Part RegularPolygon
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Part RegularPolygon |
Menu location |
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Part → Create primitives → Regular Polygon |
Workbenches |
Part |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
0.14 |
See also |
Part Primitives |
Description
A Part RegularPolygon is a parametric shape that can be created with the Part Primitives command. In the coordinate system defined by its DataPlacement property, the polygon lies on the XY plane with its center at the origin and one of its vertices on the X axis.
Usage
See Part Primitives.
Example
A Part RegularPolygon object created with the scripting example below is 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
Regular Polygon
- DataPolygon (
Integer
): The number of sides of the polygon which describes the cross section of the Part Prism - DataCircumradius (
Length
): The circumradius is the distance from the centre of the polygon to a vertex.
Scripting
A Part Regular polygon is created with the addObject()
method of the document.
regularPolygon = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::RegularPolygon", "myRegularPolygon")
- Where
myRegularPolygon
is the name for the object. The name must be unique for the entire document. - The function returns the newly created object.
The Label
is the user editable name for the object. It can be easily changed by
regularPolygon.Label = "new myRegularPolygonName"
You can access and modify attributes of the regularPolygon
object. For example, you may wish to modify the length, width and height parameters.
regularPolygon.Polygon = 5
regularPolygon.Circumradius = 8
You can change its placement and orientation with:
regularPolygon.Placement = FreeCAD.Placement(FreeCAD.Vector(1, 2, 3), FreeCAD.Rotation(60, 30, 15))
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