FreeCAD/FreeCAD
Jul 2024 – Feb 2026
19 Months active
Languages Used
C++SVGXMLPythonCCMakeConfigurationQML
Technical Skills
C++GUI DevelopmentSoftware OptimizationC++ developmentGUI developmentGraphic Design
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PROFILE
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Pierre-Louis Boyer contributed to FreeCAD/FreeCAD by developing and refining core modeling, assembly, and sketching features over 19 months. He engineered robust geometry workflows, improved UI responsiveness, and stabilized assembly interactions, addressing both user-facing and architectural challenges. His work included implementing dual-direction extrusion, hierarchical drawing relationships, and advanced constraint handling, while also modernizing APIs and optimizing build systems. Using C++, Python, and the Qt framework, Pierre-Louis delivered maintainable solutions that enhanced performance, reliability, and cross-platform consistency. His approach balanced targeted bug fixes with larger refactors, demonstrating depth in CAD software development and a disciplined focus on code quality and usability.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
43%Features
Repository Contributions
330Total
Bugs
143
Commits
330
Features
106
Lines of code
37,757
Activity Months19
Your Network
220 people
Work History
February 2026
3 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026: Delivered three high-impact updates to FreeCAD/FreeCAD focusing on correctness, stability, and usability. Implemented a measurement recomputation fix in the measurement view provider, refined grounding logic for flexible assemblies, and added auto-scaling of label distances for dimensional constraints in Sketcher. These changes reduce rework from incorrect measurements, stabilize assembly linking, and improve visual clarity for constraints, delivering measurable business value by accelerating design iteration and reducing user friction.
3 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026: Delivered three high-impact updates to FreeCAD/FreeCAD focusing on correctness, stability, and usability. Implemented a measurement recomputation fix in the measurement view provider, refined grounding logic for flexible assemblies, and added auto-scaling of label distances for dimensional constraints in Sketcher. These changes reduce rework from incorrect measurements, stabilize assembly linking, and improve visual clarity for constraints, delivering measurable business value by accelerating design iteration and reducing user friction.
February 2026
January 2026
43 Commits • 13 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026: Delivered key Sketcher performance and stability improvements for large sketches, enhanced Sketcher UX by showing constraint types in the list, enabled drag-and-drop of shapeBinders in PartDesign, updated Joint command workflow, and improved AutoTask mode in Overlay. Fixed critical regressions in Toposhape, Extrude upToShape recomputation, and several assembly/GUI issues to improve reliability. These changes reduce lag in complex models, streamline workflow, and strengthen the maintainability of the codebase. Demonstrated skills in performance optimization, UI enhancements, API maintenance, and cross-module collaboration.
January 2026
43 Commits • 13 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026: Delivered key Sketcher performance and stability improvements for large sketches, enhanced Sketcher UX by showing constraint types in the list, enabled drag-and-drop of shapeBinders in PartDesign, updated Joint command workflow, and improved AutoTask mode in Overlay. Fixed critical regressions in Toposhape, Extrude upToShape recomputation, and several assembly/GUI issues to improve reliability. These changes reduce lag in complex models, streamline workflow, and strengthen the maintainability of the codebase. Demonstrated skills in performance optimization, UI enhancements, API maintenance, and cross-module collaboration.
December 2025
20 Commits • 4 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025: API modernization, stability improvements, and expanded tooling across FreeCAD/FreeCAD. Delivered core API improvements, placement API enhancements, and new assembly/sketching capabilities, accompanied by a broad set of bug fixes that improve reliability, file handling, and user workflows. This release reduces edge-case failures, improves automation readiness, and enhances cross-module collaboration for developers and integrators. Highlights include core API improvement getPlacementOf replacing getGlobalPlacement, accessibility enhancements for placement-related APIs, introduction of Ball Drag mode in Assembly, exposure of VPSketch::addSelection with integration into the dimension tool, and fixes such as upToFace handling with non-ASCII filenames, ensuring assembly files are saved on new part insertion, and targeted fixes across core, part, sketcher, GUI, and assembly.
