Technical guide

The Basics

• Developer’s Glossary

• Source Tree Basics

• The Application Module

• The Source Code in More Depth

• Writing Code for Translation

• Automated Testing

• Dealing with Property Changes

• The FreeCAD developer’s tool set:

  • C++ and Python
  • Qt : a cross platform development framework
  • OpenCascade : a geometry library
  • Coin3d : a scenegraph manager based on OpenInventor that handles drawing in the 3d window.
  • Pivy : a Python binding for Coin3d

• Reference Library

Modifying FreeCAD

• Contributing to FreeCAD

  • The process for submitting changes to FreeCAD is described in the CONTRIBUTING file in the root of the source tree.

• Creating a WorkBench

• The PowerUser’s hub in the FreeCAD wiki contains good information about Python scripting and workbench creation

• Python stubs package

• Accessing User Preferences PreferencesHow to handle, retrieve and update user preferences.

• Controlling Object Deletion

• Create a Python Binding for C++ Class

• Checklist for Adding a Feature to a Workbench in C++

Release Management

• Overview

  • Major Releases
  • Minor Releases
  • Building Release Packages

See Also

• Wiki Developer Hub

• Compiling

• Useful Python Modules

• OpenCascade Tutorials

• OpenCascade overview presentation

• OpenCasacde online documentation

• Scripted Objects