TBD | Morgan | https://codeberg.org/kiconnect/KiConnect |
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KicadStepUp | Engineering | It is aimed at helping both KiCad and FreeCAD users in collaborating with electrical (ECAD) and mechanical (MCAD) design. With FreeCAD it's possible to design a printed circuit board, and push it to KiCad; alternatively, the board can be designed in KiCad, it can be imported by FreeCAD, it can be edited with the Sketcher Workbench, and pushed back into KiCad. The 3D model, boards and enclosure, can be exported to VRML with materials properties for use in KiCad or Blender. | easyw | https://github.com/easyw/kicadStepUpMod |
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LCInterlocking | Engineering | It contains tools to create interlocking parts that can be cut with laser-cutters. Tabs and hinges can be added, and the sketch can be exported to SVG. | execuc | https://github.com/execuc/LCInterlocking |
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| Machines | Engineering | Collection of community-maintained CAM machine definitions. Documentation README |
Sliptonic | https://github.com/FreeCAD/Machines |
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| Maker Workbench | Engineering | The Maker Workbench is composed of a mechatronic components system and an optic components system. The user can modify these components to customize their own system. | David Muñoz | https://github.com/URJCMakerGroup/MakerWorkbench |
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| MBDWorkbench | Engineering | Tools for semantic product and manufacturing information, with AP242 STEP import and export. | https://github.com/ChipsWoodShop/FreeCAD-MBDWorkbench |
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| Nesting | Engineering | Arranges 2D shapes on sheets, with manual placement, optimization, DXF export, and CAM job creation. | https://github.com/StevePeters-US/Freecad-Nesting-Workbench |
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OSE 3D Printer | Engineering | A workbench for designing 3D printers by Open Source Ecology for Distributive Enterprise. | G Roques | https://github.com/gbroques/ose-3d-printer-workbench |
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Pyrate | Engineering | It is used to design optical lenses. The project aims to provide an optical raytracer for isotropic, homogeneous anisotropic and inhomogeneous isotropic GRIN media. | mess42, joha2 | https://salsa.debian.org/mess42/pyrate |
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| QuickMeasure | Engineering | Measures selected features. | https://github.com/DanMiel/QuickMeasure |
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Rocket | Engineering | It provides tools for model and amateur rocket design. Users can quickly and easily create rocket components suitable for 3D printing, CNC milling, or laser cutting | DavesRocketShop | https://github.com/davesrocketshop/Rocket.git |
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SheetMetal | Engineering | It provides tools to design an object made of a folded sheet, such as a metal case or enclosure. The user starts with a flat sheet, then uses tools to extrude and bend the faces of the object until the desired shape is obtained. The body may then be unfolded to obtain the required flat material, and to use as input for mills or laser cutting machines. | Shai Seger and Ulrich Brammer | https://github.com/shaise/FreeCAD_SheetMetal |
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Ship | Engineering | It is used to create structures that are common to ships. It currently is seeking a maintainer. | Jose Luis Cercós Pita | https://github.com/FreeCAD/freecad.ship |
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| SimplyPrint | Engineering | Exports models, meshes, and assemblies to the SimplyPrint cloud for slicing, storage, and 3D printing. | SimplyPrint | https://github.com/SimplyPrint/freecad-integration |
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| Smooth-Toolsync | Engineering | Synchronizes CAM tool libraries with a Loobric tool data server. README |
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| BillOfMaterials | Information and data | Creates bills of materials independently of the assembly workbench used. | https://github.com/APEbbers/BillOfMaterials-WB |
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CADExchanger | Information and data | It is an extension that allows FreeCAD to import and export file formats supported by the commercial "CAD Exchanger" application, such as Rhino 3dm or ACIS sat, and mesh formats like OBJ and STL. | yorikvanhavre | https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/CADExchanger |
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| CarteGrid | Information and data | Generates model variations from a parameter grid and exports selected objects in batches. Documentation |
Marc Bresson | https://github.com/MarcBresson/CarteGrid |
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DataManager Workbench | Information and data | The DataManager Workbench is for auditing and cleaning up VarSets (and their variables) and Spreadsheet aliases. | RoyW | https://github.com/royw/freecad_datamanager_workbench |
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| Design-Proof | Information and data | Varies model dimensions and measures how often regeneration succeeds. | Unai-Pz-de-A | https://github.com/Unai-Pz-de-A/FreeCAD-DesignProof |
