This seems very similar to the current Autodesk range of products.
Ugh, the logo looked great to me before but FreeCAD needs to distance itself from these products, a copy cat logo gives the wrong message.
I’m afraid there’s not much further we can get in the logo department:
- Curves and a 3D look are central to any CAD/CAE program.
- Red and blue are primary colors that we can’t escape either.
there’s been a bunch of proposals over the years that have no resemblance to these icons.
On the same note, I have concerns that this logo looks somewhat similar to CAD International’s.
The original Logo has a charm but it’s very wacky looking. I overhauled it by updating the alignment, proportions, and color scheme. If the developers decide to update; I’ve created a pull request to ease integration. https://github.com/JacobHepworth/FreeCAD/tree/FreeCAD-logo
Edit: The fork remains, but I closed the pull request to try and keep discussion here.
here is a suggestion for a logo update
logo2022.FCStd (96.3 KB)
I admit some resemblance, but I’ve never seen it before. My intention was to make a winged CAD and the symmetry has led me to see the D as a reflection of the C.
NEEDS MORE GREEN!
I posted this some time ago in another thread… so just re-posting again…
Logo:
And SVG with multiple icons:
Here is my idea.
Font: Roboto
Feel free to improve upon it!
svg included
color contrast is off … Any red and blue shades that have at least AA level contrast?
Ok this is just a fancy version of the old logo.
MisterMaker: Discussions about this topic go here: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=28941.
Beautiful.
I have dabbled in designing a FreeCAD logo a few times. Recently I was reminded of an old attempt and I liked the concept of it so I decided to iterate and refine. After some positive feedback on Discord, I’ve decided to add my humble design effort here for consideration if an updated logo is ever an option.
I am not a designer, nor a student. Just a nerd with OpenSource software. I created the design in FreeCAD (file attached). I used techdraw to export an outline of the shapes. This was my first foray into vector graphics and learned Inkscape “The Hard Way” today (file attached). I imported into inkscape, recreated clean paths, added strokes (light and dark) as well as a moderate shadowing effect for mild contrast (clean light/dark svg’s 128px attached).
I also mocked up a simple splash screen as well as a palette against different colored backgrounds to demonstrate how it looks.
LOGOCONCEPTV4.FCSTD (228 KB)
love it, great iteration of the current logo.
I also like the obelisk version it just similar enough that you probably get away with it by replacing current logo an just keeping everything the same. Since it used the same position and colors.
I also wonder how it looks when the F is straight?
Edit screwed around with it, I am going to add it too my icon theme. Lets see how it looks!
Since my I make my icons in Blender I have added the blend file.
new_logo.zip (598 KB)
Hi, this is my proposal. Just the same current logo but with a bit more 3D and shadows on it.
Hmm, I took the suggestion from MisterMaker (or any other logo that is heavily based on the original for recognition), but removed a tooth from the gear on the right.
That makes the gear into the letter “C” for CAD, and it is a play on the OpenHardware logo, which in turn is a play on the OpenSoftware logo, where the missing piece together with the centre hole generates somewhat of a negative lock shape. An OpenSoftware Style C would also be possible, but I would miss the gear.
Of course, the OpenHardware logo is trademarked, so we would probably ask for permission (but IANAL).
My logo