20 Commits • 4 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025: API modernization, stability improvements, and expanded tooling across FreeCAD/FreeCAD. Delivered core API improvements, placement API enhancements, and new assembly/sketching capabilities, accompanied by a broad set of bug fixes that improve reliability, file handling, and user workflows. This release reduces edge-case failures, improves automation readiness, and enhances cross-module collaboration for developers and integrators. Highlights include core API improvement getPlacementOf replacing getGlobalPlacement, accessibility enhancements for placement-related APIs, introduction of Ball Drag mode in Assembly, exposure of VPSketch::addSelection with integration into the dimension tool, and fixes such as upToFace handling with non-ASCII filenames, ensuring assembly files are saved on new part insertion, and targeted fixes across core, part, sketcher, GUI, and assembly.
December 2025
November 2025
32 Commits • 4 Features
Nov 1, 2025Month: 2025-11 — FreeCAD/FreeCAD Consolidated stability, usability, and design capabilities across core assembly, Sketcher, PartDesign, and UI portability. Delivered a set of high-value fixes and features that improve reliability in complex assemblies, reduce user friction, and broaden design expressiveness, while aligning the codebase with Qt6 requirements for future-proof maintenance.
November 2025
32 Commits • 4 Features
Nov 1, 2025Month: 2025-11 — FreeCAD/FreeCAD Consolidated stability, usability, and design capabilities across core assembly, Sketcher, PartDesign, and UI portability. Delivered a set of high-value fixes and features that improve reliability in complex assemblies, reduce user friction, and broaden design expressiveness, while aligning the codebase with Qt6 requirements for future-proof maintenance.
October 2025
23 Commits • 10 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 (FreeCAD/FreeCAD) monthly update: Delivered ten features and fixed a broad set of bugs across Assembly, Sketcher, PartDesign, TechDraw and Image modules. The work focused on improving reliability in assembly editing, enhancing design capabilities, and simplifying the UI while preserving data integrity. Key features delivered include isolation of joint components during selection, tolerance for ground-part movement, symmetry support for arcs, a property model refactor, comprehensive downstream propagation in pre-solve moves, and enabling direct image pasting. Major bug fixes improved selection stability, undo reliability, and handling of edge cases in patterns and assemblies, reducing regression risk and user friction.
23 Commits • 10 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 (FreeCAD/FreeCAD) monthly update: Delivered ten features and fixed a broad set of bugs across Assembly, Sketcher, PartDesign, TechDraw and Image modules. The work focused on improving reliability in assembly editing, enhancing design capabilities, and simplifying the UI while preserving data integrity. Key features delivered include isolation of joint components during selection, tolerance for ground-part movement, symmetry support for arcs, a property model refactor, comprehensive downstream propagation in pre-solve moves, and enabling direct image pasting. Major bug fixes improved selection stability, undo reliability, and handling of edge cases in patterns and assemblies, reducing regression risk and user friction.
October 2025
September 2025
48 Commits • 13 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focusing on delivering user-visible modeling enhancements and strengthening stability across core design workflows. Key features were implemented to improve per-face material behavior, base-plane sketch relations, and UI scaffolding for solver messaging. In addition, API and asset upgrades were introduced to support maintainable tooling and better user experience. A broad set of bug fixes addressed crashes, edge cases, and UX inconsistencies across PartDesign, Sketcher, Assembly, and Pattern tools, positively impacting reliability and productivity.
September 2025
48 Commits • 13 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focusing on delivering user-visible modeling enhancements and strengthening stability across core design workflows. Key features were implemented to improve per-face material behavior, base-plane sketch relations, and UI scaffolding for solver messaging. In addition, API and asset upgrades were introduced to support maintainable tooling and better user experience. A broad set of bug fixes addressed crashes, edge cases, and UX inconsistencies across PartDesign, Sketcher, Assembly, and Pattern tools, positively impacting reliability and productivity.
