Draft WireToBSpline

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Draft WireToBSpline

Menu location
Drafting → Wire to BSpline
Workbenches
Draft, Arch
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
Draft Wire, Draft BSpline

Description

This tool converts Draft Wires to Draft BSplines, and vice-versa.

How to use

  1. Select a Draft Wire or a Draft BSpline. The tool is disabled if no object is selected.
  2. Press the Draft WireToBSpline button.

A new object will be created; the original object will not be modified.

Note: if a closed wire with sharp edges is converted to a spline, the new object may have self intersecting curve segments, and may not be visible in the 3D view. If this is the case, manually set DataMake Face to false to see the new shape, or set DataClosed to false to create an open shape.

Options

There are no options for this tool. Either it works with the selected object or not.

Scripting

See also: Draft API and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

Not available, but creating a new object with the points from another one is easy, for example:

  • If the active object is a wire:
import FreeCAD,Draft
points = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject.Points
Draft.makeBSpline(points)
  • if the active object is a bspline
import FreeCAD,Draft
points = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject.Points
Draft.makeWire(points)