Arch Site/en

Description
The Arch Site is a special type of FreeCAD group object particularly suited for representing a whole project site, or terrain. They are mostly used to organize your model, by containing building objects.

How to use

 * 1) Optionally, select one or more objects to be included in your new site
 * 2) Press the  button, or press the  then  keys

Options

 * After creating a site, you can add more objects to it by drag and dropping them in the Tree View or by using the [[Image:Arch Add.png|16px]] Arch Add tool
 * You can remove objects from a site by drag and dropping them out of it the Tree View or by using the [[Image:Arch Remove.png|16px]] Arch Remove tool

Properties

 * : The base terrain of this site
 * : The street and housenumber of this site
 * : The postal or zip code of this site
 * : The city of this site
 * : The country of this site
 * : The latitude of this site
 * : The longitude of this site
 * : An url that shows this site in a mapping website
 * : The area of the projection of this object onto the XY plane
 * : The perimeter length of this terrain
 * : The volume of earth to be added to this terrain
 * : The volume of earth to be removed from this terrain
 * : An extrusion vector to use when performing boolean operations
 * : Remove splitters from the resulting shape

Typical workflow
Start by creating an object that represents your terrain. It must be an open surface, not a solid. For example, it is easy to import mesh data, that can be turned into a Part Shape from menu Part -> Create Shape from Mesh.... Then, create a Site object, and set its Terrain property to the Part we just created:



Create some volumes (they must be solids) that represent the areas that you wish to be excavated or filled. Double-click the Site object in the Tree View, and add these volumes to the Additions or Subtractions groups. Click OK.



The site geometry will be recomputed and the areas, perimeter, and volumes properties recalculated.



Scripting
The Site tool can by used in macros and from the python console by using the following function:

creates a site including the objects from the given list.

Example: