Draft Clone

Description
The tool produces linked copies of a selected shape. This means that if the original object changes its shape and properties, all clones change as well. Nevertheless, each clone retains its unique position, rotation, and scale, as well as its view properties like shape color, line width, and transparency.

The Clone tool can be used on 2D shapes created with the Draft Workbench, but can also be used on many types of 3D objects such as those created with the Part, PartDesign, or Arch Workbenches.

To create simple copies, that are completely independent from an original object, use Draft Move, Draft Rotate, and Draft Scale. To position copies in an orthogonal array use Draft Array; to position copies along a path use Draft PathArray; to position copies at specified points use Draft PointArray.



Depending on its options, the tool also creates a clone at a specified scale.

Clones of 2D objects created with the Draft or Sketcher Workbenches will also be 2D objects, and therefore can be used as such for the PartDesign Workbench.

All Arch Workbench objects have the possibility to behave as clones by using their property. If you use the Draft Clone tool on a selected Arch object, you will produce such an Arch clone instead of a regular Draft clone.

Usage

 * 1) Optionally select one or more objects.
 * 2) There are several ways to invoke the command:
 * 3) * Press the button.
 * 4) * Select the option from the menu.
 * 5) * Use the keyboard shortcut: then.
 * 6) If you have not yet selected an object: select an object in the 3D view.

Properties
See also: Property editor.

An object created with the Draft Clone command is derived from a Part Part2DObject, a Part Feature object or, if an Arch Clone is created, from the object type of the source object. It inherits all properties from that object. A clone derived from one of the first two objects also has the following additional properties:

Data

 * : specifies if overlapping shapes in the clone are fused or not.
 * : specifies the objects that are cloned.
 * : specifies the X, Y and Z scale factors.

Scripting
See also: Autogenerated API documentation and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

To create a clone use the method  of the Draft module. This method replaces the deprecated method.


 * contains the objects to be cloned. It is either a single object or a list of objects.
 * is the displacement vector to be applied to the clone.
 * If is  and  contains a single Arch object an Arch Clone is created. Set  to  to create a Draft Clone instead.
 * is returned with the clone object.

Example: