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• The Start page can now display the contents of additional folders specified by the user. Their paths should be separated by double semicolons (;;). Pull request #19473, Pull request #19918 and Pull request #19948.
• The Examples section on the Start page can be hidden with a setting in the preferences. Pull request #19376 and Pull request #19918.

• The Python dependency updater now works correctly if FreeCAD is installed as a snap package or as an AppImage. Pull request #19384, Pull request #19766 and Pull request #19814.
• The installation path of Python modules in the dependency updater is now shown as an absolute path for better readability. It is also shown correctly according to the FreeCAD installation method. Pull request #19828 and Pull request #19816.

• The Insert a new part tool was added making it possible to easily add new parts to assembly. Pull request #17922
• The Create Simulation tool was added making it possible to add motions to joints and create animations. Pull request #16414

• The new core datums can be used for attaching joints to assemble multiple parts. Pull request #18332

• The Views panel got an overhaul and now has a section for all 2D views. Pull request #15836
• NativeIFC support for 2D objects was added to BIM, allowing to embed 2D objects (linework, texts, dimensions) inside IFC files, as well as opening such files from other BIM apps. Pull request #16629
• The Schedule dialog gained support for simple arrays (e.g. non-nested). This enables regular and link arrays (both either expanded or not expanded) to be processed for further calculations in the BIM Schedule report. Pull request #19219

• G84/G74 tapping operations were added. Pull request #8069
• Multi-pass support was added for profile operations. Pull request #17326

• Support for relative font paths has been added to ShapeStrings. Pull request #17819
• The handling of Links in TechDraw DraftViews was fixed. Pull request #18175 and Pull request #19296
• The extrude mode of the Draft Trimex command has been made link-aware. It can now handle faces belonging to Links and objects in linked containers. And the point that defines the extrusion can be co-planar with the face. Pull request #18314 and Pull request #18320
• The Move, Rotate and Scale commands have been made link-aware as well. Pull request #18795
• If a Facebinder based on connected faces is extruded, an attempt is made to close its corners. The Sew property of the object must be set to true for this. Note that the code can fail for complex shapes. Pull request #18901
• Path arrays have been enhanced with several new properties. It is now possible to reverse the array, specify a fixed spacing unit, and use spacing patterns. Pull request #19017
• Objects in layers can now have overrrides. Pull request #19207
• The Draft AddToLayer command, to quickly put objects in the correct layer, has been added. Pull request #19427
• The TechDraw code that Draft Hatch relies on has been revised to also handle dashed lines in hatch patterns. Pull request #19458
• The Draft Downgrade and Draft Upgrade commands have been updated. Arrays can be downgraded (exploded), and new objects are put in the same container (Group, Part) as the original objects, and also receive the visual properties of the original objects. Pull request #19487 and Pull request #19685

• The Draft Fillet command now works on selected edges, instead of the first edge of selected objects. Pull request #17945 and Pull request #18150
• The Draft AutoGroup and the Draft AddToGroup commands have been improved. The menus of both commands are sorted alphabetically. In the menu of the Draft AutoGroup command layers are separated from groups, and the New layer option prompts for a name and activates the layer. The actions of both commands have been made undoable. Pull request #18172 and Pull request #19312
• The position of the Scale multiplier field in the UI was improved (Draft SetStyle, Draft AnnotationStyleEditor and Draft Preferences). Pull request #18299
• The Draft Draft2Sketch command now also applies coincident constraints between edges from different source objects. Pull request #18805
• The radius, and chamfer and delete modes of the Draft Fillet command are stored. Pull request #19067
• An edit option has been added for Draft Clones. After double-clicking them in the Tree view their scaling can be modified in a task panel. Pull request #19477
• For clarity the Filled checkbox in the task panel of for example Draft Wire has been relabeled to Make face. Pull request #19738
• The texts of newly created dimensions are now oriented automatically relative to the current working plane. A fine-tuning parameter is available to disable this behavior. Pull request #20072
• Near snap no longer overrides other snaps. On-object snaps, such as Midpoint snap and Endpoint snap, within snapRange of the cursor are now detected. Pull request #20118

