dear Community, 

now things go very fast - i just want to share this with you all.. 🤩

Alexander published on the developer-blog: (see lnk below: 

The main development branch has been in a hard freeze since Monday – no new features will be added, only bug fixes.
There is no set release date yet; the version will be released as soon as all release blockers have been removed.

[b]For comparison:[/b] For version 1.0, the feature freeze began in June 2024 with approximately 40 blockers, and the final version was released in November of the same year.
The duration may be different for 1.1.

The next milestone is September 30th: this is the last day that changes affecting the user interface or translatable UI text can be merged. After that, these changes are also considered locked.

You'll always find updates on this topic here!

see more Infos bout the latest development: a videoclip shows more FreeCAD: [b] FreeCAD 1.0 Release - Ultimate Complete Beginner Tutorial[/b]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E14m5hf6Pvo

[b]Stats:[/b] 660 000 views :: 15700 likes :: 1240 commentds

a actual Clip from Yesterday : [b]FreeCAD 1.1 bringt neue UI-Funktionen ähnlich wie SolidWorks und Blender[/b]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az2Yegw6ojE

[b]Stats:[/b] 9 000 views :: 1000 likes :: 75 commentds

[b]more Infos more see much more and the Announcements:[/b]

die Announcements: FreeCAD 1.1 Feature Freeze Schedule: the anouncement:[/B] https://forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.php?t=99009

on  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeCAD/comments/1mmvel0/freecad_11_feature_freeze_announced/

 the Forum  FreeCAD: [url]https://forum.freecad.org/[/url]
....und es arbeiten einige im Google-Summer of Code Projekt an FreeCAD: vgl. https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2025/organizations/freecad :

 

Do many developers even need CAD (free or otherwise)?

The only time I've ever needed CAD was during an engineering project.

18 hours ago, fisicx said:

Do many developers even need CAD (free or otherwise)?

The only time I've ever needed CAD was during an engineering project.

In my circles I've seen a healthy overlap of devs that are also 3d printing enthusiasts.

Never got into CAD or 3d printing myself - I've got too many expensive hobbies as it is 😅

4 hours ago, Jogeta316 said:

In my circles I've seen a healthy overlap of devs that are also 3d printing enthusiasts.

Agree that people often have more than one interest but using cad in web design and development doesn't seem to be a thing.

Only time I needed some 3D printing I gave it to a local company. Far cheaper and quicker than trying to do it myself.