[!IMPORTANT] Bleeding edge FreeCAD development builds for testing bugfixes, regressions, and recently implemented features. Do not use in a production environment.

Changes since last weekly: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/compare/weekly-2026.01.14...weekly-2026.01.21

How-to use

1. Download the appropriate asset for your OS below
2. Unpack the bundle to any folder on your system
3. Launch the application
   • Windows Run \FreeCAD.exe in the extracted directory
   • macOS Launch /FreeCAD.app in the extracted directory
   • Linux Open the *.AppImage

What's Changed

• BIM: provide better user information when a face horizontality or verticality cannot be determined by @furgo16 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26231
• BIM: fix ArchWallGui tests by @furgo16 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26904
• Draft: make Draft_SetStyle work for sketches by @Roy-043 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/25781
• [ArchWall] Fix: Better Info 0 Width Or 0 Height by @paullee0 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/25878
• CI: re-enable and upgrade native Ubuntu build to 24.04 by @furgo16 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26894
• CAM: Drilling - Fix regression after #26584 by @tarman3 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26827
• CAM: Fix Path.Machine.ui/editor install and packaging by @Connor9220 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26940
• SMESH: Patch for VTK 9.6 compatibility by @Lgt2x in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/25825
• Remove unnecessary warnings during Mod scanning. by @mnesarco in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26947
• [Sketcher] set vertex size for new sketches to preference otherwise … by @Syres916 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26908
• Sketcher: Fix external geometry creation from LCS by @YashSuthar983 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26946
• App: Prevent addObjects from extracting children of nested groups by @YashSuthar983 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26846
• Assembly: fix crash when measure active by @PaddleStroke in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26949
• [Sketcher] High Priority Fix for serious integer typo by @Syres916 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/27004
• Base: Removed unused private variable decimals to avoid lint issue. by @petterreinholdtsen in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26975
• Dispatch the diff-link updater immediately after the weekly release is created by @maxwxyz in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26934
• Update translations from Crowdin by @freecad-gh-actions-translation-bot in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/27017
• BIM: add vertical area tests by @furgo16 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26874
• Sketcher: Fix box selection regressions. And make addSelections Print to python by @PaddleStroke in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26869
• PartDesign: enable LCS in 'Move after feature' by @PaddleStroke in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/27022
• BIM: fix placement issue in BIM_View by @Roy-043 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/27015
• Part: Do not recompute visuals if shape did not change by @kadet1090 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26992
• PartDesign: allow makeShellFromUpToFace to update extrusion direction by @kadet1090 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/27016
• Draft: fix DiscretizeEllipses preference inconsistency by @Roy-043 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26953
• BIM: fix ArchReference Placement if whole file is used by @Roy-043 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26984
• PropertyEditor: Fix tab toggling bool by @PaddleStroke in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26955
• CAM: Add tapered ball nose toolbit/shape asset by @Connor9220 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26988
• Recalculate example files by @maxwxyz in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26933
• [TD]fix vertex display by @WandererFan in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/27009
• Draft: fix snapping to geometry on image by @Roy-043 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/26966
• Gui: Fix property checkbox regression by @PaddleStroke in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/27049
• Sketcher: Switch to perpendicular based instead of "de la Hire" in se… by @YashSuthar983 in https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/27033

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/compare/weekly-2026.01.14...weekly-2026.01.21