FreeCAD Scripting Examples

Built 2019-05-21 with freecad-daily and Python 2.7.15 (See Environment Details)

Recent versions of this document are at https://pdgilbert.github.io/EgFreeCAD/

Table of Contents

• FreeCAD Scripting Examples
• Introduction
• Primitive Examples
  • Box
  • Circle
  • Sphere
  • Ellipse
  • Cone
  • Polygon
  • Torus
• Simple Constructs
  • Tube
  • Needle
• Projects
  • Foil Design Project
• Misc testing of how to use Sphinx
• Appendix: Functions in Module testEqual

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page

Environment Details

import os
print(os.environ['FREECAD'])

freecad-daily

import FreeCAD
print(FreeCAD.Version())

[‘0’, ‘18’, ‘16093 (Git)’, ‘git://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD.git releases/FreeCAD-0-18’, ‘2019/03/12 13:38:07’, ‘releases/FreeCAD-0-18’, ‘690774c0effe4fd7b8d2b5e2fb2b8c8d145e21ce’]

import sys
print(sys.version)   # or sys.version_info

2.7.15 (default, Nov 28 2018, 12:13:26)

import os
print(os.environ['PYTHONPATH'])

/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:/home/travis/build/pdgilbert/EgFreeCAD/lib:

import os
print(os.uname())

(‘Linux’, ‘travis-job-ed62a8ad-9449-42cc-afb9-c0f81fa098da’, ‘4.15.0-1028-gcp’, ‘#29~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 12 16:31:10 UTC 2019’, ‘x86_64’)

import sys
print(sys.path)

[...

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