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{{Docnav
{{Docnav
|[[Path_Copy|Copy]]
|[[CAM_Copy|Copy]]
|[[CAM_SimpleCopy|SimpleCopy]]
|[[Path_SimpleCopy|Simple Copy]]
|[[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
}}
}}


{{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]]
|Shortcut=
|SeeAlso=
}}
}}


==Description==
==Description==


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==
==Usage==


# 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==

This feature only works on actual path operations, not on derivative paths produced by Path Dressups. In that case the Array icon is disabled.


==Scripting==
==Scripting==
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Example:
Example:

{{Code|code=#Place code example here.}}
{{Code|code=
#Place code example here.
}}



{{Docnav
{{Docnav
|[[Path_Copy|Copy]]
|[[CAM_Copy|Copy]]
|[[CAM_SimpleCopy|SimpleCopy]]
|[[Path_SimpleCopy|Simple Copy]]
|[[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
}}
}}


{{Path_Tools_navi{{#translation:}}}}
{{CAM_Tools_navi{{#translation:}}}}
{{Userdocnavi{{#translation:}}}}
{{Userdocnavi{{#translation:}}}}
{{clear}}

Latest revision as of 09:29, 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.