FreeCAD 0.19.2 Release
The FreeCAD team is happy to announce the release of v0.19.2. This is a bugfix release that includes some enhancements as well.
Changelog 0.19.1 ➡️ 0.19.2
7b5e18a [Gui] ProDark Stylesheet QT Icon Fix
ed87d3a [Stylesheet] ProDark: major bugfix for add-ons
133ef71 [Gui] Update usability enhancements to ProDark theme
51855e5 [Gui] Stylesheet fix for icons in Qt file dialog
8e7a8b1 [FEM] fix specific heat of air
b3abe32 [Draft] Eliminate required GUI for importDXF
53b4eb0 [Start] Correct TestStart installation location
12055a2 [Python] fix memory leak
6f67fbc [Gui] Remove explicit triangle styling from tabs
83e308c [Gui] Enable compression of tablet motion events
de1d0ac [installer] improve uninstalling
e239684 [TechDraw] fixes #4598: Segfault when deleting template without page
aedd1f9 [PartDesign] Helix: update NbTurns in Pitch-Height-Angle mode
e7c796e [Gui] Enable dragging in dependency graph view
6858586 [Import] [skip ci] avoid conflicting class names in global namespace
Known Issues
There are several known issues for different platforms. Please read the current up to date list in the FreeCAD forum.
Chromebook
We understand through our forum users that FreeCAD can successfully run on Chromebooks which have Linux support. The only caveat known to us is the need to disable GPU acceleration via chrome://flags/#crostini-gpu-support The easiest way to install it is to enable Flatpak and then install using this link
Linux
AppImages (no compiling necessary) are available (a kind of binary that can run on many Linux distros).
AppImage (delta) updates
For more streamlined downloading of AppImages download AppImageUpdate (GUI or the command line version). To perform an update:
Using GUI
chmod +x ./AppImageUpdate.AppImage
./AppImageUpdate.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
Command line
chmod +x ./appimageupdatetool.AppImage
./appimageupdatetool.AppImage ./FreeCAD.AppImage
MacOSX
Binary stable builds (no compiling necessary). Download the .dmg below, you may need to expand the assets tab to see the available packages. The build will only work correctly with macosx version >= 10.12.
NOTE: .app is not signed and will not run on MacOS out of the box.
After opening the download, drag the app into your Applications folder (if you already have FreeCAD in there, it is possible to keep both)
When you open the new version, you will get a pop-up saying that it cannot be verified. Do not Move to Bin, simply click Cancel or press Escape key.
Then go to System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General and at the lower part you will see that FreeCAD was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer
Click the option to Open Anyway
When prompted to confirm, choose Open
Windows
Binary stable builds (no compiling necessary) are available. Download the .7z file.
The builds are portable and do not require an installation. Extract the file using 7zip and start the application by double clicking on FreeCAD.exe in the bin sub-directory of the extracted package.
For example
Download https://www.7-zip.org/
Download the FreeCAD_0.19.*-Win-Conda_vc14.x-x86_64.7z file from the release page
Extract the binary from the .7z
Run the FreeCAD.exe file to be found in the bin folder.
NOTE: The Conda Win based build are packaged from here: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-AppImage
They should be the Windows equivalent of the Conda based .AppImage and .dmg
For windows users there is the option of using Chocolatey to manage and track upstream 0.19 releases. The 0.19 package is available of it's own dedicated FreeCAD Chocolatey package page
FreeCADLibs_12.5.4_x64_VC17.7z is not required to run the binaries provided here. It is a package that provides all necessary dependencies to compile FreeCAD with VS2015/17/19 (both release and debug mode).
FreeCADLibs_12.5.4_VC1.7 updates QT 5.15.2, and gmsh is updated to 4.8.3.
These packages are provided courtesy of FreeCAD community member apeltauer.
The Win portable build and installer use these libraries.