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== Introduction == <!--T:1-->
== Introduction == <!--T:1-->

Power users have extended FreeCAD with various custom [[workbenches|workbenches]] and addons that are not integrated into the main FreeCAD source code but can be added to an existing FreeCAD installation.
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[[External_workbenches|External workbenches]] are those created by power users which haven't been integrated into the main FreeCAD source code.

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These workbenches aren't supported by the core FreeCAD development team, so they aren't tested to work with every version of FreeCAD. Questions, bug reports, and improvement requests should be made directly to the authors of the workbench.


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Most extensions can be installed from the [[Addon Manager|Addon Manager]], menu {{MenuCommand|Tools [[Image:AddonManager.svg|24px]] Addon manager}}. If there are specific instructions and dependencies for installing or using the workbenches, these should be noted in each workbench's home page.
Workbenches marked with [[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]] can be installed from the [[Std_AddonMgr|Addon Manager]]. For manual installation see [[Installing_more_workbenches|Installing more workbenches]]. If there are specific instructions or prerequisites for using an external workbench, then these should be noted on the workbench's home page.


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These workbenches aren't supported by the main FreeCAD development team, so they aren't tested to work with every version of FreeCAD. Questions, bug reports, and improvement requests should be made directly to the authors of the particular workbench.
Workbenches marked with [[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|24px]] are not recommended for recent versions of FreeCAD. They are obsolete, unmaintained, superseded by a newer workbench, or maybe they don't work with Python 3 or with Qt5. In most cases they should be avoided.


== Current extensions == <!--T:14-->
== Assembly workbenches == <!--T:68-->


=== General === <!--T:17-->
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As of FreeCAD 0.19 there is no official assembly workbench. However, several external tools have been created or are in development to manipulate objects to produce assemblies.


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Note that the assembly workbenches are generally incompatible with each other. If you create an assembly with one of them, you should stick to the original workbench, and not use another assembly workbench in the same document.
* [https://github.com/juanvanyo/FreeCAD-GDT GDT] is a collection of tools to add geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GDT) labels in 2D and 3D technical drawings. It implements the standard ISO 16792.


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=== Information ===
There are also 'pseudo assembly' workbenches which actually don't use constraints to keep relationships between parts, but simply re-position them in space.


== Overview == <!--T:69-->
* [https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/CADExchanger/tree/master CADExchanger] (github link) is an extension that allows FreeCAD to import and export file formats supported by the "CAD Exchanger" commercial application.
* [https://github.com/jmwright/cadquery-freecad-module/wiki CadQuery] allows users to write Python scripts, and is tailored to those based on the CadQuery CAD scripting API. Script variables can be edited dynamically through the use of a parameter dialog.
* [https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/Draft-dxf-importer/tree/master dxf_library] (github link) downloads the files needed to add import and export DXF support to FreeCAD versions before v0.16. These files are not needed anymore when using the built-in DXF importer in v0.16 and above. They are still needed if you wish to use the legacy Python importer or if you wish to export directly from the 3D model.
* [[DynamicData Workbench|DynamicData]] allows creation of container objects for holding custom properties.
* [https://github.com/jmplonka/InventorLoader InventorLoader] is a workbench under construction designed to import Autodesk Inventor files. Currently only Parts (IPT) can be displayed, not assemblies (IAM) nor drawings (IDW).
* [https://github.com/marmni/FreeCAD-Kerkythea/blob/master/exportToKerkythea.FCMacro kerkythea] (github link) is a simple exporter to Kerkythea XML file.
* [https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Reporting/tree/master Reporting] (github link) makes it possible to extract information from a FreeCAD document. It works in a similar way to the [[Arch Schedule]] tool but using an SQL interface from Python.
* [[WebTools Workbench|WebTools]] contains a series of tools to communicate with web services like Git, a BIM server, and Sketchfab.
* [https://github.com/Mambix/FreeCAD-yaml-workspace/tree/master yaml-workspace] (github link) is an extension that adds an importer to load and manipulate objects from YAML files. In this way it's easier to design and check 3D parts before manufacturing.


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=== Shapes and parts ===
The table below is organized in topics, but can be reorder by clicking any of the column headers.


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* [https://github.com/tomate44/CurvesWB Curves] is a collection of tools to create and edit NURBS curves and surfaces.
{| class="sortable wikitable"
* [[Defeaturing Workbench|Defeaturing]] provides tools to edit STEP models by removing selected features.
! style="width:4%;" |Icon
* [https://github.com/shaise/FreeCAD_FastenersWB/tree/master fasteners] (github link) is a workbench that provides various fasteners, screws, bolts, nuts, etc., to attach them to your model.
! style="width:8%;" |Name
* [https://github.com/looooo/freecad.gears/tree/master FCGear] (github link) is an extension that adds many different gears like cylindric involute, involute rack, cylindric cycloid, spherical involute bevel-gear, and crown gear.
! style="width:10%;" |Topic
* [https://github.com/looooo/freecad.frametools frame] (github link) is an extension to produce frames and beams.
! style="width:56%;" |Description
* [https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Lithophane/tree/master Lithophane] (github link) is an extension to convert a provided image to a "lithophane" for 3D printing. A lithophane is an image that can only be seen properly when illuminated from behind.
! style="width:8%;" |Author
* [https://github.com/microelly2/freecad-nurbs Nurbs] is a collection of scripts for managing freeform surfaces and curves.
! style="width:10%;" |Code
* [https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-library/tree/master parts_library] (github link) is an extension that downloads an extensive library of parts that can be used in FreeCAD. It is intended that users contribute content to this library by forking the repository, and adding their own parts under a permissive CC-BY 3.0 license.
! style="width:2%;" |<!--Addon Manager-->
* [https://github.com/marmni/FreeCAD-PCB/tree/master pcb] (github link) is a workbench that allows the user to import and create printed circuit boards (PCB) in FreeCAD. It supports layers, colors, transparencies, importing Step and Iges models, and displaying holes and vias.
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* [https://github.com/microelly2/reconstruction/tree/master reconstruction] (github link) provides utilities to reconstruct models from images.
* [https://github.com/Maaphoo/Retr3d/tree/master retr3D] (github link) is a framework designed to model and manufacture 3D printable parts for the construction of more 3D printers. The intention of this project is to promote 3D printing in developing economies in order to reduce the amount of waste produced, and localize manufacturing, also stimulating the local economy.
* [https://github.com/edwardvmills/Silk Silk] is a collection of NURBS surface modeling tools focused on low degree and seam continuity. Silk is the new name of the NURBSlib-EVM project.
* [https://github.com/luzpaz/SlopedPlanesMacro/tree/master SlopedPlanesMacro] (github link) allows you to build figures controlling the slopes of the faces of objects.
* [https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-symbols/tree/master symbols_library] (github link) is an extension that downloads a library of SVG symbols that can be used in FreeCAD, and particularly the [[TechDraw Workbench]] to produce technical documentation. It is intended that users contribute content to this library by forking the repository, and adding their own symbols under a permissive CC-BY 3.0 license.
* [https://github.com/wood-galaxy/FreeCAD-Timber/tree/master timber] (github link) is a workbench to produce wood and timber objects.


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=== Customization ===
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|[[File:ArchTextures_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-ArchTextures ArchTextures]
|Architecture and construction
|It allows you to add basic, non-photorealistic textures to architectural objects created with the [[Arch Workbench|Arch Workbench]].
|furti
|https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-ArchTextures
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]


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|[[File:BCFPlugin_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/podestplatz/BCF-Plugin-FreeCAD/wiki BCFPlugin]
|Architecture and construction
|It aims to support the BIM Collaboration Format (BCF).
|podestplatz
|https://github.com/podestplatz/BCF-Plugin-FreeCAD
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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* [https://github.com/triplus/Autoload/tree/master Autoload] (github link) is a small extension that allows you to add more workbenches when you start FreeCAD, and can allow you to customize your system in combination with other extensions such as PieMenu, ShortCuts, and CommandPanel.
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* [https://github.com/triplus/CommandPanel/tree/master CommandPanel] (github link) is an extension that provides a customizable command panel to be used to customize workbenches' tools.
|[[File:IFC.svg|32px]]
* [https://github.com/triplus/Glass/tree/master Glass] (github link) is an extension that allows you to show the document object icons as an overlay over the 3D viewport.
|[[BIM_Workbench|BIM]]
* [https://github.com/triplus/IconThemes/tree/master IconThemes] (github link) is an extension that provides the ability of changing the icons of the default FreeCAD system.
|Architecture and construction
* [https://github.com/triplus/Launcher/tree/master Launcher] (github link) is a small extension that provides a dedicated dialog box for users to search commands. It can facilitate launching tools in FreeCAD.
|It aims to implement a complete building information modeling (BIM) workflow in FreeCAD. It extends the [[Arch_Workbench|Arch Workbench]], and gathers tools from other workbenches to provide an environment that is convenient to model buildings, and work with IFC files.
* [https://github.com/triplus/PieMenu/tree/master PieMenu] (github link) is a small extension that provides a pie menu to select tools or commands when the {{KEY|Tab}} key is pressed. A pie menu is an interface that appears in Blender and other systems like Android mobile phones.
|yorikvanhavre
* [https://github.com/triplus/SelectorToolbar/tree/master SelectorToolbar] (github link) is a small extension that provides a point and click experience for changing FreeCAD workbenches.
|https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/BIM_Workbench
* [https://github.com/triplus/ShortCuts/tree/master ShortCuts] (github link) is a small extension that provides a manager and overlay for shortcuts.
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
* [https://github.com/triplus/TabBar/tree/master TabBar] (github link) is a small extension that adds a window with tabs in order to select workbenches.
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* [https://github.com/triplus/ToolbarStyle/tree/master ToolbarStyle] (github link) is a small extension that allows the configuration of toolbars, with icons, text, or both.


