Release notes 0.22

FreeCAD 0.22 was released on D Month 2023, get it from the Download page. This page lists all new features and changes.

Older FreeCAD release notes can be found in the Feature list.

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Further user interface improvements
Pull request #10363
 * The Section Cut tool now works also when the perspective view is enabled. Pull request #10143
 * An option to sort workbenches alphabetically (available after right-clicking in Preferences --> Workbenches) was added.

Core

 * Added vector functions Expressions from the Vector API. Pull request #8603.

New Python API

 * : Gets the up-direction from a View3DInventor view. Pull request #10060

Draft Workbench

 * A justification option and several related properties have been added to Draft ShapeStrings. Pull request #10233

Further FEM improvements

 * Unusable "constraints without solver" were removed from GUI.

Further TechDraw improvements

 * Sections based on other sections now use the original (uncut) shape by default. This can be changed in section settings to use the previous section instead. Pull request #10281