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| dxf_library | Information and data | It installs the DXF Python importer and exporter. This was required in FreeCAD versions v0.15 and below. This is not needed anymore when using the built-in DXF importer in v0.16 and above. This library is still needed if you wish to explicitly use the Python importer, or if you wish to export directly from the 3D model. Please notice that the built-in importer is faster than the Python importer, but in many cases the Python importer produces better results. | yorikvanhavre | https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/Draft-dxf-importer |
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DynamicData | Information and data | It is an extension that allows creating container objects to hold custom properties of any type that FreeCAD supports, for example, length or placement. These custom properties can then be used in mathematical expressions just like other properties in the Sketcher Workbench or Spreadsheet Workbench. | mwganson | https://github.com/mwganson/DynamicData |
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| Estimate | Information and data | Estimates material quantities from the volume or weight of selected parts. | error on line 1 | https://github.com/erroronline1/estimateWB |
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File Explorer | Information and data | An integrated File Explorer panel with previews/open/import/copy/paste/favorites | mnesarco | https://github.com/mnesarco/FileExplorerExt |
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| freecad-wakatime | Information and data | WakaTime integration for FreeCAD. | Pegoku | https://github.com/Pegoku/freecad-wakatime |
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| FreecadDiscordPresence | Information and data | Displays FreeCAD status on Discord. | https://github.com/TzurSoffer/FreecadDiscordPresence |
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| HistoryWorkbench | Information and data | Tracks document history and compares changes in the 3D view and tree. Documentation README |
Ephi Blanshey | https://github.com/eblanshey/HistoryWorkbench |
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| IDF | Information and data | Imports IDF files. README |
Milos Koutny, PhoneDroid | https://github.com/FreeCAD/IDF |
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ImportNURBS | Information and data | A workbench to add support for importing 3dm files using open rhino3dm library Noteː This workbench is still under development | keithsloan52 | https://github.com/KeithSloan/ImportNURBS |
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InventorLoader | Information and data | It is an extension designed to import Autodesk Inventor files. Currently only Parts (IPT) can be displayed, not assemblies (IAM) nor drawings (IDW). As Inventor files contain a complete ACIS model representation, SAT and SAB files can also be imported. Export will not be supported, neither to IPT nor to SAT. | jmplonka | https://github.com/jmplonka/InventorLoader |
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| Ondsel-Lens | Information and data | Manages Ondsel Lens workspaces. README |
https://github.com/FreeCAD/Ondsel-Lens-Addon |
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OSH Automated Documentation | Information and Data | Generate BOMs and high-quality images for assembly instructions | Pieter Hijma, JC Mariscal-Melgar | https://codeberg.org/osh-autodoc/osh-autodoc-workbench |
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Plot | Information and data | It is a layer on top of the Matplotlib Python module to graph mathematical functions and vectors of points. | Jose Luis Cercós Pita | https://github.com/FreeCAD/Plot |
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Reporting | Information and data | It adds tools to extract information from a FreeCAD document using SQL statements, and show the results in a spreadsheet. The SQL statements can be used from a graphical user interface or from Python scripts. It works in a similar way to the Arch Schedule tool but is more powerful due to the flexibility that SQL provides. | furti | https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Reporting |
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Robust MCP Bridge | Information and data | The Bridge workbench is designed to provide an interface between FreeCAD and the Robust MCP Server to enable AI assistants (like Claude) to control FreeCAD via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It provides XML-RPC and JSON-RPC interfaces for external automation. | spkane | https://github.com/spkane/freecad-robust-mcp-and-more |
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| Supplemental-Materials | Information and data | Materials database supplementing the core materials. Documentation README |
DavesRocketShop | https://github.com/FreeCAD/Supplemental-Materials |
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| taack-plm-freecad | Information and data | Tools for interacting with a Taack PLM intranet server. | https://github.com/Taack/taack-plm-freecad |
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| Telemetry | Information and data | Sends basic metrics to the FreeCAD development team. | https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-Telemetry |
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| Vars | Information and data | FreeCAD Vars addon. Documentation |
Frank David Martínez Muñoz | https://github.com/mnesarco/Vars |
