Download FreeCAD 0.20.2

Version 0.20.2 of FreeCAD has been released. FreeCAD is a free and open source Computer Aided Design program and is primarily intended for mechanical engineering design, but can also be used for electronic design or in architecture. Version 0.20.2 is a so-called bug fix release and should resolve the following issues:

Addon Manager fixes:

• a8cb4e7: Fix bug in dependency resolver
• #7356: Minor bug fix with Mod folder
• 83f4b2c: Fix failures with Unicode characters in filenames
• d1ad3b4: Add try/except to integer conversion
• 9bf0c58: Fix formatting in error handler

Arch fixes:

• #6140: fix wrong line spacing in 3D view
• #6178: External Reference does not load Windows nested in Walls
• #7370: Wall not visible when base sketch lines overlap
• #7528: Fix crash related to SoBrepEdgeSet
• #7591: Improve handling of window hosts
• #7859: Fix CutPlane color

Core (App and Gui) fixes:

• 746a56f: Don’t show non-existing and unusual directories in file dialog
• ff876bf: Clear combo boxes before re-filling them and fix handling of icon size in preference packs
• 6395465: make FreeCAD 0.20.x to compile with Python 3.11
• #7388: Prevent crash when trying to create ExpressionBinding without arguments
• #7422: Allow set up expression even if property value is currently being edited
• #7444: Assure message boxes appear and stay on top of main window
• #7507: Allow None parameter again in drag and drop methods in Python ViewProviderPy class
• #7539: TinkerCAD navigation was always stopping right mouse button propagation
• #7277: Write to network drive failed on Windows
• bc9897c: TreeView selection cannot be undone
• #7628: Fix crash after creating a Sketch for a Body
• 4d8e615: If expression is set for Euler angles in the placement dialogue then evaluate the expression instead of determining the angles from the rotation
• 6f302d3: Backport class WrapperManager to fix possible crashes when using PySide
• #7737: Add default JPEG save quality and set it to 90%
• 7d9b344: Fix memory leak
• 4067cc1: Fix endless loop in View3DInventorSelection::checkGroupOnTop
• 710a470: Fix endless loop in DocumentObject::getParents
• #5942: Revit navigation: rotation stop on scroll release
• #7819: ActionGroup: also get its tooltip title updated

Draft fixes:

• #5765: Clone did not maintain the colors of the original
• 2b5b7cd: Fix snapper icons
• #7354: Add tolerance to BoundBox check
• #7424: Fix working plane auto alignment to front view
• #7441: Fix flatten wire
• #7453: Fix alignment of angular dimension arrows
• #7528: Fix crash related to SoBrepEdgeSet
• #7616: Make Std_TransformManip work for Point
• #7670: Fix rectangle with face offset bug
• #7806: arcFromSpline() function uses wrong parameter

FEM fixes:

• b716644: Fix handling of case fluids + solid materials
• bd796c9: Fix error for 2D shapes
• 08af39c: Fix heat flux handling
• #7360: CalculiX write_constraint_temperature.py outputs incorrect file name format
• b14a909: Fix flux equation
• #7538: Fix remaining result object in memory in FemMesh2Mesh
• c0a45ec: Add standard path for Gmsh on MacOSX

PartDesign fixes:

• #7445: Improve offset handling of SubShapeBinder
• #7504: Add format parameter for Wedge X-min
• #7626: Hole cut depth was not recalculated correctly
• #7674: Improve Helix calculation for straight shape
• #7629: Keep sketch visible during revolution tasks
• #7722: assure source sketch is visible when in selection mode of Helix
• 145c3bf: Fix UTF-8 in filename handling for Hole
• #7943: Fix check for orthogonality when padding/pocketing along a custom direction

Path fixes:

• #7438: Change Default Drilling Retraction from G99 to G98
• #7454: Fix for testing verticality during PathFeedRate generation
• #7455: Fix for setup-sheet-stepover

Sketcher fixes:

• #7324: Fix WhatsThis for Constrain an arc or circle
• #7426: Prevent dangling state of Shift key if key released out of Quarter
• #7429: Some user colors were not taken into account
• 2d5b874: PointOnObject: do not substitute constraint if conditions are not OK
• #7641: Correct icon for CreatePointFillet in menu
• e3cd132: Fix typo in tooltip for Clone
• #7082: Dimension size on perspective view scales “backwards”
• #7860: Dimensions became unreadable small if a second sketch is visible

Spreadsheet fixes:

• #7604: Fix multi-screen management of QtColorPicker
• #7841: Alias ​​field can’t be set for empty cells

TechDraw fixes:

• #7351: Fix multiple dimension drag
• #7362: Fix hatch file default handling
• ff01905: Fix UTF-8 handling LineGroup
• #7463: Fix extent dimension
• #7555: Encode XML characters SpreadsheetView
• #7856: Segfault when opening task on DetailView for which the parent View was deleted

Compilation:

• #7389: Fix MacOSX build or FreeCAD 0.20.x
• #7434: Fix makeWireString for Windows with Python 3.09 and newer

Miscellaneous:

• #7358: XDGData: fix wrong xml element in mimetype file
• #7447: StartPage: fix Wiki link to Reverse Engineering workbench