Glossary/pl

This page is a glossary of common FreeCAD terms and definitions.

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3D view:

A
Arc:

App:

Arch:

Assembly:

Axes:

Axis:

B
Backtrace:

Bezier Curve:

Blueprint:

Body:

Boolean Logic:

Boolean Operation:

Boolean OPerations check:

BOPcheck:

brep:

B-rep:

B-spline:

C
Callout:

Chamfer:

Clipping Plane: The clipping plane is used to cut away at the model in the 3D view. It is just a visual aid and does not actually cut the model. Clone:

Coin:

COLLADA:

Command:

Compound:

CompSolid:

Constraint: A restriction on the geometric relationship between primitives in a Sketch. If a constraint has a numerical value, it is referred to as Datum (e.g., a distance constraint has a numerical value - the length of an imaginary line connecting the two points). A constraint that has no numerical value (e.g., a Horizontal constraint) is sometimes referred to as Geometric Constraint. Constructive Solid Geometry:

Coordinate:

Coplanar:

CSG:

Cut:

D
DAG: Degrees Of Freedom:

Dependency Graph: Wiki page. Difference:

Directed Acyclic Graph: (abbreviated as "DAG")

DOF:

Draft:

Drawing:

E
Edge:

Element:

Expression:

Extrude:

F
Face:

Facet:

FC:

FCStd:

Feature:

FEM:

Fillet:

Fork:

Forked Model:

Frenet:

Freetype:

Frustum:

Fully Constrained:

Fuse:

G
GDB or gdb:

Geometric modeling kernel:

Git:

Group:

GUI:

H
Half_Space:

I
IGES:

Intersection:

J
JT:

K
Kernel:

KML:

L
Label:

Line:

Line Segment:

Lock:

Loft:

M
Macro:

Manifold:

Mantis:

Mesh:

Model:

MultiTransform:

N
Name:

Non-manifold:

Null Shape:

O
OCC:

OCE:

OCCT:

Open CASCADE:

OpenSCAD:

Origin:

Orthographic:

P
Pad:

Part:

PartDesignNext:

PD:

PDN:

Perspective:

Pivy:

Placement:

Planar:

Plane:

Plot:

Pocket:

Point:

Polygon mesh:

Polyline:

POV-Ray:

PPA:

Primitive:

PySide:

Python:

Q
Qt:

R
Raytracing:

Revolve:

Robot:

Rotate:

S
Section:

Self Intersection:

Shape:

Shell:

Sketch:

Sketcher:

Sketcher Solver:

Smooth Line:

Solid:

Solver:

Stable:

STL:

STEP:

SVG:

Sweep:

T
Task panel:

Tasks tab:

Tessellation:

Thickness:

Toggle:

Topological Naming:

Torus:

Tracker:

Tree view:

U
Union:

Unstable:

Upgrade:

V
Vector:

Vertex:

Vertices:

Viewprovider:

W
WB:

Wire:

Workbench:

X
X:

Y
Y:

Z
Z: