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The Part Workbench can also create objects that are not solids, such as faces, shells, and objects with only edges or vertices. It also provides a variety of general purpose tools for geometry manipulation, geometry validation, and making copies.

The PartDesign Workbench uses an alternative workflow for creating solids. For a detailed discussion of the Part Workbench versus the Part Design Workbench see Part and Part Design.

Solids toolbar

• Primitive: A tool to create one of the following primitives:

• Plane: Creates a plane.

• Box: Creates a box. This object can also be created with the Cube tool.

• Cylinder: Creates a cylinder. This object can also be created with the Cylinder tool.

• Cone: Creates a cone. This object can also be created with the Cone tool.

• Sphere: Creates a sphere. This object can also be created with the Sphere tool.

• Ellipsoid: Creates a ellipsoid.

• Torus: Creates a torus. This object can also be created with the Torus tool.

• Prism: Creates a prism.

• Wedge: Creates a wedge.

• Helix: Creates a helix.

• Spiral: Creates a spiral.

• Circle: Creates a circular arc.

• Ellipse: Creates an elliptical arc.

• Point: Creates a point.

• Line: Creates a line.

• Regular polygon: Creates a regular polygon.

• Shape Builder: Creates shapes from various primitives.

Part tools toolbar

• New Sketch: Creates a new sketch and opens the Sketcher Dialog to edit it.

• Extrude: Extrudes planar faces.

• Revolve: Creates a solid by revolving an object (not a solid) around an axis.

• Mirror: Mirrors the selected object across a mirror plane.

• Scale: Scales one or more shapes. introduced in 1.0

• Fillet: Fillets (rounds) edges of an object.

• Chamfer: Chamfers edges of an object.

• Face From Wires: Makes a face from a set of wires (contours).

• Ruled Surface: Creates a ruled surface.

• Loft: Lofts from one profile to another.

• Sweep: Sweeps one or more profiles along a path.

• Section: Creates a section by intersecting an object with a section plane.

• Cross-Sections: Creates one or more cross-sections through an object.

• Offset:

• 3D Offset: Constructs a parallel shape at a certain distance from an original.

• 2D Offset: Constructs a parallel wire at certain distance from an original, or enlarges/shrinks a planar face.

• Thickness: Hollows out a solid.

• Project on Surface: Projects a logo, text or any face, wire or edge onto a surface.

• Appearance per Face: Assigns colors to individual faces of objects.

Boolean toolbar

• Compound:

• Compound: Creates a compound from the selected objects.

• Explode Compound: Splits up compounds.

• Compound Filter: Extracts the individual pieces from compounds.

• Boolean Operation: Performs boolean operations on two objects.

• Cut: Cuts one object from another.

• Union: Fuses two or more objects.

• Intersection: Extracts the common part of two objects.

• Join:

• Connect Shapes: Connects interiors of walled objects.

• Embed Shapes: Embeds a walled object into another walled object.

• Cutout Shape: Creates a cutout in a wall of an object for another walled object.

• Split:

• Boolean Fragments: Creates all pieces obtained from Boolean operations.

• Slice Apart: Slices and splits an object by intersecting it with other objects.

• Slice to Compound: Slices an object by intersecting it with other objects.

• Boolean XOR: Removes space shared by an even number of objects.

• Check Geometry: Checks the geometry of selected objects for errors.

• Defeaturing: Removes features from an object.

Other tools

• Box Selection: Selects faces from a rectangular area.

• Shape From Mesh: Creates shapes from mesh objects.

• Points From Shape: Creates points objects from geometric objects.

• Convert to Solid: Creates solids from shape objects.

• Reverse Shapes: Creates parametric copies with reversed face normals from selected objects.

• Copy:

• Simple Copy: Creates non-parametric copies of objects.

• Transformed Copy: Creates non-parametric copies of objects. It is intended for objects nested in containers.

• Shape Element Copy: Creates non-parametric copies of subelements: vertices, edges and faces.

• Refine Shape: Creates parametric copies with a refined shape from selected objects. It removes unnecessary edges from planar and cylindrical faces.

• Set Tolerance: creates a parametric copy of selected objects with all contained tolerances set to at least a certain minimum value. introduced in 1.1

• Persistent Section Cut: Creates persistent cuts of objects and assemblies.

• Attachment: Attaches an object to one or more other objects.

Obsolete tools

• Import CAD file...: Imports from *.IGES, *.STEP, or *.BREP files. Not available in 1.1 and above.

• Export CAD file...: Exports to *.IGES, *.STEP, or *.BREP files. Not available in 1.1 and above.

Measure

The Std Measure tool replaces the tools listed below. introduced in 1.0

• Measure Linear: Creates a linear measurement. Not available in 1.0 and above.

• Measure Angular: Creates an angular measurement. Not available in 1.0 and above.

• Measure Refresh: Updates all measurements. Not available in 1.0 and above.

• Clear All and View Measure Clear All: Clears all measurements. Not available in 1.0 and above.

• Toggle All and View Measure Toggle All: Shows or hides all measurements. Not available in 1.0 and above.

• Toggle 3D: Shows or hides 3D measurements. Not available in 1.0 and above.

• Toggle Delta: Shows or hides delta measurements. Not available in 1.0 and above.

Preferences

• Preferences: Preferences for the Part Workbench.
• Import Export Preferences: Preferences for importing from and exporting to different file formats.
• Fine-tuning: Some extra parameters to fine-tune Part behavior.

Scripting

See Part scripting.

Tutorials

• Import from STL or OBJ: How to import STL/OBJ files in FreeCAD
• Export to STL or OBJ: How to export STL/OBJ files from FreeCAD
• Whiffle Ball tutorial: How to use the Part Workbench