Online Help Toc

Here is the table of Content for the On-line 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 Mesh workbench
  • The Part workbench
  • The Drawing workbench
  • The Raytracing workbench
  • The Image workbench
  • The 2D drafting workbench
  • List of all FreeCAD commands
• Scripting and Macros
  • Working with macros
  • Introduction to python
  • FreeCAD Scripting Basics
  • Mesh Scripting
  • Part Scripting
  • Converting between Meshes and Parts
  • The Coin Scenegraph
  • Working with Pivy
  • Working with PyQt
  • Creating parametric objects
  • Embedding FreeCAD
  • 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