Draft Downgrade

    From FreeCAD Documentation

    Draft Downgrade.svg Draft Downgrade

    Menu location
    Modification → Downgrade
    Workbenches
    Draft, Arch
    Default shortcut
    D N
    Introduced in version
    -
    See also
    Draft Upgrade, Part Cut

    Description

    The Draft Downgrade.svg Draft Downgrade command downgrades selected objects. The result depends on the number of selected objects and their type. The command can for example deconstruct a 3D solid into separate faces and a wire into separate edges. If two face are selected a Part Cut object is created from them. Note that not all objects can be downgraded. This command is the counterpart of the Draft Upgrade command.

    Draft Downgrade example.jpg

    Two overlapping faces are downgraded to a Part Cut object, which is downgraded to a face. That face is then downgraded to a closed wire, which is finally downgraded to separate edges.

    Usage

    1. Optionally select one or more objects.
    2. There are several ways to invoke the command:
      • Press the Draft Downgrade.svg Draft Downgrade button.
      • Select the Modification → Draft Downgrade.svg Downgrade option from the menu.
      • Use the keyboard shortcut: D then N.
    3. If you have not yet selected an object: select an object in the 3D view.

    Scripting

    See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

    To downgrade objects use the downgrade method of the Draft module.

    downgrade_list = downgrade(objects, delete=False, force=None)
    
    • objects contains the objects to be downgraded. It is either a single object or a list of objects.
    • If delete is True the source objects are deleted.
    • force forces a certain way of downgrading by calling a specific internal function. It can be: "explode", "shapify", "subtr", "splitFaces", "cut2", "getWire", "splitWires" or "splitCompounds".
    • downgrade_list is returned. It is a list containing two lists: a list of new objects and a list of objects to be deleted. If delete is True the second list is empty.

    Example:

    import FreeCAD as App
    import Draft
    
    doc = App.newDocument()
    
    circle = Draft.make_circle(1000)
    rectangle = Draft.make_rectangle(2000, 800)
    doc.recompute()
    
    add_list1, delete_list1 = Draft.upgrade([circle, rectangle], delete=True)
    
    compound = add_list1[0]
    add_list2, delete_list2 = Draft.downgrade(compound, delete=False)
    face = add_list2[0]
    add_list3, delete_list3 = Draft.downgrade(face, delete=False)
    
    box = doc.addObject("Part::Box", "Box")
    box.Length = 2300
    box.Width = 800
    box.Height = 1000
    
    add_list4, delete_list4 = Draft.downgrade(box, delete=True)
    
    doc.recompute()