Rough draft of the sweep operation implementation. No unit tests yet.

cadquery/cq.py

@@ -2055,6 +2055,24 @@ class Workplane(CQ):
         if clean: newS = newS.clean()
         return newS
 
+    def sweep(self, path, combine=True, clean=True):
+        """
+        Use all un-extruded wires in the parent chain to create a swept solid.
+
+        :param path: A wire along which the pending wires will be swept
+        :param boolean combine: True to combine the resulting solid with parent solids if found.
+        :param boolean clean: call :py:meth:`clean` afterwards to have a clean shape
+        :return: a CQ object with the resulting solid selected.
+        """
+
+        r = self._sweep(path.wire())  # returns a Solid (or a compound if there were multiple)
+        if combine:
+            newS = self._combineWithBase(r)
+        else:
+            newS = self.newObject([r])
+        if clean: newS = newS.clean()
+        return newS
+
     def _combineWithBase(self, obj):
         """
         Combines the provided object with the base solid, if one can be found.
@@ -2318,6 +2336,28 @@ class Workplane(CQ):
 
         return Compound.makeCompound(toFuse)
 
+    def _sweep(self, path):
+        """
+        Makes a swept solid from an existing set of pending wires.
+
+        :param path: A wire along which the pending wires will be swept
+        :return:a FreeCAD solid, suitable for boolean operations
+        """
+
+        # group wires together into faces based on which ones are inside the others
+        # result is a list of lists
+        s = time.time()
+        wireSets = sortWiresByBuildOrder(list(self.ctx.pendingWires), self.plane, [])
+        # print "sorted wires in %d sec" % ( time.time() - s )
+        self.ctx.pendingWires = []  # now all of the wires have been used to create an extrusion
+
+        toFuse = []
+        for ws in wireSets:
+            thisObj = Solid.sweep(ws[0], ws[1:], path)
+            toFuse.append(thisObj)
+
+        return Compound.makeCompound(toFuse)
+
     def box(self, length, width, height, centered=(True, True, True), combine=True, clean=True):
         """
         Return a 3d box with specified dimensions for each object on the stack.

cadquery/freecad_impl/shapes.py

@@ -905,6 +905,28 @@ class Solid(Shape):
 
         return Shape.cast(result)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def sweep(cls, outerWire, innerWires, path):
+        """
+        Attempt to sweep the list of wires  into a prismatic solid along the provided path
+
+        :param outerWire: the outermost wire
+        :param innerWires: a list of inner wires
+        :param path: The wire to sweep the face resulting from the wires over
+        :return: a Solid object
+        """
+
+        # FreeCAD allows this in one operation, but others might not
+        freeCADWires = [outerWire.wrapped]
+        for w in innerWires:
+            freeCADWires.append(w.wrapped)
+
+        # f = FreeCADPart.Face(freeCADWires)
+        wire = FreeCADPart.Wire([path.val().wrapped])
+        result = wire.makePipeShell(freeCADWires, True, True)
+
+        return Shape.cast(result)
+
     def tessellate(self, tolerance):
         return self.wrapped.tessellate(tolerance)