Part ExplodeCompound: Difference between revisions

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Make Compound

Compound filter

Part

Menu location
Part ExplodeCompound
Part → Compound → Explode compound
Workbenches
Part
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
0.18.15506
See also
Part Make Compound, Draft Downgrade

Description

Tool to split up compounds of shapes, to make each contained shape (child) available as a separate object in model tree. The children are automatically put into a Group if there is more than one child.

It is semi-parametric: the shapes of the children will update as the source compound changes, but if the number of children in the compound is changed, the explosion will be either missing some shapes, or have redundant objects in an error state.

Placements of extracted shapes follow the placements of the originals, plus the Placement property of each child.

The tool will also explode non-compound shapes into their lower-level constituents: compsolids into solids, solids into shells, shells into faces, faces into wires, wires into edges, edges into vertices.

Usage

Invoke the Part ExplodeCompound tool several ways:
- Pressing on the button in the Part toolbar
- Using the Part → Compound → Explode compound entry in the Part menu

Use cases

Tweaking positions of shapes made by Draft Array
Obtaining split pieces from result of Part Slice and Part Cut
Obtaining individual contours from multi-contour sketches and faces
Obtaining a pure solid from a solid-in-compound, for use in FEM Workbench.

Make Compound

Compound filter

Part

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

User documentation

Getting started
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Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties, Help FreeCAD, Donate

Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
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Addons: Addon Manager, External workbenches, Scripting and macros

Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub

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-Tool to split up compounds of shapes, to make each contained shape (child) available as a separate object in model tree. The children are automatically put into a [[Std Group|Group]] if there is more than one.
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+Tool to split up compounds of shapes, to make each contained shape (child) available as a separate object in model tree. The children are automatically put into a [[Std Group|Group]] if there is more than one child.
+<!--T:4-->
 It is semi-parametric: the shapes of the children will update as the source compound changes, but if the number of children in the compound is changed, the explosion will be either missing some shapes, or have redundant objects in an error state.
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 Placements of extracted shapes follow the placements of the originals, plus the Placement property of each child.
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 The tool will also explode non-compound shapes into their lower-level constituents: compsolids into solids, solids into shells, shells into faces, faces into wires, wires into edges, edges into vertices.
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-==Use cases==
-* tweaking positions of shapes made by [[Draft Array]]
+<!--T:14-->
-* obtaining split pieces from result of [[Part Slice]] and [[Part Cut]]
+# Invoke the Part ExplodeCompound tool several ways:
-* obtaining individual contours from multi-contour sketches and faces
+#* Pressing on the [[Image:Part_ExplodeCompound.svg|24px]] button in the Part toolbar
-* obtaining a pure solid from a solid-in-compound, for use in FEM workbench.
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+* Tweaking positions of shapes made by [[Image:Draft_Array.svg|24px]] [[Draft Array|Draft Array]]
+* Obtaining split pieces from result of [[Image:Part_Slice.svg|24px]] [[Part Slice|Part Slice]] and [[Image:Part_Cut.svg|24px]] [[Part Cut|Part Cut]]
+* Obtaining individual contours from multi-contour sketches and faces
+* Obtaining a pure solid from a solid-in-compound, for use in [[Image:Workbench_FEM.svg|24px]] [[FEM Workbench]].
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