Mastodawn

Ace that we have a FreeCAD release video... it's YT only at the moment but I am in the process of getting a makertube instance sorted out for the FreeCAD community. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9biWv_M8p8

FreeCAD 1.1 is released!

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Yorik van Havre 2d ago

FreeCAD 2d ago

FreeCAD Version 1.1 Released

After an enormous amount of work and dedication from FreeCAD contributors we are delighted to announce that FreeCAD Version 1.1 is now released and available for download. There are significant amounts of improvements and new features.

https://blog.freecad.org/2026/03/25/freecad-version-1-1-released/

#FreeCAD #CAD #CAM #BIM #opensource #fc3d

FreeCAD Version 1.1 Released

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Yorik van Havre Mar 14

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Wouter Tebbens ⁂Mar 14

OpenCollective responded to our collective concerns about identity verification and halted their use of Persona. I'm really happy to see this reaction by @opencollective -
https://opencollective.com/opensource/updates/on-kyc-checks-and-persona

Thanks to @liaizon to raise the alarm bells and so many who spoke up in this rather sensitive matter - people do need the money for their communities, but we need to have more control over the process. OpenCollective and @Liberapay are important actors here for the ecosystem.

Of course much concern remains for the reliance on US law (OpenCollective) and all credit card payment providers are under US control. Recall what happened to the ICC judges? So we need to work towards more reliable systems under our control.

To be continued. The @fkinstitute and the DemocraticTech.Fund will be working with these concerns in mind.

On KYC checks and Persona - Open Source Collective

As a nonprofit fiscal host, OSC supports over 2,500 open-source projects worldwide. Last year, as part of ongoing improvements to our risk and compliance processes, we began verifying the identity of users requesting payments when: When we...

Yorik van Havre Mar 13

Laurent Malys Mar 13

A working harmonograph,
designed with @freecad

#FreeCADFriday #drawing #drawingmachine #FreeCAD

Yorik van Havre Mar 11

Dalipas 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇹🇫🇷🐢🇵🇸Mar 11

Toujours excellent Marc Botenga 🇧🇪 Député européen Parti du Travail de Belgique (PTB)

Yorik van Havre Mar 10

Daniel D. Beck Mar 10

I took some brief notes on contributing to Git for the first time https://ddbeck.com/notes/first-git-commit

My first Git commit

Last week, I got my first commit in Git. After many years of being a Git user, I am now a contributor to Git itself.

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Yorik van Havre Mar 9

FreeCAD Mar 9

We've just posted "Forged in FreeCAD (and OpenSCAD!): OpenBrushoGraph.
This excellent and affordable hardware project allows you to build a painting machine that can plot with brushes and multiple paint colours! It's a great #opensource project that uses lots of open source in it.. #inkscape #openscad #ugs #grbl #fluidnc etc. #CNC

https://blog.freecad.org/2026/03/09/forged-in-freecad-and-openscad-openbrushograph/

Forged in FreeCAD (and OpenSCAD): OpenBrushoGraph

Pen plotters are cool and there are plenty of open designs to choose from. What if we want to experiment beyond pens? Well then perhaps brushes and paint are fun to play with! The openBrushograph i…

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Yorik van Havre Mar 8

Alexandre B A Villares Mar 8

Find the sketch-a-day archives and tip jar at: https://abav.lugaralgum.com/sketch-a-day
Code for this sketch at: https://github.com/villares/sketch-a-day/tree/main/2026/sketch_2026_03_07 #Processing #Python #py5 #CreativeCoding

Yorik van Havre Mar 6

Erika Heidi ✨Mar 5

New @freecad tutorial 🫶🏻 in this video, I demonstrate how to create multicolor prints leveraging different layer heights and filament changes, using the #freecad logo to create a keychain 😻✨

https://youtu.be/zoGs2wc85_I?si=J6UiIEEoohsEu_JJ

FreeCAD Tutorial: designing multicolor prints from SVG logos

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Yorik van Havre Mar 6

Got a very rare sticker! Thanks @torproject !

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