#*************************************************************************** #* * #* Copyright (c) 2016 * #* Jose Luis Cercos Pita * #* * #* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * #* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) * #* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of * #* the License, or (at your option) any later version. * #* for detail see the LICENCE text file. * #* * #* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * #* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * #* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * #* GNU Library General Public License for more details. * #* * #* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public * #* License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * #* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 * #* USA * #* * #*************************************************************************** import FreeCAD as App import Instance def createShip(solids, L, B, T): """Create a new ship instance Position arguments: solids -- List of hull solid shapes L -- Ship length between perpendiculars B -- Ship Breadth T -- Ship design draft Returned value: The new ship object The solids can be easily extracted from an already existing object. For instance, to get the solids from the selected object simply type the following command: solids = Gui.ActiveDocument.ActiveObject.Object.Shape.Solids Regarding the Length, Breadth, and Draft, it is strongly recommended to use Units.parseQuantity method, e.g. The following obfuscated code snippet build such variables: import Units L = Units.parseQuantity("25.5 m") B = Units.parseQuantity("3.9 m") T = Units.parseQuantity("1.0 m") """ obj = App.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::FeaturePython", "Ship") ship = Instance.Ship(obj, solids) Instance.ViewProviderShip(obj.ViewObject) obj.Length = L obj.Breadth = B obj.Draft = T App.ActiveDocument.recompute() return obj