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FreeCAD BIM Structural Project Course  is a free video course by FCB Lounge, which covers creation of a small structural engineering project in FreeCAD BIM from start to finish. It is aimed at intermediate FreeCAD users and is divided into 9 lessons and the overall length of the course is over 2 hours and 20 minutes. Structural building model created in FreeCAD BIM course Attendees of the course will learn how to setup FreeCAD for BIM work, how to create a structural model of a small building including slabs, columns, walls, slab and wall openings, and stairs - the whole BIM model including some of the IFC data. Large part of the course is dedicated to creation of 2D construction documentation from the 3D model. This includes creation of sheets with predefined title block, than creation of 2D floor plan of each level and adding necessary annotations to the floor plan, such as tags and dimensions. Placement of floor plans on sheets is also demonstrated in one of the lessons. Section...

FreeCAD 1.1.3 point release is available for download as the latest stable version. This release brings 79 bug fixes to users. It is recommended to upgrade if you are on FreeCAD 1.1.1 or earlier versions. It has been released shortly after the 1.1.2 release which had a bug that the FreeCAD team did not want the users to encounter. Here is the list of some of the fixes in the Draft and BIM workbenches: ✅ Fixed projection direction of hidden geometry in TechDraw_ArchView. ✅ Fixed fill of shaft-like objects in TechDraw_ArchView. ✅ Fixed double-click visibility behavior of views in Views Manager. ✅ Fixed duplicate processing in IFC export. ✅ Fixed import issues related to switching to Strict IFC. ✅ Fixed accuracy issue with roof subtraction. ✅ Updated BIM Classification Download URL. ✅ Fix clone diffuse color regression 2. You can download the new version from the official FreeCAD download page . You can read the release notes on the GitHub page . 

FCB Lounge Blog is dedicated to posting information about open source technologies in the AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) industry. Some of these technologies are software solutions like FreeCAD BIM, Bonsai, IFCLite, Open CAD Studio, IfcOpenShell and others. The blog is closely inked to FCB Lounge Youtube channel with FreeCAD BIM dedicated content, mostly tutorial explaining how to use FreeCAD for architectural and engineering work. The FCB Lounge Youtube channel can be accessed here . Another related Youtube channel in SPB Production, which covers other free open source solutions for the build environment. This channel covers Bonsai, Open CAD Studio, IFCLite and other FOSS software solutions. This SPB Production Youtube channel can be accessed here . SPB acronym stands for Speed, Power, Belief.