August 2025
19 Commits • 3 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 delivered important feature work, UX improvements, and stability fixes across FreeCAD's design and assembly toolchain, driving modeling flexibility, reliability, and cross-device consistency. The month focused on tightening core workflows, reducing UI regressions, and improving accuracy in geometry and constraints. This sets the stage for faster iteration cycles and more predictable behavior in complex assemblies and designs.
19 Commits • 3 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 delivered important feature work, UX improvements, and stability fixes across FreeCAD's design and assembly toolchain, driving modeling flexibility, reliability, and cross-device consistency. The month focused on tightening core workflows, reducing UI regressions, and improving accuracy in geometry and constraints. This sets the stage for faster iteration cycles and more predictable behavior in complex assemblies and designs.
August 2025
July 2025
33 Commits • 12 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD: Delivered substantial feature work, stability improvements, and process refinements across core design modules and the GUI. Focused on business value through improved design workflows, reliability, and user experience. Highlights include new design tooling, API consistency, UI refactors, sketching enhancements, and robust assembly capabilities, along with resilience in import/export and improved task/workflow visibility.
July 2025
33 Commits • 12 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD: Delivered substantial feature work, stability improvements, and process refinements across core design modules and the GUI. Focused on business value through improved design workflows, reliability, and user experience. Highlights include new design tooling, API consistency, UI refactors, sketching enhancements, and robust assembly capabilities, along with resilience in import/export and improved task/workflow visibility.
June 2025
4 Commits • 3 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focused on delivering core geometry and drawing enhancements, stabilizing sketcher interactions, and extending hole-based modeling capabilities. Key work included implementing hierarchical sheet source relationships in TechDraw, introducing FaceMakerRing for nested holes, enabling internal faces rendering in Sketcher, and fixing a reset-order bug in the Sketcher handler. These changes improve drawing accuracy, editing workflows, and modeling capabilities for complex geometries, delivering tangible business value through reduced manual steps, increased reliability, and broader design capability. Technologies/skills demonstrated include C++ core geometry handling, UI refinements, geometry handling refactors, and cross-branch collaboration with RealThunder's contributions.
4 Commits • 3 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focused on delivering core geometry and drawing enhancements, stabilizing sketcher interactions, and extending hole-based modeling capabilities. Key work included implementing hierarchical sheet source relationships in TechDraw, introducing FaceMakerRing for nested holes, enabling internal faces rendering in Sketcher, and fixing a reset-order bug in the Sketcher handler. These changes improve drawing accuracy, editing workflows, and modeling capabilities for complex geometries, delivering tangible business value through reduced manual steps, increased reliability, and broader design capability. Technologies/skills demonstrated include C++ core geometry handling, UI refinements, geometry handling refactors, and cross-branch collaboration with RealThunder's contributions.
June 2025
May 2025
6 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focused on stabilizing core functionality, improving data restoration fidelity, and enhancing multi-view workflows in TechDraw. Key outcomes include targeted bug fixes in Sketcher restoration, batch lock/unlock support for TechDraw views, and a set of robustness improvements across TechDraw components.
May 2025
6 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focused on stabilizing core functionality, improving data restoration fidelity, and enhancing multi-view workflows in TechDraw. Key outcomes include targeted bug fixes in Sketcher restoration, batch lock/unlock support for TechDraw views, and a set of robustness improvements across TechDraw components.
April 2025
5 Commits • 3 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary focusing on FreeCAD development. This month concentrated on delivering robust sketching capabilities, stabilizing the PartDesign workflow, and improving maintainability through targeted refactors. The work emphasizes tangible business value: improved modeling reliability for designers, faster iteration cycles, and a cleaner codebase for future enhancements.
5 Commits • 3 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary focusing on FreeCAD development. This month concentrated on delivering robust sketching capabilities, stabilizing the PartDesign workflow, and improving maintainability through targeted refactors. The work emphasizes tangible business value: improved modeling reliability for designers, faster iteration cycles, and a cleaner codebase for future enhancements.
