Part Box
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| Menu location |
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| Part → Primitives → Cube |
| Workbenches |
| Part |
| Default shortcut |
| None |
| Introduced in version |
| - |
| See also |
| Part Primitives |
Description
The Part Box command creates a parametric box solid, a rectangular cuboid. In the coordinate system defined by its DataPlacement property, the bottom face of the box lies on the XY-plane with its front left corner at the origin, and its front edge parallel to the X-axis.
Usage
- There are several ways to invoke the command:
- Press the
Cube button.
- Select the Part → Primitives →
Cube option from the menu.
- Press the
- A Box object is created.
- Optionally change the dimensions and DataPlacement of the box by doing one of the following:
- Double-click the object in the Tree View:
- The Geometric Primitives task panel opens.
- Change one or more properties.
- The object is dynamically updated in the 3D View.
- Press the OK button to close the task panel.
- Change the properties in the Property View.
- Change the DataPlacement with the
Std TransformManip command.
- Double-click the object in the Tree View:
Example

A Part Box object created with the scripting example below is shown here.
Notes
- A Part Box can also be created with the
Part Primitives command. With that command you can specify the dimensions and placement at creation time.
Properties
See also: Property View.
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.
Box
- DataLength (
Length): The length of the box. This is the dimension in its X-direction. The default is10mm. - DataWidth (
Length): The width of the box. This is the dimension in its Y-direction. The default is10mm. - DataHeight (
Length): The height of the box. This is dimension in its Z-direction. The default is10mm.
Scripting
See also: Autogenerated API documentation, Part scripting and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.
A Part Box can be created with the addObject() method of the document:
box = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Box", "myBox")
- Where
"myBox"is the name for the object. - The function returns the newly created object.
Example:
import FreeCAD as App
doc = App.activeDocument()
box = doc.addObject("Part::Box", "myBox")
box.Length = 4
box.Width = 8
box.Height = 12
box.Placement = App.Placement(App.Vector(1, 2, 3), App.Rotation(75, 60, 30))
doc.recompute()
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