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=== Architecture and facilities === <!--T:27-->
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||[[File:BIMBots_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/opensourceBIM/BIMbots-FreeCAD BIMBots]
|Architecture and construction
|It allows you to upload a FreeCAD model or selected parts of a FreeCAD model to a BIMBots instance (usually a [http://bimserver.org/ BIMServer] with external services enabled), and perform different services and analyses on your model, and read the results in FreeCAD, usually under the form of a text report, or a BCF file.
|BIMBots
|https://github.com/opensourceBIM/BIMbots-FreeCAD
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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* [https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-ArchTextures/tree/master ArchTextures] (github link) allows you to add basic, non-photorealistic textures to architectural objects created with the [[Arch Workbench]].
|[[File:Dodo.svg|32px]]
* [[BIM Workbench|BIM]] aims to implement complete [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_information_modeling Building Information Modeling] (BIM) tools and workflow in FreeCAD. It builds on top of the [[Arch Workbench|Arch Workbench]].
|[[Dodo_Workbench|Dodo]]
* [[Flamingo Workbench|Flamingo]] is a set of customized FreeCAD commands and objects that help speed-up the creation of frames and pipelines.
|Architecture and construction
* [https://github.com/microelly2/geodata/tree/master geodata] (github link) is an extension to import different types of geographical information from latitude and longitude, from OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Bing Map, Here Map.
|It provides tools to create frames (trusses, beams) and pipelines (tubes, elbows, flanges), and query those objects.
* [[Reinforcement Addon|Reinforcement]] augments the [[Arch Workbench|Arch Workbench]] with additional [[Arch Rebar|Arch Rebar]] tools.
This is the new version of [[Flamingo_Workbench|Flamingo]], intended for Python 3 and Qt5.
* [[Civil Engineering Workbench|Civil Engineering]] is a proposed workbench that intends to combine and develop different tools of interest to civil engineers, including those working with road engineering, terrain topology and geographic data.
|oddtopus
|https://github.com/oddtopus/dodo
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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As of FreeCAD 0.18 there is no official assembly workbench. However, several external tools have been created or are in development to manipulate objects to produce assemblies.
|[[File:Flamingo.svg|32px]]
|[[Flamingo_Workbench|Flamingo]]
|Architecture and construction
|It provides tools to create frames (trusses, beams) and pipelines (tubes, elbows, flanges), and query those objects.
This is the old version of [[Dodo_Workbench|Dodo]], intended for Python 2 and Qt4. You should prefer [[Dodo_Workbench|Dodo]] for new models.
|oddtopus
|https://github.com/oddtopus/flamingo
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|[[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|24px]]


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{{Emphasis|Note:}} assembly workbenches are generally incompatible with each other. If you create an assembly with one of them, you should not use another workbench to work with the same assembly. You should re-assemble the parts in the new workbench.
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|[https://github.com/microelly2/geodata GeoData]
|Architecture and construction
|It provides tool to import geographical information from a given point on Earth by its latitude and longitude, of from OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Bing Map, or Here Map.
|microelly2
|https://github.com/microelly2/geodata
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|[[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|24px]]

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|[[File:Geomatics_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/HakanSeven12/FreeCAD-Geomatics-Workbench Geomatics]
|Architecture and construction
|It is partially based on [https://github.com/microelly2/geodata GeoData]. It provides functionality specific to Geomatics or Survey engineering, including importing point files, creating surfaces, creating contours, and creating sections. This is partially migrated to the Trails workbench.
|HakanSeven12
|https://github.com/HakanSeven12/FreeCAD-Geomatics-Workbench
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|[[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|24px]]

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|[[File:ose-piping-icon.svg|32px]]
|[[OSE_Piping_Workbench|OSE Piping]]
|Architecture and construction
|Create different piping fittings. It supports [[Flamingo_Workbench|Dodo]].
|Ruslan
|https://github.com/rkrenzler/ose-piping-workbench
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:Arch_Rebar.svg|32px]]
|[[Reinforcement_Workbench|Reinforcement]]
|Architecture and construction
|It provides tools for Reinforcement Generation and Detailing. This workbench provides an interface and presets for the creation of common rebar types. And tools to generate rebars bill of material, rebar shape cut list, bar bending schedule, and rebars drawing and dimension.
|amrit3701
|https://github.com/amrit3701/FreeCAD-Reinforcement
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/ebrahimraeyat/momen SteelColumn]
|Architecture and construction
|It provides tools for creating complex steel columns assembled from IPE profiles and plates.
|ebrahimraeyat
|https://github.com/ebrahimraeyat/momen
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:SweetHome3D.svg|32px]]
|[[FreeCAD-SH3D|SweetHome 3D]]
|Architecture and construction
|It provides a simple importer for [https://sweethome3d.com/ Sweet Home 3D] files, an open-source interior design application.
|rostskadat
|https://github.com/rostskadat/FreeCAD-SH3D
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:TimberWorkbench-logo.svg|32px]]
|[[Timber_Workbench|Timber]]
|Architecture and construction
|It provides tools to facilitate the design and modeling of wood-frame and structural walls. This workbench is no longer developed nor maintained by its author.
|j-wiedemann
|https://github.com/j-wiedemann/FreeCAD-Timber
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|[[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|24px]]

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|[[File:Workbench_Trails.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/joelgraff/freecad.trails Trails]
|Architecture and construction
|It provides functionality specific to transportation engineering (roads and rail). It includes components to perform analysis of curvature.
|joelgraff
|https://github.com/joelgraff/freecad.trails
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|[[File:Timber-Beam.svg|32px]]
|[[Wood_Frame_Workbench|Wood Frame]]
|Architecture and construction
|It provides tools to facilitate the design and modelling of wood-frame and structural walls, as well as cut lists for beams.
|JeromeL63
|https://github.com/JeromeL63/Wood-Frame
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|[[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|24px]]

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|[[File:Workbench_Woodworking.png|32px]]
|[https://github.com/dprojects/Woodworking Woodworking]
|Architecture and construction
|This workbench is a good starting point for all FreeCAD woodworkers.
|Darek L (dprojects)
|https://github.com/dprojects/Woodworking
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* [[Animation Workbench]] can be used to simulate kinematics.
|[[File:A2p workbench.svg|32px]]
* [[A2plus Workbench|A2plus]] provides tools to create multi-part assemblies. It is a fork and extension of the older [[Assembly2 Workbench|Assembly2 Workbench]].
|[[A2plus_Workbench|A2plus]]
* [https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD_assembly3 Assembly3] (github link) is in development and requires a forked version of FreeCAD with some core changes. It is the most complex solution and supports things like interactive kinematics.
|Assembly
* [https://github.com/Zolko-123/FreeCAD_aws Assembly4] (github link) is a solution based on the forked FreeCAD branch that Assembly3 uses. It does not work with constraints at all and focuses on building structures with Local Coordinate Systems (LCS). This is computationally friendly, and should allow for creating large assemblies with many parts. This is the newest of the assembly workbenches and is intended more as a demonstrator.
|It provides tools to create multi-part assemblies. It is a fork and extension of the older [[Assembly2 Workbench|Assembly2 Workbench]], but it is not compatible with it.
* [https://github.com/JMG1/ExplodedAssembly/tree/master ExplodedAssembly] (github link) is a workbench to create exploded views and animations of assemblies. It supersedes the ExplodedAnimation workbench.
|kbwbe
* [https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Lattice2/tree/master lattice2] (github link) is a workbench that provides tools for working with placements and arrays of placements. It is a sort of assembly workbench, but with no constraints nor relationships, but with an emphasis on arrays. It can also create exploded assemblies.
|https://github.com/kbwbe/A2plus
* [[Manipulator Workbench|Manipulator]] is aimed at helping users in aligning, moving, rotating and measuring 3D objects through a friendly graphical interface.
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
* [https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Part-o-magic/tree/master Part-o-magic] (github link) is an experimental workbench that provides some improvements to [[Std Part]] and [[PartDesign Body]] containers, in order to work with models that have deep hierarchies in the tree view. It includes things like automatic grouping, visibility automation, additional containers to use with any other workbench, and other tools.
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* [https://github.com/Rentlau/WorkFeature-WB/tree/master workfeature] (github link) is a collection of tools to produce points in different locations (mid points, extrema, center of plane, projected), lines (from two points), and planes (from one point and one line, from three points, etc.), in order to help the user to position and align objects along those helper objects. This is essentially a re-written version of the older utility workfeature-macro, which was distributed as a collection of macros.

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|[[File:Assembly2_Assembly2.png|32px]]
|[[Assembly2_Workbench|Assembly2]]
|Assembly
|It provides tools to create multi-part assemblies. It is unmaintained since 2016. Consider using [[A2plus_Workbench|A2plus]] instead.
|hamish2014
|https://github.com/hamish2014/FreeCAD_assembly2
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|[[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|24px]]

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|[[File:Assembly3_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[Assembly3_Workbench|Assembly3]]
|Assembly
|It is used to perform assembly of different bodies contained in a single file or in multiple documents. It was a testbed for the [[App_Link|App Link]] object that was eventually included in the master code. It is the most complex solution and supports things like interactive kinematics.
|realthunder
|https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD_assembly3
||[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:Assembly4_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[Assembly4_Workbench|Assembly4]]
|Assembly
|It is a solution based on the enhanced [[expressions|expression engine]] and the [[App_Link|App Link]] object developed in the branch of [[Assembly3_Workbench|Assembly3]]. Assembly4 does not work with a proper constraint solver, instead it uses the expression engine to position bodies with respect to Local Coordinate Systems (LCS).
|Zolko
|https://github.com/Zolko-123/FreeCAD_Assembly4
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:Ondsel.svg|32px]]
|[[Ondsel_Lens|Ondsel Lens]]
|Collaboration
|Provides local and remote workspaces to organize projects, share files, and collaborate.
|Ondsel
|https://github.com/ondsel-Development/ondsel-lens
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/triplus/Autoload Autoload]
|Customization
|It is a small extension that allows you to select the workbenches that should be loaded when you start FreeCAD. It can be used in combination with other extensions from the same author such as CommandPanel, PieMenu, and ShortCuts.
|triplus
|https://github.com/triplus/Autoload
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/triplus/CommandPanel CommandPanel]
|Customization
|It is an extension that provides a panel that can be used store tools from different workbenches.
|triplus
|https://github.com/triplus/CommandPanel
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/triplus/CubeMenu CubeMenu]
|Customization
|CubeMenu provides the ability to manage the FreeCAD navigation cube menu structure and overall appearance.
|triplus
|https://github.com/triplus/CubeMenu
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/triplus/Glass Glass]
|Customization
|It is an extension that shows the [[combo_view|combo view]] ([[tree_view|tree view]] and [[property_editor|property editor]]) as a transparent overlay over the [[3D_view|3D view]].
|triplus
|https://github.com/triplus/Glass
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/triplus/IconThemes IconThemes]
|Customization
|It is an extension that provides the ability of changing the icons of the default program. Icon sets aren't provided with this extension; these need to be provided separately.
|triplus
|https://github.com/triplus/IconThemes
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/triplus/Launcher Launcher]
|Customization
|It is a small extension that provides a dedicated dialog box to search and launch commands. Instead of clicking on a toolbar button or menu entry, this method of executing commands may be faster for some users.
|triplus
|https://github.com/triplus/Launcher
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:ModernUI_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[ModernUI_Workbench|ModernUI]]
|Customization
|Replaces the standard user interface (UI) with feature such as ribbon menus and collapsing/expanding panels on mouse-over.
|HakanSeven12
|https://github.com/HakanSeven12/Modern-UI
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/triplus/NavigationIndicator NavigationIndicator]
|Customization
|It is an extension that adds an indicator for the [[Mouse_navigation|mouse navigation style]] in the status bar. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this extension is obsolete, as the indicator is included natively in FreeCAD.
|triplus
|https://github.com/triplus/NavigationIndicator
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|[[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|24px]]

