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{{Docnav
{{Docnav
|[[Path_Copy|Copy]]
|[[CAM_Copy|Copy]]
|[[Path_SimpleCopy|SimpleCopy]]
|[[CAM_SimpleCopy|SimpleCopy]]
|[[Path_Workbench|Path]]
|[[CAM_Workbench|CAM]]
|IconL=Path_Copy.svg
|IconL=CAM_Copy.svg
|IconR=Path_SimpleCopy.svg
|IconR=CAM_SimpleCopy.svg
|IconC=Workbench_Path.svg
|IconC=Workbench_CAM.svg
}}
}}


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{{GuiCommand
{{GuiCommand
|Name=Path Array
|Name=CAM Array
|MenuLocation=Path → Path Modification → Array
|MenuLocation=CAM → Path Modification → Array
|Workbenches=[[Path_Workbench|Path]]
|Workbenches=[[CAM_Workbench|CAM]]
}}
}}


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This tool creates a new path by duplicating another path several times at a certain interval distance.
The tool [[Image:CAM_Array.svg|24px]] [[CAM_Array|Array]] creates a new path by duplicating another path several times at a certain interval distance.


==Usage== <!--T:4-->
==Usage== <!--T:4-->
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# Select the operation you want to repeat
# Select the operation you want to repeat
# Press the {{KEY|[[Image:Path Array.svg|24px]] [[Path_Array|Array]]}} button
# Press the {{KEY|[[Image:CAM_Array.svg|24px]] [[CAM_Array|Array]]}} button
# Press {{Button|Apply}}
# Press {{Button|Apply}}
# Adjust the desired properties at the data box
# Adjust the desired properties at the data box
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*{{PropertyData|Offset}}: The spacing between the array copies for each direction
*{{PropertyData|Offset}}: The spacing between the array copies for each direction
*{{PropertyData|Copies}}: The number of copies (not counting the original) for each direction
*{{PropertyData|Copies}}: The number of copies (not counting the original) for each direction

==Limitations== <!--T:15-->

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In FreeCAD versions prior to FreeCAD 0.19.4, this feature only works on actual path operations, not on derivative paths produced by Path Dressups. In that case the Array icon is disabled. Issue was fixed in FreeCAD 0.20.


==Scripting== <!--T:12-->
==Scripting== <!--T:12-->
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{{Docnav
{{Docnav
|[[Path_Copy|Copy]]
|[[CAM_Copy|Copy]]
|[[Path_SimpleCopy|SimpleCopy]]
|[[CAM_SimpleCopy|SimpleCopy]]
|[[Path_Workbench|Path]]
|[[CAM_Workbench|CAM]]
|IconL=Path_Copy.svg
|IconL=CAM_Copy.svg
|IconR=Path_SimpleCopy.svg
|IconR=CAM_SimpleCopy.svg
|IconC=Workbench_Path.svg
|IconC=Workbench_CAM.svg
}}
}}


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{{CAM_Tools_navi{{#translation:}}}}
{{Userdocnavi{{#translation:}}}}
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Latest revision as of 09:25, 27 March 2024

CAM Array

Menu location
CAM → Path Modification → Array
Workbenches
CAM
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

The tool Array creates a new path by duplicating another path several times at a certain interval distance.

Usage

  1. Select the operation you want to repeat
  2. Press the Array button
  3. Press Apply
  4. Adjust the desired properties at the data box

Properties

  • DataType: The type array (polar, linear one ore two directions)
  • DataOffset: The spacing between the array copies for each direction
  • DataCopies: The number of copies (not counting the original) for each direction

Scripting

See also: FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

Example:

#Place code example here.