Part Box

Description
A parametric Rectangular cuboid primitive is available in the Part workbench from the Part tool bar, Part menu (primitives sub-menu) and the Create Primitives dialogue. Beginning in FreeCAD version 0.14, a Part Box is referred to in the GUI elements as a Cube and the default label is "Cube".

How to use
In the workbench Part click on the cube icon. A cube with standard dimension and position will be created.

Options
The parametric rectangular cuboid is defined by the parameters
 * length,
 * width,
 * height,
 * as well as the standard set of Placement Parameters.

The default is a cube with parameter values for height, length and width being 10mm. The default placement values will locate the cuboid's local origin at the global origin (the location where all axis are 0) and the orientation such that



Parameter

 * The length is the distance in the x-axis
 * The width is the distance in the y-axis
 * The height is the distance in the z-axis

FreeCAD - Version


Beginning in FreeCAD version 0.14, a Part Box is referred to in the GUI elements as a Cube and the default label is "Cube".