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|[https://github.com/triplus/PersistentToolbars PersistentToolbars]
|Customization
|It is a small extension to keep the toolbars in their locations. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this extension is obsolete, as the functionality is included natively in FreeCAD.
|triplus
|https://github.com/triplus/PersistentToolbars
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
||[[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|24px]]

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|[[File:PieMenuWorkbench.svg|32px]]
|[[PieMenu_Workbench|PieMenu Workbench]]
|Customization
|It is a small extension that shows a pie menu to select tools or commands when the {{KEY|Tab}} key or a key sequence established by the user is pressed. A pie menu is an interface that appears in Blender and other systems like Android mobile phones to launch commands.
|Grubuntu
|https://github.com/Grubuntu/PieMenu
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/microelly2/freecad-pluginloader Pluginloader]
|Customization
|It is a small extension that allows the user to install macros, external workbenches, and other extensions in FreeCAD. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this utility is obsolete, as this functionality is already provided by the [[Std_AddonMgr|Addon Manager]].
|microelly2
|https://github.com/microelly2/freecad-pluginloader
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
||[[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|24px]]

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|[https://github.com/triplus/RemBench RemBench]
|Customization
|It is a small extension that remembers and automatically activates a workbench based on the document tab that is selected.
|triplus
|https://github.com/triplus/RemBench
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:SearchBarModIcon.svg|32px]]
|[[SearchBar_Mod|SearchBar]]
|Customization
|It is an extension that adds a search bar next to the [[Std_WhatsThis|what's this?]] tool. The search results include tools, objects and preferences. Other mods can extend it by registering a result provider.
|[[User:Suzanne.soy|Suzanne Soy]]
|https://github.com/SuzanneSoy/SearchBar
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|[https://github.com/triplus/SelectorToolbar SelectorToolbar]
|Customization
|It is a small extension that provides a point and click experience for switching workbenches.
|triplus
|https://github.com/triplus/SelectorToolbar
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/triplus/ShortCuts ShortCuts]
|Customization
|It is a small extension that provides a manager and overlay for shortcuts.
|triplus
|https://github.com/triplus/ShortCuts
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/triplus/TabBar TabBar]
|Customization
|It is a small extension that adds a window with tabs in order to select workbenches.
|triplus
|https://github.com/triplus/TabBar
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/triplus/ToolbarStyle ToolbarStyle]
|Customization
|It is a small extension that allows the configuration of toolbars, with icons, text, or both.
|triplus
|https://github.com/triplus/ToolbarStyle
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:WBO_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/Palmstroemen/WB_Organizer WorkbenchOrganizer]
|Customization
|Allows you to organize your workbenches in groups and to rename them for a better workflow [https://github.com/Palmstroemen/WB_Organizer/wiki WorkbenchOrganizer].
|Palmstroem
|https://github.com/Palmstroemen/WB_Organizer
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]


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|[[File:MOOC_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[MOOC_Workbench|MOOC]]
|Education
|It provides an interactive tutorial to learn about FreeCAD directly inside the program. It allows you to evaluate your self-learning.
|rockn
|https://framagit.org/freecad-france/mooc-workbench
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|


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* [https://github.com/FredsFactory/FreeCAD_AirPlaneDesign/tree/master AirPlaneDesign] (github link) is an experimental workbench to design wings and airplane objects.
|[[File:AirplaneWB_logo.svg|32px]]
* [https://github.com/berndhahnebach/BOLTSFC/tree/master BOLTSFC] (github link) is an extension that allows you to use the BOLTS "Open Library for Technical Specifications", which is a collection of objects like nuts, screws, bolts, and so on, parametrically defined.
|[https://github.com/FredsFactory/FreeCAD_AirPlaneDesign AirPlaneDesign]
* [https://github.com/qingfengxia/Cfd Cfd] (github link) brings the power of the OpenFoam solver to FreeCAD to perform computation fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.
|Engineering
* [https://github.com/jaheyns/CfdOF CfdOF] (github link) is a fork of Cfd that focuses on ease of use; it is intended for people who are just starting in the world of CFD and OpenFoam.
|It is an experimental workbench to design wings and airplane objects.
* [https://github.com/DualSPHysics/DesignSPHysics/tree/master DesignSPHysics] (github link) is a workbench that provides a graphical user interface to DualSPHysics, a fluid dynamics solver.
|FredsFactory (a179308)
* [[EM_Workbench|EM Workbench]] provides a graphical interface for different solvers by [http://www.fastfieldsolvers.com FastFieldSolvers]. At present it supports the 3D magneto-quasistatic impedance solver FastHenry. Support for the 3D electrostatic capacitance solver FasterCap is ongoing.
|https://github.com/FredsFactory/FreeCAD_AirPlaneDesign
* [[KicadStepUp_Workbench|KicadStepUp]] is aimed at helping both KiCad and FreeCAD users in collaborating with electrical (ECAD) and mechanical (MCAD) design.
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
* [https://github.com/execuc/LCInterlocking LCInterlocking] (github link) tools to create parts for laser-cutters. Add tabs and hinges. Export to SVG.
|
* [https://github.com/mess42/pyrate/tree/master pyrate] (github link) is a workbench to design optical lenses. The project aims to provide an optical raytracer for isotropic, homogeneous anisotropic and inhomogeneous isotropic GRIN media.
* [[SheetMetal Workbench|SheetMetal]] provides tools to design and unfold sheet metal parts.


== Deprecated extensions == <!--T:20-->
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* [[Assembly2 Workbench|Assembly2]] provides tools to create multi-part assemblies. It is unmaintained since 2016. Consider using [[A2plus Workbench|A2plus]] instead.
|[[File:Beltrami_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
* [https://github.com/cblt2l/FreeCAD-CuraEngine-Plugin/tree/master cura_engine] (github link) is an extension that integrates CuraEngine into FreeCAD in order to facilitate 3D printing. This addon is unmaintained since 2014 and no longer works with recent versions of Cura engine.
|[https://github.com/Simturb/Beltrami Beltrami]
* [[Drawing Dimensioning Addon|Drawing Dimensioning]] adds powerful dimensioning and annotation tools to the [[Drawing Workbench|Drawing Workbench]]. It was deprecated in FreeCAD 0.17. Consider using [[TechDraw Workbench|TechDraw Workbench]] instead.
|Engineering
* [https://github.com/triplus/NavigationIndicator NavigationIndicator] (github link) is an extension that adds an indicator for the mouse navigation style in the status bar. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this extension is obsolete, as the indicator is included natively in FreeCAD.
|It designs turbomachine blades, rotor and stator. From the original profile provided by Beltrami or an existing one, modifications can be made to match your design specifications. It uses geometrical drivers compatible with fluid dynamics analysis. For turbines, pumps, compressors and fans.
* [https://github.com/triplus/PersistentToolbars/tree/master persistenttoolbars] (github link) is a small extension to keep the toolbars in their locations. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this extension is obsolete, as the functionality is included natively in FreeCAD.
|SimTurb
* [https://github.com/microelly2/freecad-pluginloader/tree/master pluginloader] (github link) is a small extension that allows the user to install additional extensions, macros, and workbenches into FreeCAD. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this extension is obsolete, as the functionality is included natively in the [[Std_AddonMgr|Addon Manager]].
|https://github.com/Simturb/Beltrami
* [[Macro WorkFeatures|WorkFeatures]] adds a wide range of helper objects such as alignment planes or axes, and tools to help you to position and align objects along those helper objects.
||[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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== Missing documentation == <!--T:2-->
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|[https://github.com/Siardeni/FreeCADTools FreeCADTools]
|Engineering
|It contains tools to create metal profiles, square tubing, z profile, palette, rotation, drawing, and more.
|Siardeni
|https://github.com/Siardeni/FreeCADTools
|
|


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{{VeryImportantMessage|(February 2019) These extensions lack documentation in this wiki. If you are the developer or a user of these addons, consider creating a page for them, or providing a link to their documentation}}
|[[File:GDML_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/KeithSloan/GDML/wiki GDML]<!--.../wiki as requested by the WB creator-->
|Engineering
|It contains tools to handle the Geometry Definition Markup Language (GDML).
|KeithSloan
|https://github.com/KeithSloan/GDML
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|


