From ea26397b8394ac1f72fafe6b8c61dc1ebaf4bca9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hyOzd <hy@ozderya.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 10:08:20 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] added simplify API that calls freecad's removeSplitter()
 function to clean faces from unwanted edges

---
 cadquery/CQ.py                  | 8 ++++++++
 cadquery/freecad_impl/shapes.py | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cadquery/CQ.py b/cadquery/CQ.py
index 20d190c..77ebc51 100644
--- a/cadquery/CQ.py
+++ b/cadquery/CQ.py
@@ -2355,3 +2355,11 @@ class Workplane(CQ):
             return spheres
         else:
             return self.union(spheres)
+
+    def simplify(self):
+        solidRef = self.findSolid(searchStack=True, searchParents=True)
+        if solidRef:
+            t = solidRef.simplify()
+            return self.newObject([t])
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("There is no solid to simplify!")
diff --git a/cadquery/freecad_impl/shapes.py b/cadquery/freecad_impl/shapes.py
index e0f2ecf..a992210 100644
--- a/cadquery/freecad_impl/shapes.py
+++ b/cadquery/freecad_impl/shapes.py
@@ -802,6 +802,9 @@ class Solid(Shape):
     def fuse(self, solidToJoin):
         return Shape.cast(self.wrapped.fuse(solidToJoin.wrapped))
 
+    def simplify(self):
+        return Shape.cast(self.wrapped.removeSplitter())
+
     def fillet(self, radius, edgeList):
         """
         Fillets the specified edges of this solid.