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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="PartDesign_SubtractiveBox"><a href="https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:PartDesign_SubtractiveBox.png" class="image"><img alt="PartDesign SubtractiveBox.png" src="PartDesign_SubtractiveBox.png" width="32" height="28" /></a> PartDesign SubtractiveBox</span></h3>
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<td class="ctEven">Part Design → Create a subtractive primitive → Subtractive box
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<td class="ctEven"><a href="PartDesign_Workbench.html" title="PartDesign Workbench">PartDesign</a>
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<th class="ctOdd">See also
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<td class="ctEven"><a href="PartDesign_CompPrimitiveSubtractive.html" title="PartDesign CompPrimitiveSubtractive">PartDesign CompPrimitiveSubtractive</a>
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<td class="ctToc"><br /><div id="toc" class="toc"><div class="toctitle"><h2>Contents</h2></div>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#PartDesign_SubtractiveBox"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">PartDesign SubtractiveBox</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Description"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Description</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#How_to_use"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">How to use</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Options"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Options</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Properties"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Properties</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Description">Description</span></h2>
<p>Inserts a subtractive box in the active Body. Its shape is subtracted from the existing solid.
</p><p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><a href="Release_notes_0.17.html" title="Release notes 0.17">available in version 0.17</a></span>
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<div class="floatnone"><a href="https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:PartDesign_SubtractiveBox_example.png" class="image"><img alt="PartDesign SubtractiveBox example.png" src="PartDesign_SubtractiveBox_example.png" width="600" height="300" /></a></div>
<p><i>On the left: active body (A) shown in grey and subtractive box (B) shown in transparent red; result on the right.</i>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="How_to_use">How to use</span></h2>
<ol><li> Press the <span style="background: #DDDDDD; border: 1px solid #888888; padding: 0px 5px 1px 5px;"><a href="https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:PartDesign_SubtractiveBox.png" class="image"><img alt="PartDesign SubtractiveBox.png" src="24px-PartDesign_SubtractiveBox.png" width="24" height="21" srcset="PartDesign_SubtractiveBox.png 1.5x" /></a> <b>Subtractive Box</b></span> button. <b>Note</b>: the Subtractive Box is part of an icon menu labelled <i>Create a subtractive primitive</i>. After launching FreeCAD, the Subtractive Box is the one displayed in the toolbar. If a different primitive is displayed, click on the down arrow besides the icon and select Subtractive Box in the menu.</li>
<li> Set the Primitive parameters and <a href="Part_Attachment.html" title="Part Attachment">Attachment</a>.</li>
<li> Click <span style="background: #DDDDDD; border: 1px solid #888888; padding: 0px 5px 1px 5px;">OK</span>.</li>
<li> A Box feature appears under the active Body.</li></ol>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Options">Options</span></h2>
<p>The Box can be edited after its creation in two ways:
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<ul><li> Double-clicking it in the Model tree, or by right-clicking and selecting <b>Edit primitive</b> in the contextual menu; this brings up the Primitive parameters.</li>
<li> Via the <a href="Property_editor.html" title="Property editor">Property editor</a>.</li></ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Properties">Properties</span></h2>
<ul><li> <span style="font-size: 0.6em;padding-right:10px;">DATA</span><b>Attachment</b>: defines the attachment mode as well as the Attachment Offset. See <a href="Part_Attachment.html" title="Part Attachment">Part Attachment</a>.</li>
<li> <span style="font-size: 0.6em;padding-right:10px;">DATA</span><b>Label</b>: Label given to the Box object. Change to suit your needs.</li>
<li> <span style="font-size: 0.6em;padding-right:10px;">DATA</span><b>Length</b>: the Box's dimension in the X-direction.</li>
<li> <span style="font-size: 0.6em;padding-right:10px;">DATA</span><b>Width</b>: the Box's dimension in the Y-direction.</li>
<li> <span style="font-size: 0.6em;padding-right:10px;">DATA</span><b>Height</b>: the Box's dimension in the Z-direction.</li></ul>
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