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Help Freecad

If you are happy with FreeCAD, and would like to help it thrive, why not donate a bit of money to the project? Being open-source, paying to use FreeCAD will never be required, and FreeCAD does not need money to survive, but donations help us to go further, faster.

If you are in, choose the amount and method of your choice below. If you are interested in supporting the project better with a recurring donation, check the sponsoring page to see more options.

Amount:              USD                     


Donation method:              Please choose...              SEPA bank transfer              Credit card (Stripe)              Paypal              GitHub              OpenCollective       


SEPA Information

Please set up your SEPA bank transfer to:

The FreeCAD project association

IBAN: BE04 0019 2896 4531

BIC/SWIFT code: GEBABEBBXXX

Bank agency: BNP Paribas Fortis

Address: Rue de la Station 64, 1360 Perwez, Belgium


More information about the different donation methods and options on the donations page.

There are also many other ways to help FreeCAD. For example, you can write code, help writing documentation, translate the FreeCAD interface and documentation, help new users, etc. See all you need to know on the Help FreeCAD page.



Need help?

If you are new to FreeCAD, or to 3D CAD modelling, we have you covered! FreeCAD features an extensive documentation, which is available online but also directly within the FreeCAD application. It covers everything from installing and launching FreeCAD, using it and its different workbenches, up to creating Python scripts to automate it and developing your own tools and extensions.

Below are some pages of this documentation that could be useful to you:

FreeCAD also offers a complete user manual, that can be downloaded as a pdf or epub file or printed:

and many tutorials, in written or video form, created by the FreeCAD community:

On behalf of all of the worldwide community of users, developers, translators, editors, writers, testers who work hard to make FreeCAD the best CAD modeller out there, we thank you for downloading our baby! We hope you will like it as much as we do.

If you encounter issues with FreeCAD, or would like to meet and discuss topics with other users, pay a visit to the FreeCAD forum. The forum is the main meeting point for FreeCAD users of all parts of the world and all skill levels. There you can seek advice of more advanced users, find ways to solve a particular problem, or discuss ideas about and around the FreeCAD world.

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