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FreeCAD programming
1 hr Workshop @ HSBXL for Software Freedom Day, 18.09.2021
by Yorik van Havre - https://yorik.uncreated.net
Abstract: FreeCAD is a well known 3D modelling platform, but its real power lies in how easily it can be programmed and extended with very simple Python scripts. Come discover and practice a few things with us!
Requirements: Your computer with FreeCAD installed - No programming experience needed
Level:: basic understanding of FreeCAD
Contents
1. Python starter anyone? A quick intro to Python
- Python FTW: Why Python is awesome
- The interpreter
- Variables:
a = "yorik"; b = 48.2; c = b
- Functions:
print("something")
- Classes and modules:
import FreeCAD
- A peek at a complete Python script
2. Python in FreeCAD
- The Python console
- Macros
- Code / Workbenches
- Documentation
- What you can do with it
- Create/modify document contents
- Modify the interface
- Modify the 3D scene
- Just about anything else
3. Recording a macro
- Draw a Draft rectangle with filleted corners
- Extrude it
- Tweak the recorded macro
4. Create a shape from Python code
- Create 4 vectors
- Create a closed wire
- Create a face + extrude
- Create a cylinder
- Duplicate it + make a compound
- Create a subtraction
Useful links
- FreeCAD documentation
- Power-users hub: Python scripting documentation
- General intro to Python
- Shapes creation
- Code examples
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