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WebTools | Information and data | It contains a series of tools to communicate with web services like Git, a BIM server, and Sketchfab. | yorikvanhavre | https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/WebTools |
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Woods | Information and data | A curated database of wood materials | DavesRocketShop | https://github.com/davesrocketshop/Woods |
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YAML | Information and data | It is an extension that adds an importer to load and manipulate objects from YAML files. In this way it's easier to design and check 3D parts before manufacturing. | Mambix | https://github.com/Mambix/FreeCAD-yaml-workbench |
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| 3DfindIT | Parts | 3DfindIT.com, the engineering search engine for 3D components from CADENAS, provides users with easy access to millions of CAD models from thousands of international manufacturers and a range of intuitive search methods. | tsielaff, berndhahnebach | https://github.com/cadenasgmbh/3dfindit-freecad-integration |
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| BananaForScale | Parts | Adds a banana for scale to FreeCAD. | https://github.com/FabioTavernini/bananaforscale |
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BOLTSFC | Parts | It is an extension that allows you to use the BOLTS "Open Library for Technical Specifications", which is a collection of objects like nuts, screws, bolts, and so on, parametrically defined. | jreinhardt, berndhahnebach | https://github.com/boltsparts/boltsfc |
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BulletDesigner | Parts | A workbench that provides parametric bullet and projectile design with integrated ballistic calculations, material database, and export capabilities. | Bullet Designer Team | https://github.com/Supermagnum/BulletDesigner |
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| CadbaseLibrary | Parts | Accesses CADBase components and their FreeCAD files. | https://github.com/mnnxp/cadbaselibrary-freecad |
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CadQuery | Parts | It allows users to design parametric 3D CAD models defined by the CadQuery CAD scripting API. It includes a full-featured editor with auto-completion, syntax highlighting, line numbering, and code folding. Example scripts are included. Script variables can be edited dynamically through the use of a parameter dialog. This workbench also includes cqparts, which is a library that adds support for parts and assemblies with constraints on top of CadQuery. | jmwright | https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery-freecad-workbench |
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Fasteners | Parts | It is a workbench that provides various fasteners, screws, bolts, nuts, etc., to attach to your model complying with ISO standards. | Ulrich Bramar (@ulrich1a) and Shai Seger (@shais) | https://github.com/shaise/FreeCAD_FastenersWB |
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Gear | Parts | It is an extension that adds many different gears like cylindric involute, involute rack, cylindric cycloid, spherical involute bevel-gear, and crown gear. | looooo | https://github.com/looooo/freecad.gears |
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| GearWorkBench | Parts | Creates parametric gears for 3D printing. | https://github.com/iplayfast/GearWorkBench |
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| Gridfinity | Parts | Generates parametric Gridfinity bins and baseplates. | Stuart | https://github.com/Stu142/FreeCAD-Gridfinity-Workbench |
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| Frametools | Parts | It is an extension with tools to create frames and beams, including two intersecting beams, in which one beam is cut by a plane or by another beam. | looooo | https://github.com/looooo/freecad.frametools |
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FreeGrid | Parts | A workbench for generating FreeGrid storage system components. | hasecilu | https://github.com/instancezero/in3dca-freegrid |
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Marz Guitar Design | Parts | It allows you to design parametric solid body guitars importing 2D svg files for custom shapes and features. | mnesarco | https://github.com/mnesarco/MarzWorkbench |
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| Parts Library | Parts | It is an extension that downloads a library of parts in STEP format .step or in FreeCAD format .FCStd that can be imported into a document. Users can contribute content to this library by forking the repository, adding their own parts under a permissive CC-BY 3.0 license, and submitting a pull request to merge the new objects. | Community | https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-library |
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| PCB | Parts | It is a workbench that allows the user to import and create printed circuit boards (PCB) in FreeCAD. It supports layers, colors, transparencies, importing Step and Iges models, and displaying holes and vias. | marmni | https://github.com/marmni/FreeCAD-PCB |
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| Ratchet | Parts | Creates ratchets. README |
error on line 1 | https://github.com/erroronline1/ratchetWB |
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| Retr3d | Parts | It is a framework designed to model and manufacture 3D printable parts starting from electronic waste. The intention of this project is to recycle e-waste, and promote 3D printing, especially in developing economies. | Maaphoo | https://github.com/Maaphoo/Retr3d |
