Macros recipes

Array copy
This macro copies the selected object several times, on an array grid. You can define the number of rows and columns and the distance between them.

import FreeCAD, FreeCADGui, Part from PyQt4 import QtGui,QtCore def proceed: try: u = (int(l1.text),float(l2.text)) v = (int(l3.text),float(l4.text)) except: FreeCAD.Console.PrintError("Wrong input! Only numbers allowed...\n") sel = FreeCADGui.Selection.getSelection if sel: sel = sel[0] name = sel.Name shape = sel.Shape for column in range(u[0]): for row in range(v[0]): if (column != 0) or (row != 0): delta = FreeCAD.Vector(column*u[1],row*v[1],0) newshape = sel.Shape newshape.translate(delta) newobject = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Feature",name) newobject.Shape = newshape else: FreeCAD.Console.PrintError("Error: One object must be selected") hide def hide: dialog.hide dialog = QtGui.QDialog dialog.resize(200,300) dialog.setWindowTitle("Array") la = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(dialog) t1 = QtGui.QLabel("number of columns") la.addWidget(t1) l1 = QtGui.QLineEdit la.addWidget(l1) t2 = QtGui.QLabel("distance between columns") la.addWidget(t2) l2 = QtGui.QLineEdit la.addWidget(l2) t3 = QtGui.QLabel("number of rows") la.addWidget(t3) l3 = QtGui.QLineEdit la.addWidget(l3) t4 = QtGui.QLabel("distance between rows") la.addWidget(t4) l4 = QtGui.QLineEdit la.addWidget(l4) okbox = QtGui.QDialogButtonBox(dialog) okbox.setOrientation(QtCore.Qt.Horizontal) okbox.setStandardButtons(QtGui.QDialogButtonBox.Cancel|QtGui.QDialogButtonBox.Ok) la.addWidget(okbox) QtCore.QObject.connect(okbox, QtCore.SIGNAL("accepted"), proceed) QtCore.QObject.connect(okbox, QtCore.SIGNAL("rejected"), hide) QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(dialog) dialog.show