CLI Anything Freecad

cli-anything-freecad

Complete CLI harness for FreeCAD — 258 commands across 17 groups covering ALL workbenches.

Prerequisites

FreeCAD must be installed: freecadcmd must be in PATH.

Installation

pip install -e freecad/agent-harness

Basic Usage

cli-anything-freecad --json <command>           # JSON output for agents
cli-anything-freecad --json -p proj.json <cmd>  # With project file
cli-anything-freecad                            # Interactive REPL

Preview, Live Preview, and Motion

FreeCAD is currently the deepest preview integration in this branch.

Preview commands:

# List preview recipes
cli-anything-freecad --json -p proj.json preview recipes

# Capture a real 4-view bundle
cli-anything-freecad --json -p proj.json preview capture --recipe quick

# Start poll-mode live preview
cli-anything-freecad --json -p proj.json preview live start --recipe quick --mode poll --source-poll-ms 500

# Query current live state without rendering
cli-anything-freecad --json -p proj.json preview live status --recipe quick

# Stop live preview publication
cli-anything-freecad --json -p proj.json preview live stop --recipe quick

Typical quick bundle artifacts:

• hero.png
• front.png
• top.png
• right.png

Live preview persists:

• session.json
• immutable bundle directories
• trajectory.json

preview live status --json is intended for agents and includes a compact trajectory_summary in addition to _session_dir, current bundle refs, and _trajectory_path.

Viewer commands:

cli-hub previews inspect /path/to/bundle-or-session
cli-hub previews html /path/to/bundle-or-session -o page.html
cli-hub previews watch /path/to/session --open
cli-hub previews open /path/to/bundle-or-session

Motion commands remain separate from preview and are used for final truthful frame rendering and showcase videos:

cli-anything-freecad --json -p proj.json motion new --name spin --duration 6 --fps 24
cli-anything-freecad --json -p proj.json motion keyframe spin --time 0.0 --part 0 --position 0,0,0
cli-anything-freecad --json -p proj.json motion render-video spin output.mp4

Command Groups (258 commands)

document (5) — Document management

cli-anything-freecad --json document new --name "Part" -o proj.json
cli-anything-freecad --json document new --profile print3d -o proj.json
cli-anything-freecad --json -p proj.json document info
cli-anything-freecad --json -p proj.json document save -o copy.json
cli-anything-freecad --json document profiles

part (29) — 3D primitives, boolean, transforms, operations

# Primitives: box, cylinder, sphere, cone, torus, wedge, helix, spiral, thread, plane, polygon_3d
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json part add box -P length=20 -P width=15 -P height=5
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json part add cylinder -P radius=3 -P height=10 --position 10,7.5,0

# Operations
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json part boolean cut 0 1
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json part copy 0
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json part mirror 0 --plane XY
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json part scale 0 --factor 2.0
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json part loft --indices 0,1,2
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json part sweep 0 1
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json part revolve 0 --axis Z --angle 360
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json part extrude 0 --direction 0,0,1 --length 10
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json part fillet-3d 0 --radius 2
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json part thickness 0 --thickness 1
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json part compound --indices 0,1,2
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json part section 0 --plane XY
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json part info 0
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json part line-3d --start 0,0,0 --end 10,5,0
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json part wire --points "0,0,0;10,0,0;10,10,0"

sketch (26) — 2D constrained sketching

cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json sketch new --plane XY
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json sketch add-line 0 --start 0,0 --end 20,0
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json sketch add-circle 0 --center 10,10 --radius 5
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json sketch add-rect 0 --corner 0,0 --width 20 --height 15
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json sketch add-arc 0 --center 0,0 --radius 5
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json sketch add-ellipse 0 --center 0,0 --major-radius 10 --minor-radius 5
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json sketch add-polygon 0 --center 0,0 --sides 6 --radius 10
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json sketch add-bspline 0 --points "0,0;5,10;10,0;15,10"
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json sketch add-slot 0 --center1 0,0 --center2 10,0 --radius 2
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json sketch constrain 0 distance --elements 0,1 --value 10
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json sketch edit-element 0 0 --radius 8
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json sketch remove-element 0 2
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json sketch validate 0
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json sketch solve-status 0
# Constraints: coincident, horizontal, vertical, parallel, perpendicular, equal,
#   fixed, distance, angle, radius, tangent, symmetric, block, diameter,
#   point_on_object, distance_x, distance_y

body (38) — PartDesign features

cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body new
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body pad 0 0 --length 10
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body pocket 0 1 --length 5
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body groove 0 0 --angle 360
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body fillet 0 --radius 2
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body chamfer 0 --size 1.5
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body revolution 0 0 --angle 360
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body additive-loft 0 --sketch-indices 0,1
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body additive-pipe 0 0 1
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body additive-helix 0 0 --pitch 5 --height 20
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body additive-box 0 -P length=10 -P width=10 -P height=10
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body hole 0 0 --diameter 5 --depth 10 --threaded
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body draft-feature 0 --angle 5
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body thickness-feature 0 --thickness 1
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body linear-pattern 0 --occurrences 5 --length 50
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body polar-pattern 0 --occurrences 6 --angle 360
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body mirrored 0 --plane XY
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json body datum-plane 0 --reference XY --offset 10

material (8) — PBR materials with engineering properties

# 21 presets: steel, aluminum, copper, brass, titanium, stainless_steel, cast_iron,
#   carbon_fiber, nylon, abs, pla, petg, plastic_white, plastic_black, wood, glass,
#   rubber, gold, concrete, granite, marble
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json material create --preset steel
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json material create --preset titanium
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json material assign 0 0
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json material set 0 density 7800
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json material import-material mat.json
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json material export-material 0 --output mat.json

assembly (11) — Assembly management

cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json assembly new --name "MyAssembly"
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json assembly add-part 0 0
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json assembly constrain 0 coincident --components 0,1
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json assembly constrain 0 distance --components 0,1 --distance 10
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json assembly solve 0
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json assembly dof 0
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json assembly bom 0
cli-anything-freecad --json -p p.json assembly explode 0 --factor 2.0