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* [https://github.com/FredsFactory/FreeCAD_AirPlaneDesign/tree/master AirPlaneDesign] (github link) is an experimental workbench to design wings and airplane objects.
|-
* [https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-ArchTextures/tree/master ArchTextures] (github link) allows you to add basic textures to architectural objects created with the [[Arch Workbench]].
|[[File:GDT-WB-logo.svg|32px]]
* [https://github.com/triplus/Autoload/tree/master Autoload] (github link) is a small extension that allows you to add more workbenches when you start FreeCAD, and can allow you to customize your system in combination with other extensions such as PieMenu, ShortCuts, and CommandPanel.
|[https://github.com/juanvanyo/FreeCAD-GDT GDT]
* [https://github.com/berndhahnebach/BOLTSFC/tree/master BOLTSFC] (github link) is an extension that allows you to use the BOLTS "Open Library for Technical Specifications", which is a collection of objects like nuts, screws, bolts, and so on, parametrically defined.
|Engineering
* [https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/CADExchanger/tree/master CADExchanger] (github link) is an extension that allows FreeCAD to import and export file formats supported by the "CAD Exchanger" commercial application.
|It is a collection of tools to add geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GDT) labels in 2D and 3D technical drawings. It implements the standard ISO 16792.
* [https://github.com/triplus/CommandPanel/tree/master CommandPanel] (github link) is an extension that provides a customizable command panel to be used to customize workbenches' tools.
|juanvanyo
* [https://github.com/cblt2l/FreeCAD-CuraEngine-Plugin/tree/master cura_engine] (github link) is an extension that integrates CuraEngine into FreeCAD in order to facilitate 3D printing. This addon is unmaintained since 2014 and no longer works with recent versions of Cura engine.
|https://github.com/juanvanyo/FreeCAD-GDT
* [https://github.com/DualSPHysics/DesignSPHysics/tree/master DesignSPHysics] (github link) is a workbench that provides a graphical user interface to DualSPHysics, a fluid dynamics solver.
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
* [https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/Draft-dxf-importer/tree/master dxf_library] (github link) downloads the files needed to add import and export DXF support to FreeCAD versions before v0.16. These files are not needed anymore when using the built-in DXF importer in v0.16 and above. They are still needed if you wish to use the legacy Python importer or if you wish to export directly from the 3D model.
|[[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|24px]]
* [https://github.com/JMG1/ExplodedAssembly/tree/master ExplodedAssembly] (github link) is a workbench to create exploded views and animations of assemblies. It supersedes the ExplodedAnimation workbench.
* [https://github.com/shaise/FreeCAD_FastenersWB/tree/master fasteners] (github link) is a workbench that provides various fasteners, screws, bolts, nuts, etc., to attach them to your model.
* [https://github.com/looooo/freecad.gears/tree/master FCGear] (github link) is an extension that adds many different gears like cylindric involute, involute rack, cylindric cycloid, spherical involute bevel-gear, and crown gear.
* [https://github.com/looooo/freecad.frametools frame] (github link) is an extension to produce frames and beams.
* [https://github.com/microelly2/geodata/tree/master geodata] (github link) is an extension to import different types of geographical information from latitude and longitude, from OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Bing Map, Here Map.
* [https://github.com/triplus/Glass/tree/master Glass] (github link) is an extension that allows you to show the document object icons as an overlay over the 3D viewport.
* [https://github.com/triplus/IconThemes/tree/master IconThemes] (github link) is an extension that provides the ability of changing the icons of the default FreeCAD system.
* [https://github.com/marmni/FreeCAD-Kerkythea/blob/master/exportToKerkythea.FCMacro kerkythea] (github link) is a simple exporter to Kerkythea XML file.
* [https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Lattice2/tree/master lattice2] (github link) is a workbench that provides tools for working with placements and arrays of placements. It is a sort of assembly workbench, but with no constraints nor relationships, but with an emphasis on arrays. It can also create exploded assemblies.
* [https://github.com/triplus/Launcher/tree/master Launcher] (github link) is a small extension that provides a dedicated dialog box for users to search commands. It can facilitate launching tools in FreeCAD.
* [https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Lithophane/tree/master Lithophane] (github link) is an extension to convert a provided image to a "lithophane" for 3D printing. A lithophane is an image that can only be seen properly when illuminated from behind.
* [https://github.com/triplus/NavigationIndicator NavigationIndicator] (github link) is an extension that adds an indicator for the mouse navigation style in the status bar. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this extension is obsolete, as the indicator is included natively in FreeCAD.
* [https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Part-o-magic/tree/master Part-o-magic] (github link) is an experimental workbench that provides some improvements to [[Std Part]] and [[PartDesign Body]] containers, in order to work with models that have deep hierarchies in the tree view. It includes things like automatic grouping, visibility automation, additional containers to use with any other workbench, and other tools.
* [https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-library/tree/master parts_library] (github link) is an extension that downloads an extensive library of parts that can be used in FreeCAD. It is intended that users contribute content to this library by forking the repository, and adding their own parts under a permissive CC-BY 3.0 license.
* [https://github.com/marmni/FreeCAD-PCB/tree/master pcb] (github link) is a workbench that allows the user to import and create printed circuit boards (PCB) in FreeCAD. It supports layers, colors, transparencies, importing Step and Iges models, and displaying holes and vias.
* [https://github.com/triplus/PersistentToolbars/tree/master persistenttoolbars] (github link) is a small extension to keep the toolbars in their locations. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this extension is obsolete, as the functionality is included natively in FreeCAD.
* [https://github.com/triplus/PieMenu/tree/master PieMenu] (github link) is a small extension that provides a pie menu to select tools or commands when the {{KEY|Tab}} key is pressed. A pie menu is an interface that appears in Blender and other systems like Android mobile phones.
* [https://github.com/microelly2/freecad-pluginloader/tree/master pluginloader] (github link) is a small extension that allows the user to install additional extensions, macros, and workbenches into FreeCAD. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this extension is obsolete, as the functionality is included natively in the [[Std_AddonMgr|Addon Manager]] of FreeCAD.
* [https://github.com/mess42/pyrate/tree/master pyrate] (github link) is a workbench to design optical lenses. The project aims to provide an optical raytracer for isotropic, homogeneous anisotropic and inhomogeneous isotropic GRIN media.
* [https://github.com/microelly2/reconstruction/tree/master reconstruction] (github link) provides utilities to reconstruct models from images.
* [https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-render/tree/master Render] (github link) is a workbench to produce high-quality rendered images, using open-source external rendering engines like Pov-ray, Luxrender, and Appleseed. Render is a replacement for the [[Raytracing Workbench]], and uses the same templates so that they are fully compatible. Render is fully written in Python which means it can be extended easier by non-C++ programmers.
* [https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Reporting/tree/master Reporting] (github link) makes it possible to extract information from a FreeCAD document. It works in a similar way to the [[Arch Schedule]] tool but using an SQL interface from Python.
* [https://github.com/Maaphoo/Retr3d/tree/master retr3D] (github link) is a framework designed to model and manufacture 3D printable parts for the construction of more 3D printers. The intention of this project is to promote 3D printing in developing economies in order to reduce the amount of waste produced, and localize manufacturing, also stimulating the local economy.
* [https://github.com/triplus/SelectorToolbar/tree/master SelectorToolbar] (github link) is a small extension that provides a point and click experience for changing FreeCAD workbenches.
* [https://github.com/triplus/ShortCuts/tree/master ShortCuts] (github link) is a small extension that provides a manager and overlay for shortcuts.
* [https://github.com/luzpaz/SlopedPlanesMacro/tree/master SlopedPlanesMacro] (github link) allows you to build figures controlling the slopes of the faces of objects.
* [https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-symbols/tree/master symbols_library] (github link) is an extension that downloads a library of SVG symbols that can be used in FreeCAD, and particularly the [[TechDraw Workbench]] to produce technical documentation. It is intended that users contribute content to this library by forking the repository, and adding their own symbols under a permissive CC-BY 3.0 license.
* [https://github.com/triplus/TabBar/tree/master TabBar] (github link) is a small extension that adds a window with tabs in order to select workbenches.
* [https://github.com/wood-galaxy/FreeCAD-Timber/tree/master timber] (github link) is a workbench to produce wood and timber objects.
* [https://github.com/triplus/ToolbarStyle/tree/master ToolbarStyle] (github link) is a small extension that allows the configuration of toolbars, with icons, text, or both.
* [https://github.com/Rentlau/WorkFeature-WB/tree/master workfeature] (github link) is a collection of tools to produce points in different locations (mid points, extrema, center of plane, projected), lines (from two points), and planes (from one point and one line, from three points, etc.), in order to help the user to position and align objects along those helper objects. This is essentially a re-written version of the older utility workfeature-macro, which was distributed as a collection of macros.
* [https://github.com/Mambix/FreeCAD-yaml-workspace/tree/master yaml-workspace] (github link) is an extension that adds an importer to load and manipulate objects from YAML files. In this way it's easier to design and check 3D parts before manufacturing.


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|[[File:Glider workbench.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/booya-at/OpenGlider Glider]
|Engineering
|It contains tools to design paragliders and kites using the OpenGlider library.
|booya
|https://github.com/booya-at/OpenGlider
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|


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{{Userdocnavi}}
|[[File:Kicad-StepUp-tools-WB.svg|32px]]
|[[KicadStepUp_Workbench|KicadStepUp]]
|Engineering
|It is aimed at helping both KiCad and FreeCAD users in collaborating with electrical (ECAD) and mechanical (MCAD) design. With FreeCAD it's possible to design a printed circuit board, and push it to KiCad; alternatively, the board can be designed in KiCad, it can be imported by FreeCAD, it can be edited with the [[Sketcher_Workbench|Sketcher Workbench]], and pushed back into KiCad. The 3D model, boards and enclosure, can be exported to VRML with materials properties for use in KiCad or Blender.
|easyw
|https://github.com/easyw/kicadStepUpMod
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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[[Category:User Documentation]]
|[[File:LCInterlocking_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/execuc/LCInterlocking LCInterlocking]
|Engineering
|It contains tools to create interlocking parts that can be cut with laser-cutters. Tabs and hinges can be added, and the sketch can be exported to SVG.
|execuc
|https://github.com/execuc/LCInterlocking
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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[[Category:Addons]]
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|[https://github.com/URJCMakerGroup/MakerWorkbench Maker Workbench]
|Engineering
|The Maker Workbench is composed of a mechatronic components system and an optic components system. The user can modify these components to customize their own system.
|David Muñoz
|https://github.com/URJCMakerGroup/MakerWorkbench
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:OSE_D3D_Pro_Frame.svg|32px]]
|[[OSE_3D_Printer_Workbench|OSE 3D Printer]]
|Engineering
|A workbench for designing 3D printers by [https://www.opensourceecology.org/ Open Source Ecology] for [https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/wiki/Distributive_Enterprise Distributive Enterprise].
|G Roques
|https://github.com/gbroques/ose-3d-printer-workbench
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:Pyrate_logo_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[Pyrate_Workbench|Pyrate]]
|Engineering
|It is used to design optical lenses. The project aims to provide an optical raytracer for isotropic, homogeneous anisotropic and inhomogeneous isotropic GRIN media.
|mess42, joha2
|https://github.com/mess42/pyrate
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:RocketWorkbench.svg|32px]]
|[[Rocket_Workbench|Rocket]]
|Engineering
|It provides tools for model and amateur rocket design. Users can quickly and easily create rocket components suitable for 3D printing, CNC milling, or laser cutting
|DavesRocketShop
|https://github.com/davesrocketshop/Rocket.git
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:Sheetmetal_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[SheetMetal_Workbench|SheetMetal]]
|Engineering
|It provides tools to design an object made of a folded sheet, such as a metal case or enclosure. The user starts with a flat sheet, then uses tools to extrude and bend the faces of the object until the desired shape is obtained. The body may then be unfolded to obtain the required flat material, and to use as input for mills or laser cutting machines.
|Shai Seger and Ulrich Brammer
|https://github.com/shaise/FreeCAD_SheetMetal
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:Workbench_Ship.svg|32px]]
|[[Ship_Workbench|Ship]]
|Engineering
|It is used to create structures that are common to ships. It currently is seeking a maintainer.
|Jose Luis Cercós Pita
|https://github.com/FreeCAD/freecad.ship
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|[[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|24px]]

