Lattice2 Workbench

Introduction

This version is in devlopment. Breaking changes can be introduced at any point. If you want to make a project with use of Lattice workbench, it is recommended to stick with Lattice v1.

Lattice Workbench is a plug-in module (workbench) for FreeCAD.

The workbench purpose is working with placements and arrays of placements. It is a sort of assembly workbench, but with emphasis on arrays. There are no constraints and relations, there are just arrays of placements that can be generated, combined, transformed, superimposed and populated with shapes.

Ever wondered how to create a protractor with FreeCAD? That's the aim of the workbench (including tick labeling). Also, exploded assemblies can be made with the workbench.

Additionally, the workbench features a few general-purpose tools, such as parametric downgrade, bounding boxes, shape info tool, and tools for working with collections of shapes (compounds).

One of the big design goals of the workbench is being as parametric as possible.

References

Author: DeepSOIC
Home page: https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Lattice2
Source code on github: https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Lattice2

Tools

Detailed description here

Toolbar

Drop down menu

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Installation

Automatic installation

See Installing

From GitHub

Prerequisites

Lattice2 WB requires FreeCAD no less than v0.16.5155.

Manual install

Scroll to the top of the page, and click 'download zip' button
Unpack the contents into a "Lattice2" folder created in \Path\to\FreeCAD\Mod, and restart FreeCAD.
Note that InitGui.py (and the rest of .py files) should end up directly under Mod\Lattice2 (not under nested directory like Mod\Lattice2\Lattice2).

After you install the workbench, it should appear at the bottom of list of workbench selector in FreeCAD.

Links to Lattice2 WB

Workbench Wiki: https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Lattice2/wiki
FreeCAD Wiki:
FreeCAD Forum: Lattice workbench - v2.0 is becoming stable
Tutorials: Gallery
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Gallery: https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Lattice2/wiki/Gallery
Report bugs: Please report bugs at https://github.com/DeepSOIC/Lattice2/issues