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Description

The Arch Add tool allows you to do 4 kinds of operations:

• Add shape-based objects to an Arch component, such as a wall or structure. These objects are merged with the Arch component, modifying its shape while keeping its base properties such as width and height.
• Add Arch components to a group-based arch object such as levels.
• Add axis systems to structural objects.
• Add objects to section planes.

The counterpart of this tool is the Remove Component tool.

A box added to a wall as a component.

Usage

1. Select the objects to be added together. The last object selected will be the host Arch object.
2. Press the Add Component button, or use Modify → Add Component from the top menu.

Scripting

See also: Arch API and FreeCAD Scripting Basics.

The Add tool can be used in macros and from the Python console by using the following function:

addComponents(objectsList, host)

The above code snippet adds the given objects in objectsList to the given host object.

Note: objectsList can be a single object or a list of objects.

Example:

import FreeCAD, Arch, Draft, Part

p1 = FreeCAD.Vector(0, 0, 0)
p2 = FreeCAD.Vector(2000, 2000, 0)

Line = Draft.makeWire([p1, p2])
Wall = Arch.makeWall(Line, width=150, height=2000)

p3 = FreeCAD.Vector(0, 2000, 0)
p4 = FreeCAD.Vector(3000, 0, 0)

Line2 = Draft.makeWire([p3, p4])
Wall2 = Arch.makeWall(Line2, width=150, height=2000)
FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()

Arch.addComponents(Wall2, Wall)
FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()

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