/r/FreeCAD/

r/FreeCAD

62k members
r/FreeCAD is a subreddit with 62k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses struggling, cad, design, modeling, and freecad, and they frequently recommend/review cad software and rendering software.
FreeCAD on Reddit: a community dedicated to the open-source, extensible & scriptable parametric 3D CAD/CAM/FEM modeler.

Popular Themes in r/FreeCAD

#1
Solution Requests
: "FreeCAD-designed server case, finally finished!"
13 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "My first custom motherboard enclosure, feedback welcome!"
10 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Freecad has grown on me…. However, here are my big asks for future iterations."
1 post
#4
News
: "Google Summer of Code 2026 projects announced | The FreeCAD Blog"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/FreeCAD

#1

Struggling

31 posts
#2

Cad

31 posts
#3

Design

24 posts
#4

Modeling

21 posts
#5

Freecad

: "Continuous dimensions in Freecad Draft Wrokbench"
9 posts
#6

Tutorial

4 posts
#7

Workbench

: "Detessellate Workbench Submitted for Addon Manager Indexing"
3 posts
#8

Constraints

2 posts
#9

Extrude

2 posts
#10

Interface

2 posts

Products Discussed in r/FreeCAD

Cad Software

8 reviews
#1
Solid Edge
5.0 from 2 reviews
#2
Blender
4.0 from 1 review
#3
AutoCAD
5.0 from 1 review
#1
Cadrays
3.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/FreeCAD

#1
📢
: "Help FreeCAD progress: Testers needed in the bugtracker to help triage and provide results regarding tickets that require testing against the latest 1.2-dev build. It's as simple as downloading latest dev build, choosing a ticket to test, notate that ticket."
1 post

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Yearly
+24k members(62.0%)

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Last updated: July 16, 2026