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| RotaryMoulder | Parts | Designs rotary cookie moulder drums from flat outlines, with text and pattern details. | Mike Passchier | https://github.com/mepasschier/FreeCAD-RotaryMoulder |
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Stemfie | Parts | It is a workbench that generates a set of parametric parts for the Stemfie Project. | Stemfie Community, Bilbao Makers, hasecilu | https://github.com/bilbaomakers/StemfieWB |
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| stepParts | Parts | Searches the step.parts catalog and inserts STEP parts into the active document. | https://github.com/iplayfast/stepParts |
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| Symbols Library | Parts | It is an extension that downloads a library of SVG symbols that can be used in FreeCAD, particularly in the TechDraw Workbench to produce technical documentation. Users can contribute content to this library by forking the repository, adding their own symbols under a permissive CC-BY 3.0 license, and submitting a pull request to merge the new objects. | Community | https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-symbols |
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ThreadProfile | Parts | It provides tools to create parametric 2D thread profiles compatible with extrusion tools in Part and PartDesign workbenches. | mwganson | https://github.com/mwganson/ThreadProfile |
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| ThreadWorkbench | Parts | Generates metric and inch threads. README |
https://github.com/krwork3d/freecad_thread_workbench |
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| Alternate_OpenSCAD | Programming | An alternate OpenSCAD importer with some experimental features. Documentation |
Keith Sloan | https://github.com/KeithSloan/OpenSCAD_Alt_Import |
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| MnesarcoUtils | Programming | Tools for scripting and experiments. | Frank Martinez | https://github.com/mnesarco/FreeCAD_Utils |
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| Nodes | Programming | A visual scripting workbench for FreeCAD using pyqt-node-editor. | j8sr0230 | https://github.com/j8sr0230/Nodes |
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| Pivy_trackers | Programming | Pivy_trackers provides a Python developer with an easy way to directly manipulate the Coin3D scenegraph by generating specific scenegraph node structures which are then inserted and accessed though the pivy_tracker classes. | joelgraff | https://github.com/joelgraff/pivy_trackers |
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Animation | Pseudo-assembly | It contains many tools to simulate movement of parts, create sequences of pictures, and thus produce an animation. The position and rotation of objects can be changed at different times, but also other properties like visibility, transparency, shape color, and camera position. | microelly2 | https://github.com/microelly2/Animation |
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| AnimationFreeCAD | Pseudo-assembly | Animates objects through visual scripting nodes using PyFlow. | Quentin Tournier, Andréas Cottet | https://github.com/QuentinTournier40/AnimationFreeCAD |
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ExplodedAssembly | Pseudo-assembly | It allows creating exploded views and animations of assemblies. It was previously known as "ExplodedAnimation". | JMG1 | https://github.com/JMG1/ExplodedAssembly |
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Fcmcua | Pseudo-assembly | Link a motion controller to a FreeCAD assembly using OPC UA. The workbench provides features to simulate machines that are controlled by e.g. a programmable logic controller (PLC), provided the PLC supports OPC UA. | Heissgetraenk | https://github.com/heissgetraenk/fcmcua |
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Lattice2 | Pseudo-assembly | It provides tools for working with placements and arrays of placements. It is a sort of assembly workbench but there are no constraints nor relationships. Instead, the workbench focuses in arrays of placements that can be generated, combined, transformed, superimposed, and populated with shapes. It can also create exploded assemblies. | DeepSOIC | https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Lattice2 |
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Manipulator | Pseudo-assembly | It is aimed at helping users in aligning, moving, rotating, and measuring 3D objects through a friendly graphical interface. | easyw | https://github.com/easyw/Manipulator |
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| Motion-Control | Pseudo-assembly | Links a motion controller to an assembly using OPC UA. Documentation |
heissgetraenk, PhoneDroid | https://github.com/Addon-Shelter/Motion-Control |
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Part-o-magic | Pseudo-assembly | It is an experimental workbench that provides some improvements to Std Part and PartDesign Body containers (automatic grouping, visibility automation, etc.), in order to work with documents that have multiple parts with deep feature hierarchies. It provides a Body-like container for the Part Workbench, and for other workbenches that produce solid shapes. Part-o-magic does not provide assembly constraints, but the tools included may be useful in conjunction with a true assembly workbench. | DeepSOIC | https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Part-o-magic |
