FreeCAD weekly-2026.09.02

[!IMPORTANT] Bleeding edge FreeCAD development builds for testing bugfixes, regressions, and recently implemented features. Do not use in a production environment.

Changes since last weekly: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/compare/weekly-2026.08.26...weekly-2026.09.02

How-to use

1. Download the appropriate asset for your OS below
2. Unpack the bundle to any folder on your system
3. Launch the application
   • Windows Run \FreeCAD.exe in the extracted directory
   • macOS Launch /FreeCAD.app in the extracted directory
   • Linux Open the *.AppImage

What's Changed

• CAM: Inspect - Tool visibility by @tarman3 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31915
• TechDraw: Add missing export PDF command by @PaddleStroke in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31523
• Measure: MassProperties Improvements by @MortenVajhoj in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/30810
• Allow -Werror for OCCT 8 by @pieterhijma in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/30940
• TechDraw: Fix keep label by @MortenVajhoj in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32205
• TechDraw: Fix selection state for face centerline by @MortenVajhoj in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32204
• Assembly: Coaxial gear joint. by @PaddleStroke in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31155
• Assembly: Fix DoF calculation with bundled fixed joints. by @PaddleStroke in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/30937
• Gui: release document recovery input streams by @flaviut in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31993
• Test WB: handle pyunit subtests by @davesrocketshop in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32014
• Gui: Remove repeated-click hierarchy selection by @maxwxyz in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32028
• TechDraw: fix handling of empty template fields by @WandererFan in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/30862
• Fix #32027 PartDesign Loft tooltip by @shubham-pawar in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32034
• CAM: Emit rotation on all ops if rotation machine is used by @sliptonic in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32082
• CAM: mbpp optimizations & line-numbers in Path.Command world by @awgrover in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31722
• 3rdParty: update bundled Pivy to fix BIM placement by @tritao in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32238
• CAM: Add toolbits from any library by @Connor9220 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32211
• Draft: WorkingPlaneProxy: make ViewData and VisibilityMap properties hidden by @Roy-043 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32236
• [TD]Line format fixes by @WandererFan in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/29430
• Core: use unique_ptr to prevent leaking zipios stream in DocumentRecovery by @jffmichi in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32198
• Sketcher: Prevent crash during drag auto-constraints by @maxwxyz in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32120
• New crash reporter - Phase 1(b) - bug fixes to the original Phase 1 by @chennes in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32137
• Refresh active Sketcher preview on construction mode changes by @miakh in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32245
• Remove Outdated Rift/Oculus compatibility by @Lgt2x in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/30652
• Gui: extend external icon coverage across primary GUI surfaces by @FreeCAD-Nut in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/28941
• (cp) TD: More permissive angle measurement by @maxwxyz in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32256
• CAM: replace CAM test detection by globbing with a cmake-generated file by @davidgilkaufman in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32155
• Contributing: Add a CC-BY license to the AI policy by @pieterhijma in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32232
• CI: Add PR scoring script by @kadet1090 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32271
• (cp) Add class AnnotationBuilder by @maxwxyz in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31627
• CAM: fix handling of initial position in Area.cpp by @jffmichi in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31491
• Assembly: Fix shortcut conflict between CreateBom and CreateJointRigidGroup by @tsiwt in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32222
• (cp) Start: Update cached thumbnail of Start page by @maxwxyz in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32135
• (cp) Gui: Add method getTypeId() to MDIViewPy by @maxwxyz in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31654
• (cp) Sheet: Allow to format cells in edit mode by @maxwxyz in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31699
• (cp) Sketcher: Fix adding ellipse by @maxwxyz in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32213
• PD: Preserve Boolean tool scene-graph location by @maxwxyz in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32156
• CAM: Tapping - Deprecated by @tarman3 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32165
• Gui: Expose mouse-wheel-filter preference in UI, default to on by @Connor9220 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32141
• CAM: Custom - Allow any string by @tarman3 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31720
• CAM: don't overwrite the tapping pitch with a feed rate by @TD-4242 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32192
• CAM: Mbpp drill expand bug by @awgrover in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32099
• Techdraw: Fix vertical mis-alignment of dimension text by @ryankembrey in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32146
• Tools: speed up Python stub discovery by @tritao in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32109
• CAM: Drilling - Fix G85 and linking by @tarman3 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32087
• CAM: Fix findToolController for console mode by @tarman3 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31863
• CAM: Move toolheads to their own tab in the machine editor by @Connor9220 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32250
• ParameterGrp: improve test coverage of public functions by @Lgt2x in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32292
• PD: Prevent selecting result Body as Boolean tool by @maxwxyz in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32284
• PD: Add angular start offsets to Revolution and Groove by @maxwxyz in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32121
• CAM: don't unit convert the dwell time on imperial output by @TD-4242 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32214
• Update translations from Crowdin by @freecad-gh-actions-translation-bot in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32305
• CAM: Theme-aware ToolBit shape drawings with dimension/field highlighting by @Connor9220 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32278
• Enable FREECAD_WARN_ERROR on Windows pixi release builds by @Lgt2x in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31337
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31320
• Sketcher: Fix origin state and transient OVP positioning by @tritao in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31854
• Part: preserve attachment when legacy support is empty by @ILoveBuns in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31983
• Gui: StdCmdSendToPythonConsole - Allows for several objects by @tarman3 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31096
• Strengthen foundational Python binding stubs by @tritao in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32209
• PartDesign: Do not infer base from sketch attachment by @maxwxyz in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32223
• Gui: Set org name to fix QSettings by @chennes in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31955
• PartDesign: Fix to process geometry in local rather than global coords for thickness operation by @codeotaku in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32322
• CAM: fix ToolBit shape lookup for thread-mill by @waynepiekarski in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32076
• CAM: Add mtconnect import to machine editor by @sliptonic in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32081
• CAM: Engrave - Process all shapes at once by @tarman3 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32114
• Sketcher: stabilize rectangle GUI regression test by @tritao in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32342
• Sketcher: Preserve fillet corner using split by @UnKabaraQuiDev in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31746
• PD: Add parametric defeaturing command from Part by @maxwxyz in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/29616
• Sketcher: Auto-Dimension & Constrain with reference to external edges and vertices by @maxwxyz in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31916
• CAM: Give postprocessor properties an explicit editing scope by @sliptonic in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32274
• CAM: PocketShape - Open path fix for one and two faces by @tarman3 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31882
• PD: Restore circular axis selection for polar patterns by @maxwxyz in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32287
• Sketcher: split datum label preselection semantics by @tritao in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32261
• Coin: Fix crash when undocking views by @tritao in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32346
• Fixes #32194: Seed PRNG for random shape colors using std::random_device by @TheBhowmik in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32208
• [stubs] add PEP561 markers and make stubs deployable to pypi as freec… by @mnesarco in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32315
• Fix -Wunused-variable when cpptrace is disabled by @Lgt2x in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32318

New Contributors

• @shubham-pawar made their first contribution in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32034
• @miakh made their first contribution in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32245
• @FreeCAD-Nut made their first contribution in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/28941
• @tsiwt made their first contribution in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32222
• @waynepiekarski made their first contribution in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32076
• @UnKabaraQuiDev made their first contribution in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/31746
• @TheBhowmik made their first contribution in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/32208

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/compare/weekly-2026.08.26...weekly-2026.09.02