April 2025
March 2025
25 Commits • 9 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 performance snapshot for FreeCAD/FreeCAD. Delivered targeted codebase improvements, user-facing enhancements, and a disciplined bug-fix program across core modules (Sketcher, PartDesign, Assembly, QuickMeasure, TechDraw). Key refactor and build-effort improvements included moving getStandardButtons to a dedicated C++ source file to improve encapsulation and reduce header dependencies, and updating PreCompiled.h to align with latest changes for faster builds. UI polish and tooltip enhancements improved usability and consistency. A broad set of bug fixes addressed selection edge-cases, datum axis handling, polar patterns, and measurement semantics, contributing to more reliable modeling workflows. Demonstrates proficiency in C++, build optimization, UI/UX improvements, and robust regression discipline.
March 2025
25 Commits • 9 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 performance snapshot for FreeCAD/FreeCAD. Delivered targeted codebase improvements, user-facing enhancements, and a disciplined bug-fix program across core modules (Sketcher, PartDesign, Assembly, QuickMeasure, TechDraw). Key refactor and build-effort improvements included moving getStandardButtons to a dedicated C++ source file to improve encapsulation and reduce header dependencies, and updating PreCompiled.h to align with latest changes for faster builds. UI polish and tooltip enhancements improved usability and consistency. A broad set of bug fixes addressed selection edge-cases, datum axis handling, polar patterns, and measurement semantics, contributing to more reliable modeling workflows. Demonstrates proficiency in C++, build optimization, UI/UX improvements, and robust regression discipline.
February 2025
1 Commits
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focused on stabilizing FEM module builds and ensuring release readiness. Implemented a targeted bug fix to address missing VTK precompiled headers, enabling reliable builds and accelerating FEM development downstream. Technical debt reduction achieved via PreCompiled.h update and precompilation of core VTK components.
1 Commits
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focused on stabilizing FEM module builds and ensuring release readiness. Implemented a targeted bug fix to address missing VTK precompiled headers, enabling reliable builds and accelerating FEM development downstream. Technical debt reduction achieved via PreCompiled.h update and precompilation of core VTK components.
February 2025
January 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025: Delivered branding customization options, fixed toolbar background consistency across dark/light themes, and consolidated PartDesign API with streamlined context menus. These changes improve branding flexibility, UI reliability, and maintainable design, delivering measurable business value and a stronger foundation for future enhancements.
January 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025: Delivered branding customization options, fixed toolbar background consistency across dark/light themes, and consolidated PartDesign API with streamlined context menus. These changes improve branding flexibility, UI reliability, and maintainable design, delivering measurable business value and a stronger foundation for future enhancements.
December 2024
17 Commits • 11 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focused on delivering user-facing features, stabilizing core workflows, and improving visual fidelity across platforms. The month saw consolidation of assembly and sketching workflows, meaningful performance and data-structure improvements, and UX enhancements that reduce user friction and warnings while aligning with cross-display needs.
17 Commits • 11 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focused on delivering user-facing features, stabilizing core workflows, and improving visual fidelity across platforms. The month saw consolidation of assembly and sketching workflows, meaningful performance and data-structure improvements, and UX enhancements that reduce user friction and warnings while aligning with cross-display needs.
December 2024
November 2024
28 Commits • 8 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focused on delivering major UI/workflow enhancements, expanding geometry handling, and strengthening stability to accelerate design iterations. Key features improved assembly usability and editor workflows; geometry input and projection handling were enhanced; and core/view-system scaffolding was strengthened to support future features. Business value delivered includes faster design cycles, fewer regressions, and more reliable geometry workflows across assemblies and sketches.