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Workfeature | Pseudo-assembly | It provides tools to produce different points, axes, and planes, in order to facilitate the creation of assemblies. This workbench is based on the older Workfeatures macro, which was hosted in the macros recipes page. Currently, the macro has a bit more functionality than the workbench, but eventually the workbench will integrate all existing tools of the macro. They also differ in the graphical user interface; the macro creates a panel next to the tree view and the task panel, while the workbench provides its tools in toolbars, just like other workbenches. | Rentlau | https://github.com/Rentlau/WorkFeature-WB |
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| Channels | Rendering | Connects FreeCAD to Blender. Documentation |
Frank David Martínez Muñoz | https://github.com/mnesarco/Channels |
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| freecad-xr-workbench | Rendering | Displays models in virtual reality using OpenXR. Documentation README |
https://github.com/kwahoo2/freecad-xr-workbench |
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| Kerkythea | Rendering | It adds a simple exporter to produce XML files for use with the Kerkythea freeware renderer. | marmni | https://github.com/marmni/FreeCAD-Kerkythea/blob/master/exportToKerkythea.FCMacro |
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Movie | Rendering | Animate cameras and objects, record and play videos | Francisco Rosa | https://github.com/Francisco-Rosa/FreeCAD-Movie |
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POV-Ray-Rendering | Rendering | It creates renderings of your FreeCAD model and is very easy to use but also offers all options for advanced users. | The_Raytracers | https://github.com/TheRaytracers/freecad-povray-render |
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Render | Rendering | It can produce high-quality rendered images, using open-source external rendering engines like Pov-ray, Luxrender, and Appleseed. Render is a replacement for the Raytracing Workbench, and uses the same templates so they are compatible. In the future Render may also support Kerkythea, Blender's EEVEE, and OpenCascade's CadRays engines. | yorikvanhavre | https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-render |
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| TexturedObjImporter | Rendering | Imports UV-mapped OBJ meshes with MTL files and image textures. | Marco Laffranchi | https://github.com/mlaffran/TexturedObjImporter |
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3D Printing Tools | Shapes | It has tools to do small changes to meshes imported from external files like STL. | mark1791 | https://github.com/mark1791/3D_Printing_Tools |
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| AssemblyCut | Shapes | Cuts multiple PartDesign bodies with one sketch and supports separate Pocket parameters for each body. | Cipa | https://github.com/cipawow-ship-it/AssemblyCut |
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| ConstraintDesign | Shapes | Provides an alternative design workbench. | https://github.com/drwho495/ConstraintDesign-wb |
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| Cura Engine | Shapes | It is an extension that integrates CuraEngine into FreeCAD in order to facilitate gcode generation for 3D printing. This addon is unmaintained since 2014 and no longer works with recent versions of CuraEngine. | cblt2l | https://github.com/cblt2l/FreeCAD-CuraEngine-Plugin |
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CurvedShapes | Shapes | It has tools to create 3D curves from 2D profiles | chbergmann | https://github.com/chbergmann/CurvedShapesWorkbench |
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Curves | Shapes | It is a collection of tools to create and edit NURBS curves and surfaces. | tomate44 (Chris_G) | https://github.com/tomate44/CurvesWB |
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Defeaturing | Shapes | It provides tools to edit STEP objects to remove features like holes, faces, and edges, and perform some operations with the simplified objects. | easyw | https://github.com/easyw/Defeaturing_WB |
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Design456 | Shapes | Direct modeling tools for FreeCAD. | Mariwan Jalal | https://github.com/MariwanJ/Design456 |
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| Detessellate | Shapes | Provides tools for reverse engineering meshes. Documentation README |
https://github.com/DesignWeaver3D/Detessellate |
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| HexFill | Shapes | Fills sketches with honeycomb patterns. | Clientik | https://github.com/Clientik/FreeCAD-HexFill |
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| Lapidary | Shapes | Designs faceted gemstones, exchanges GemCad files, and produces faceting diagrams and optics studies. | Dominic | https://github.com/Dominic-Lentini/freecad-gemstone |
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Lithophane | Shapes | It is an extension to convert a provided image to a "lithophane" for 3D printing. A lithophane is an image that can only be seen properly when illuminated from behind. | furti | https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Lithophane |
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MeshRemodel | Shapes | It provides tools to help re-create or re-model imported mesh objects to obtain a solid shape. The workflow is to create points from the mesh's vertices, and use those to create sketches, which can then be extruded. | mwganson | https://github.com/mwganson/MeshRemodel |
