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FreeCAD 0.16 release notes

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Re: FreeCAD 0.16 release notes

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Post by DrNuke »

Is there a malware into the Win 64bit version file FreeCAD_0.16.6700.7b925d1-WIN-x64-installer.exe? My download with Chrome has just been stopped twice by Avast antivirus at 39MB out of 224MB.

Re: FreeCAD 0.16 release notes

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Post by Nutmog »

DrNuke wrote: post #2

Is there a malware into the Win 64bit version file FreeCAD_0.16.6700.7b925d1-WIN-x64-installer.exe? My download with Chrome has just been stopped twice by Avast antivirus at 39MB out of 224MB.

Why not let it download fully and run the virus scanner on it? You won't get a virus just downloading a file in up-to-date Chrome.

Re: FreeCAD 0.16 release notes

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Post by bitJericho »

DrNuke wrote: post #2

Is there a malware into the Win 64bit version file FreeCAD_0.16.6700.7b925d1-WIN-x64-installer.exe? My download with Chrome has just been stopped twice by Avast antivirus at 39MB out of 224MB.

Windows Defender detected no threats in the installer. Windows defender detects between 85-91 percent of 0-day threats, while other vendors might detect up to 100 percent of 0-days, according to the latest report from av-test.org.

Re: FreeCAD 0.16 release notes

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Post by bhouston »

Freecad is an amazing tool. It is based on the open source CAD kernel OpenCascade: http://www.opencascade.com/

If you want to do CAD directly you can use OpenCascade directly or if you can use its various wrappers. The Python OCC wrapper is quite nice: http://www.pythonocc.org/

We use both Python OCC and FreeCAD to help with handling CAD data import/export in http://Clara.io

Although if you are interested in create CAD online, I recommend http://onshape.com

Re: FreeCAD 0.16 release notes

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Post by Htsthbjig »

Great tool. Years ago we started teaching kids Openscad(we volunteer teaching kids to make things with 3d printers, cnc mills, laser cutters, drill machines...), but right now we teach mostly to use freecad.

Openscad only for the most advanced kids for making parametric design. Parametric design(and other tools like blending or assembly) in Freecad is getting shape fast.

Not solidworks but totally free and without artificial constraints(pay for important features). We are convinced our kids will do amazing things when they grow up.

Re: FreeCAD 0.16 release notes

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Post by brudgers »

DrNuke wrote: post #2

Is there a malware into the Win 64bit version file FreeCAD_0.16.6700.7b925d1-WIN-x64-installer.exe? My download with Chrome has just been stopped twice by Avast antivirus at 39MB out of 224MB.

Curious why Avast rather than Microsoft's Defender.

Re: FreeCAD 0.16 release notes

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Post by gntech »

FreeCAD development have really picked up the pace lately. There is also a major overhaul of the partdesign workbench merged and underway for release 0.17. It brings user created datum points, axis and planes. It also brings advanced modeling features such as draft angles, shell and swept profile cut! Much to get excited about! :)

Re: FreeCAD 0.16 release notes

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Post by eggy »

I have used FreeCAD for years, and I am looking to use it in an application I want to create. It is based upon 'Portable Generative Design for CAD Applications' [1]. I wish to create the front end for FreeCAD, so I can use the research's abstractions to create generative architecture, structures or art in FreeCAD. I have been a Blender3D user, since before it first went opensource .I contributed to the free Blender campaign in 2002. I can't remember if it was a donation 
  [1] http://cumincad.architexturez.net/doc/oai-cumincadworks-id-acadia11-196
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