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{{Docnav
{{Docnav
|[[PartDesign Boolean|Boolean operation]]
|[[PartDesign_Boolean|Boolean operation]]
|[[PartDesign_WizardShaft|Shaft design wizard]]
|[[PartDesign_Sprocket|Sprocket design wizard]]
|[[PartDesign_Workbench|PartDesign]]
|[[PartDesign_Workbench|PartDesign]]
|IconL=PartDesign_Boolean.svg
|IconL=PartDesign_Boolean.svg
|IconR=PartDesign_Sprocket.svg
|IconC=Workbench_PartDesign.svg
|IconC=Workbench_PartDesign.svg
|IconR=PartDesign_WizardShaft.png
}}
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{{GuiCommand
{{GuiCommand
|Name=PartDesign Migrate
|Name=PartDesign Migrate
|Empty=1
|Workbenches=[[PartDesign Workbench|PartDesign]]
|MenuLocation=Part Design → Migrate
|MenuLocation=Part Design → Migrate
|Workbenches=[[PartDesign_Workbench|PartDesign]]
|Version=0.17
|Version=0.17
}}
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# Open a FreeCAD document that was created with FreeCAD {{VersionMinus|0.16}}
# Open a FreeCAD document that was created with FreeCAD {{VersionMinus|0.16}}
# Switch to the {{Button|[[Image:Workbench_PartDesign.svg|16px]] [[PartDesign Workbench|PartDesign]]}} workbench.
# Switch to the {{Button|[[Image:Workbench_PartDesign.svg|16px]] [[PartDesign_Workbench|PartDesign]]}} workbench.
# Go to the '''Part Design''' → '''Migrate''' menu.
# Go to the '''Part Design''' → '''Migrate''' menu.
# If the migration works, a [[File:Std_Part.svg|24px]] [[Std Part|Part container]] will be created which will hold one or more [[File:PartDesign_Body.svg|24px]] [[PartDesign Body|Bodies]], each hosting a chain of features.
# If the migration works, a [[File:Std_Part.svg|24px]] [[Std_Part|Part container]] will be created which will hold one or more [[File:PartDesign_Body.svg|24px]] [[PartDesign_Body|Bodies]], each hosting a chain of features.


==Limitations== <!--T:7-->
==Limitations== <!--T:7-->
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{{Docnav
{{Docnav
|[[PartDesign Boolean|Boolean operation]]
|[[PartDesign_Boolean|Boolean operation]]
|[[PartDesign_WizardShaft|Shaft design wizard]]
|[[PartDesign_Sprocket|Sprocket design wizard]]
|[[PartDesign_Workbench|PartDesign]]
|[[PartDesign_Workbench|PartDesign]]
|IconL=PartDesign_Boolean.svg
|IconL=PartDesign_Boolean.svg
|IconR=PartDesign_Sprocket.svg
|IconC=Workbench_PartDesign.svg
|IconC=Workbench_PartDesign.svg
|IconR=PartDesign_WizardShaft.png
}}
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Revision as of 12:01, 8 April 2021

PartDesign Migrate

Menu location
Part Design → Migrate
Workbenches
PartDesign
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.17
See also
None

Description

The PartDesign workbench in FreeCAD v0.17 introduces new tools and elements that are not recognized by older FreeCAD versions (0.16 and older). FreeCAD documents created in older versions can still be opened and edited. To benefit from the new features, they must be migrated via the menu PartDesign → Migrate.

introduced in version 0.17

Usage

  1. Open a FreeCAD document that was created with FreeCAD version 0.16 and below
  2. Switch to the PartDesign workbench.
  3. Go to the Part DesignMigrate menu.
  4. If the migration works, a Part container will be created which will hold one or more Bodies, each hosting a chain of features.

Limitations

  • Before starting the migration process, check if the model was built with automatic refine options enabled (in Edit → Preferences → Part design → General), and set your preferences accordingly. This can be easily determined by successively toggling the visibility of the features in the Model tree. If no residual edges are left between features such as Pads and Pockets, the automatic refine options were disabled.
  • If a document to migrate only contains sketches and PartDesign features, the migration process may likely succeed. Some features such as chamfers and fillets may require rebuilding.
  • If the document to migrate has a mixed Part/Part Design/Draft workflow, the conversion will most likely fail or at best produce unexpected results, and will need to be migrated manually.