Arch Building

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Arch Building
Menu location
Arch → Building
Workbenches
Arch
Default shortcut
B U
Introduced in version
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See also
Arch BuildingPart, Arch Site

Description

The Arch Building is a special type of FreeCAD group object particularly suited for representing a whole building unit. They are mostly used to organize your model, by containing floor objects.

Usage

1. Optionally, select one or more objects to be included in your new building.
2. Press the Arch Building button, or press the B then U keys.

Options

• Starting from FreeCAD version 0.18, the Building object is actually a BuildingPart with its DataIFC Type property set to "Building". You can convert any BuildingPart to a Building simply by changing its IFC Type.
• After creating a building, you can add more objects to it by drag and dropping them in the Tree View or by using the Arch Add tool.
• You can remove objects from a building by drag and dropping them out of it the Tree View or by using the Arch Remove tool.

Properties

• DataBuilding Type: The type of this building, to choose from a list

Scripting

See also: Arch API and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

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

Building = makeBuilding(objectslist=None, baseobj=None, name="Building")

• Creates a Building object from objectslist, which is a list of objects, or baseobj, which is a Shape.

Example:

import FreeCAD, Draft, Arch

p1 = FreeCAD.Vector(0, 0, 0)
p2 = FreeCAD.Vector(2000, 0, 0)
baseline = Draft.makeLine(p1, p2)
baseline2 = Draft.makeLine(p1, -1*p2)

Wall1 = Arch.makeWall(baseline, length=None, width=150, height=2000)
Wall2 = Arch.makeWall(baseline2, length=None, width=150, height=1800)
FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()

Building = Arch.makeBuilding([Wall1, Wall2])

Site = Arch.makeSite(Building)
FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()

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Arch

• Elements: Wall, Structure, Roof, Window, Door, Stairs, Space, Frame, Equipment; Pipe, Pipe Connector; Schedule
• Reinforcements: Rebar; Straight Rebar, UShape Rebar, LShape Rebar, Bent Shape Rebar, Stirrup Rebar, Helical Rebar
• Panels: Panel, Panel Cut, Panel Sheet, Nest
• Materials: Material, Multi-Material
• Organization: Site, Reference, Building, Floor, Building Part, Section Plane
• Axes: Axis, Axes system, Grid

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• Modification: Cut with plane, Add component, Remove component, Survey

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• Utilities: Component, Clone component, Split Mesh, Mesh To Shape, Select non-solid meshes, Remove Shape, Close Holes, Merge Walls, Check, Ifc Explorer, Toggle IFC Brep flag, 3 Views from mesh, Create IFC spreadsheet, Toggle Subcomponents
• Additional: Preferences, Import Export Preferences (IFC, DAE, OBJ, JSON, 3DS), IfcOpenShell, IfcPlusPlus; Arch API

User documentation

• Getting started
• Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
• Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties; Help FreeCAD, Donate

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• Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
• Workbenches: Std Base; Arch, Draft, FEM, Image, Inspection, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Path, Points, Raytracing, Reverse Engineering, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Start, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework, Web
• Deprecated or unmaintained workbenches: Complete, Drawing, Robot

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• Addons: Addon Manager, External workbenches, Scripting and macros

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• Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub