App FeaturePython
Introduction
An App FeaturePython object, or formally an
App::FeaturePython
, is a simple instance of the App DocumentObject in Python.
This is a simple object that by default doesn't have many properties, for example it doesn't have a placement or a topological shape. Depending on the properties that are assigned to it, it can be used to manage different types of data.
Simplified diagram of the relationships between the core objects in FreeCAD
Usage
The App FeaturePython is an internal object, so it cannot be created from the graphical interface. It is meant to be sub-classed by classes that will handle different types of data.
For example, the Draft Text, Draft Dimension, and Draft WorkingPlaneProxy objects of the Draft Workbench are App::FeaturePython
objects with a custom icon and additional properties. They hold data but not an actual Part TopoShape.
If the desired object should have a placement, a shape, an attachment or other complex properties, it is better to create one of the more complex classes, for example, App GeoFeature, Part Feature, or Part Part2DObject.
Properties
See Property for all property types that scripted objects can have.
The App FeaturePython (App::FeaturePython
class) is derived from the basic App DocumentObject (App::DocumentObject
class) and inherits all its properties. It also has several additional properties.
These are the properties available in the property editor. Hidden properties can be shown by using the Show all command in the context menu of the property editor.
Data
Base
- Data (Hidden)Proxy (
PythonObject
): a custom class associated with this object. - DataLabel (
String
): the user editable name of this object, it is an arbitrary UTF8 string. - Data (Hidden)Label2 (
String
): a longer, user editable description of this object, it is an arbitrary UTF8 string that may include newlines. By default, it is an empty string""
. - Data (Hidden)Expression Engine (
ExpressionEngine
): a list of expressions. By default, it is empty[]
. - Data (Hidden)Visibility (
Bool
): whether to display the object or not.
View
Base
- View (Hidden)Proxy (
PythonObject
): a custom viewprovider class associated with this object.
Display Options
- ViewDisplay Mode (
Enumeration
): it is empty by default. - ViewShow In Tree (
Bool
): it defaults totrue
, in which case the object will appear in the Tree view; otherwise, the object will be hidden in the tree view. Once an object in the tree is invisible, you can see it again by opening the context menu over the name of the document (right-click), and selectingShow hidden items. Then the hidden item can be chosen and ViewShow In Tree can be switched back to
true
. - ViewVisibility (
Bool
): it defaults totrue
, in which case the object will be visible in the 3D view if it has a Shape, otherwise it will be invisible. By default this property can be toggled on and off by selecting the object, and pressing the Space bar.
Selection
- ViewOn Top When Selected (
Enumeration
): it controls the way in which the selection occurs in the 3D view if the object has a Shape, and there are many objects partially covered by others. It defaults toDisabled
, meaning that no special highlighting will occur;Enabled
means that the object will appear on top of any other object when selected;Object
means that the object will appear on top only if the entire object is selected in the Tree view;Element
means that the object will appear on top only if a subelement (vertex, edge, face) is selected in the 3D view. - ViewSelection Style (
Enumeration
): it controls the way the object is highlighted if it has a Shape. If it isShape
, the entire shape (vertices, edges, and faces) will be highlighted in the 3D view; if it isBoundBox
a bounding box will appear surrounding the object and will be highlighted.
Scripting
See also: FreeCAD Scripting Basics and scripted objects.
See Part Feature for the general information on adding objects to the document.
An App FeaturePython is created with the addObject()
method of the document.
import FreeCAD as App
doc = App.newDocument()
obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("App::FeaturePython", "Name")
obj.Label = "Custom label"
- Core: App DocumentObject
- Basic: App FeaturePython, App GeoFeature, Part Feature, Mesh Feature, Fem FemMeshObject
- Internal shapes: Part TopoShape, Mesh MeshObject, Fem FemMesh
- Structure: App DocumentObjectGroup (Std Group), App Part (Std Part), App Link (Std LinkMake)
- Derived: Part Part2DObject, Sketcher SketchObject, PartDesign Body, PartDesign Feature
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