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A tool to create more complex shapes from various parametric geometric primitives.

This tool will let you create shapes by creating

Wire from edges introduced in version 0.18
1. Select a set of adjacent edges in the 3D view
2. Click on Create

Face from vertices
1. Select vertices bounding the face in the 3D view
2. Select if face should be planar
3. Click on Create
4. Object will be created in 3D view and will be listed in tree view

Face from edges
1. Select a closed set of edges bounding the face in the 3D view
2. Select if face should be planar
3. Click on Create
4. Object will be created in 3D view and will be listed in tree view
Shell from faces
1. Select faces in the 3D view
2. Select if the shape should be refined
3. Select if all faces should be included in shell
4. Click on Create
5. Object will be created in 3D view and will be listed in tree view
Solid from shell
1. Select if the shape should be refined
2. Click on Create
3. Object will be created in 3D view and will be listed in tree view

A possible workflow could be:

Draw a wireframe-model of your shape using the tools in the Draft Workbench (for example line and dwire)
Create all faces with "face from edges"
Create a "shell from faces"
Create a "solid from shell"

Primitives: Box, Cylinder, Sphere, Cone, Torus, Tube, Create primitives, Shape builder

Creation and modification: Extrude, Revolve, Mirror, Fillet, Chamfer, Make face from wires, Ruled Surface, Loft, Sweep, Section, Cross sections, 3D Offset, 2D Offset, Thickness, Projection on surface, Attachment

Boolean: Make compound, Explode Compound, Compound Filter, Boolean, Cut, Fuse, Common, Connect, Embed, Cutout, Boolean fragments, Slice apart, Slice, XOR

Measure: Measure Linear, Measure Angular, Measure Refresh, Clear All, Toggle All, Toggle 3D, Toggle Delta

Other tools: Import, Export, Box selection, Shape from Mesh, Points from mesh, Convert to solid, Reverse shapes, Create simple copy, Create transformed copy, Create shape element copy, Refine shape, Check geometry, Defeaturing, Appearance, Color per face

Getting started
Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties, Help FreeCAD, Donate

Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
Workbenches: Std Base, Arch, Assembly, CAM, Draft, FEM, Inspection, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Points, Reverse Engineering, Robot, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Start, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework, Web

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 ==Usage== <!--T:3-->
 This tool will let you create shapes by creating
 #Edge from two vertices
+##Select two vertices
+##Click on {{Button|Create}}
+[[Image:Edge from verts-1.gif]]
+#Wire from edges {{Version|0.18}}
+##Select a set of adjacent edges in the [[3D_view|3D view]]
+##Click on {{Button|Create}}
+[[File:Wire_from_edges-1.gif]]
 #Face from vertices
 ##Select vertices bounding the face in the [[3D_view|3D view]]
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 ##Click on {{Button|Create}}
 ##Object will be created in [[3D_view|3D view]] and will be listed in [[Tree_view|tree view]]
+[[File:Face_from_verts.gif]]
-#Wire from edges {{Version|0.18}}
-##Select a set of adjacent edges in the [[3D_view|3D view]]
-##Click on {{Button|Create}}
 #Face from edges
 ##Select a closed set of edges bounding the face in the [[3D_view|3D view]]