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A comment on FreeCAD BIM development news December 2018.

Re:FreeCAD BIM development news December 2018 by fartcannon on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @11:35AM (#18800813)
This is remarkable! Is the backend scriptable?
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Re:FreeCAD BIM development news December 2018 by buovjaga on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @11:40AM (#18800846)
From https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Python

"In FreeCAD, Python code can be used to create various elements programmatically, without needing to click on the graphical user interface. Additionally, many tools and workbenches of FreeCAD are programmed in Python."

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Re:FreeCAD BIM development news December 2018 by mch82 on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @04:39PM (#18802554)
Even cooler, it’s possibe to open a console while using the FreeCAD GUI and see the Python your actions generate.
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