Std About

Description
The Std About command opens a dialog box that shows information about the FreeCAD program.



Usage

 * 1) Select the  option from the menu.
 * 2) Select one of the tabs:, ,  or.
 * 3) Whenever you need to provide FreeCAD version information do the following:
 * 4) * Press the button on the  tab.
 * 5) * Paste this information in your help request.
 * 6) * Do not include a screenshot of the dialog box.
 * 7) Press  or the  button to close the dialog.

About
The About tab shows information on the FreeCAD version used, revision number, operating system, and some details about the supporting libraries, Python, Qt, Coin, and OCCT.

When requesting help on the FreeCAD forums, or filing bug reports, it is imperative to provide this information.

To get troubleshooting information press button, then paste this information where it is needed.

OS: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS (ubuntu:GNOME/ubuntu) Word size of OS: 64-bit Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit Version: 0.19.18984 (Git) Build type: Unknown Branch: master Hash: c251caa934597d4b32def43ca8ac2ab479931d73 Python version: 3.6.9 Qt version: 5.9.5 Coin version: 4.0.0a OCC version: 7.3.0 Locale: English/UnitedStates (en_US)

Credits
The Credits tab shows a list of contributors to the FreeCAD project. To get your name on this list you can contribute in many different ways, including programming, bug triaging, packaging the software, writing user documentation and tutorials, translating the software and documentation, working on icons, artwork and graphical interfaces, and helping out in the forum. See Help FreeCAD for more information.

License
FreeCAD is licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License 2 (LGPL 2). The full text of this license is listed here. See license for more details.

As FreeCAD uses external libraries, they may have their own licensing terms. Consult their particular licenses in third party libraries.

Code that is distributed together with the core FreeCAD program must be compatible with the LGPL 2.

Libraries
The Libraries tab shows a list of the external libraries used by the program, and the website to obtain more information about them. See also third party libraries for more information.