FreeCAD 0.19.3 Release

The FreeCAD team is happy to announce the release of v0.19.3. This is a bugfix release.

Table of Contents

Changelog Installation instructions Known Issues

Changelog 0.19.2 → 0.19.3

Addon manager fixes:

• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/5041: Freezes/crashes when opening Addon manager

Arch fixes:

• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4745: Parse window opening modes with more than one digit
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4748: Fix material color pickers

Core (App and Gui) fixes:

• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4792: App quitting despite failing to save project
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4800: Abort save when unable to finish
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/5103: update weblink to Coin3D
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/5215: Preferences - change macro path selection from File to Folder

Draft fixes:

• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4743: Ensure horizontal orientation of snap widget

Import/Export fixes:

• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/5098: Fix STEP import/export color problem

Part fixes:

• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4644: Uniform sorting in menu and toolbar
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/5138: Fix grid visibility in sketches

PartDesign fixes:

• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/commit/b33324a5: Fix shortcut of Del key in the pipe dialog
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/5149: Fix loft visibility on creation and modification

Path fixes:

• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4613: Fix bug with spindle not restarting
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4615: Fix connected multi-face clearing bug
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4622: Bugfix/job setup
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4639: Post procesing for GRBL with option "--translate_drill"
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4673: Fix proxy error bug that occurs when postprocessing
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4680: Fix depth calculation for vcarve
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4765: Fix bug adding TC from job dialog
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4796: Check for empty before using - fixes
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4797: GUI scripting support and other improvements
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4815 Fix GUI issues and minor code cleanup
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4819: Fix minor bug when cancelling post process
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4857: PathSanity.py now outputs fillename for the report the same as the postprocessor job
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4864: Fix bug splitting gcode by fixture
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4906: Fix relative shape files for toolbits
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4909: Fixed incorrect usage of isDirty() in the accept button call back
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4919: Remove side assignment to outside for full model profiles
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4936: Fix grbl --return-to placement
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4939: Fix multi-OS path issue for job templates
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/commit/db16029c: Update 45 degree chamfer tool bit
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4953: fix invalid JSON in 45 degree chamfer tool bit
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4973: Fix face region boundary shape usage
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4986: Add missing newline to return-to statement in grbl postprocessor
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/5076: Fix bug with job object not found

Spreadsheet fixes:

• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/5030: Prevent infinite loop when copy/paste of non-rectangular selection

Sketcher fixes:

• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4744: Fix Reference checkbox not working for radius/diameter
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4832: Fix Reference checkbox not working for diameter
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/5190: Fix crash when applying Constrain internal alignment on constraints

TechDraw fixes:

• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4895: Fix undo for Cosmetic Vertices and Lines

Miscellaneous:

• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4771: Preferences - Selection Fix Bug for new users who save an unrelated Preference such as Stylesheet from loosing the default selection settings
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4767: Fix a FEM test failure with yaml.load
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4782: Start workbench; fix bug when custom folder doesn't exist
• https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/4912: Reverse Engineering workbench: Fix compilation with PCL-1.12.0

Installation instructions

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 MacOS version ≥ 10.12.

NOTE: .app is not signed and will not run on MacOS out of the box.

1. After opening the download, drag the app into your Applications folder (if you already have FreeCAD in there, it is possible to keep both)
2. 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.
3. 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
4. Click the option to Open Anyway
5. When prompted to confirm, choose Open

Windows

To install, just execute the Windows installer. Administrator permissions are not necessary when you install FreeCAD only for the current user. You can safely install FreeCAD 0.19.3 over an existing FreeCAD 0.19.x installation. In case Windows warns you about a potential risk, you can ignore this and select to install anyway.

The installer works on all Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11 systems. Windows Vista and older are not supported. An installation of FreeCAD 0.19.x will not interfere with an installation of FreeCAD 0.18 or a pre-release of FreeCAD 0.20.

Known Issues

Chromebook

At the moment there is no support for aarch64 builds which is pretty popular for arch of Chromebooks. We're monitoring the upstream issue. Apologies for the inconvenience!

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