Draft Downgrade
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| Menu location |
|---|
| Draft → Downgrade |
| Workbenches |
| Draft, Arch |
| Default shortcut |
| D N |
| Introduced in version |
| - |
| See also |
| Draft Upgrade, Part Cut |
Description
The Downgrade tool downgrades the selected objects in different ways. If no object is selected, you will be invited to select one.
The Downgrade tool performs things such as breaking faces, and deconstructing wires into their individual edges. It can cut a shape with another shape in similar way to Part Cut.
The counterpart to this tool is the Draft Upgrade operation.
How to use
- Select one or more objects that you want to downgrade.
- Press the
Draft Downgrade button or press D then N keys.
Options
There are no options for this tool. Either it works with the selected objects or not.
Example
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Complete shape
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Downgraded shape, with disconnected and split faces
Scripting
The Downgrade tool can be used in python scripts and macros by using the following function:
downgrade (objects, [delete], [force])
- Downgrades the given object(s) (can be an object or a list of objects).
- If delete is True, old objects are deleted.
- The force attribute can be used to force a certain way of downgrading. It can be: explode, shapify, subtr, splitFaces, cut2, getWire, splitWires.
- Returns a dictionary containing two lists, a list of new objects and a list of objects to be deleted
Example:
import FreeCADGui,Draft
selection = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection()
Draft.downgrade(selection)