Arch Add

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Menu location
Arch Add
Arch → Add
Workbenches
Arch
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
Arch Remove

Description

The Add tool allows you to do 4 kinds of operations:

Add shape-based objects to an Arch component, such as a wall or structure. These objects make then part of the Arch component, and allow you to modify its shape but keeping its base properties such as width and height
Add Arch components, such as a walls or structures, to a group-based arch object such as floors.
Add axis systems to structural objects
Add objects to section planes

In the above image, a box is being added to a wall.

How to use

Select the object(s) to be added, then the "host" object (the host object must be the last one you selected).
Press the Add button.

Scripting

See also: Arch API and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

The Add tool can be used in macros and from the Python console by using the following function:

addComponents(objectsList, host)

Adds the given objects in objectsList to the given host object.
- objectsList can be a single object or a list of objects.

Example:

import FreeCAD, Arch, Draft, Part

p1 = FreeCAD.Vector(0, 0, 0)
p2 = FreeCAD.Vector(2000, 2000, 0)

Line = Draft.makeWire([p1, p2])
Wall = Arch.makeWall(Line, width=150, height=2000)

p3 = FreeCAD.Vector(0, 2000, 0)
p4 = FreeCAD.Vector(3000, 0, 0)

Line2 = Draft.makeWire([p3, p4])
Wall2 = Arch.makeWall(Line2, width=150, height=2000)
FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()

Arch.addComponents(Wall2, Wall)
FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()