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|[[File:CADExchanger_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/CADExchanger CADExchanger]
|Information and data
|It is an extension that allows FreeCAD to import and export file formats supported by the commercial "CAD Exchanger" application, such as Rhino 3dm or ACIS sat, and mesh formats like OBJ and STL.
|yorikvanhavre
|https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/CADExchanger
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/Draft-dxf-importer dxf_library]
|Information and data
|It installs the DXF Python importer and exporter. This was required in FreeCAD versions v0.15 and below. This is not needed anymore when using the built-in DXF importer in v0.16 and above. This library is still needed if you wish to explicitly use the Python importer, or if you wish to export directly from the 3D model. Please notice that the built-in importer is faster than the Python importer, but in many cases the Python importer produces better results.
|yorikvanhavre
|https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/Draft-dxf-importer
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:DynamicData_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[DynamicData_Workbench|DynamicData]]
|Information and data
|It is an extension that allows creating container objects to hold custom properties of any type that FreeCAD supports, for example, length or placement. These custom properties can then be used in mathematical [[expressions|expressions]] just like other properties in the [[Sketcher_Workbench|Sketcher Workbench]] or [[Spreadsheet_Workbench|Spreadsheet Workbench]].
|mwganson
|https://github.com/mwganson/DynamicData
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:InventorLoader_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/jmplonka/InventorLoader InventorLoader]
|Information and data
|It is an extension designed to import Autodesk Inventor files. Currently only Parts (IPT) can be displayed, not assemblies (IAM) nor drawings (IDW). As Inventor files contain a complete ACIS model representation, SAT and SAB files can also be imported. Export will not be supported, neither to IPT nor to SAT.
|jmplonka
|https://github.com/jmplonka/InventorLoader
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:ImportNURBS_workbench_icon.png|32px]]
|[https://github.com/KeithSloan/ImportNURBS ImportNURBS]
|Information and data
|A workbench to add support for importing 3dm files using open rhino3dm library Noteː This workbench is still under development
|keithsloan52
|https://github.com/KeithSloan/ImportNURBS
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:Icon-osh-autodoc.svg|32px]]
|[[OSH_Automated_Documentation|OSH Automated Documentation]]
|Information and Data
|Generate BOMs and high-quality images for assembly instructions
|Pieter Hijma, JC Mariscal-Melgar
|https://codeberg.org/osh-autodoc/osh-autodoc-workbench
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:Workbench_Plot.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/FreeCAD/freecad.plot Plot]
|Information and data
|It is a layer on top of the Matplotlib Python module to graph mathematical functions and vectors of points.
|Jose Luis Cercós Pita
|https://github.com/FreeCAD/freecad.plot
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:Reporting_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Reporting Reporting]
|Information and data
|It adds tools to extract information from a FreeCAD document using SQL statements, and show the results in a spreadsheet. The SQL statements can be used from a graphical user interface or from Python scripts. It works in a similar way to the [[Arch_Schedule|Arch Schedule]] tool but is more powerful due to the flexibility that SQL provides.
|furti
|https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Reporting
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:WebTools_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[WebTools_Workbench|WebTools]]
|Information and data
|It contains a series of tools to communicate with web services like Git, a BIM server, and Sketchfab.
|yorikvanhavre
|https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/WebTools
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:Yaml-workspace_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/Mambix/FreeCAD-yaml-workbench YAML]
|Information and data
|It is an extension that adds an importer to load and manipulate objects from YAML files. In this way it's easier to design and check 3D parts before manufacturing.
|Mambix
|https://github.com/Mambix/FreeCAD-yaml-workspace
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/cadenasgmbh/3dfindit-freecad-integration 3DfindIT]
|Parts
|[https://www.3dfindit.com 3DfindIT.com], the engineering search engine for 3D components from CADENAS, provides users with easy access to millions of CAD models from thousands of international manufacturers and a range of intuitive search methods.
|tsielaff, berndhahnebach
|https://github.com/cadenasgmbh/3dfindit-freecad-integration
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|[[File:BOLTSFC_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[BOLTSFC_Workbench|BOLTSFC]]
|Parts
|It is an extension that allows you to use the BOLTS "Open Library for Technical Specifications", which is a collection of objects like nuts, screws, bolts, and so on, parametrically defined.
|jreinhardt, berndhahnebach
|https://github.com/berndhahnebach/BOLTSFC
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|[[File:Cadquery_module_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[CadQuery_Workbench|CadQuery]]
|Parts
|It allows users to design parametric 3D CAD models defined by the [https://dcowden.github.io/cadquery/ CadQuery CAD scripting API]. It includes a full-featured editor with auto-completion, syntax highlighting, line numbering, and code folding. Example scripts are included. Script variables can be edited dynamically through the use of a parameter dialog. This workbench also includes [https://github.com/cqparts/cqparts cqparts], which is a library that adds support for parts and assemblies with constraints on top of CadQuery.
|jmwright
|https://github.com/jmwright/cadquery-freecad-module
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:Fasteners_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[Fasteners_Workbench|Fasteners Workbench]]
|Parts
|It is a workbench that provides various fasteners, screws, bolts, nuts, etc., to attach to your model complying with ISO standards.
|Ulrich Bramar (@ulrich1a) and Shai Seger (@shais)
|https://github.com/shaise/FreeCAD_FastenersWB
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|[[File:FCGear_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[FCGear_Workbench|FCGear]]
|Parts
|It is an extension that adds many different gears like cylindric involute, involute rack, cylindric cycloid, spherical involute bevel-gear, and crown gear.
|looooo
|https://github.com/looooo/freecad.gears
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/looooo/freecad.frametools Frametools]
|Parts
|It is an extension with tools to create frames and beams, including two intersecting beams, in which one beam is cut by a plane or by another beam.
|looooo
|https://github.com/looooo/freecad.frametools
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[Parts_Library_Workbench|Parts Library]]
|Parts
|It is an extension that downloads a library of parts in STEP format {{FileName|.step}} or in FreeCAD format {{FileName|.FCStd}} that can be imported into a document. Users can contribute content to this library by forking the repository, adding their own parts under a permissive CC-BY 3.0 license, and submitting a pull request to merge the new objects.
|Community
|https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-library
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[PCB_Workbench|PCB]]
|Parts
|It is a workbench that allows the user to import and create printed circuit boards (PCB) in FreeCAD. It supports layers, colors, transparencies, importing Step and Iges models, and displaying holes and vias.
|marmni
|https://github.com/marmni/FreeCAD-PCB
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/Maaphoo/Retr3d Retr3d]
|Parts
|It is a framework designed to model and manufacture 3D printable parts starting from electronic waste. The intention of this project is to recycle e-waste, and promote 3D printing, especially in developing economies.
|Maaphoo
|https://github.com/Maaphoo/Retr3d
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|
|[[Stemfie_Workbench|Stemfie Workbench]]
|Parts
|It is a workbench that generates a set of parametric parts for the [https://www.stemfie.org/ Stemfie Project].
|Stemfie Community
|https://github.com/bilbaomakers/StemfieWB
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|

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|-
|
|[[Symbols_Library_Workbench|Symbols Library]]
|Parts
|It is an extension that downloads a library of SVG symbols that can be used in FreeCAD, particularly in the [[TechDraw_Workbench|TechDraw Workbench]] to produce technical documentation. Users can contribute content to this library by forking the repository, adding their own symbols under a permissive CC-BY 3.0 license, and submitting a pull request to merge the new objects.
|Community
|https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-symbols
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|

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|-
|[[File:ThreadProfileSVGLogo.svg|32px]]
|[[ThreadProfile_Workbench|ThreadProfile]]
|Parts
|It provides tools to create parametric 2D thread profiles compatible with extrusion tools in [[Part_Workbench|Part]] and [[PartDesign_Workbench|PartDesign]] workbenches.
|mwganson
|https://github.com/mwganson/ThreadProfile
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|

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|[https://github.com/j8sr0230/Nodes Nodes]
|Programming
|A visual scripting workbench for FreeCAD using [https://gitlab.com/pavel.krupala/pyqt-node-editor pyqt-node-editor].
|j8sr0230
|https://github.com/j8sr0230/Nodes
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|

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|[https://github.com/joelgraff/pivy_trackers/wiki Pivy_trackers]
|Programming
|Pivy_trackers provides a Python developer with an easy way to directly manipulate the Coin3D scenegraph by generating specific scenegraph node structures which are then inserted and accessed though the pivy_tracker classes.
|joelgraff
|https://github.com/joelgraff/pivy_trackers
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|

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|-
|[[File:Animation_Animation.png|32px]]
|[[Animation_Workbench|Animation]]
|Pseudo-assembly
|It contains many tools to simulate movement of parts, create sequences of pictures, and thus produce an animation. The position and rotation of objects can be changed at different times, but also other properties like visibility, transparency, shape color, and camera position.
|microelly2
|https://github.com/microelly2/Animation
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|[[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|24px]]

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|-
|[[File:ExplodedAssembly_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[ExplodedAssembly_Workbench|ExplodedAssembly]]
|Pseudo-assembly
|It allows creating exploded views and animations of assemblies. It was previously known as "ExplodedAnimation".
|JMG1
|https://github.com/JMG1/ExplodedAssembly
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|

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|-
|[[File:Fcmcua_wb.svg|32px]]
|[[Fcmcua_Workbench|Fcmcua]]
|Pseudo-assembly
|Link a motion controller to a FreeCAD assembly using OPC UA. The workbench provides features to simulate machines that are controlled by e.g. a programmable logic controller (PLC), provided the PLC supports OPC UA.
|Heissgetraenk
|https://github.com/heissgetraenk/fcmcua
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|[[File:Lattice2_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[Lattice2_Workbench|Lattice2]]
|Pseudo-assembly
|It provides tools for working with placements and arrays of placements. It is a sort of assembly workbench but there are no constraints nor relationships. Instead, the workbench focuses in arrays of placements that can be generated, combined, transformed, superimposed, and populated with shapes. It can also create exploded assemblies.
|DeepSOIC
|https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Lattice2
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|

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|[[File:Manipulator_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[Manipulator Workbench|Manipulator]]
|Pseudo-assembly
|It is aimed at helping users in aligning, moving, rotating, and measuring 3D objects through a friendly graphical interface.
|easyw
|https://github.com/easyw/Manipulator
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|[[File:PartOMagic.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Part-o-magic Part-o-magic]
|Pseudo-assembly
|It is an experimental workbench that provides some improvements to [[Std Part|Std Part]] and [[PartDesign_Body|PartDesign Body]] containers (automatic grouping, visibility automation, etc.), in order to work with documents that have multiple parts with deep feature hierarchies. It provides a Body-like container for the [[Part_Workbench|Part Workbench]], and for other workbenches that produce solid shapes. Part-o-magic does not provide assembly constraints, but the tools included may be useful in conjunction with a true assembly workbench.
|DeepSOIC
|https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Part-o-magic
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|[[File:Workfeature_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[Workfeature_Workbench|Workfeature]]
|Pseudo-assembly
|It provides tools to produce different points, axes, and planes, in order to facilitate the creation of assemblies. This workbench is based on the older [[Macro_WorkFeatures|Workfeatures macro]], which was hosted in the [[macros_recipes|macros recipes]] page. Currently, the macro has a bit more functionality than the workbench, but eventually the workbench will integrate all existing tools of the macro. They also differ in the graphical user interface; the macro creates a panel next to the tree view and the task panel, while the workbench provides its tools in toolbars, just like other workbenches.
|Rentlau
|https://github.com/Rentlau/WorkFeature-WB
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[Macro_Kerkythea|Kerkythea]]
|Rendering
|It adds a simple exporter to produce XML files for use with the Kerkythea freeware renderer.
|marmni
|https://github.com/marmni/FreeCAD-Kerkythea/blob/master/exportToKerkythea.FCMacro
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|[[File:Movie_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/Francisco-Rosa/FreeCAD-Movie Movie]
|Rendering
|Animate cameras and objects, record and play videos
|Francisco Rosa
|https://github.com/Francisco-Rosa/FreeCAD-Movie
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:POV-Ray-Rendering_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[POV-Ray-Rendering_Workbench|POV-Ray-Rendering]]
|Rendering
|It creates renderings of your FreeCAD model and is very easy to use but also offers all options for advanced users.
|The_Raytracers
|https://github.com/TheRaytracers/freecad-povray-render
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|[[File:Render_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://wiki.freecad.org/Render_Workbench Render]
|Rendering
|It can produce high-quality rendered images, using open-source external rendering engines like Pov-ray, Luxrender, and Appleseed. Render is a replacement for the [[Raytracing Workbench|Raytracing Workbench]], and uses the same templates so they are compatible. In the future Render may also support Kerkythea, Blender's EEVEE, and OpenCascade's CadRays engines.
|yorikvanhavre
|https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-render
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|[[File:3D_Printing_Tools_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/mark1791/3D_Printing_Tools 3D Printing Tools]
|Shapes
|It has tools to do small changes to meshes imported from external files like STL.
|mark1791
|https://github.com/mark1791/3D_Printing_Tools
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/cblt2l/FreeCAD-CuraEngine-Plugin Cura Engine]
|Shapes
|It is an extension that integrates CuraEngine into FreeCAD in order to facilitate gcode generation for 3D printing. This addon is unmaintained since 2014 and no longer works with recent versions of CuraEngine.
|cblt2l
|https://github.com/cblt2l/FreeCAD-CuraEngine-Plugin
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|[[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|24px]]

