Arch Check

MergeWalls

ToggleIfcBrepFlag

BIM

THIS COMMAND IS PART OF THE INTEGRATED BIM WORKBENCH IN V1.0
This page has been updated for that version.

Arch Check
Menu location
Utils → Check
Workbenches
BIM
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
Arch CloseHoles

Description

This tool checks the current document or the selected objects for non-solid Part or BIM objects, that might give problems, since most operations of the BIM Workbench require solid objects.

Usage

1. Select the Utils → Check option from the menu.

Scripting

See also: Arch API and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

This tool can be used in macros and from the Python console by using the following function:

list_bad = check(objectslist, includehidden=False)

• Checks if the given objects in objectslist contain only solids.
• If includehidden is True it will include all hidden objects, otherwise it will omit them from the search.
• Returns list_bad, a list with the objects that are not derived from a Part::Feature, or components that are not closed, not valid, don't contain solids, or that contain faces that are not part of any solid. This is used to detect BIM or Draft wires and profiles that aren't solids.
  • Each element in list_bad is another list [object, message], where object is the detected non-solid, and message indicates the reason why it was included in this list.

Example:

import FreeCAD, Draft, Arch

p1 = FreeCAD.Vector(0, 0, 0)
p2 = FreeCAD.Vector(2000, 0, 0)
baseline = Draft.makeLine(p1, p2)
Wall1 = Arch.makeWall(baseline, length=None, width=150, height=2000)
FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()

Wall2 = Arch.makeWall(None, length=2000, width=200, height=1000)
FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()

Circle = Draft.makeCircle(450)
Wire = Draft.makeWire([FreeCAD.Vector(1000, 0, 0), FreeCAD.Vector(1500, 1000, 0), FreeCAD.Vector(2500, -1000, 0)])

list_bad = Arch.check([Wall1, Wall2, Circle, Wire], includehidden=True)
print(list_bad)

MergeWalls

ToggleIfcBrepFlag

BIM

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• Utils: Toggle bottom panels, Move to Trash, Working Plane View, Select group, Set slope, Create working plane proxy, Add to construction group, Split Mesh, Mesh to Shape, Select non-manifold meshes, Remove Shape from Arch, Close Holes, Merge Walls, Check, Toggle IFC Brep flag, Toggle subcomponents, Survey, IFC Diff, IFC explorer, Create IFC spreadsheet..., Image plane, Unclone, Rewire, Glue, Reextrude
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