Online Help Toc

Here is the table of contents for the online help system in FreeCAD. The articles referenced here are automatically included in the FreeCAD.chm file by the wiki2chm.py tool. You find that tool under src/Tools/wiki2chm.py. A printable version of this manual is also available.

• Welcome
• Introduction
  • About FreeCAD
  • Features
  • Installing on Windows
  • Installing on Linux/Unix
  • Installing on Mac

• Working with FreeCAD
  • Getting started
  • Navigating in the 3D space
  • The FreeCAD Document
  • Setting user preferences
  • Customizing the interface
  • Object properties
  • Working with workbenches
  • The PartDesign workbench
  • The Mesh workbench
  • The Part workbench
  • The Drawing workbench
  • The Raytracing workbench
  • The Image workbench
  • The Draft workbench
  • The Architecture workbench
  • The FEM workbench
  • The Robot workbench
  • Standard FreeCAD menus and commands
  • List of all FreeCAD commands
  • Tutorials

• Scripting and Macros
  • Working with macros
  • Introduction to Python
  • Python scripting tutorial
  • FreeCAD Scripting Basics
  • Mesh Scripting
  • Part Scripting
  • Converting between Meshes and Parts
  • The Coin Scenegraph
  • Working with Pivy
  • Working with PySide
  • Creating parametric objects
  • Embedding FreeCAD
  • API documentation
  • Scripting Examples
    • Code snippets
    • Line drawing function
    • Dialog creation

• Developing applications for FreeCAD
  • Licence
  • Compiling FreeCAD
    • Finding assistance
    • Compiling on Windows
    • Compiling on Unix
    • Compiling on Mac
    • Third Party Libraries
    • Third Party Tools
    • Start up and Configuration
  • Build Support Tools
    • The FreeCAD build tool
    • Adding an application module
    • Debugging FreeCAD
    • Testing FreeCAD
  • Modifying FreeCAD
    • Branding
    • Translating FreeCAD
    • Installing extra python modules
  • Source documentation

• Credits
  • Contributors