• Log verbosity can now be set for Gmsh in the Preferences. Pull request #17699
• The データSecond Order Linear property and support for local refinement, previously only available for Gmsh, are now also available for the new Netgen implementation. Pull request #17170
• Box and elliptical beam section types were added to FEM ElementGeometry1D. Pull request #15843
• The Purge results tool now deletes all the results objects, not just the ones native to CalculiX. Pull request #18328
• Tie constraint can now be applied also to shell faces. Pull request #18325
• Output format (binary or ASCII) and saving of geometry IDs can now be set for Elmer, also in Preferences. Pull request #17972
• A smoothing option was added to the Contours filter. Pull request #18088
• The BucklingAccuracy parameter was added to CalculiX solver - it might be necessary to capture the first eigenvalue in some linear buckling analyses. Pull request #18790
• Now all FEM objects for which suppressing makes sense can be suppressed. Previously only constraints were suppressible. Pull request #18636
• Contact forces are now printed to ccx_dat_file in CalculiX analyses. Pull request #18840
• The MaterialReinforced tool now uses the new material editor. Pull request #18893
• The Electrostatic potential boundary condition was extended to also support Neumann-type boundary condition and prescribe electric flux density. It now has a symbol too. Pull request #18514 and Pull request #19011
• Thermal expansion reference temperature can now be defined for solid material in thermomechanical analyses with CalculiX. Pull request #19285
• The Fem.frdToVTK Python function was added allowing conversion of CalculiX's frd results files to VTK format used by ParaView. Pull request #19426
• The Current density boundary condition was improved. It now has two modes (Custom and Normal) and a symbol for the Normal mode. Pull request #19930
• Two new FEM examples were added - one for the newly implemented Static current equation (Joule heating) and one for Rigid body constraint. Pull request #20007 and Pull request #20011
• The Heat flux load task panel was improved - radio buttons used to choose the heat flux type were replaced with a combo box. Pull request #20059
• The Magnetization boundary condition task panel was improved. Pull request #20055
• Selection mode was added to Geometry reference selector in the task panels of Elmer equations. Pull request #20053
• Electric charge density load was added for use with Elmer's Electrostatic equation. Pull request #20494

• Polycarbonate with physical properties was added to the material database. Pull request #19432

• The Check geometry tool now also has results entries for valid shapes, shows skipped objects and generates reports in the report view.

• The origin feature in a PartDesign body makes use of the new core datums. The appearance has been changed and the planes enlarge when creating a new sketch. As the orientation was wrong in older FreeCAD versions, files created with these versions need to be converted on opening. It can break files which reference the datums, and converted or new files created with 1.1 and above will be broken in 1.0 and below. Pull request #18126
• The Toggle freeze command is now available from PartDesign. Pull request #18373
• The performance of modeled threads from the Hole tool has been improved. Pull request #15744
• The initial angle for tapered threads in the Hole tool is now automatically set to the value from the ISO 7-1 and ASME B1.20.1 standards. Pull request #15744

• It is now possible to directly use external geometry as input for tools like offset or transform (array), for both external construction and defining geometry. Pull request #17615
• External geometry (projected or intersecting) is now by default real (defining) geometry (which does not need to be traced as in 1.0 and prior). It can be toggled to construction geometry as any other geometry Pull request #17736
• The Sketcher axes are now displayed with infinite length. Pull request #17312
• Sketches are now ordered alphabetically in the Attach sketch dialog. Pull request #16518
• Group dragging was added, making it possible to drag all the selected geometrical entities. Pull request #18273
• There is a new preference that, if checked, makes external geometry creation independent of the current construction mode - it is always created as reference geometry in such a case. Pull request #18697
• A preference was added to allow optional grouping of the Line and Polyline tools. Pull request #20165

• Default shortcuts for Bold text, Italic text and Underline text have been added. Pull request #15556
• Double-clicking on the separator in the header now resizes the column to content. Pull request #16296
• Zoom was added to Spreadsheet. Pull request #16130

• The Insert Area Annotation tool now properly accounts for holes in faces. Pull request #17740
• Shape validation is now available and can be enabled in Preferences. Pull request #18282
• Scaling of SVG symbols has been fixed. Pull request #18757
• New r format specifier was added. It rounds the dimension value to the step specified as decimal before r. For example, %0.5r (or just %.5r) rounds to 0.5. Pull request #19393

Import and export

• The alignment of sketches in SVG export and legacy DXF export has been fixed. Pull request #19765

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