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The length is the distance in the x-axis.
*The length is the distance in the x-axis.


The width is the distance in the y-axis.
The width is the distance in the y-axis.

Revision as of 19:43, 21 May 2014

Part Box

Menu location
Part -> Box
Workbenches
Part, Complete
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
Part CreatePrimitives

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".

Parameters

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


  • 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.


a box created with the Box tool

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".