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 also works in a perspective view. Pull request #10143
 * An option to sort workbenches alphabetically (available after right-clicking in Preferences → Workbenches) was added.

Core

 * Vector functions from the Vector API can now be used in Expressions. 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 the GUI.

Further Start improvements

 * The preferences page of the Start Workbench has been re-organized. Pull request #10520
 * There now is a Custom CSS option for the Start Page which allows you to customize the Start Page CSS style from the Start Workbench preferences. Pull request #10520
 * The Hide scrollbars preference has been removed. The scrollbars on the Start Page are now styled according to the theme and are much thinner. Pull request #10520
 * There now is preferences for hiding and changing the size of the file thumbnail icons on the Start Page. Pull request #10410

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