Online Help Toc

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There is another table of contents for the FreeCAD MANUAL.

• Introduction
  • Welcome
  • About FreeCAD
  • Features
  • Installing on Windows
  • Installing on Linux
  • Installing on Mac
  • Installing additional components

• Working with FreeCAD
  • Getting started
  • Mouse navigation
  • Selection methods
  • The navigation cube
  • The FreeCAD document
  • Property editor

• The Workbenches
  • Standard tools for all Workbenches
  • The Assembly Workbench (introduced in version 1.0)
  • The BIM Workbench (combines the Arch Workbench and external BIM Workbench available in version 0.21 and below)
  • The CAM Workbench (called "Path Workbench" in version 0.21 and below)
  • The Draft Workbench
  • The FEM Workbench
  • The Inspection Workbench
  • The Material Workbench (introduced in version 1.0)
  • The Mesh Workbench
  • The OpenSCAD Workbench
  • The Part Workbench
  • The PartDesign Workbench
  • The Points Workbench
  • The Reverse Engineering Workbench
  • The Robot Workbench
  • The Sketcher Workbench
  • The Spreadsheet Workbench
  • The Surface Workbench
  • The Techdraw Workbench
  • The Test Framework Workbench
  • External workbenches

• List of FreeCAD commands

• List of file formats (import-export)

• FAQ

• Workarounds

• Tutorials

• Customizing FreeCAD
  • Customizing the interface
  • Setting main preferences
  • Setting import-export preferences
  • Start up and configuration

• Python scripting
  • Working with macros
  • Script tutorial
  • Introduction to Python
  • Python scripting tutorial
  • FreeCAD scripting basics
  • Part scripting
  • Shape manipulation
  • Scripted objects
  • The Coin scenegraph
  • Working with Pivy
  • Working with PySide
  • Interface creation
  • Dialog creation

• Development
  • License
  • Compiling FreeCAD
    • Compiling on Windows
    • Compiling on Linux
    • Compiling on MacOS
    • Compiling on Docker
    • Compiling on Docker CLI mode
    • Compiling (speeding up)
    • Third party libraries
    • Third party tools
  • Build Support Tools
    • Bug tracker
    • Debugging FreeCAD
    • Testing FreeCAD
    • The FreeCAD build tool
    • Continuous integration
  • Modifying FreeCAD
    • Branding
    • Translating FreeCAD
    • Adding a workbench
    • Installing extra Python modules
  • Source documentation
  • API

• Credits
  • Contributors

• Glossary

User documentation

• Getting started
• Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
• Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties, Help FreeCAD, Donate

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• Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
• Workbenches: Std Base, Assembly, BIM, CAM, Draft, FEM, Inspection, Material, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Points, Reverse Engineering, Robot, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework

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• Addons: Addon Manager, External workbenches, Scripting and macros

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• Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub