Parametric CAD · Stream Deck plugin

FreeCAD macOS Studio Pro

FreeCAD binds most of its tools to multi-key chord sequences: G then C for a circle, W then 8 for Part Design. 212 of the 330 commands are sequences, and each fires whole from one key, typed out by a persistent macOS key host the way FreeCAD expects.

330commands
27categories
8dials
6bundled profiles

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What it does

All 330 commands from FreeCAD 1.1's default shortcut set, across 27 remappable category keys matching how FreeCAD works: the Std workbench split by function, the Sketcher across six pages, Draft, BIM, Arch, Assembly, FEM, CAM and Extras. Every command has its own key illustration.
Eight dials: history, zoom, view roll, selection history, workbench, documents, standard views and draw style. The Stream Deck + seats four, the Stream Deck + XL six, and each dial paints its own strip art with pressable tap zones.
Undo, Redo and Save read live from FreeCAD and light only when the action is available. Run the bundled bridge macro once and the faces go live: true undo depth, the open document starred while unsaved, and real workbench, view and draw style names.
The Stream Deck + XL's workbench hub pages carry a 14-key number pad that stays put while you page: digits, decimal point, Backspace, Enter, undo and redo, typing straight into whatever numeric field FreeCAD has open.
Six bundled profiles, Easy Link on every one. The 15-key Stream Deck gets a 30-page hub of color-coded category keys.

What you need

macOS 13 or later, Stream Deck software 6.9 or newer, and FreeCAD 1.1, built and measured against FreeCAD 1.1.3. This is a macOS listing. The Windows edition is FreeCAD Hotkeys.

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Good to know

Built for FreeCAD 1.1 on macOS 13 or later, measured against FreeCAD 1.1.3. Requires the Stream Deck app 6.9 or newer. Profiles are bundled for six decks: the 15-key Stream Deck, the Stream Deck +, the Stream Deck + XL, the 32-key Stream Deck XL, the Mini and the Neo. The dials need one of the two Stream Deck + models.
Keystrokes need Accessibility, and macOS never prompts for it. Add Elgato Stream Deck under System Settings, Privacy & Security, Accessibility, then quit and reopen the Stream Deck app.
The live faces need the bundled bridge macro: copy FreeCADStudioProBridge.FCMacro out of the plugin's macro folder into FreeCAD's macro folder, then run it once from Macro, Macros. Every key still sends without it; only the live faces stay dark, and they say so.
Keystrokes go to the focused window, so keep FreeCAD in front. Six of the 330 commands use chords macOS keeps for itself, Command and comma, F11, and Command and Space among them: those keys tell you instead of failing silently.

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Every key carries the app's own shortcut for that command, and every key is remappable. Type your combination into the property inspector or click Capture and press it once. Where an app leaves a command unbound, the key still reaches it by the route that app exposes.
Keystrokes go to the front window and nothing steals focus, so keep the target app in front when you press.
Every command has its own drawn key art, so the deck reads at a glance instead of listing shortcuts.

Read the full quick fixes, or see this plugin on the support hub.

Still stuck? Email [email protected] with the plugin name, your Stream Deck software version, and what you pressed versus what happened. A human answers.