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|-
|[[File:CurvedShapes_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[CurvedShapes_Workbench|CurvedShapes]]
|Shapes
|It has tools to create 3D curves from 2D profiles
|chbergmann
|https://github.com/chbergmann/CurvedShapesWorkbench
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|[[File:Curves_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[Curves_Workbench|Curves]]
|Shapes
|It is a collection of tools to create and edit NURBS curves and surfaces.
|tomate44 (Chris_G)
|https://github.com/tomate44/CurvesWB
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|[[File:Defeaturing_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[Defeaturing_Workbench|Defeaturing]]
|Shapes
|It provides tools to edit STEP objects to remove features like holes, faces, and edges, and perform some operations with the simplified objects.
|easyw
|https://github.com/easyw/Defeaturing_WB
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|[[File:Design456_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[Design456_Workbench|Design456]]
|Shapes
|Direct modeling tools for FreeCAD.
|Mariwan Jalal
|https://github.com/MariwanJ/Design456
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|[[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|24px]]

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|-
|[[File:Lithophane_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Lithophane Lithophane]
|Shapes
|It is an extension to convert a provided image to a "lithophane" for 3D printing. A lithophane is an image that can only be seen properly when illuminated from behind.
|furti
|https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Lithophane
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:MeshRemodel_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/mwganson/MeshRemodel MeshRemodel]
|Shapes
|It provides tools to help re-create or re-model imported mesh objects to obtain a solid shape. The workflow is to create points from the mesh's vertices, and use those to create sketches, which can then be extruded.
|mwganson
|https://github.com/mwganson/MeshRemodel
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/microelly2/freecad-nurbs Nurbs]
|Shapes
|It is a collection of scripts for managing freeform surfaces and curves.
|microelly2
|https://github.com/microelly2/freecad-nurbs
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|[[File:Pyramids-and-Polyhedrons_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[Pyramids_and_polyhedrons_Workbench|Pyramids and Polyhedrons Workbench]]
|Shapes
|It has tools for generating pyramids, regular polyhedra and geodesic speres, fully scalable and usable like regular bodies.
|eddyverl
|https://github.com/eddyverl/FreeCAD-Pyramids-and-Polyhedrons
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|

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|-
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|[https://github.com/microelly2/reconstruction Reconstruction]
|Shapes
|It provides utilities to reconstruct models from images.
|microelly2
|https://github.com/microelly2/reconstruction
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
|[[File:Edit_Cancel.svg|24px]]

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|-
|[[File:Silk_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[Silk_Workbench|Silk]]
|Shapes
|It is a collection of NURBS surface modeling tools focused on low degree and seam continuity. Silk is the new name of the NURBSlib-EVM project.
|edwardvmills
|https://github.com/edwardvmills/Silk
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|[[File:slic3r-tools_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/limikael/freecad-slic3r-tools Slic3r-tools]
|Shapes
|It allows exporting parts, and opening the resulting STL in Slic3r. You can set up a default print profile, and directly get information about the resources that would be used to 3D print it, as well as quickly generate the .gcode file.
|limikael
|https://github.com/limikael/freecad-slic3r-tools
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[https://github.com/luzpaz/SlopedPlanesMacro SlopedPlanesMacro]
|Shapes
|It allows you to build figures controlling the slopes of the faces of objects.
|Damian Caceres Moreno
|https://github.com/luzpaz/SlopedPlanesMacro
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:Cfd_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[[Cfd_Workbench|Cfd]]
|Simulation
|It provides a graphical interface to the OpenFOAM solver to perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.
|qingfengxia
|https://github.com/qingfengxia/Cfd
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|[[File:CfdOF_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/jaheyns/CfdOF CfdOF]
|Simulation
|It is a fork of the Cfd workbench that focuses on ease of use; it is intended for people who are just starting in the world of CFD and OpenFOAM.
|jaheyns
|https://github.com/jaheyns/CfdOF
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|-
|[[File:DesignSPHysics_workbench_icon.svg|32px]]
|[https://github.com/DualSPHysics/DesignSPHysics/wiki DesignSPHysics]
|Simulation
|It provides a graphical user interface to DualSPHysics, a fluid dynamics solver using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) model.
|ndrs92
|https://github.com/DualSPHysics/DesignSPHysics
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:EMWorkbench.svg|32px]]
|[[EM_Workbench|EM]]
|Simulation
|It provides a graphical interface for different solvers by [http://www.fastfieldsolvers.com FastFieldSolvers]. At present it supports the 3D magneto-quasistatic impedance solver FastHenry. Support for the 3D electrostatic capacitance solver FasterCap is ongoing.
|FastFieldSolvers S.R.L.
|https://github.com/ediloren/EM-Workbench-for-FreeCAD
|[[File:AddonManager.svg|24px]]
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|[[File:FrontISTR.svg|32px]]
|[[FEM_FrontISTR_Workbench|FEM FrontISTR]]
|Simulation
|It provides a graphical interface for [https://www.frontistr.com FrontISTR], an open-source large-scale parallel FEM program for nonlinear structural analysis.
|kinagaki
|https://github.com/FrontISTR/FEM_FrontISTR
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|[[File:FEMbyGEN.svg|32px]]
|[[FEMbyGEN_Workbench|FEMbyGEN]]
|Simulation
|It provides a simple interface to choose the best solution by showing the structural behavior of your designs on screen for parametric analysis and multiple loading situations.
|Serdar Ince, Ögeday Yavuz, Rahul Jhuree
|https://github.com/Serince/FEMbyGEN
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Introduction

External workbenches are those created by power users which haven't been integrated into the main FreeCAD source code.

These workbenches aren't supported by the core FreeCAD development team, so they aren't tested to work with every version of FreeCAD. Questions, bug reports, and improvement requests should be made directly to the authors of the workbench.

Workbenches marked with can be installed from the Addon Manager. For manual installation see Installing more workbenches. If there are specific instructions or prerequisites for using an external workbench, then these should be noted on the workbench's home page.

Workbenches marked with are not recommended for recent versions of FreeCAD. They are obsolete, unmaintained, superseded by a newer workbench, or maybe they don't work with Python 3 or with Qt5. In most cases they should be avoided.

Assembly workbenches

As of FreeCAD 0.19 there is no official assembly workbench. However, several external tools have been created or are in development to manipulate objects to produce assemblies.

Note that the assembly workbenches are generally incompatible with each other. If you create an assembly with one of them, you should stick to the original workbench, and not use another assembly workbench in the same document.

There are also 'pseudo assembly' workbenches which actually don't use constraints to keep relationships between parts, but simply re-position them in space.

Overview

The table below is organized in topics, but can be reorder by clicking any of the column headers.

Icon Name Topic Description Author Code
ArchTextures Architecture and construction It allows you to add basic, non-photorealistic textures to architectural objects created with the Arch Workbench. furti https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-ArchTextures
BCFPlugin Architecture and construction It aims to support the BIM Collaboration Format (BCF). podestplatz https://github.com/podestplatz/BCF-Plugin-FreeCAD
BIM Architecture and construction It aims to implement a complete building information modeling (BIM) workflow in FreeCAD. It extends the Arch Workbench, and gathers tools from other workbenches to provide an environment that is convenient to model buildings, and work with IFC files. yorikvanhavre https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/BIM_Workbench
BIMBots Architecture and construction It allows you to upload a FreeCAD model or selected parts of a FreeCAD model to a BIMBots instance (usually a BIMServer with external services enabled), and perform different services and analyses on your model, and read the results in FreeCAD, usually under the form of a text report, or a BCF file. BIMBots https://github.com/opensourceBIM/BIMbots-FreeCAD
Dodo Architecture and construction It provides tools to create frames (trusses, beams) and pipelines (tubes, elbows, flanges), and query those objects.

This is the new version of Flamingo, intended for Python 3 and Qt5.

oddtopus https://github.com/oddtopus/dodo
Flamingo Architecture and construction It provides tools to create frames (trusses, beams) and pipelines (tubes, elbows, flanges), and query those objects.