November 2024
28 Commits • 8 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 monthly summary for FreeCAD/FreeCAD focused on delivering major UI/workflow enhancements, expanding geometry handling, and strengthening stability to accelerate design iterations. Key features improved assembly usability and editor workflows; geometry input and projection handling were enhanced; and core/view-system scaffolding was strengthened to support future features. Business value delivered includes faster design cycles, fewer regressions, and more reliable geometry workflows across assemblies and sketches.
October 2024
11 Commits • 4 Features
Oct 1, 2024October 2024 (FreeCAD/FreeCAD) delivered targeted stability and usability improvements across Part Design, Sketcher, Assembly Insert Link, and UI workflow, focusing on reliability, constraint behavior, and a cleaner task-dialog lifecycle. The work emphasizes business value through reduced failures, smoother design workflows, and clearer user feedback.
11 Commits • 4 Features
Oct 1, 2024October 2024 (FreeCAD/FreeCAD) delivered targeted stability and usability improvements across Part Design, Sketcher, Assembly Insert Link, and UI workflow, focusing on reliability, constraint behavior, and a cleaner task-dialog lifecycle. The work emphasizes business value through reduced failures, smoother design workflows, and clearer user feedback.
October 2024
September 2024
7 Commits • 3 Features
Sep 1, 2024September 2024: Implemented terminology realignment for datum features, expanded datum modeling capabilities, and enhanced UI for datum usability in FreeCAD. Key refactors renamed OriginFeature to DatumElement and related ViewProvider, ensuring consistent terminology across core and UI layers. UI improvements included dark-theme visibility tweaks and a new datum-point icon, plus a more usable spinbox display. Introduced DatumPlane, DatumLine, DatumPoint, and LocalCoordinateSystem with creation commands, enabling streamlined scripting and workflows. These changes improve code maintainability, model capabilities, and user experience, driving faster design iterations and fewer semantic conflicts.
September 2024
7 Commits • 3 Features
Sep 1, 2024September 2024: Implemented terminology realignment for datum features, expanded datum modeling capabilities, and enhanced UI for datum usability in FreeCAD. Key refactors renamed OriginFeature to DatumElement and related ViewProvider, ensuring consistent terminology across core and UI layers. UI improvements included dark-theme visibility tweaks and a new datum-point icon, plus a more usable spinbox display. Introduced DatumPlane, DatumLine, DatumPoint, and LocalCoordinateSystem with creation commands, enabling streamlined scripting and workflows. These changes improve code maintainability, model capabilities, and user experience, driving faster design iterations and fewer semantic conflicts.
July 2024
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 2024July 2024 - FreeCAD/FreeCAD: Delivered a UI performance enhancement for ViewProviderSketch by refactoring to remove unnecessary updateColor and applyCursor calls during mouse events and selection changes, improving Sketcher interactivity. Commit fbd7f7090cc4fc0fb9e1dae795f628f43a3331cd documents the change. No major bugs fixed this month; focus was on performance and maintainability. Technologies/skills demonstrated: C++, Qt, FreeCAD UI architecture, performance-focused refactoring.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 2024July 2024 - FreeCAD/FreeCAD: Delivered a UI performance enhancement for ViewProviderSketch by refactoring to remove unnecessary updateColor and applyCursor calls during mouse events and selection changes, improving Sketcher interactivity. Commit fbd7f7090cc4fc0fb9e1dae795f628f43a3331cd documents the change. No major bugs fixed this month; focus was on performance and maintainability. Technologies/skills demonstrated: C++, Qt, FreeCAD UI architecture, performance-focused refactoring.
July 2024
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Quality Metrics
Correctness87.2%
Maintainability85.4%
Architecture82.6%
Performance80.2%
AI Usage20.4%
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Programming Languages
CC++CMakeConfigurationHeaderJavaScriptPythonQMLQSSQt
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3D Graphics3D Graphics Programming3D Modeling3D Transformations3D graphics programming3D modeling software3D modeling software developmentAPI DesignAPI integrationAlgorithm DesignAssemblyAssembly DesignAssembly ModelingAssembly ModuleAsset Management
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