Arch Panel Cut

Description
This tool creates, in the 3D document, a flat, 2D view of an Arch Panel, to be included in an Arch Panel Sheet or directly exported to DXF.



How to use

 * 1) Select one or more Arch Panel objects
 * 2) Press the  button, or press  then  keys
 * 3) Adjust the desired properties

Options

 * If the panel is not flat (corrugated, for example), the relief won't appear in the Panel cut. This tool is useful mainly for flat panels
 * The panel cut can display a tag. This tag can be a custom line of text or can automatically show the Tag, Label or Description of its linked Panel.
 * To be useful for CNC machining, the tag should be written using a sticky font, where letters are simple polylines that are easy for the machine to follow. Upon creation, the Panel Cut object will automatically use the font specified in Edit -> Preferences -> Draft -> Texts and Dimensions -> ShapeString Font
 * Double-clicking on the panel cut in the tree view after it is created allows you to enter edit mode and modify the position of the tag
 * When you need to layout different Panel Cuts together, Panel Cuts can display a margin, that is useful to make sure a certain space is always present between a cut and another

Properties

 * : The Arch Panel object shown by this Cut
 * : The text to display. Can be %tag%, %label% or %description% to display the panel tag or label
 * : The size of the tag text
 * : The position of the tag text. Keep (0,0,0) for automatic center position
 * : The rotation of the tag text
 * : The font of the tag text
 * : A margin that can be displayed outside the panel cut shape
 * : Turns the display of the margin on/off

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

Example:

Tutorials

 * Wikihouse porting tutorial