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.TH FREECAD 1 "July 25, 2007" freecad "Linux User's Manual"
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freecad \- An extensible Open Source CAx program for Unix/X11
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.RI [ options ] " files"
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.RI [ options ] " files"
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is an Open Source CAx RAD based on OpenCasCade, Qt and Python. It features
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some key concepts like macro recording, workbenches, ability to run as a
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server and dynamically loadable application extensions and it is designed
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to be platform independent.
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\fBfreecad\fR starts with a GUI while \fBfreecadcmd\fR is only a pure command line version that starts a Python interpreter.
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These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
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options starting with two dashes (`-').
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A summary of the options supported by \fBfreecad\fR is included below.
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Show summary of options.
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\fB\-v, \-\-version\fR
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Show version of program.
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\fB\-c, \-\-console\fR
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Start in console mode.
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\fB\-\-response\-file\fR \fIarg\fR
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Can be specified with '@name', too.
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\fB\-l, \-\-write\-log\fR
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\fB\-t, \-\-run\-test\fR \fIarg\fR
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\fB\-M, \-\-module\-path\fR \fIarg\fR
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Additional module path.
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\fB\-P, \-\-python\-path\fR \fIarg\fR
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Additional Python path.
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To get more information about \fBFreeCAD\fR, please visit \fIhttp://juergen\-riegel.net/FreeCAD/Docu/index.php/Main_Page\fR
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To report a bug, please visit \fIhttp://free-cad.sf.net/\fR
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This manual page was written by Werner Mayer.