FreeCAD is a parametric 3D modeler. Parametric modeling allows you to easily modify your design by going back into your model history and changing its parameters. FreeCAD is open source (LGPL license) and completely modular, allowing for very advanced extension and customization.
FreeCAD is multiplatfom, and reads and writes many open file formats such as STEP, IGES, STL and others.
Visit the upstream project: https://www.freecad.org/ and https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/
Channels
There are multiple maintained channels for this snap:
stable stable contains the latest upstream release, i.e. the most recent tagged commit. Use this if you don't know what you're doing.edge contains automated (daily) builds from the latest master commit. Use this to test new features. Might be unstable.beta contains automated weekly promotions from edge. Use this if you want edge with fewer updates.candidate contains release candidate (RC) builds. Use this if you want to test release candidates before a major release.Apps/Commands
There are multiple apps/commands included in the snap:
freecad: Run FreeCADfreecad.cmd: Run FreeCAD command line interfacefreecad.pip: Install python packages for user (not system-wide).freecad.pip install py_slvs for Assembly3.Side note: There is a FreeCAD experimental branch called 'Link branch' created by a user named 'realthunder' that has become popular. It is available as a Snap package named freecad-realthunder (https://snapcraft.io/freecad-realthunder).
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Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Snap can be installed from the command line on openSUSE Leap 15.x and Tumbleweed.
You need first add the snappy repository from the terminal. Leap 15.5 users, for example, can do this with the following command:
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Leap_15.5 snappy
Swap out openSUSE_Leap_15.5 for openSUSE_Leap_15.4 or openSUSE_Tumbleweed if you’re using a different version of openSUSE.
With the repository added, import its GPG key:
sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh
Finally, upgrade the package cache to include the new snappy repository:
sudo zypper dup --from snappy
Snap can now be installed with the following:
sudo zypper install snapd
You then need to either reboot, logout/login or source /etc/profile to have /snap/bin added to PATH.
Additionally, enable and start both the snapd and the snapd.apparmor services with the following commands:
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor
To install FreeCAD, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install freecad
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