# FreeCAD weekly-2026.09.02 — Development Build weekly-2026.09.02 - Product: FreeCAD (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/freecad) - Vendor: FreeCAD - Date: 2026-09-02 - Version: weekly-2026.09.02 - Original notes: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/tag/weekly-2026.09.02 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/freecad/releases/weekly-2026.09.02 - Labels: Pre-release What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **changed** — CAM Inspect tool visibility improved - **added** — TechDraw add missing export PDF command - **changed** — Measure MassProperties improvements - **fixed** — TechDraw fix keep label - **fixed** — TechDraw fix selection state for face centerline - **added** — Assembly coaxial gear joint - **fixed** — Assembly fix DoF calculation with bundled fixed joints - **fixed** — Gui release document recovery input streams - **changed** — Test Workbench handle pyunit subtests - **changed** — Gui remove repeated-click hierarchy selection - **fixed** — TechDraw fix handling of empty template fields - **fixed** — PartDesign Loft tooltip - **changed** — CAM emit rotation on all ops if rotation machine is used - **changed** — CAM mbpp optimizations and line-numbers in Path.Command world - **fixed** — 3rdParty update bundled Pivy to fix BIM placement - **added** — CAM add toolbits from any library - **changed** — Draft WorkingPlaneProxy make ViewData and VisibilityMap properties hidden - **fixed** — Sketcher prevent crash during drag auto-constraints - **fixed** — Sketcher refresh active preview on construction mode changes - **removed** — Remove outdated Rift/Oculus compatibility > [!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:// _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/tag/weekly-2026.09.02]_