You had an indentation problem when copy/pasting the example code : >>> total_area = total_area + element.Area The above line is supposed to be part of the for loop : total_area = total_area + element.Area Could you please try again with this example code : import FreeCADGui selection = FreeCADGui.S...

damn! are you sure? they look like curvatures of the iso along the surface normal. a curve comb would dance up and down wildly like my first picture above. i guess i have to take your word for it....but i'm still going to use them anyway! :lol: they look meaningful to me and they react the way i ex...

Hi Chris, i just found out by accident that found out by accident that the Comb tool works on Surfaces, not just curves. this is really awesome! i have a little problem though. With curve, i can match the scales and the combs will 'click' together when the curve is G2. with the surfaces, even setti...

Hi, Here is something that doesn't look very intuitive to me : Changing the values of the Deviation / Angular deflection of an object have different behaviours. - Lowering the deviation is applied instantly - increasing the deviation, or increasing / lowering the Angular deflection : We need to &quo...

Hi Yorik,
OK. Thanks for the clarification.

It seems to be possible : # create an object box = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Box","Box") # recompute to create its viewObject FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute() # get its coin rootnode rn=box.ViewObject.RootNode # delete the object from the document FreeCAD.ActiveDo...

Hi, You can do this by accessing directly the scenegraph of the 3D view, with coin library. Here is the most basic example : import FreeCADGui from pivy import coin # get the sceneGraph of the active view sg = FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.ActiveView.getSceneGraph() # create some coin objects cylinder =...

Edit2: Also, I should emphasize, if I type this code into the python console directly, it works fine. But if I try to run it as a Macro it fails. Hi, My bad. It worked in the python console, but not as macro. The chamfer operation needs a recompute to get a valid shape. So, here is a working macro ...

Hi, I won't be able to explain the reason, but here is the copy part of the script that works : App.ActiveDocument.recompute() obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject('Part::Feature','NewChamfer') App.ActiveDocument.recompute() obj.Shape=App.ActiveDocument.Chamfer.Shape App.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject.La...

Hi,
I think the makePipeShell tool can fit the bill.
Look here for a brief example : https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... 36#p168339