Being parametric, document objects in FreeCAD can have a lot of additional properties, but these are the basic ones, present in every FreeCAD Document Object. Objects can be retrieved simply by their name. Example:
myObj = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.myObjectName print myObj.PropertiesList
ContentReturns: An XML representation of the properties of an object.
LabelReturns: Gets/sets the objects label. The string can be unicode.
NameReturns: The unique name of an object.
PlacementReturns: Gets/sets the Placement of an object. A placement defines an orientation (rotation) and a position (base) in 3D space. It is used when no scaling or other distortion is needed.
PropertiesListReturns: A list of the properties of an object
StateReturns: The FreeCAD state of an object (ie. if it needs to be recomputed)
TypeReturns: A string describing the type of an object
ViewObjectReturns: The associated View Provider (FreeCADGUI object) of an object
getAllDerivedFrom ( )Description:
Returns: All descendants of this object
getDocumentationOfProperty ( )Description:
Returns: The documentation string of the property of this class.
getGroupOfProperty ( )Description:
Returns: The name of the group which the property belongs to in this class. The properties are sorted in different named groups for convenience.
getPropertyByName ( )Description:
Returns: The value of a named property.
getTypeOfProperty ( )Description:
Returns: The type of a named property. This can be (Hidden,ReadOnly,Output) or any combination.
isDerivedFrom ( )Description:
Returns: True if given type is a father
purgeTouched ( )Description: Marks the object as unchanged
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touch ( )Description: Marks the object as changed (touched)
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