This is the old version of Dodo, intended for Python 2 and Qt4. You should prefer Dodo for new models.

oddtopus https://github.com/oddtopus/flamingo
GeoData Architecture and construction It provides tool to import geographical information from a given point on Earth by its latitude and longitude, of from OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Bing Map, or Here Map. microelly2 https://github.com/microelly2/geodata
Geomatics Architecture and construction It is partially based on GeoData. It provides functionality specific to Geomatics or Survey engineering, including importing point files, creating surfaces, creating contours, and creating sections. This is partially migrated to the Trails workbench. HakanSeven12 https://github.com/HakanSeven12/FreeCAD-Geomatics-Workbench
OSE Piping Architecture and construction Create different piping fittings. It supports Dodo. Ruslan https://github.com/rkrenzler/ose-piping-workbench
Reinforcement Architecture and construction It provides tools for Reinforcement Generation and Detailing. This workbench provides an interface and presets for the creation of common rebar types. And tools to generate rebars bill of material, rebar shape cut list, bar bending schedule, and rebars drawing and dimension. amrit3701 https://github.com/amrit3701/FreeCAD-Reinforcement
SteelColumn Architecture and construction It provides tools for creating complex steel columns assembled from IPE profiles and plates. ebrahimraeyat https://github.com/ebrahimraeyat/momen
SweetHome 3D Architecture and construction It provides a simple importer for Sweet Home 3D files, an open-source interior design application. rostskadat https://github.com/rostskadat/FreeCAD-SH3D
Timber Architecture and construction It provides tools to facilitate the design and modeling of wood-frame and structural walls. This workbench is no longer developed nor maintained by its author. j-wiedemann https://github.com/j-wiedemann/FreeCAD-Timber
Trails Architecture and construction It provides functionality specific to transportation engineering (roads and rail). It includes components to perform analysis of curvature. joelgraff https://github.com/joelgraff/freecad.trails
Wood Frame Architecture and construction It provides tools to facilitate the design and modelling of wood-frame and structural walls, as well as cut lists for beams. JeromeL63 https://github.com/JeromeL63/Wood-Frame
Woodworking Architecture and construction This workbench is a good starting point for all FreeCAD woodworkers. Darek L (dprojects) https://github.com/dprojects/Woodworking
A2plus Assembly It provides tools to create multi-part assemblies. It is a fork and extension of the older Assembly2 Workbench, but it is not compatible with it. kbwbe https://github.com/kbwbe/A2plus
Assembly2 Assembly It provides tools to create multi-part assemblies. It is unmaintained since 2016. Consider using A2plus instead. hamish2014 https://github.com/hamish2014/FreeCAD_assembly2
Assembly3 Assembly It is used to perform assembly of different bodies contained in a single file or in multiple documents. It was a testbed for the App Link object that was eventually included in the master code. It is the most complex solution and supports things like interactive kinematics. realthunder https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD_assembly3
Assembly4 Assembly It is a solution based on the enhanced expression engine and the App Link object developed in the branch of Assembly3. Assembly4 does not work with a proper constraint solver, instead it uses the expression engine to position bodies with respect to Local Coordinate Systems (LCS). Zolko https://github.com/Zolko-123/FreeCAD_Assembly4
Ondsel Lens Collaboration Provides local and remote workspaces to organize projects, share files, and collaborate. Ondsel https://github.com/ondsel-Development/ondsel-lens
Autoload Customization It is a small extension that allows you to select the workbenches that should be loaded when you start FreeCAD. It can be used in combination with other extensions from the same author such as CommandPanel, PieMenu, and ShortCuts. triplus https://github.com/triplus/Autoload
CommandPanel Customization It is an extension that provides a panel that can be used store tools from different workbenches. triplus https://github.com/triplus/CommandPanel
CubeMenu Customization CubeMenu provides the ability to manage the FreeCAD navigation cube menu structure and overall appearance. triplus https://github.com/triplus/CubeMenu
Glass Customization It is an extension that shows the combo view (tree view and property editor) as a transparent overlay over the 3D view. triplus https://github.com/triplus/Glass
IconThemes Customization It is an extension that provides the ability of changing the icons of the default program. Icon sets aren't provided with this extension; these need to be provided separately. triplus https://github.com/triplus/IconThemes
Launcher Customization It is a small extension that provides a dedicated dialog box to search and launch commands. Instead of clicking on a toolbar button or menu entry, this method of executing commands may be faster for some users. triplus https://github.com/triplus/Launcher
ModernUI Customization Replaces the standard user interface (UI) with feature such as ribbon menus and collapsing/expanding panels on mouse-over. HakanSeven12 https://github.com/HakanSeven12/Modern-UI
NavigationIndicator Customization It is an extension that adds an indicator for the mouse navigation style in the status bar. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this extension is obsolete, as the indicator is included natively in FreeCAD. triplus https://github.com/triplus/NavigationIndicator
PersistentToolbars Customization It is a small extension to keep the toolbars in their locations. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this extension is obsolete, as the functionality is included natively in FreeCAD. triplus https://github.com/triplus/PersistentToolbars
PieMenu Workbench Customization It is a small extension that shows a pie menu to select tools or commands when the Tab key or a key sequence established by the user is pressed. A pie menu is an interface that appears in Blender and other systems like Android mobile phones to launch commands. Grubuntu https://github.com/Grubuntu/PieMenu
Pluginloader Customization It is a small extension that allows the user to install macros, external workbenches, and other extensions in FreeCAD. Since FreeCAD 0.17 this utility is obsolete, as this functionality is already provided by the Addon Manager. microelly2 https://github.com/microelly2/freecad-pluginloader
RemBench Customization It is a small extension that remembers and automatically activates a workbench based on the document tab that is selected. triplus https://github.com/triplus/RemBench
SearchBar Customization It is an extension that adds a search bar next to the what's this? tool. The search results include tools, objects and preferences. Other mods can extend it by registering a result provider. Suzanne Soy https://github.com/SuzanneSoy/SearchBar
SelectorToolbar Customization It is a small extension that provides a point and click experience for switching workbenches. triplus https://github.com/triplus/SelectorToolbar
ShortCuts Customization It is a small extension that provides a manager and overlay for shortcuts. triplus https://github.com/triplus/ShortCuts
TabBar Customization It is a small extension that adds a window with tabs in order to select workbenches. triplus https://github.com/triplus/TabBar
ToolbarStyle Customization It is a small extension that allows the configuration of toolbars, with icons, text, or both. triplus https://github.com/triplus/ToolbarStyle
WorkbenchOrganizer Customization Allows you to organize your workbenches in groups and to rename them for a better workflow WorkbenchOrganizer. Palmstroem https://github.com/Palmstroemen/WB_Organizer
MOOC Education It provides an interactive tutorial to learn about FreeCAD directly inside the program. It allows you to evaluate your self-learning. rockn https://framagit.org/freecad-france/mooc-workbench
AirPlaneDesign Engineering It is an experimental workbench to design wings and airplane objects. FredsFactory (a179308) https://github.com/FredsFactory/FreeCAD_AirPlaneDesign
Beltrami Engineering It designs turbomachine blades, rotor and stator. From the original profile provided by Beltrami or an existing one, modifications can be made to match your design specifications. It uses geometrical drivers compatible with fluid dynamics analysis. For turbines, pumps, compressors and fans. SimTurb https://github.com/Simturb/Beltrami
FreeCADTools Engineering It contains tools to create metal profiles, square tubing, z profile, palette, rotation, drawing, and more. Siardeni https://github.com/Siardeni/FreeCADTools
GDML Engineering It contains tools to handle the Geometry Definition Markup Language (GDML). KeithSloan https://github.com/KeithSloan/GDML
GDT Engineering It is a collection of tools to add geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GDT) labels in 2D and 3D technical drawings. It implements the standard ISO 16792. juanvanyo https://github.com/juanvanyo/FreeCAD-GDT
Glider Engineering It contains tools to design paragliders and kites using the OpenGlider library. booya https://github.com/booya-at/OpenGlider
KicadStepUp Engineering It is aimed at helping both KiCad and FreeCAD users in collaborating with electrical (ECAD) and mechanical (MCAD) design. With FreeCAD it's possible to design a printed circuit board, and push it to KiCad; alternatively, the board can be designed in KiCad, it can be imported by FreeCAD, it can be edited with the Sketcher Workbench, and pushed back into KiCad. The 3D model, boards and enclosure, can be exported to VRML with materials properties for use in KiCad or Blender. easyw https://github.com/easyw/kicadStepUpMod
LCInterlocking Engineering It contains tools to create interlocking parts that can be cut with laser-cutters. Tabs and hinges can be added, and the sketch can be exported to SVG. execuc https://github.com/execuc/LCInterlocking
Maker Workbench Engineering The Maker Workbench is composed of a mechatronic components system and an optic components system. The user can modify these components to customize their own system. David Muñoz https://github.com/URJCMakerGroup/MakerWorkbench
OSE 3D Printer Engineering A workbench for designing 3D printers by Open Source Ecology for Distributive Enterprise. G Roques https://github.com/gbroques/ose-3d-printer-workbench
Pyrate Engineering It is used to design optical lenses. The project aims to provide an optical raytracer for isotropic, homogeneous anisotropic and inhomogeneous isotropic GRIN media. mess42, joha2 https://github.com/mess42/pyrate
Rocket Engineering It provides tools for model and amateur rocket design. Users can quickly and easily create rocket components suitable for 3D printing, CNC milling, or laser cutting DavesRocketShop https://github.com/davesrocketshop/Rocket.git
SheetMetal Engineering It provides tools to design an object made of a folded sheet, such as a metal case or enclosure. The user starts with a flat sheet, then uses tools to extrude and bend the faces of the object until the desired shape is obtained. The body may then be unfolded to obtain the required flat material, and to use as input for mills or laser cutting machines. Shai Seger and Ulrich Brammer https://github.com/shaise/FreeCAD_SheetMetal
Ship Engineering It is used to create structures that are common to ships. It currently is seeking a maintainer. Jose Luis Cercós Pita https://github.com/FreeCAD/freecad.ship
CADExchanger Information and data It is an extension that allows FreeCAD to import and export file formats supported by the commercial "CAD Exchanger" application, such as Rhino 3dm or ACIS sat, and mesh formats like OBJ and STL. yorikvanhavre https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/CADExchanger
dxf_library Information and data It installs the DXF Python importer and exporter. This was required in FreeCAD versions v0.15 and below. This is not needed anymore when using the built-in DXF importer in v0.16 and above. This library is still needed if you wish to explicitly use the Python importer, or if you wish to export directly from the 3D model. Please notice that the built-in importer is faster than the Python importer, but in many cases the Python importer produces better results. yorikvanhavre https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/Draft-dxf-importer
DynamicData Information and data It is an extension that allows creating container objects to hold custom properties of any type that FreeCAD supports, for example, length or placement. These custom properties can then be used in mathematical expressions just like other properties in the Sketcher Workbench or Spreadsheet Workbench. mwganson https://github.com/mwganson/DynamicData
InventorLoader Information and data It is an extension designed to import Autodesk Inventor files. Currently only Parts (IPT) can be displayed, not assemblies (IAM) nor drawings (IDW). As Inventor files contain a complete ACIS model representation, SAT and SAB files can also be imported. Export will not be supported, neither to IPT nor to SAT. jmplonka https://github.com/jmplonka/InventorLoader
