Installing additional components/fr

Choisissez votre système d'exploitation
FreeCAD est une application véritablement multi-plateforme, développée avec Qt de renommée mondiale.

Qu'est-ce que cela signifie, c'est que FreeCAD ressemble et agit de la même façon sur Windows, Linux et Mac. Toutefois, la procédure d'installation est un peu différente pour chaque système d'exploitation.

Choisissez votre système d'exploitation ci-dessous, pour avoir plus de détails sur la façon d'installer FreeCAD.

Installation du contenu supplémentaire
La documentation hors-ligne n'est pas fournie avec toutes les méthodes d'installation, et est donc disponible séparément. Consultez la page Installer d'un fichier d'aide.

En plus des ateliers livrés par défaut avec FreeCAD, il existe une collection grandissante d'ateliers et de modules additionnels produits par des membres de la communauté et disponibles sur le Web. Plusieurs initiatives (listées ci-dessous) sont en cours pour les rassembler et les rendre disponibles de façon conviviale.

Puisque ces ateliers ne font pas partie de la version officielle de FreeCAD, et qu'ils ne sont pas supportés par l'équipe de développement, vous devriez lire l'information fournie dans chacune des pages de greffons avant de les installer, afin de savoir ce que vous installez. De plus, les rapports de bogues et les demandes de fonctionnalité devraient être adressés aux page de greffons.

Le dépôt FreeCAD-addons
Il s'agit d'un regroupement d'atelier utiles, utilisant le système de sous-modules Git, ce qui permet la mise à jour constante du contenu. Le dépôt FreeCAD-addons se trouve sur ce lien : https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-addons. Ce dépôt propose une macro d'installation qui peut être lancée depuis FreeCAD ; celle-ci liste, télécharge et installe les greffons sélectionnés automatiquement. Pour installer la macro :

With older version of FreeCAD, to install the installer macro:


 * 1) Faire un clic droit sur addons_installer.FCMacro puis sélectionner « Enregistrer la cible du lien sous... »
 * 2) Sauvegarder la macro téléchargée dans votre dossier de macros FreeCAD. L'emplacement du dossier de macros est indiqué dans le menu Macros -> Macros... -> Emplacement des macros de l'utilisateur :
 * 1) Redémarrer FreeCAD. La macro addons_installer sera listée dans le menu Macros -> Macros... et pourra être lancée en la sélectionnant puis en cliquant sur le bouton Lancer :

Le greffon pluginloader
Le greffon pluginloader (chargeur de greffons) est une méthode beaucoup plus élaborée d'installer et gérer le contenu additionnel dans FreeCAD. Installez-le selon la même méthode que pour le dépôt FreeCAD-addons, ou suivez les instructions (en anglais) sur la page pluginloader.

Installation manuelle
Les ateliers externes, quand ils sont pleinement programmés en langage python (ce qui est le cas de tous les ateliers actuels au moment d'écrire ces lignes) peuvent être aisément installés manuellement, simplement en les téléchargeant (habituellement en cliquant sur le bouton **Download ZIP** apparaissant sur la page de chacun des greffons quand ils sont hébergés sur GitHub), puis en les plaçant dans votre dossier FreeCAD/Mod (ou dans le dossier Macros s'il s'agit de macros). Reportez-vous aux instructions de chaque page greffon pour des instructions complètes.

Notes pour les utilisateur du système 32-bit et FreeCAD 0.16.6712
Aprés installation, des Workbenches additionnels ne sont accessibles. Dans ce cas
 * Ouvrir la fenètre de Rapport aprés ouverture FreeCAD, et lire l'erreur
 * Lire dans ce forum le fil: http://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=12839#p102933

External software supported by FreeCAD
FreeCAD supports a whole lot of external software packages out of the box. This means, you just need to install the software and it will be automatically available, the next time you start it. There's no need to recompile it. This section aims to provide a list of all such software packages, together with some information of where it's used in FreeCAD and where you can grab them.

CAD Exchanger
A proprietary, closed source application for exchanging various file formats used in CAD. You can use it to convert proprietary, closed formats into a format which is accessible by FreeCAD. The homepage is at https://cadexchanger.com/ where you can download an evaluation version or purchase a license for the application.

