What’s New in FreeCAD 1.1 Tech Draw Workbench
This video covers new features in Tech Draw Workbench of FreeCAD 1.1 release, which was released in March 2026. Tech Draw Workbench enables creation of 2D documentation in FreeCAD. It helps users to create 2D views from 3D model, sheets, and templates. It can also print pages on a printer or create a PDF document.
New features of Tech Draw Wrokbench covered in this video:
0:00 Introduction
0:35 New view frames behavior
2:20 Area annotation takes holes into account
2:41 New dimension specifier for rounding (%r)
3:52 Number of decimals and Reference options are in the edit dimension task panel
4:24 Fixed SVG symbols scaling
4:45 Fixed Detail View creation issues
5:49 Grouping of cosmetic circles commands and removal of Landmark and Link Dimension tools
6:23 Shape validation option
7:24 Undocking a Tech Draw tab to place it on a second screen
8:24 Improvements in template text handling
9:16 Final thoughts about the FreeCAD 1.1 Tech Draw Workbench release
FreeCAD version used in the video: 1.1
Read FreeCAD 1.1 release notes here: https://wiki.freecad.org/Release_note...
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