ImportNURBS Information and data A workbench to add support for importing 3dm files using open rhino3dm library Noteː This workbench is still under development keithsloan52 https://github.com/KeithSloan/ImportNURBS
OSH Automated Documentation Information and Data Generate BOMs and high-quality images for assembly instructions Pieter Hijma, JC Mariscal-Melgar https://codeberg.org/osh-autodoc/osh-autodoc-workbench
Plot Information and data It is a layer on top of the Matplotlib Python module to graph mathematical functions and vectors of points. Jose Luis Cercós Pita https://github.com/FreeCAD/freecad.plot
Reporting Information and data It adds tools to extract information from a FreeCAD document using SQL statements, and show the results in a spreadsheet. The SQL statements can be used from a graphical user interface or from Python scripts. It works in a similar way to the Arch Schedule tool but is more powerful due to the flexibility that SQL provides. furti https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Reporting
WebTools Information and data It contains a series of tools to communicate with web services like Git, a BIM server, and Sketchfab. yorikvanhavre https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/WebTools
YAML Information and data It is an extension that adds an importer to load and manipulate objects from YAML files. In this way it's easier to design and check 3D parts before manufacturing. Mambix https://github.com/Mambix/FreeCAD-yaml-workspace
3DfindIT Parts 3DfindIT.com, the engineering search engine for 3D components from CADENAS, provides users with easy access to millions of CAD models from thousands of international manufacturers and a range of intuitive search methods. tsielaff, berndhahnebach https://github.com/cadenasgmbh/3dfindit-freecad-integration
BOLTSFC Parts It is an extension that allows you to use the BOLTS "Open Library for Technical Specifications", which is a collection of objects like nuts, screws, bolts, and so on, parametrically defined. jreinhardt, berndhahnebach https://github.com/berndhahnebach/BOLTSFC
CadQuery Parts It allows users to design parametric 3D CAD models defined by the CadQuery CAD scripting API. It includes a full-featured editor with auto-completion, syntax highlighting, line numbering, and code folding. Example scripts are included. Script variables can be edited dynamically through the use of a parameter dialog. This workbench also includes cqparts, which is a library that adds support for parts and assemblies with constraints on top of CadQuery. jmwright https://github.com/jmwright/cadquery-freecad-module
Fasteners Workbench Parts It is a workbench that provides various fasteners, screws, bolts, nuts, etc., to attach to your model complying with ISO standards. Ulrich Bramar (@ulrich1a) and Shai Seger (@shais) https://github.com/shaise/FreeCAD_FastenersWB
FCGear Parts It is an extension that adds many different gears like cylindric involute, involute rack, cylindric cycloid, spherical involute bevel-gear, and crown gear. looooo https://github.com/looooo/freecad.gears
Frametools Parts It is an extension with tools to create frames and beams, including two intersecting beams, in which one beam is cut by a plane or by another beam. looooo https://github.com/looooo/freecad.frametools
Parts Library Parts It is an extension that downloads a library of parts in STEP format .step or in FreeCAD format .FCStd that can be imported into a document. Users can contribute content to this library by forking the repository, adding their own parts under a permissive CC-BY 3.0 license, and submitting a pull request to merge the new objects. Community https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-library
PCB Parts It is a workbench that allows the user to import and create printed circuit boards (PCB) in FreeCAD. It supports layers, colors, transparencies, importing Step and Iges models, and displaying holes and vias. marmni https://github.com/marmni/FreeCAD-PCB
Retr3d Parts It is a framework designed to model and manufacture 3D printable parts starting from electronic waste. The intention of this project is to recycle e-waste, and promote 3D printing, especially in developing economies. Maaphoo https://github.com/Maaphoo/Retr3d
Stemfie Workbench Parts It is a workbench that generates a set of parametric parts for the Stemfie Project. Stemfie Community https://github.com/bilbaomakers/StemfieWB
Symbols Library Parts It is an extension that downloads a library of SVG symbols that can be used in FreeCAD, particularly in the TechDraw Workbench to produce technical documentation. Users can contribute content to this library by forking the repository, adding their own symbols under a permissive CC-BY 3.0 license, and submitting a pull request to merge the new objects. Community https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-symbols
ThreadProfile Parts It provides tools to create parametric 2D thread profiles compatible with extrusion tools in Part and PartDesign workbenches. mwganson https://github.com/mwganson/ThreadProfile
Nodes Programming A visual scripting workbench for FreeCAD using pyqt-node-editor. j8sr0230 https://github.com/j8sr0230/Nodes
Pivy_trackers Programming Pivy_trackers provides a Python developer with an easy way to directly manipulate the Coin3D scenegraph by generating specific scenegraph node structures which are then inserted and accessed though the pivy_tracker classes. joelgraff https://github.com/joelgraff/pivy_trackers
Animation Pseudo-assembly It contains many tools to simulate movement of parts, create sequences of pictures, and thus produce an animation. The position and rotation of objects can be changed at different times, but also other properties like visibility, transparency, shape color, and camera position. microelly2 https://github.com/microelly2/Animation
ExplodedAssembly Pseudo-assembly It allows creating exploded views and animations of assemblies. It was previously known as "ExplodedAnimation". JMG1 https://github.com/JMG1/ExplodedAssembly
Fcmcua Pseudo-assembly Link a motion controller to a FreeCAD assembly using OPC UA. The workbench provides features to simulate machines that are controlled by e.g. a programmable logic controller (PLC), provided the PLC supports OPC UA. Heissgetraenk https://github.com/heissgetraenk/fcmcua
Lattice2 Pseudo-assembly It provides tools for working with placements and arrays of placements. It is a sort of assembly workbench but there are no constraints nor relationships. Instead, the workbench focuses in arrays of placements that can be generated, combined, transformed, superimposed, and populated with shapes. It can also create exploded assemblies. DeepSOIC https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Lattice2
Manipulator Pseudo-assembly It is aimed at helping users in aligning, moving, rotating, and measuring 3D objects through a friendly graphical interface. easyw https://github.com/easyw/Manipulator
Part-o-magic Pseudo-assembly It is an experimental workbench that provides some improvements to Std Part and PartDesign Body containers (automatic grouping, visibility automation, etc.), in order to work with documents that have multiple parts with deep feature hierarchies. It provides a Body-like container for the Part Workbench, and for other workbenches that produce solid shapes. Part-o-magic does not provide assembly constraints, but the tools included may be useful in conjunction with a true assembly workbench. DeepSOIC https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Part-o-magic
Workfeature Pseudo-assembly It provides tools to produce different points, axes, and planes, in order to facilitate the creation of assemblies. This workbench is based on the older Workfeatures macro, which was hosted in the macros recipes page. Currently, the macro has a bit more functionality than the workbench, but eventually the workbench will integrate all existing tools of the macro. They also differ in the graphical user interface; the macro creates a panel next to the tree view and the task panel, while the workbench provides its tools in toolbars, just like other workbenches. Rentlau https://github.com/Rentlau/WorkFeature-WB
Kerkythea Rendering It adds a simple exporter to produce XML files for use with the Kerkythea freeware renderer. marmni https://github.com/marmni/FreeCAD-Kerkythea/blob/master/exportToKerkythea.FCMacro
Movie Rendering Animate cameras and objects, record and play videos Francisco Rosa https://github.com/Francisco-Rosa/FreeCAD-Movie
POV-Ray-Rendering Rendering It creates renderings of your FreeCAD model and is very easy to use but also offers all options for advanced users. The_Raytracers https://github.com/TheRaytracers/freecad-povray-render
Render Rendering It can produce high-quality rendered images, using open-source external rendering engines like Pov-ray, Luxrender, and Appleseed. Render is a replacement for the Raytracing Workbench, and uses the same templates so they are compatible. In the future Render may also support Kerkythea, Blender's EEVEE, and OpenCascade's CadRays engines. yorikvanhavre https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-render
3D Printing Tools Shapes It has tools to do small changes to meshes imported from external files like STL. mark1791 https://github.com/mark1791/3D_Printing_Tools
Cura Engine Shapes It is an extension that integrates CuraEngine into FreeCAD in order to facilitate gcode generation for 3D printing. This addon is unmaintained since 2014 and no longer works with recent versions of CuraEngine. cblt2l https://github.com/cblt2l/FreeCAD-CuraEngine-Plugin
CurvedShapes Shapes It has tools to create 3D curves from 2D profiles chbergmann https://github.com/chbergmann/CurvedShapesWorkbench
Curves Shapes It is a collection of tools to create and edit NURBS curves and surfaces. tomate44 (Chris_G) https://github.com/tomate44/CurvesWB
Defeaturing Shapes It provides tools to edit STEP objects to remove features like holes, faces, and edges, and perform some operations with the simplified objects. easyw https://github.com/easyw/Defeaturing_WB
Design456 Shapes Direct modeling tools for FreeCAD. Mariwan Jalal https://github.com/MariwanJ/Design456
Lithophane Shapes It is an extension to convert a provided image to a "lithophane" for 3D printing. A lithophane is an image that can only be seen properly when illuminated from behind. furti https://github.com/furti/FreeCAD-Lithophane
MeshRemodel Shapes It provides tools to help re-create or re-model imported mesh objects to obtain a solid shape. The workflow is to create points from the mesh's vertices, and use those to create sketches, which can then be extruded. mwganson https://github.com/mwganson/MeshRemodel
Nurbs Shapes It is a collection of scripts for managing freeform surfaces and curves. microelly2 https://github.com/microelly2/freecad-nurbs
Pyramids and Polyhedrons Workbench Shapes It has tools for generating pyramids, regular polyhedra and geodesic speres, fully scalable and usable like regular bodies. eddyverl https://github.com/eddyverl/FreeCAD-Pyramids-and-Polyhedrons
Reconstruction Shapes It provides utilities to reconstruct models from images. microelly2 https://github.com/microelly2/reconstruction
Silk Shapes It is a collection of NURBS surface modeling tools focused on low degree and seam continuity. Silk is the new name of the NURBSlib-EVM project. edwardvmills https://github.com/edwardvmills/Silk
Slic3r-tools Shapes It allows exporting parts, and opening the resulting STL in Slic3r. You can set up a default print profile, and directly get information about the resources that would be used to 3D print it, as well as quickly generate the .gcode file. limikael https://github.com/limikael/freecad-slic3r-tools
SlopedPlanesMacro Shapes It allows you to build figures controlling the slopes of the faces of objects. Damian Caceres Moreno https://github.com/luzpaz/SlopedPlanesMacro
Cfd Simulation It provides a graphical interface to the OpenFOAM solver to perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. qingfengxia https://github.com/qingfengxia/Cfd
CfdOF Simulation It is a fork of the Cfd workbench that focuses on ease of use; it is intended for people who are just starting in the world of CFD and OpenFOAM. jaheyns https://github.com/jaheyns/CfdOF
DesignSPHysics Simulation It provides a graphical user interface to DualSPHysics, a fluid dynamics solver using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) model. ndrs92 https://github.com/DualSPHysics/DesignSPHysics
EM Simulation It provides a graphical interface for different solvers by FastFieldSolvers. At present it supports the 3D magneto-quasistatic impedance solver FastHenry. Support for the 3D electrostatic capacitance solver FasterCap is ongoing. FastFieldSolvers S.R.L. https://github.com/ediloren/EM-Workbench-for-FreeCAD
FEM FrontISTR Simulation It provides a graphical interface for FrontISTR, an open-source large-scale parallel FEM program for nonlinear structural analysis. kinagaki https://github.com/FrontISTR/FEM_FrontISTR
FEMbyGEN Simulation It provides a simple interface to choose the best solution by showing the structural behavior of your designs on screen for parametric analysis and multiple loading situations. Serdar Ince, Ögeday Yavuz, Rahul Jhuree https://github.com/Serince/FEMbyGEN

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