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| MeshToFeatures | Shapes | Reconstructs editable PartDesign bodies from triangle meshes of prismatic parts. | https://github.com/MasoudMiM/MeshToFeatures |
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| Nurbs | Shapes | It is a collection of scripts for managing freeform surfaces and curves. | microelly2 | https://github.com/microelly2/freecad-nurbs |
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Pyramids and Polyhedrons Workbench | Shapes | It has tools for generating pyramids, regular polyhedra and geodesic speres, fully scalable and usable like regular bodies. | eddyverl | https://github.com/Addon-Shelter/Polyhedra |
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Silk | Shapes | It is a collection of NURBS surface modeling tools focused on low degree and seam continuity. Silk is the new name of the NURBSlib-EVM project. | edwardvmills | https://github.com/edwardvmills/Silk |
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Slic3r-tools | Shapes | It allows exporting parts, and opening the resulting STL in Slic3r. You can set up a default print profile, and directly get information about the resources that would be used to 3D print it, as well as quickly generate the .gcode file. | limikael | https://github.com/limikael/freecad-slic3r-tools |
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| SlopedPlanesMacro | Shapes | It allows you to build figures controlling the slopes of the faces of objects. | Damian Caceres Moreno | https://github.com/luzpaz/SlopedPlanesMacro |
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| toSketch | Shapes | Tools for recreating models from STEP files. | Keith Sloan | https://github.com/KeithSloan/toSketch |
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Cfd | Simulation | It provides a graphical interface to the OpenFOAM solver to perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. | qingfengxia | https://github.com/qingfengxia/Cfd |
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CfdOF | Simulation | It is a fork of the Cfd workbench that focuses on ease of use; it is intended for people who are just starting in the world of CFD and OpenFOAM. | jaheyns | https://github.com/jaheyns/CfdOF |
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DesignSPHysics | Simulation | It provides a graphical user interface to DualSPHysics, a fluid dynamics solver using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) model. | ndrs92 | https://github.com/DualSPHysics/DesignSPHysics |
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EM | Simulation | It provides a graphical interface for different solvers by FastFieldSolvers. At present it supports the 3D magneto-quasistatic impedance solver FastHenry. Support for the 3D electrostatic capacitance solver FasterCap is ongoing. | FastFieldSolvers S.R.L. | https://github.com/ediloren/EM-Workbench-for-FreeCAD |
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| EMStudio | Simulation | Tools for RF and electromagnetic modeling and simulation using external solvers. | https://github.com/king-aj3/EMStudioFree |
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| fcVM | Simulation | Finite element collapse analysis using the von Mises plasticity model. | https://github.com/HarryvL/fcVM-workbench |
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FEM FrontISTR | Simulation | It provides a graphical interface for FrontISTR, an open-source large-scale parallel FEM program for nonlinear structural analysis. | kinagaki | https://github.com/FrontISTR/FEM_FrontISTR |
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FEMbyGEN | Simulation | It provides a simple interface to choose the best solution by showing the structural behavior of your designs on screen for parametric analysis and multiple loading situations. | Serdar Ince, Ögeday Yavuz, Rahul Jhuree | https://github.com/Serince/FEMbyGEN |
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| freecad.optics_design_workbench | Simulation | Forward ray tracing for optics simulation and optimization. | https://github.com/zaphB/freecad.optics_design_workbench |
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| MeshStudy | Simulation | Automates mesh convergence studies for finite element analysis and displays results in tables and charts. | https://github.com/eng-abdalla-abbas/MeshStudy |
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| NikraDAP | Simulation | Planar multibody dynamics using a DAP solver algorithm developed by P. E. Nikravesh. | https://github.com/NikraDAP/FreeCAD-NikraDAP |
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| OpticsWorkbench | Simulation | Geometrical optics and ray tracing through FreeCAD objects. | https://github.com/chbergmann/OpticsWorkbench |
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PlanarMechSim | Simulation | Calculate and simulate the movement of an assembly of bodies in a plane, under the influence of various forces. | Cecil Churms | https://github.com/cecilchurms/FreeCAD-PlanarMechSim |
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| pyOpToolsWorkbench | Simulation | Optics ray tracing using pyOpTools. | https://github.com/cihologramas/freecad-pyoptools |
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| Solar | Simulation | Manages solar analysis and configurations. README (main) Documentation |
Francisco Rosa | https://github.com/Francisco-Rosa/Solar |
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