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By default, a box is created with three sides (edges) of equal length, each one 10 mm long. |
By default, a box is created with three sides (edges) of equal length, each one 10 mm long. |
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This can be easily recognized by the additional check mark at the icon in the tree view. See [[Tree_view#Overlay_icons|Overlay Icons]]. |
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Revision as of 11:47, 16 February 2022
Part Box |
Menu location |
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Part → Primitives → Cube |
Workbenches |
Part |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
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See also |
Part Primitives |
Description
The Box command from the Part Workbench inserts a parametric, rectangular cuboid, geometric primitive into the active document. By default, the Box command will insert a 10x10x10 mm cube, positioned at the origin, with the label "cube". These parameters may be modified after the object has been added.
Usage
- Switch to the Part Workbench
- There are several ways to invoke the command:
Result: The default result is a box with an equal length, width and height of 10 mm. It is attached to the global xy-plane and one edge is coincident with the global z-axis.
The properties of the box can be edited later, either in the property editor or by double-clicking on the box in the model tree.
Example
A Part Box object with the values of the bottom scripting example are shown here.
Notes
By default, a box is created with three sides (edges) of equal length, each one 10 mm long.
Properties
See also: Property editor.
A Part Box object is derived from a Part Feature object and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional properties:
Data
Attachment
The object has the same attachment properties as a Part Part2DObject.
Base
The objects placement and its label.
Box
- DataLength (
Length
): The length of the box. This is the dimension in the x-direction. - DataWidth (
Length
): The width of the box. This is the dimension in the y-direction. - DataHeight (
Length
): The height of the box. This is the dimension in the z-direction.
Scripting
A Part Box can be created using the following function:
box = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Box", "myBox")
- Where
myBox
is the Label for the object. - The function returns the newly created object.
The Label of the object can be easily changed by
box.Label = "new boxLabelText"
You can access and modify attributes of the box
object. For example, you may wish to modify the length, width and height parameters.
box.Length = 4
box.Width = 8
box.Height = 12
You can change its placement with:
box.Placement = FreeCAD.Placement(FreeCAD.Vector(1, 2, 3), FreeCAD.Rotation(75, 60, 30))
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