Part Point

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Part Point
Menu location
Part → Create primitives → Point
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Part
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None
Introduced in version
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See also
Part Primitives

Description

A Part Point is a parametric point that can be created with the Part Primitives command. Its coordinates are relative to the coordinate system defined by its DataPlacement property.

Usage

See Part Primitives.

Properties

See also: Property editor.

A Part Point object is derived from a Part Feature object and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional properties:

Data

Attachment

The object has the same attachment properties as a Part Part2DObject.

Base

• DataX (Distance): The X coordinate of the point. The default is 0mm.
• DataY (Distance): The Y coordinate of the point. The default is 0mm.
• DataZ (Distance): The Z coordinate of the point. The default is 0mm.

Scripting

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())

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