Macro MeshToPart: Difference between revisions

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FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Feature",name).Shape = solid
FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Feature",name).Shape = solid


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Revision as of 18:57, 25 July 2012

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Description
This macro converts selected meshes to parts. It has a broad tolerance, so use it only with objects that have no curves otherwise you'll get weird results

Author: Wmayer
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1.0
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import FreeCAD,FreeCADGui,Mesh,Part,MeshPart

for obj in FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection():
	if "Mesh" in obj.PropertiesList:
		faces = []		
		mesh = obj.Mesh
		segments = mesh.getPlanes(0.01) # use rather strict tolerance here

		for i in segments:
		  if len(i) > 0:
		     # a segment can have inner holes
		     wires = MeshPart.wireFromSegment(mesh, i)
		     # we assume that the exterior boundary is that one with the biggest bounding box
		     if len(wires) > 0:
		        ext = None
		        max_length = 0
		        for i in wires:		
		           if i.BoundBox.DiagonalLength > max_length:
		              max_length = i.BoundBox.DiagonalLength
		              ext = i
	        	wires.remove(ext)
	        	# all interior wires mark a hole and must reverse their orientation, otherwise Part.Face fails
	        	for i in wires:
	        	   i.reverse()
	        	# make sure that the exterior wires comes as first in the lsit
	        	wires.insert(0, ext)
	        	faces.append(Part.Face(wires))

		shell=Part.Compound(faces)
		solid = Part.Solid(Part.Shell(faces))
		name = obj.Name
		FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.removeObject(name)
		FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Feature",name).Shape = solid
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