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| my site/blog | https://yorik.uncreated.net |
| FreeCAD | https://freecad.org |
| Pixelfed | https://pixelfed.social/yorik |

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/
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.
A working harmonograph,
designed with @freecad
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/