Part RegularPolygon

Description
The Part Regular polygon command creates a parametric regular polygon shape.

FreeCAD creates a six-side polygon of equal edge length with a circumradius of 2 millimetre. By default, the polygon is positioned with its center at the origin (0,0,0) on the xy-plane.



Usage

 * 1) There are several ways to invoke the command:
 * 2) * Press the button.
 * 3) * Select the option from the menu.
 * 4) * Select the option from the menu.
 * 5) Set options and press.
 * 6) To close the dialog press.

Example


A Part Regular polygon object with the values of the bottom scripting example are shown here.

Properties
See also: Property editor.

A Part Regular polygon object is derived from a Part Feature object and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional properties:

Data

 * : The number of sides of the polygon which describes the cross section of the Part Prism
 * : The circumradius is the distance from the centre of the polygon to a vertex.

Scripting
A Part Regular polygon is created with the method of the document.


 * Where is the name for the object. The name must be unique for the entire document.
 * The function returns the newly created object.

The is the user editable name for the object. It can be easily changed by

You can access and modify attributes of the object. For example, you may wish to modify the length, width and height parameters.

You can change its placement and orientation with: