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FREECAD(1) Linux User's Manual FREECAD(1)

NAME

freecad - An extensible Open Source CAx program for Unix/X11

SYNOPSIS

freecad [options] files
freecadcmd [options] files

DESCRIPTION

FreeCAD is an Open Source CAx RAD based on OpenCasCade, Qt and Python. It features some key concepts like macro recording, workbenches, ability to run as a server and dynamically loadable application extensions and it is designed to be platform independent.

USAGE

freecad starts with a GUI while freecadcmd is only a pure command line version that starts a Python interpreter.

OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of the options supported by freecad is included below.

Generic options

Show summary of options.
Show version of program.
Start in console mode.
Can be specified with '@name', too.

Configuration

Write a log file.
Test level.
Additional module path.
Additional Python path.

SEE ALSO

To get more information about FreeCAD, please visit http://juergen-riegel.net/FreeCAD/Docu/index.php/Main_Page

BUGS

To report a bug, please visit http://free-cad.sf.net/

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Werner Mayer.

July 25, 2007 freecad