Part Point

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Menu location
Part Point
Part → Create primitives → Point
Workbenches
Part
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
Part Primitives

Description

The Part Point command creates a point.

FreeCAD creates a point (vertex) geometric primitive, that is positioned at the origin (0,0,0).

There are several ways to invoke the command:
- Press the Create Primitives... button.
- Select the Part → Create Primitives → Create Primitives... option from the menu.
- Select the Point option from the menu.
Set options and press Create.
To close the dialog press Close.

A Part Point is created with the addObject() method of the document.

point = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Vertex", "myPoint")

Where myPoint is the name for the object. The name must be unique for the entire document.
The function returns the newly created object.

The Label is the user editable name for the object. It can be easily changed by

point.Label = "new myPointName"

You can access and modify attributes of the point object. For example, you may wish to modify the x, y or z-coordinate.

point.X = 1
point.Y = 2
point.Z = 3

The result will be a new location of the point with the given coordinates.

You can change its placement and orientation with:

point.Placement= App.Placement(App.Vector(1,2,3), App.Rotation())

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

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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

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