freecad

USE flags

• addonmgr - Build the addon manager module for automatic handling of 3rd party addons
• cloud - Build the Cloud workbench, to access cloud providers (mostly Amazon S3).
• debug - Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces
• designer - Build and install the Qt designer plugin, so the FreeCAD widgets can be used from within designer.
• fem - Build the FEM module and workbench which provides Finite Element Analysis (FEA) workflows
• gui - Build FreeCAD with a Qt based GUI. If built without setting this USE flag, FreeCAD can be used in a headless mode, for server-side instances. The Python modules are available, without their GUI parts though, if this is unset.
• idf - Build the IDF module to provide file exchange capabilities with IDF files
• image - Build the image module and workbench for working with bitmap images
• inspection - Build the inspection workbench which gives you specific tools for examination of shapes (experimental)
• material - Build the material module and workbench to work with materials
• netgen - Build support for the netgen mesher through media-gfx/netgen.
• openscad - Build the OpenSCAD module for interoperability with OpenSCAD and repairing Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) history
• part-design - Build the part design module and workbench for build part shapes from sketches
• path - Build the path module and workbench to procude G-Code instructions for CNC
• pcl - Use external sci-libs/pcl for point clouds support.
• points - Build the points module and workbench for working with point clouds
• python_single_target_python3_10 - Build for Python 3.10 only
• python_single_target_python3_11 - Build for Python 3.11 only
• python_single_target_python3_9 - Build for Python 3.9 only
• raytracing - Build the raytracing module and workbench for raytracing and rendering
• robot - Build the robot module and workbench for studying robot movements
• show - Build the show module, a helper module for visibility automation
• surface - Build the surface module and workbench
• techdraw - Build the techdraw module and workbench, a more advanced and feature-rich successor of the drawing workbench
• test - Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)
• tux - Build the Tux module