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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9biWv_M8p8 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. These include; transparent Part Design previews, interactive draggers added to tools like Fillet and Chamfer, 3 point lighting,…

This week in FreeCAD development:

Let’s take her out for a spin…

They expect to release 1.0 in a week or so.

29 January 2025 in Brussels. Probably the next good candidate for a 1.0 release event as well. Latest blog has them down to four release blockers, though that number can certainly drift back up as well.

Issue stats: overall, there are 1852 open issues in the tracker, down by 14 from last week. 26 of them are v1.0 release blockers, down by 14 from last week as well.

I think they picked one of the better ones, though now I regret not screenshotting the poll to remind myself of which ones I voted for.

The contest from last month had established five finalists:

Maybe we get v1.0 this year.

There have been 46 submissions to the new FreeCAD logo contest. The user poll is closing on May 1 (this Wednesday). You can still pick your top 5 entries. The 5 winning submissions will then be submitted to the maintainers team for the final voting.

Current news: New logo contest, and toponaming integration work continues, among other things.