CalculiX
CalculiX is a suite of two finite element packages. One, CalculiX GraphiX, or calculix-cgx, is a GUI frontend to display the results of the second package, CalculiX CrunchiX, or calculix-ccx, a FEM solver. Only the latter one is supported by FreeCAD. It can be accessed from the FEM Workbench through. There's a standard and experimental solver supported by FreeCAD. CalculiX can be downloaded from http://calculix.de

DXF Importer
FreeCAD has a native importer and exporter for DXF files, programmed in C++. Currently this importer does not implement all features of the DXF format. If you rely on a not yet implemented feature, you enable an older python based importer/exporter through by activating the  option. You can then choose to let FreeCAD automatically download the needed files or you can grab them from https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/Draft-dxf-importer. The chosen importer / exporter is used by selecting or  and choosing the  file format.

Elmer
Elmer is a multiphysical simulation software, which was open sourced in 2005. In FreeCAD its Grid and Solver modules can be used by the FEM workbench through. The projects homepage is at https://www.elmerfem.org and it can be downloaded from GitHub at https://github.com/ElmerCSC/elmerfem/releases.

FEniCS
FEniCS is a computing platform to solve partial differential equations (PDEs), which are widely used when solving FEM problems. As such it can be used by the FEM workbench. FreeCAD can import and export FEniCS meshes through and  by selecting the  file format. The homepage of FEniCS is at https://fenicsproject.org.

GitPython
A python library which is used to interact with Git repositories. The feature is currently in development status in FreeCAD. The Addon Manager can use this library to import addons from a Git repository. The project is hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython.

Gmsh
A 3D automatic finite element mesh generator. It can be used in FreeCAD from the FEM workbench through. The homepage of gmsh is at http://www.geuz.org/gmsh

GraphViz
GraphViz is an open source graph visualization software. In FreeCAD it is used to generate dependency graphs through Its homepage is at https://www.graphviz.org

ifcOpenShell
IfcOpenShell is a library for working with the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) file format used in architectural design. It can be accessed from the arch workbench through. It's homepage is at http://ifcopenshell.org

LuxCoreRender
LuxCoreRender aka LuxRender is one of two currently supported render engines in FreeCAD. It is used through the workflow on the raytracing workbench. Currently only the old and abandoned LuxRender-1.x is supported by FreeCAD. If you want help to update to the new LuxCoreRender-2, you might want to get in touch with the Raytracing_project team. Downloads for LuxRender-1.6 can be grabbed from the LuxCoreRender GitHub release page at https://github.com/LuxCoreRender/LuxCore/releases. The homepage for the current LuxCoreRender project is at https://www.luxcorerender.org.

ODA File Converter
The ODA file converter is a proprietary, closed source, binary and freely available application to import and export DWG and DXF file formats. In FreeCAD it can be used from the and  menus, when you select the  file type. It can be downloaded from https://www.opendesign.com/guestfiles/oda_file_converter.

OpenCAMLib
An open source library aiming to provide computer aided manufacturing (CAM) algorithms. It is used in FreeCAD in the path workbench. Its homepage is at http://www.anderswallin.net/CAM/.

OpenFOAM
A library for Field Operation and Manipulation (FOAM), which is needed by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations. As such, OpenFOAM is needed by the FEM workbench of FreeCAD. You can access it through the submenu. The project resides at https://openfoam.org.

OpenSCAD
The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller is another CAD software, based on Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG). This means, it can not handle meshes, but operates exclusively on solid geometry. FreeCAD can import and export files created from OpenSCAD through the and  menus by the selecting the  or the  file types. You can get OpenSCAD from https://www.openscad.org.

POVRay
POVRay is well-known raytracer which can render photorealistic images. It is one of two raytracers currently supported by FreeCAD in the raytracing workbench. Its usage is described on the raytracing module page. You can download POVRay from https://www.povray.org.

pycollada
Pycollada aka python-collada is a python library to read and write COLLADA documents, a standard for exchanging 3D scenes and elements. If it is installed you can im- and export scenes to and from COLLADA files through the and  commands by selecting the COLLADA file type. The project is hosted through GitHub at https://pycollada.github.io/ and you can download the releases at https://github.com/pycollada/pycollada/releases/

Z88
Z88 is another FEM program, containing a mesher, solver and converters, which can be used by FreeCAD's FEM workbench. It can be accessed through. Z88 distributes several packages, which all freely available, but are closed source. The Z88OS however, published under an open source license, is what is needed by FreeCAD. The homepage is at https://en.z88.de/. Z88OS is also hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/LSCAD/Z88OS if you want to compile it yourself.