2D CAD Drafting Tutorial for Complete Beginners with Open CAD Studio
This Open CAD Tutorial is meant for complete 2D CAD drafting beginners. It will guide them through the basics of CAD drafting and show them how to draft a kitchen sink drawing.
Open CAD Studio web application is used in the tutorial, which means that anyone can follow without installing anything or setting up account. The knowledge gained in the tutorial is easily transferable to AutoCAD.
Open CAD Studio is available on FlatPark for Linux users
For all Linux users: Open CAD Studio is now available on FlatPark, a community-run repository hub for Linux desktop applications packaged using Flatpak. The advantage of installing the application as a flatpak is that the updates come automatically, so no more manual AppImage downloads. Check it out here:
https://flatpark.org/apps/io.github.HakanSeven12.OpenCadStudio/
New parametric modeling tools in Open CAD Studio 2026.38
Open CAD Studio 2026.38 comes with first implementation of parametric modeling tools.
Attach PDF in Open CAD Studio
Rudimentary PDF attachment functionality has been recently introduced in Open CAD Studio. This video shows how to attach PDF to a DWG document in Open CAD Studio.
Open CAD Studio supports 3D native DWG modelling
The 3D modelling features are a bit limited, but are being developed in fast pace.
Change Dark theme to Light in Open CAD Studio
Open CAD Studio comes with several themes. This quick tip shows you how to change them. It also covers how to change the background color of the 3D model space.
Opinion piece about the future of FreeCAD BIM development
This article presents an opinion about the future of FreeCAD BIM development after Yorik van Havre has stepped down as a maintainer.
Open CAD Studio introduces Table implementation
Open CAD Studio 0.9.8 comes with basic Table implementation, enabling users to work with spreadsheets directly inside the 3D space.
FreeCAD BIM Interior Design Project Course
FreeCAD BIM Interior Design Course by FCB Lounge has been released. The course will guide you through creating a bedroom interior design project in #FreeCAD. The course consists of 11 lessons and these are some of the skills you will learn:
✅ Creating walls, floor, ceiling
✅ Creating windows a doors
✅ Creating custom made furniture
✅ Using furniture from the FreeCAD BIM Library to equip the bedroom
✅ Creating floor plan with dimensions and tags
✅ Creating elevation views with dimensions
✅ Creating sheets and placing views on sheets
✅ Exporting sheets to PDF
✅ Exporting the bedroom model to IFC file format
Open CAD Studio Development: September 2026 Highlights
This blog post covers recent updates from Open CAD Studio development.
Question: where are Open CAD Studio preferences saved?
Does anybody know, where the preferences/settings of Open CAD Studio are saved? I would like to reset the application to factory defaults.
Inserting DWG blocks in Open CAD Studio is easy with blocks palette
Non-plotting layers in Open CAD Studio 0.9.8
Open CAD Studio 0.9.8 got another new feature: non-plotting layers.
New Logo for Open CAD Studio
Open CAD Studio got a new logo! Together with a new landing page: https://www.opencadstudio.com/
The original landing page is also valid, as the project is developed under the OpenAEC Foundation umbrella: https://open-aec.com/open-cad-studio/
Note that several third party pages popped up in recent weeks, which serve Open CAD Studio Web, and have no direct connection to the project. This is legal, as the code is GPL v3.0 licensed, but it is better to follow the original project. Some of these third parties serve advertisements with OCS Web.
Revision cloud tool has been implemented in Open CAD Studio 0.9.7
Open CAD Studio 0.9.6 got improved hatch functionality
✅ Create hatch by selecting internal point
✅ Internal island detection
✅ Create one hatch from several areas
Short write up about Open CAD Studio on the FCB Lounge Blog
fcblounge.blogspot.comPolar Tracking in Open CAD Studio
This tutorial explains how the Polar Tracking functionality in Open CAD Studio works. It also covers the setup of this useful tool.
BIM Library Usage Demonstration - Furnishing of a Bedroom
This tutorial shows how to use furniture pieces from the BIM Library to equip bedroom in FreeCAD. It is part of the whole course, but it can stand on its own showcasing the use of FreeCAD Library.