NAME

       freecad - An extensible Open Source CAx program for Unix/X11

SYNOPSIS

       freecad [options] files
       freecadcmd [options] files

DESCRIPTION

       FreeCAD  is  an  Open Source CAx RAD based on OpenCasCade, Qt and Python. It features some
       key concepts like macro recording, workbenches, ability to run as a server and dynamically
       loadable application extensions and it is designed to be platform independent.

USAGE

       freecad starts with a GUI while freecadcmd is only a pure command line version that starts
       a Python interpreter.

OPTIONS

       These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options  starting  with
       two dashes (`-').  A summary of the options supported by freecad is included below.

   Generic options
       -h, --help
              Show summary of options.

       -v, --version
              Show version of program.

       -c, --console
              Start in console mode.

       --response-file arg
              Can be specified with '@name', too.

   Configuration
       -l, --write-log
              Write a log file.

       -t, --run-test arg
              Test level.

       -M, --module-path arg
              Additional module path.

       -P, --python-path arg
              Additional Python path.

SEE ALSO

       To       get       more       information       about      FreeCAD,      please      visit
       http://juergen-riegel.net/FreeCAD/Docu/index.php/Main_Page

BUGS

       To report a bug, please visit http://free-cad.sf.net/

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Werner Mayer.